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80 - Competition Best Practices: Bhangra at the Alamo
Episode 80 • 11th April 2024 • The Bhangra Podcast • Umer Qureshi
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Sup y’all, on this episode of The Bhangra Podcast, we are talking to Ampal Kaur and Deshmesh Singh about their experience running the award winning competition Bhangra at the Alamo and hopefully you can learn from some of their best practices.

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Speaker:

This is The Bhangra Podcast stop y'all.

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And welcome to another episode

of The Bhangra Podcast.

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And today we're going to be talking to

the co-directors of bhangra at the Alamo

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and talk about their experiences

running the award winning competition.

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And hopefully you can learn

some of their best practices.

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All right, let's get into it.

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my name is ample.

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I am the director,

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one of the directors of bhangra

at the Alamo.

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I mean, it was a smash.

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And the other director, thing.

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That girl.

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Awesome.

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And so these two are.

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We've actually competed

against each other back when we.

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At least I first started dancing

in,:

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I was back then, I was on Steel City.

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They were, you know, on Alamo.

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And you kind of gone back and forth

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on these guys for a while, and it's

awesome to see a lot of competition.

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And also my favorite competition that's active right now, like absolutely won. And,

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they won

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best Best Foreign Competition

at the Summer awards.

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And overall, just as a competition

I've heard just rave reviews

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from absolutely everybody,

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whether it comes from communication,

mixer, sponsors, like every

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from every aspect of this competition,

it has had nothing but praise.

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And the reason I wanted to put them on

today was just to kind of

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get an idea of how they ran the comp.

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One lessons can be learned.

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What lessons can be gleaned

from their experience, and how other comps

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can copy this experience and hopefully

adapted to their own practices.

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So I guess, first and foremost,

why did you guys start like,

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what was the reason you guys started Alamo

on the first date in the first place?

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I think I think for me it was just like

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I said, it was just on my bucket

list as the only person.

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yeah.

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And, yes.

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I don't want you on vision

for the longest time.

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And I think after the pandemic kind of hit

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and I wanted to insane

comes forward happening.

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I think you just kind of took that time

to, like,

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actually sit down

and talk about it and plan it out,

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and then, you know, once restrictions

started lifting,

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trying to just find a venue

and kind of like, build it organically.

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We didn't really know what we were doing

initially.

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And, but yeah, it was just me.

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I realized you for a long time,

and I think, I think Texas

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definitely deserved it.

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On the mission of our foundation.

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And, yeah, I just want to throw a

really good one specially, in the South.

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I think we

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had a conversation in like 2016,

but we were so young

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then we had one meeting

about throwing a competition,

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and like one of our friends dorm rooms,

and we never talked about it after that.

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I don't know if you remember that

the finish it was, it was in Rama's dorm,

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but we like we talked about doing a comp

and we after that day,

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we never talked about it because I think

we were still a little young and

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and still I was still in college.

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And you don't have the skills or resources

or money to develop the competition.

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But, I think after the pandemic,

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we weren't dancing.

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We had a lot of free time.

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So I think summer of 2021, 2021.

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Yeah,

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2021, we decided,

look, we started looking at venues

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and no one was responding to us actually,

but we just started there.

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We started looking at venues

and getting a price.

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And we also like wanted to combine.

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And like we always talk about our

two favorite or three favorite clubs.

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So we just wanted to like combine

our like knowledge

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and accomplishment

to throughout the ten years

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I've been dancing

and put it all together into.

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So what were those?

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What were those influences?

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How the what were those comps, as

you kind of drew inspiration

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from?

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my first comp that I really, really loved

was the Notorious Vanguard.

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I was in 2014, and that comp was like,

it wasn't the best run comp,

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but our liaison was the best

liaison I've ever had in my entire life.

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And he made that experience that good.

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So of of Sheen,

if he's still around and he was so good to

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so he made that experience so good.

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little

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fun fact that the Compton have t shirts

and they like last day

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put like ironed on the logo on t shirts

and just handed it to us

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and we were like,

oh my God, it's not even that good.

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So I've seen handmade new t shirts for us

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with our names on the back

and sent them out to Texas.

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Yeah.

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So that's

that's the best liaison experience.

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So that's one of them.

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So that's kind of what we took

that look at. Lee is on.

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He makes the experience.

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It doesn't matter like how great

the comp is or where the comp is.

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It's the liaison

that makes or breaks it for you.

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An English maybe you can talk quite a bit.

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Oh God.

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Yeah.

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I mean, that was just like,

I think I was the first time Tucson.

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We ran t where like,

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you kind of feel like money was no object.

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just because, like,

the grand scale of the mixer.

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And I was at leasing and, like,

the venue was fantastic.

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And like, I think we got, like, a party

bus, the after party that.

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Yeah.

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got a theme.

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So for people who don't know teed up

and that was ran by releasing

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who who's a YouTuber

and now doing other things.

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But she ran this formerly a competition

and the theme was circus.

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Yeah.

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So that was the entire theme

throughout the entire weekend.

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Yeah.

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And you had to include,

some sort of circus gimmick in there.

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So which is interesting.

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Think so?

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Yeah.

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It was, it was so grand,

like the mixer had bouncy castles in it.

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The mixer had like circus games

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and like carnival games and it like, it's

something I've never even seen.

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And this is like my third comp,

so I'm like already so spoiled.

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You think from like

I went from like fun little bird to t dot.

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so like that was a big factor in that.

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Like how money can bring in a lot

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like the experience just gets better

when you have money in your pocket

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and like anything else in life, I guess.

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Yeah, yeah.

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It's I think other comps,

we were just like

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biography where I think I would talk about

just been there.

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He was just very involved

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as a director with the teams,

and he would come and check on us.

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So that was a good like example

of how a director can be approachable.

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You can, he can also like show up to your

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like tech time, like he was just around

and he made us feel like we were at home.

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And the last comp

that we drew inspiration from was RDR.

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I don't think it was the all girls

competition.

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that happened in DC,

and I actually got to judge that.

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That was really

cool. But a lot of our like,

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I think we took inspiration from them.

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I loved the way they ran it.

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So we actually sat down with End of Need,

who was one of the directors

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or one of the board members,

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and she gave us a lot of tips

and tricks on how to budget

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and how to have a schedule,

like what kind of schedule you need.

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They were so organized, so we

we took a lot from them as well.

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Yeah, we also I my yeah.

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With just been there too

and just like how

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he ran fever and this was all leading up

to like our first night.

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So we definitely talk to.

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But we had Martin in the circuit

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Walter Lloyd also.

And we started our comp.

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So shout out to those guys to open up and

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share

all that information, information on this.

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One question

that you have and I think this is a comp,

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this is an issue that plagues

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a lot of any competition,

whether they're just starting

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or they're getting getting ready for

the next year is just

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sponsorships, fundraising,

like when you're not, especially

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as a competition that is not attached

to a school that just kind of has

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a relatively easy source of funding.

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isn't attached, however,

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personally seems to have

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like has isn't

doesn't seem to be short of funds.

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It seems to run really well and run

just like any other competition.

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So I guess all I have is for anybody

who's out there maybe listening

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to this and thinking like, well, yeah,

I would love to get a competition.

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But like when we even start

getting the money to even like this

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or put like a down payment

to reserve the venue or anything like

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that, I know it.

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well, I think, I think what we had done

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initially was Nelson's a recommendation.

