It wasn’t horribly cold Oct. 23rd. Well not as cold as we expected it to be. We gathered outside of Penny’s at the Mall and then walked to the very front of the parade where we would be some of the first to lead our school down to Aggie ville. The face paint was applied and we all stretched for the grueling task before us. It is ruffly 2 or 3 miles I believe that you end up dancing till you come to the finish line and we were ready to show the crowd our spirit. We had specifically asked not to be placed near the K-state band this year as we had been the previous year. The K-state band is a powerhouse and well deserving of its recognition. However when you take your ques from music… well you can imagine that would be impossible with a band behind you. So we were placed right behind the Army band. Well they are also powerful and so the parade began. At first we could hear our music and danced accordingly, but the Amy band kicked it up when the people began to cheer and so we were lost to their music. We improvised after that. Just free dance was the chant and we danced to our own music. This year sense we weren’t dancing to our music we were free to better interact with the crowd and from the reactions I saw we were loved. Luckily when we got to the Ville the band and us were spaced out. Enough so that we could hear our music again and dance we did. Having basically saved up energy the whole way there by dancing and lite jogging we burst into a rare form and the crowd cheered us on. Bet your wondering how we did over all. Here are the final stats.
OVERALL WINNERS
Student organizations
1st place – Japanese Yosakoi Dance Club
2nd place – Black Student Union
3rd place – Poize Hip Hop Dance Team
SPIRIT SIGNS AND BANNERS
Student organizations
1st place – Japanese Yosakoi Dance Club
2nd place – Black Student Union
3rd place – Poize Hip Hop Dance Team
SIDEWALK CHALKING COMPETITION
Student organizations
1st place – Japane
se Yosakoi Dance Club
2nd place – Japanese Student Association
3rd place – Poize Hip Hop Dance Team
PAINT THE ‘VILLE
Paint the ‘Ville was cancelled this year due to weather conditions. AAAAAHHHHH thats my event too. 😦 here what i was going to put in.
PANT THE CHANT
Student organizations
1st place – Black Student Union
2nd place – Japanese Yosakoi Dance Club
CHILDREN’S CARNIVAL
Student organizations
1st place – College of Education Ambassadors
2nd place – Poize Hip Hop Dance Team
3rd place – Japanese Yosakoi Dance Club
4th place – Black Student Union
PARADE COMPETITION
Student organizations
1st place – Students for Environmental Action
2nd place – Japanese Yosakoi Dance Club
3rd place – Black Student Union
K-State Yosakoi 