Opening Ceremonies are the kick-off to the competition. All the international kids and one kid from each US team march in under their country or state's banner/flag. Each delegation wears their own t-shirt and has some sort of crazy hat to match. Texas always does cowboy hats and the participants decorate them to their individual tastes. Other states wore jester hats, sombreros, pizza berets, and amusement barker hats (just to name a few). All told, there are almost 850 teams with a total of more than 5000 competitors. Add in coaches, parents, grandparents and officials, and there are 20,000 people on the campus of Michigan State.
Competition starts this afternoon at noon. We don't compete until Saturday, but we will be checking out our competition site, watching some friends (a POMS family has a son competing for another school) and doing emergency prop repair (we have to make sure our vehicle still goes)!
wow! amazing numbers.
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