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Oh yeah.

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From like RDR,

I was trying to build a budget.

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Right.

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So just make a list of everything

that you can think of

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that would cost money to to throw up our

competition and like, put a number on it.

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And even if you go even if it's a guess,

let's put a number on it

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and then, you know, tally everything up

like you would tally things

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from like positive venue to like,

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you know, the cost, stickers

that we want to give to everybody.

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And they're making Easter baskets, like,

everything.

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And judges hotels, like judges flights,

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like cameramen, like flights and hotels.

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So, like,

we added all that up before we started,

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I think

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before

we even, like, signed for the venue.

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Yeah.

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So we just make, like a giant budget

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with every little detail thing

that's going to cost money.

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And then like, once you get that tally

and you have that giant number

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at the bottom, then you have like a goal,

like, okay, for us to throw this comp,

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we need to raise,

you know, X amount of dollars.

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And then from there, you know, what we did

is we built a fundraising packet.

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And you know, everybody on board

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was assigned a certain dollar amount

coming into the comp.

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So if you want more

then you had to hit your fundraising goal.

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and obviously,

like we all helped each other,

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talk to people and whatnot, but,

you know, said

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that 100% is is it

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comes out to be set community,

foreign competition.

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Yeah. Right. No community.

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in San Antonio, you know, supports us

in multiple different ways.

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obviously

fundraising is a big one of them,

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but we also do our best

to showcase their business, whatever

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it is, in multitude of ways

through our fundraising packets.

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and obviously invite them to the show.

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And like, you know, this is probably

the biggest lift, I think that we have,

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entering a competition is fundraising,

right?

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Because he can't really throw up

until you know that, hey,

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we're going to hit our budget number

that we put aside to today's competition.

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so on and so forth.

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I mean, if we're going from like,

the ground up,

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you know, and you're out there

and you want to throw a competition,

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I think the first thing you want to do

is figure out

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what your biggest expenditures can be,

and it's usually going to be your venue.

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So, you know, reach out a couple venues,

get some pricing and see where you're at,

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you know, and then from there

you can build your budget.

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That's going to be the biggest chunk

of money you're going to spend is

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on that event. Yes, yes.

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And I want to

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ask a little bit more,

a little bit more into the outreach thing.

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So this is actually an issue

I have with a lot of competitions where

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like because they're funded by the school,

they just kind of

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have it very easy in the sense that

they have fundraise, which is awesome.

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Like,

you know, you can run the competition,

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blah, blah, blah,

but then look in the audience

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and there's like 20 people there

and is an auditorium is empty.

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And I ask them like, yo,

where is everybody?

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It's like, oh no, like this

probably had a the team go anywhere.

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Did you post on anything

other than Instagram?

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And Facebook was like, no, why else would

what else would you do?

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You do

your own thing isn't on Facebook like

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like they don't follow whoever, like,

why aren't you going to the wall?

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Why am I in the must you do the television

or whatever the heck?

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Why are you like, table in there?

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perfect example.

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Okay, so brb first four years

if you watched any old burger videos like

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one through four, like it's standing room

only like that entire audience is packed.

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You cannot find a seat. It is crazy.

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and they would go table.

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They do all this stuff.

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And then I remember burn.

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My sophomore year.

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So I think those like, burn

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the the off beach up here.

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big ten.

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Yes. So they,

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so they which I think sit told them

they go to guys

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like you need to like go to them on theirs

and all that stuff.

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You need to go physically table

and then one of the uncles,

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apparently the director was like,

hey, oh, you guys are back.

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I have like,

I would I missed you guys know and we need

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you've been going on the past

ten years like, no, you haven't.

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I didn't know about it.

Let in the community.

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Yeah. But yeah.

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No. Strangely like didn't even know that.

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Do this like, this is such an easy dog.

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Just go sit there like you need to, like,

actually put

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like, any outreach,

it really needed something very important.

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And so other than just, you know, like,

I, I like what are some like,

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what are some things that you did

to like actually gone to community.

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Like it seems you guys have like obviously

does it live in John

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so long so maybe easier

just naturally think of like who I go to.

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But what is something like

what are some things

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that what are some techniques challenges.

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That's that's something else to learn from

you guys

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and what you did

in order to like better connect with

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that.

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It's like fill the stadium.

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I mean, auditoriums.

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Fill the auditorium, fill like whatever,

like getting donations, whatever.

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But like, honestly, I'd like you fill

the seats.

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You got money to.

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Yeah.

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Yeah, I think I think for us, we,

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Yeah.

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He's able you tables outside.

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that's I think we're, we,

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visited, like, all the Indian restaurants.

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you know, in the area,

we put up posters everywhere.

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Indian restaurants, Indian grocery stores.

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Yeah. And mean grocery stores.

You know, he's hot.

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So the people that are on them,

I mean, they're like,

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put up the post train ticket piece.

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you know, we like, hey,

this is happening.

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You know, I know drive people there like,

you literally like stick

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posters, you know, on the registers.

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So yeah, they'd be like, you can put it.

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And I was like, can I put it on here?

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Like,

where everyone checks out? Yeah. you.

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Know.

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Yeah,

we were a little annoying about it, but,

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you know, like you, I'm doing, you know,

one of the people that we went to to go

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for the poster ended up being a sponsor.

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So, you know, we are just like,

or anything that kind of happened.

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But, yeah, I mean, you just got gotta

you just really got to be out there.

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And I think to your point, yeah.

Like you can't just post on Instagram.

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You have to have conversations

with people.

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I think we also

you try to hit up a couple of like,

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Indian events that were happening

in the city like outlet.

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It was like a whole

event or something like that.

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you know, we try to hand out,

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literally just hang out.

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There's the people, like, if you were

interested in, talk to people.

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And surprisingly,

I mean, you get a lot of positive

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feedback and people are, like,

itching to go to something.

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and, you know, obviously, depending

on your price point where it might be,

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you know, we definitely make sure

that you don't want to pass out

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anyone right in charge,

some exorbitant amount for a ticket,

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you know, I mean, for us, it's

all general admission.

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Everything's the same.

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Everything's the same cost.

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You know, we want families to be able

to take their kids to something,

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where they can see

their culture showcased on stage.

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and so we don't want to, like,

make some crazy pricing up

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so you can have a pretty straightforward,

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and I think I think the other thing is,

is like, like we've been

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to competitions where they have like

these like ginormous auditoriums,

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which is like super grand looking,

but then like, yeah, it's your place.

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I'm going to quickly show up

and there's all that. Great.

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So yeah, you know,

that, is not the biggest auditorium

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at all,

but I think being able to feel it,

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you know, makes it feel that much better.

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so, you know, sometimes in a smaller

auditorium, you can fill it easier.

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Yeah, yeah.

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Like we we went to look at one this year

because we were just I was just curious

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and it had like 3000 seats.

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And I was like, I will admit that selling

tickets is the hardest thing we do.

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And it requires a lot of time.

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Every weekend is is set aside

to go to the quarter and table there and,

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and talk to aunties and uncles like it's

hard like to like have to stop them

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and like tell them about a comp

and it's it's not easy.

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Like I understand it's awkward sometimes,

but you have to do it.

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I don't know if every conference

this way, but our, our auditorium

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uses Ticketmaster.

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Ticketmaster,

either you have to buy it online

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or you have to go physically to the venue

and we get to take it there.

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Yeah.

