2. Showers are a privilege, cherish them.
3. NEVER cut your hair short 3 days before a show, because it's guaranteed not to slick back like it's supposed to.
4. Slipping into a spandex and putting on gobs of make-up in 15 min is considered normal
5. No one will look at you funny if your hair looks like it's plastered to
your head and you have 3 inches of eyeliner on that wings out to your
eyebrows...so long as you stay on school property.
6. It IS possible to pack for an entire weekend with nothing more than 3 sports bras, 2 pairs of underwear, 1 pair of pajama pants and 2 tank tops.
7. 7 am really is "earlier than you think"...they're not fibbing!
8. Getting at the site at 5:30, sleeping for an hour and a half, and then
waking up to rehearse isn't really all that bad.
9. Who needs real bras? All you need are sports bras!!!!
10. Things always fit in your bag better on your way down then on the way back home.
11. People talk weird.
12. At least one judge will be wearing something so eye-catching (good or bad) that you can't stop looking at them.
13. If you're looking to pick up boys (for the ladies) you're in the wrong
sport.
14. Never EVER walk down the drummer hall alone.
15. Every time you have to go to the bathroom, there WILL be a guard doing body warm-up in front of the bathroom door and they WILL take a half hour to warm up too.
16. Your instructors, like your parents, are often scared by you.
17. Taco Suprise!
18. If you don't like bagels, pb&j, white bread, and sunny delight...you're screwed!
19. DO NOT stand in front of the exit door, you WILL get run over, and the people running you over WILL NOT care in the least.
20. Colds spread like wildfire...make sure you blow your nose before you perform or you will get a "clif-hanger" during your rifle work, where you have no time to reach up and wipe your nose. and to make matters worse, the photo guy will take a picture of you at that moment too.