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So in our case, we know our Punjabi

community isn't going to go drive

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all the way to downtown

and buy one ticket for their family.

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So what I, what we do is

I kind of work around there.

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So I I'll go and pick up like 50 tickets

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before every Sunday

and we physically sell them to all right.

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We physically tickets out to them.

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So it's lot more convenient.

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And instead of using Ticketmaster,

as you know, they have a lot of fees.

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So like $30 tickets going to be $40

if you use the online method.

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But if you go buy a physical ticket

and just like possible,

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yeah, they're saving ten bucks and

they physically have the ticket already.

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So I think that kind of helps us,

I think more direct, like people.

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Nobody likes doing it on online,

I think not our,

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not like the go to the community.

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But yeah, we just want ten tickets

and they want

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they want to physically see them.

So give it to them. Yeah.

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I think one other thing that we did was

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they kind of house and I think

a lot of times already kind of do this.

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But you know, if you're

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trying to think strategically,

how do I get more people in the seats?

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You know, why don't you just invite, like,

the local Unger Academy,

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you know, give them an exhibition slot or,

you know, their local team or,

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you know, so everybody wants to come

watch their kid form.

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Everybody wants to watch the farm.

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So, you know,

if you invite others to come exhibition,

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they're more than likely going

to bring people,

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with them who will obviously need a ticket

in order to see the show.

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So, you know, you can.

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Think

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heads teams because then their yeah,

their parent and their mom and dad comes.

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So that's two. People.

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okay.

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The kids teams and then they're going

they're grandparent parents.

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So as for the tickets already sold.

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So like we we make an effort

to showcase our academies here.

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Like this year we're going to showcase

our own academy as well as the Houston.

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Yeah.

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And so a lot of the kids are going to be

like they they're so excited.

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Like a lot of kids at our academy.

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Now for Alamos Academy, I can remember

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for DeLay's performance because they were

in the audience watching last year.

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And they like talk about like, oh,

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I remember that move they did

that we're showing them.

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So it's all the me like this.

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Like, I like this organic circle

of like my impressions.

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Yeah. So,

they're like the little kids and.

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Bentonville was too hard. Oh, God.

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We teared up like that.

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Yeah. Oh.

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That's awesome.

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yeah. No. Yeah. Because likely.

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Yeah. No, no, no. Go ahead, go ahead.

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Now I just think about

it is really like it makes art like

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it really helps our community.

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Like, we have 50 to 60 people

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that adults want to learn,

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and we wouldn't know that, but it's it's

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really because of all the teams that come

and they showcase their talent on stage.

399

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And not everyone wants to be like them.

400

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Oh that's cool.

401

:

Wow. Okay, cool.

402

:

That's that's fantastic.

403

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Yeah.

404

:

No, I mean like, Amber, I was on the go

to, like, with champs and CIA.

405

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Like,

that was a thought that was like CIA.

406

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Rob basically winning

champs was a huge thing for them.

407

:

I've been bothering, some to, like,

408

:

get a cop in Detroit for,

like, the exact same reason.

409

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I don't really think arts folks,

like, are, like, working on something.

410

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It's often

that is a really, like, fortuitous circle

411

:

that just keeps feeding

itself. It's really great.

412

:

I don't know any more questions, though,

like selling tickets.

413

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And I kind of wanted to move on

to some of the

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:

the things that the circuit cares

about a little bit more.

415

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And that's, justice. so

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like, the everybody loves yell.

417

:

Listen, I read all the posts and stories.

418

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Everybody's talking about blind whatever.

419

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And like a centralized organization

and all this stuff, I'm like, you

420

:

get candidates over to that.

421

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And like, I would, more than happy to do

whatever it is, you know, like,

422

:

I mean, you know, honestly,

I just like that it won't happen.

423

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I don't know what to tell you, but, so,

so but I do really like yours process.

424

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Specifically what I was reading just,

So what do you guys.

425

:

so So, you know, quick plug,

426

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427

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All right. Bye.

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what we do is we, Well,

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let's let's backtrack a little bit.

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So, when me and Apple did was

we're putting this time

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together is honestly me

to figure out what our rubric is.

442

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And, you know,

rubric is super important to us because,

443

:

yeah,

that kind of gives our comp an identity.

444

:

And that's what teams look for.

445

:

when applying for a top position.

446

:

and so, you know, once we kind of bake

447

:

ami break, as long as we could,

you know, put it in the application form

448

:

so that teams know exactly, you know, what

we're looking for from them.

449

:

And then we kind of started a process of,

putting out a diverse application.

450

:

So we let anyone apply, obviously,

and then based on some of the questions

451

:

that we asked, the resume,

you know, we would move certain candidates

452

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to the interview process,

where we interview them in order

453

:

to have a conversation about,

you know, how they view it.

454

:

and then you creatively, you know,

455

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what are some, maybe some innate biases

that they might have based on their style,

456

:

you know, where they did that

within their role and so on and so forth.

457

:

So it's it's a lot of just like an open,

open ended conversation.

458

:

And it just gives us

the ability to, to understand how their,

459

:

their brain thinks.

460

:

I think, and how they view our rubrics.

461

:

and then based off those interviews,

you know,

462

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we'll select judges

that we think one represent.

463

:

and the circuit will

464

:

two are able to speak eloquently,

give feedback, really, really.

465

:

Well, and three, you know, understand

the fact that, you know, when we select

466

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ideas for our, they are meant to be

an extension of our committee.

467

:

They're basically joining our board as

some of the most important people on board

468

:

because their integrity during that show

469

:

is what is ultimately going

to give our top credibility.

470

:

And so we take the rubric and the judges

thing, like really, really seriously.

471

:

and, you know, we want to ensure that

we pick the right people to represent us.

472

:

And so that's our hosts in a nutshell,

have won enough.

473

:

I miss anything.

474

:

Yeah.

475

:

No, this is very involved

in the interview process.

476

:

And then they'll like,

we'll put it on paper and see, like,

477

:

if these judges match with each other

and then we'll go from there.

478

:

But I think he covered it all.

479

:

again, our judging process

was a shout out to RTR, again,

480

:

inspired by them, because they did that to

me and I really liked it.

481

:

So we brought it to our comp and

482

:

and I hope I'll,

I wish a lot of other comps would do that.

483

:

Like, we're not interviewing you, like,

we're not like drilling down on you, like,

484

:

what do you think about this?

What do you think about that?

485

:

We're just ask.

486

:

We're just having a conversation

kind of like this.

487

:

We just want to know how you like where

your brain is when it comes to like it.

488

:

like the way you see the circuit going,

the way circuit has been going.

489

:

So it's just really just to understand.

490

:

But I think most importantly,

we try to like, see how they speak

491

:

and if if they're able to speak

well in an interview,

492

:

they're going to be able to get good

feedback.

493

:

So feedback is very important to us. It's

494

:

I think I always say like the first place

team is so happy.

495

:

Like, of course they're going to have

496

:

they're going

to get good feedback from the judges.

497

:

But what about like the,

you know, the bottom teams?

498

:

How are they going to be more successful?

499

:

So it's really important to us

that our judges are able

500

:

to help them out as well,

because we want them, those teams,

501

:

every team that comes to our comm

to succeed at the future cons they go to.

502

:

So the only way they can do that is

if our judges are able to, you know, know,

503

:

pick their sides and help them get better

504

:

where they can go and place other comps.

505

:

So we try to think about like the future

as well, a little bit for our teams.

506

:

I think the other thing for us is like.

507

:

You know, when

508

:

when you have well-established

teams comes your competition

509

:

more often than not, more often than not,

they know what they're doing.

510

:

And so you really need

511

:

a judge to be able

to speak to someone at that level

512

:

and do them feel like,

you know, or, you know,

513

:

sometimes people aren't open to feedback

right after it, but maybe helping them

514

:

understand why they didn't place,

you know, is just as important and moment.

515

:

And so, yeah.

516

:

Selecting judges to match the level of,

517

:

the teams that are coming here.

518

:

I think it's also really key. So

519

:

it's definitely important

because I've been in those judges meetings

520

:

with some teams, and,

521

:

you know, you really need some people

who really know what they're talking about

522

:

and are well respected

and able to in order to be able to talk

523

:

to those people that are looking for

that feedback in that moment.

524

:

so. Anybody who has

525

:

judge, let's put that in there, do that

ahead.

526

:

There. You yeah. You,

you know, you know, you know. Exactly.

527

:

Yeah.

528

:

This is one thing I want,

I wanted to ask so one

529

:

I know of a few different competitions

are going through different ways to

530

:

give feedback.

531

:

in terms of,

532

:

you know, for example,

533

:

I remember one year

they had a thing where they had judges

534

:

like this one judge each table,

you rotate to all of them,

535

:

and then eventually you had

like a full 30 minutes with the judges

536

:

like that because they were, like you

said, different stuff.

537

:

then there was just like,

okay, you get ten minutes with the judge,

538

:

but then like XYZ 18 just, just like, no,

539

:

we're staying here for 45 minutes

and nobody's leaving until we go.

540

:

And then there's like,

I think now all of it is,

541

:

this year where they just said, no,

no judges meetings until like, tools.

542

:

I just kind of want to know, like,

543

:

like, what are your thoughts on that?

544

:

But ultimately I agree these

that's really important to like

545

:

it's just as like

546

:

I found this a lot

because you're in plenty of times

547

:

when I judge and I'm like to

I got 30s to like sing my shoe

548

:

and I can't, I can't,

I can't communicate this, I can't.

549

:

I'm like, I'm trying to like, distill

as much as possible, but like,

550

:

what I really want to do is just like,

pull up your video and be like, all right,

551

:

five minutes this happened.

552

:

And this is why I didn't

like it in Boulder.

553

:

I try to about like how it contrast

wasn't great and all this stuff.

554

:

And I want to like, nerd out about you

with your formations and stuff

555

:

in a time for that.

556

:

And so how do you balance the time

expectation that schedule expectations

557

:

and also the law,

like the same exact thing you said?

558

:

Like just feedback does really lead

to like future performance.

559

:

And if you as a competition create

a reputation like,

560

:

you know, the judges here smack and every

if you go to this competition

561

:

like you might not like the places

but like you will be set up for

562

:

success in the future. So,

563

:

where some like things or strategies

or ways

564

:

you sort of in order to like,

help move the feedback is.

565

:

Well, I mean, I was understanding

so I can bounce people over to this.

566

:

Yeah.

567

:

I think a lot it has to do with,

568

:

well, one like I was at Mila.

569

:

So I heard about the whole we're

having judges meeting after the comp.

570

:

So I'm serious.

571

:

get feedback on how that actually went

because that's, that's an existing idea.

572

:

but at the same time, you know,

573

:

regardless, someone's

going to come up to the judges

574

:

and start

talking to them about things at night.

575

:

So, yeah, you're not having it,

but you kind of are having it.

576

:

So the other party isn't doing it.

577

:

Yeah. Yeah. In here.

578

:

Let's. Yeah.

579

:

So, I think for us, like we don't

580

:

necessarily put a time limit on it,

you know, we want our to feel comfortable.

581

:

and, you know,

we want to just walk out of that

582

:

judge's

meeting room feeling, you know, satisfied,

583

:

so I can put a time limit on it.

584

:

But then again, at the same time.

585

:

Yeah.

586

:

I mean, you know,

you can't necessarily have an hour, but,

587

:

I think for us, it's like.

588

:

And we, we talk about this

and we struggle with this every year.

589

:

It's like,

yeah, timing of the competition.

590

:

Like I think Americans need to end by

591

:

like 830, 9:00 like this.

592

:

Every con is owned by like 830, 9:00

593

:

teams are back in the hotel

by like nine 930.

594

:

The latest judges

meetings are starting in.

595

:

You know, they're going for an hour

and a half, two hours, whatever it is.

596

:

And everyone still has enough time

to, like, enjoy their time.

597

:

So I think that's a neat part of it.

598

:

you know, so it's getting crazy

when like, and I've been a judge,

599

:

so I understand this.

600

:

It's like, you know,

you talk your head off for like 2.5 hours

601

:

and it's like 130 in the morning

and you're just like,

602

:

yeah, I'm just gonna go to bed.

603

:

So, I mean, want

I wanted to have a good time. So.

604

:

So, yeah,

I think turning it off, I'm really.

605

:

And then obviously like, for us,

like miniature, like, judges

606

:

signed on to be judges.

607

:

Our comp, like, you have to be open

to giving feedback after the competition.

608

:

Like,

609

:

you have to be able to

give your notes, set up time when people,

610

:

you know, we're going to skip shares

or sheets, you know, all that good stuff.

611

:

My show on the Satisfied,

post competition.

612

:

So if we can't do it

in that initial judges meeting,

613

:

you know, we'll definitely ensure it

happens, you know, then that first week.

614

:

So that's something that we do.

615

:

But yeah,

it's it's not like the best system.

616

:

But I think the biggest part of it

is really just ending your show on time

617

:

and giving yourself

enough time that night to.

618

:

I know you're not honest.

619

:

I never even thought about that

because I was I right?

620

:

Like,

621

:

if you're if your comp ends at eight,

like you can have two hours of judges

622

:

meetings and like, everybody's still in,

I don't like going to sleep

623

:

or waking up or whatever at a normal time.

624

:

And yet you're right.

625

:

Yeah.

626

:

Our last performance is like 815, 830.

627

:

Our last competing team.

628

:

And then it takes like 30 minutes,

like settle the show.

629

:

But last year we ended at like 9:00

and our hotel was five minutes away.

630

:

So you just got one back.

631

:

And then, I mean, it was hard.

632

:

I do remember like yelling.

633

:

I was like, it's only nine.

634

:

I yeah, I can like it.

635

:

I was.

636

:

Screaming, wake up! And then yeah.

637

:

oh, oh I'm an old man.

638

:

Yeah. in like, not, not not so good.

639

:

Yeah.

640

:

Well,

I think along with, how we encourage

641

:

good feedback is also

I think has to do with.

642

:

So timeline wise, our competition

last year

643

:

happened in April and of early April.

644

:

Our first judges meeting was in January.

645

:

So we had our one and only captains

meeting with the judges and the teams in

646

:

January that give the teams three months

647

:

to prepare, set to our rubric.

648

:

So now that the judges and me and the

major have explained the entire rubric to

649

:

the teams

and they are building their sets,

650

:

or they're modifying their sets

towards our competition and our rubric,

651

:

and then when they're

at the judges meeting,

652

:

I think they can already know why

they didn't like place.

653

:

I think it has.

654

:

It really has to do with that.

655

:

We were really up front with our rubric,

and when we had our judges meeting way

656

:

beyond, like, you know,

I think any other comp does these days

657

:

and it helps with like expectations,

the team's expectations and like,

658

:

well, connect expectations

they have from the judges.

659

:

So if you're building yourself for Bata,

you know why you didn't win.

660

:

Like yeah.

661

:

Because you like knew about it

from such an early early on.

662

:

So I think I think I would recommend comps

to have earlier judges meetings,

663

:

maybe have one again if you want to,

just to like refresh for the judges.

664

:

But like it doesn't help

when the judges meeting is

665

:

like three weeks before the comp.

666

:

Like three weeks

is not enough time for us to redo our set.

667

:

But three months is.

668

:

So, like,

I think everything like that also helps

669

:

us, create

good, good expectations for our teams.

670

:

Therefore they understand like like that's

I just meetings are not that long.

671

:

Like no one has ever stayed

for 30 minutes.

672

:

And they, Yeah, they're always like,

I mean, people are upset and things.

673

:

And then there's a pause about it,

but it's but,

674

:

but I think this last year

was really smooth.

675

:

To go into just time management.

676

:

And, actually,

now that, you know, right now,

677

:

you guys are going

to the registration process,

678

:

what are some things you can tell

me about when it comes to

679

:

timing or

680

:

registration, like how runs costs,

all that stuff.

681

:

Like you kind of went into that.

682

:

How can you talk to me

like as early as possible?

683

:

but what are some other things

that you think are really important

684

:

that you're not seeing as much in the past

year, right.

685

:

I don't. I'm. Sorry.

686

:

I just have one when I finish things like,

687

:

we haven't done it yet,

but we will do it.

688

:

We like to announce our judges

before our deadline

689

:

so people know what they're applying to.

690

:

So that's like,

691

:

I think something that's really important

in the registration process,

692

:

which

I think a lot of comps are doing now.

693

:

So I really like that.

694

:

But you can go, let me think.

695

:

I think for us

it was also just about like timing

696

:

everything correctly

so that, you know, once line up is hit,

697

:

you have won like a bunch

and a lot of time to builders.

698

:

I understand

699

:

the regret character just happened

and you just meeting with the captains.

700

:

I think we also like, you know,

if there's anything that's unclear

701

:

on the rubric,

we have time to tweak it, you know?

702

:

Okay, this wording seems weird.

703

:

you know, judge

A, do you have a changing effect?

704

:

PDP, so on and so forth. Okay.

705

:

We're going to rewrite

just flying the rubric.

706

:

Send it out to everybody,

make sure one's on the same page.

707

:

and then you,

708

:

I think, is giving teams enough time

to like book flights, the whole deal,

709

:

like giving them the best shot

and also I and the cheapest flight

710

:

so that they're not,

you know, get selected.

711

:

And so we got to book

flights immediately,

712

:

you know, before maybe they have it

put together and whatnot.

713

:

So, yeah, Tanya's

definitely a big thing.

714

:

and how we spaced everything out, right?

715

:

For ourselves at least.

716

:

So yeah.

717

:

Well, we're going to wrap up in March.

718

:

That's how starts March. Yeah.

719

:

Yeah.

720

:

So we do we give give teams

and us three months to like figure it out.

721

:

I think that's the time

that's worked for us.

722

:

And we've done this

for the past three years.

723

:

And we're going to do it again.

724

:

so from the day you pick your lineup,

you have three months

725

:

until the competition. And that's

726

:

that.

727

:

We spend our entire three months.

728

:

So immediately

after we select our teams, me, the Army

729

:

and the captains,

that team have individual group chats.

730

:

So it's not just like one captains chart.

731

:

It's individual group chats with her

and they're constantly

732

:

communicating with us

so they know our names.

733

:

They know who I am. You know who this is.

734

:

And we don't even bring in the liaisons

until like a week before the comp.

735

:

But me and this may make it an effort

to get to know the captains

736

:

and answer any questions

they have leading up to the competition.

737

:

So at the end of the day, if anything,

by the end of it it'll become our besties.

738

:

So like that's how like, like you

just we just like really get to know them

739

:

really well.

740

:

So we do that.

741

:

I think that's really important because

sometimes you don't even hear from like,

742

:

the director until the week off.

743

:

But we're like very involved in the

process.

744

:

with every team,

745

:

whether that's like

746

:

getting the gold letter to help

or I write a letter for NJ

747

:

because they have to have a letter

to like, come through.

748

:

So it's just like the craziest,

weirdest stuff.

749

:

Or it's like, hey, like,

can I ship something to your house?

750

:

Like, I need it for the stage.

751

:

So like, we're there every step of the way

for the teams in any way possible.

752

:

I think a lot of teams, some of the teams

will be like, we need practice space.

753

:

Like we'll pay for it,

but can you just like director?

754

:

So we'll like,

try to finding practice spaces for them.

755

:

And sometimes I mean, we do sometimes,

756

:

like, we try our best.

757

:

I mean, I'm not going to say we're 100%.

758

:

So we try as best as we can.

759

:

So I think that's like the timeline.

760

:

The registration will end.

761

:

we have like early on a date.

762

:

Luckily, there's no middle one.

763

:

18th and then two weeks later,

just like every comp,

764

:

March 3rd and then we have a really quick

turnaround.

765

:

We're going to tell the teams, like,

766

:

I think in the next 2 or 3 days

that they're in,

767

:

we're not going to make them

wait that long.

768

:

Okay.

769

:

So just

so they're like ready and prepared.

770

:

But yeah, I don't know if that answers

your question one thing.

771

:

So actually I kind of like that. Yeah.

772

:

One thing that,

773

:

I mean, if we're talking about earlier

today was like so registration processes.

774

:

Yeah, I think the registration process

on our end.

775

:

But take a minute here and just gripe

about, teams submitting their athletes.

776

:

Yeah.

777

:

Shoot shoot.

778

:

Let's get out.

779

:

Let's go. Hey, Sam, talking to you.

780

:

Unless Sam White, sending it.

781

:

And then you get a really good audition

video really does make a great sense.

782

:

And by graduation video, I'm not even

talking about, I'm going to talking about

783

:

the clarity of the video,

the lighting in the video,

784

:

the sound in the video,

785

:

you know,

they don't send me, like a four £0.20,

786

:

you know, in a garage

with my head like this angle.

787

:

This side. Weird thing.

788

:

I know my my favorite thing.

789

:

So I judged the Avs for Derby City

and like,

790

:

somebody just like colorful, like,

you know, like,

791

:

am I just like, all the brow in the corner

and we're all like,

792

:

yo, why am I looking like,

how involved will you do it?

793

:

Y'all? Like, right here like this.

794

:

Crazy like, yeah, yeah, yeah.

795

:

So I think I just like little tips

and tricks,

796

:

you know,

like we're obviously not going to

797

:

we're going to watch your video

for your dancing, but you know, it helps

798

:

you like everyone's

799

:

wearing the same colored pants

and everyone's the same color shirt.

800

:

And your video is like on tripod,

you know, like you

801

:

just someone can hold it to

it doesn't matter.

802

:

But the lighting is good and it's not like

car lighting in the bag flashing.

803

:

And then you're like, silhouettes.

804

:

but yeah. So I think that's important.

805

:

I also think like from a clubs

perspective, like when

806

:

you're writing out your registration form,

it doesn't have to be that long.

807

:

All you need is a name and email

808

:

or phone number

and the link toward their audition video.

809

:

We don't need anything else.

810

:

And as a club,

you don't need anything else.

811

:

Like why would you want to know?

812

:

Like the name

and their birth dates, their signatures?

813

:

Like, what are you gonna do that?

814

:

Like you're telling like teams that aren't

even getting to provide all that?

815

:

It's it's

so useless you're gonna throw it away.

816

:

So, yeah, we just asked for a name.

817

:

Email, birth, not birth name. Email.

818

:

Hey, how many people do

you think is going to come?

819

:

They're like 25. Okay, cool.

820

:

So that's it. Like.

821

:

And then we ask for a logo

because we use it for like

822

:

or like a video, but that's it.

823

:

Like two links.

824

:

And at the time

they're like we'll email it.

825

:

So I'm like following up.

826

:

But regardless, make it like really easy

for teams to apply to your account.

827

:

Like it's not

828

:

I don't need to log in to their emails

829

:

and they don't need to do all that stuff.

830

:

So yeah.

831

:

The people don't like filling out forms

that won't.

832

:

you know, some of these stories,

allegations, forms are getting crazy

833

:

like, what does

what does I'm sorry, Marilyn Monroe.

834

:

What does Marilyn Morgan need to you, bro?

835

:

I don't fucking know.

836

:

I'm just.

837

:

I'm trying to judge like it's

nothing to me.

838

:

Like, I was like, I like it.

839

:

It's like a cool calm.

840

:

There's, like, kind of close by, like,

I like the, I don't know. I.

841

:

Yeah, I think I did.

842

:

I think we asked that question.

843

:

No I cannot off enough.

844

:

Oh okay.

845

:

Well I don't know if I will.

846

:

We are coming to you.

847

:

Maybe we love reading.

848

:

you think how. Us but.

849

:

Yeah. Yeah, yeah, it is it.

850

:

I think it's just like our own,

like ego booster at that point.

851

:

Yeah.

852

:

It was like, oh, my God,

you guys are so sick.

853

:

Like, I love you guys. Texas greatest.

854

:

The greatest, right.

855

:

Like, you know Greg Abbott and he's

the best, you know, like oh okay.

856

:

Okay.

857

:

I got that right. Yeah.

858

:

We got to go here.

859

:

Oh, row. Guys, guys. I'm wearing.

860

:

What am I wearing?

Like, always a little things.

861

:

but okay.

862

:

oh. 16 Reg,

863

:

I have a

you added a thing about tech time flow.

864

:

Best practice.

865

:

Please

866

:

enlighten. Yes.

867

:

That's so comedy.

868

:

Like mixer is important to us.

869

:

And we try to have, like, fun with it and

try to bring like our unique twist to it.

870

:

But Saturday, which is most cops comp

days, is the most important day for us

871

:

and the most important day for our dancers

and our teams.

872

:

So I want to emphasize that

873

:

we try to make it as a stress free

874

:

experience for the teams

as much as possible.

875

:

I mean, you were there during tech time

like no one was yelling.

876

:

Everyone was like very calm.

877

:

So that I think that's really important

as a committee and as a board

878

:

and a director, you should not be adding

more stress to the teams.

879

:

You know, I'm not saying

have that walk all over you.

880

:

That's not right.

881

:

But like don't stress them out.

882

:

I'm like, hey, hurry up, let's go.

883

:

I'm gonna cut your tech time

if we're not there, blah blah blah blah.

884

:

Like, hey, I'm going to cut your mics

midway.

885

:

You're not finished with it.

886

:

Like, if they have a minute left,

let them finish it.

887

:

It's totally fine.

888

:

You as a comp, you have to build in

time to know that that's going to happen.

889

:

Like, we have five minutes from them

to walk from that door to that door,

890

:

and they take five minutes

to lock on that.

891

:

So it doesn't.

892

:

But it's like I would recommend building

out like a very detailed schedule.

893

:

And when we go over this in our captains

meeting the night before.

894

:

And like I give them a piece of paper,

it tells them why don't you come down

895

:

when they're going to go on the shuttle,

when the how long the walk, like

896

:

they're going to walk

from a point to viewpoint

897

:

and they're going to it's

going to take them that time.

898

:

So everything is very detailed.

899

:

So we we, we give our teams

everything they need to be on time.

900

:

And I think in return

they all have been on time.

901

:

Like we've had a very on time tech time.

902

:

And it's like one of the biggest feedbacks

we do get.

903

:

So I think like building a very

detailed tech time schedule really helps.

904

:

Like it only takes us ten minutes

to get from our hotel to the venue.

905

:

But we've added 20 minutes

because who cares?

906

:

Just add it in there

907

:

and then maybe, maybe some team will need

that extra five minutes

908

:

to finish out their tech time.

And you have it there.

909

:

So like I think that's what we do it

on our end.

910

:

To avoid stressing out the teams, avoid

cutting like tech time in the middle.

911

:

Like we give you a routine 20 minutes,

but if it takes 21, it's okay.

912

:

Yeah. You don't have to like cut.

913

:

You don't have to, you know,

it doesn't matter.

914

:

Yeah.

915

:

Yeah, absolutely

I like I remember doing that the,

916

:

the you know the one

917

:

I was like doing the little

like the leverage the one like.

918

:

Well this three minutes left you,

give you 45 minutes to run a zip line.

919

:

Come on dog, this is crazy.

920

:

Like this is I don't finish there. Yeah.

921

:

They're like high on energy

and they're kind of like yeah.

922

:

You know, they like mentally

prepared to do this run through.

923

:

And now you cut up in the middle.

924

:

So I think like I mean be strict with time

because obviously time is money

925

:

because you literally rent out the theater

for a certain amount of money.

926

:

But but like also think about the teams

like this is the most important day

927

:

for them that weekend.

928

:

So and teams are slow like no offense

you always.

929

:

Yeah.

Well there's a lot of. Like dilly dally.

930

:

Oh my.

931

:

Say to take time like t shirts and shorts

and like

932

:

that was it even sometimes

we don't even use props right now.

933

:

Like not part of the attire now.

934

:

It's like Charlie and like.

935

:

Lulls after warming us now,

936

:

before like, yeah, I seen the

you know, the drill.

937

:

So I think it was like a ritual.

938

:

Yeah.

939

:

You know, give them enough time

940

:

because it's like herding cats

and sometimes you just go with.

941

:

The herding cats is crazy.

942

:

Oh, man, that's a great.

943

:

Oh, I mean, I love our teams and they're

very like they're very respectful

944

:

and they're very on time, but we account

for their lateness all the time.

945

:

Like we account that some guys

are going to be in the bathroom.

946

:

And yeah.

947

:

I don't want to

948

:

on this because Alamo is one competition

that I see

949

:

seemingly gets just the greatest amount

of shared ability.

950

:

Like, for example, like somebody

might be really mad about placings

951

:

or like how it judges

says something or this

952

:

and that in like every other competition

I've ever been.

953

:

And immediately directors head off

saying the Arkansas like it is like

954

:

it's just like the hinder button

that like, fuck the cup like that.

955

:

That is a button that we just love

hitting.

956

:

Okay. And

957

:

Alamosa, one car

that like that button is almost never hit.

958

:

And obviously it's a lot of it

is because of good planning and things.

959

:

Yeah. Yeah. No.

960

:

Like cross those fingers.

961

:

Nothing happens this time. But, like,

962

:

I would like to say

963

:

that I think one of the reasons

why there is

964

:

so much variability

965

:

is not just because

you guys are from the motor circuit.

966

:

And I like people in general. You know,

967

:

but I think it's the communication.

968

:

Your level of communication

that I've heard is unparalleled

969

:

to any little competition.

970

:

And the only competition I can command

971

:

because I haven't competed with you guys

at this competition.

972

:

But is is chess with God?

973

:

I was like almost hitting

texting like every day

974

:

that, hey, it's 343 days before the comp.

975

:

Are you okay? I'm like,

y'all do not like the relax.

976

:

but what what are some differences in

the communication that you guys implement?

977

:

First of the communication

that you've seen from other competitions

978

:

and that you think you've addressed in

maybe some ways.

979

:

And I think you should

improve the application because I think

980

:

that is key to success is just

981

:

making sure everybody's like,

982

:

I got a on top and not like from from

an outsider's point of view.

983

:

Like I think that's who

I think that's you're like magic.

984

:

Magic basically does.

985

:

Yeah.

986

:

Bring.

987

:

Yeah.

988

:

I think I think for us,

or at least for me personally,

989

:

I think it really just begins with

990

:

it begins and ends with our team

and team that helps one point.

991

:

I mean. Yeah, or or whatever.

992

:

But you know, it's it's really

everybody who's on on board

993

:

and on staff

and volunteering and or liaisons.

994

:

We make it like very,

very abundantly clear,

995

:

like guys like we want to treat like

996

:

every single person that comes to

our account is our family member, right.

997

:

Like we're having a giant reunion.

998

:

We're all related.

999

:

One, make sure everyone has a great time.

:

00:49:25,250 --> 00:49:29,916

So experience is like one of our top key

metrics is like regardless

:

00:49:29,916 --> 00:49:33,583

if they don't place or what have you,

but they have to have a good time.

:

00:49:33,791 --> 00:49:37,625

Like how do we make sure they have a good

we have conversations with liaison like,

:

00:49:37,625 --> 00:49:40,875

you know, find out whose birthday it is

on that theme, like

:

00:49:41,291 --> 00:49:44,291

what kind of, you know, what can we do

extra to make someone's like,

:

00:49:45,041 --> 00:49:48,000

you know, day better or what

have you or their experience better?

:

00:49:48,000 --> 00:49:53,791

Because, for example, last night,

me and Phil, you know, share this on

:

00:49:54,083 --> 00:49:57,916

like some of we were all at dinner

and we were literally just like,

:

00:49:57,916 --> 00:50:02,416

reminiscing about the great experiences

that we had at competitions, right?

:

00:50:02,416 --> 00:50:05,625

Like, oh, you know, you remember

we went to fever this and this happened

:

00:50:05,666 --> 00:50:06,583

and that happened.

:

00:50:06,583 --> 00:50:08,916

Did yes, had a good time.

:

00:50:08,916 --> 00:50:11,916

And not once did we talk about

when placing we got

:

00:50:12,375 --> 00:50:14,416

like that

wasn't even part of the conversation.

:

00:50:14,416 --> 00:50:18,375

It was about like,

who would we be at the after party was,

:

00:50:18,791 --> 00:50:22,375

you know, just the overall

great experience that we had

:

00:50:22,375 --> 00:50:23,333

and, you know, with each other.

:

00:50:23,333 --> 00:50:27,291

So, you know, we take that

and like figure out a way

:

00:50:27,291 --> 00:50:30,291

to make

a really good experience for a team.

:

00:50:30,375 --> 00:50:33,250

So how do you like have the dining table

:

00:50:33,250 --> 00:50:36,250

at, you know, deejay when they were

they get together.

:

00:50:36,375 --> 00:50:37,333

They talk about data

:

00:50:37,333 --> 00:50:40,875

and wanted to be a positive experience

whether they place or not or whatnot.

:

00:50:41,083 --> 00:50:44,083

So I think from a

it's like really just understanding

:

00:50:44,083 --> 00:50:47,083

that our team needs to make sure

that experience over everything.

:

00:50:47,583 --> 00:50:50,458

And I think that trickles down

to communication

:

00:50:50,458 --> 00:50:55,375

and being like upfront, being out there

and making sure everyone knows who you are

:

00:50:55,375 --> 00:50:59,541

so that if there is an issue, they can come back to us and we can take care of the.

:

00:51:02,041 --> 00:51:03,916

I think,

:

00:51:03,916 --> 00:51:06,916

I think, I don't know,

I think it's just everything from like

:

00:51:07,666 --> 00:51:11,416

and like you said, like Kendall would text

you every day, like I do the same thing.

:

00:51:11,416 --> 00:51:12,625

Hey, have you booked your hotel?

:

00:51:12,625 --> 00:51:15,250

Hey, I know you haven't booked

because I see the list.

:

00:51:15,250 --> 00:51:17,458

I'm going to ask you anyways,

so it's like,

:

00:51:17,458 --> 00:51:20,833

I think they'll do hotels and like,

can we get like.

:

00:51:20,833 --> 00:51:24,250

And obviously like, teams

wait till the last minute and

:

00:51:24,916 --> 00:51:28,000

I every year this happened teams

wait till like the very last minute

:

00:51:28,000 --> 00:51:31,000

to book hotels and

and then like we are block fills up.

:

00:51:31,250 --> 00:51:31,875

So like

:

00:51:31,875 --> 00:51:34,250

are we going to just say no or my are

we are me

:

00:51:34,250 --> 00:51:36,416

and you're going to go talk to the hotel

and get my room.

:

00:51:36,416 --> 00:51:39,541

So like I think that like just like

:

00:51:40,666 --> 00:51:42,291

we just I think

:

00:51:42,291 --> 00:51:45,541

communication and like

I just think we never say no to anything.

:

00:51:45,875 --> 00:51:48,708

Like we always figure out a way

to figure it out.

:

00:51:48,708 --> 00:51:52,458

And we tell our liaison that to like,

if your team needs something,

:

00:51:52,458 --> 00:51:55,458

just just go do it like it's

:

00:51:56,208 --> 00:51:59,541

I know sometimes I like really stressed

like, why do you need 20 days

:

00:51:59,541 --> 00:52:02,458

but like just go by for them and

and if they don't pay you back, like,

:

00:52:02,458 --> 00:52:04,333

we'll figure out a way to get your money

back.

:

00:52:04,333 --> 00:52:08,833

Like, it's like it's just make it

as seamless as possible for the teams.

:

00:52:08,833 --> 00:52:12,208

And I think I don't even think we do

anything extra in regards

:

00:52:12,208 --> 00:52:13,125

to communication.

:

00:52:13,125 --> 00:52:16,708

Like, I know we like detail everything out

:

00:52:16,708 --> 00:52:20,000

and we have like group chats,

just like most comps do, but.

:

00:52:20,541 --> 00:52:20,708

Then.

:

00:52:22,000 --> 00:52:25,000

I, I don't know, I think

maybe we just put ourselves out there and.

:

00:52:25,000 --> 00:52:28,458

I think it's that,

I think it's that I really think

:

00:52:28,458 --> 00:52:32,083

it's just the fact that like,

we're like the thing that you mentioned

:

00:52:32,625 --> 00:52:36,458

about, you don't you don't even like lube

and liaisons until like,

:

00:52:37,083 --> 00:52:40,083

yeah, before nine individual

and of course like oh two

:

00:52:40,333 --> 00:52:43,875

the liaisons are my, the, the person

I'm interfacing with most often.

:

00:52:44,208 --> 00:52:48,791

Like, yeah, I'll add that to it

seems like a long time in person in charge

:

00:52:48,791 --> 00:52:50,125

just all the time.

:

00:52:50,125 --> 00:52:53,125

And if I need something

like it's not like the liaison talks

:

00:52:53,125 --> 00:52:57,375

that their committee board talks to you,

it's back and forth.

:

00:52:57,416 --> 00:53:00,375

It's just like it's very like,

I need something. Hey.

:

00:53:00,375 --> 00:53:02,291

And you just say I got like,

we'll we'll figure it out,

:

00:53:03,291 --> 00:53:03,583

I think.

:

00:53:03,583 --> 00:53:05,000

Yeah, I think, I really. Think it's that.

:

00:53:05,000 --> 00:53:11,875

And yeah, like reasons are a great source

of like help during the weekend.

:

00:53:11,875 --> 00:53:15,916

But they really don't need to be involved

in like

:

00:53:16,791 --> 00:53:19,458

in like things

that teams need prior to that.

:

00:53:19,458 --> 00:53:23,416

Because most of our liaisons

aren't sometimes known right answers.

:

00:53:23,416 --> 00:53:27,666

They don't have the same experiences

that I may have had in my journey

:

00:53:27,708 --> 00:53:28,333

with Bermuda.

:

00:53:28,333 --> 00:53:32,000

So when I think about it,

the person is going to understand me.

:

00:53:32,458 --> 00:53:34,875

Like,

if you're the team who doesn't understand

:

00:53:34,875 --> 00:53:38,333

you or not, you're going to the most

is me or the Schmidt, because we've been

:

00:53:39,250 --> 00:53:42,166

very like, that's why

we put ourselves out there first.

:

00:53:42,166 --> 00:53:45,083

And and I'm not saying you have to be,

like, knowledgeable

:

00:53:45,083 --> 00:53:48,625

about Bangla to be like,

get help, answer all these questions.

:

00:53:48,625 --> 00:53:51,166

But like, maybe like,

take out the middleman.

:

00:53:51,166 --> 00:53:54,375

You don't need seven middlemen

in the middle to get the answer.

:

00:53:54,833 --> 00:54:00,250

Just like be the direct person

for for any team to get answers from.

:

00:54:00,250 --> 00:54:02,500

We're also we're also like in every group

chat. Right.

:

00:54:02,500 --> 00:54:04,041

So it's like a team liaison.

:

00:54:04,041 --> 00:54:07,208

Yeah. And us

so we have visibility to that.

:

00:54:07,250 --> 00:54:09,750

And then you're talking

about what the issue is. And so

:

00:54:11,333 --> 00:54:12,166

we'll chime in.

:

00:54:12,166 --> 00:54:16,125

But yeah we're like any outlets

that I just don't add it.

:

00:54:16,125 --> 00:54:19,541

So we

we typically always have the captains

:

00:54:19,625 --> 00:54:23,750

and us me and mishmash up until the week

up and on Monday, the week of the comp

:

00:54:23,750 --> 00:54:24,916

will add the rest of the team.

:

00:54:24,916 --> 00:54:27,083

And that's

when the phones are just blowing up.

:

00:54:27,083 --> 00:54:29,583

It's crazy to be on our end.

:

00:54:29,583 --> 00:54:32,041

So then what be like

if you really need me, just call me

:

00:54:32,041 --> 00:54:33,916

because

I'm not going to go to eight chats.

:

00:54:33,916 --> 00:54:35,625

But I try to.

:

00:54:35,625 --> 00:54:37,125

But regardless, we're like in it.

:

00:54:37,125 --> 00:54:38,791

Well, we're always watching. Yeah.

:

00:54:38,791 --> 00:54:42,041

So if anyone needs anything,

we figure out a way through.

:

00:54:43,791 --> 00:54:43,958

Yeah.

:

00:54:43,958 --> 00:54:48,875

We also we also put like our timekeeper

in our weekly too.

:

00:54:49,375 --> 00:54:52,541

So like someone who's literally in their

job is just sitting at a computer

:

00:54:53,000 --> 00:54:56,291

looking at our detailed minute

by minute schedule, we can go

:

00:54:56,291 --> 00:54:59,750

and they'll be like,

they'll message the group or is on like,

:

00:54:59,750 --> 00:55:02,750

hey, you downstairs

in the next five minutes for your shuttle

:

00:55:02,833 --> 00:55:05,875

only isn't that worried about

when I don't need to go hunt?

:

00:55:06,291 --> 00:55:08,541

There's just one person in there.

Focus on everything.

:

00:55:08,541 --> 00:55:09,083

Like yell

:

00:55:09,083 --> 00:55:12,458

message Nienaber about this manager,

you gotta go get this van at the site

:

00:55:12,458 --> 00:55:17,083

or you got to go and, you know, boa

plate a late night right now, so on.

:

00:55:17,083 --> 00:55:20,541

And so like Central Command on

that's like you kind of say yeah, yeah.

:

00:55:21,291 --> 00:55:23,333

Yeah. Like and that person

just sits on that computer.

:

00:55:23,333 --> 00:55:24,750

Maybe if you're here next time.

:

00:55:24,750 --> 00:55:27,500

Although it's, is that person over there

doing absolutely nothing.

:

00:55:27,500 --> 00:55:30,333

We're just on their computer

and they watch plays.

:

00:55:30,333 --> 00:55:31,875

They watch for a landing.

:

00:55:31,875 --> 00:55:34,458

They're like they know like

oh right. Delayed.

:

00:55:34,458 --> 00:55:35,833

We gotta figure out something for them.

:

00:55:35,833 --> 00:55:39,166

So like we have like one person or two

people

:

00:55:39,166 --> 00:55:43,208

really focused on keeping us in check

the entire weekend time wise.

:

00:55:43,208 --> 00:55:43,666

I used

:

00:55:45,583 --> 00:55:47,541

that helps our comp on in time too.

:

00:55:47,541 --> 00:55:49,125

So that's that's.

:

00:55:49,125 --> 00:55:51,916

Like I mentioned like,

:

00:55:51,916 --> 00:55:54,958

I think somewhat helps us with

communication is our group is very small.

:

00:55:55,416 --> 00:55:57,958

We have like maybe 7 to 8

:

00:55:57,958 --> 00:56:01,125

people on our board

and that's all we need.

:

00:56:01,208 --> 00:56:06,708

And so no one's giving you different

information because our group is so small.

:

00:56:06,708 --> 00:56:08,958

We all have the same information.

:

00:56:08,958 --> 00:56:13,458

And what helps us keep like a line

is we have weekly meetings

:

00:56:13,458 --> 00:56:16,791

where, leading up to comp,

like I think two months before the comp,

:

00:56:16,791 --> 00:56:19,791

we'll have these weekly meetings

where we talk about

:

00:56:20,166 --> 00:56:22,291

what everyone's assigned to, like,

how are the shirts

:

00:56:22,291 --> 00:56:25,333

going, how's the food going,

how are the fights going.

:

00:56:25,333 --> 00:56:27,291

So we like we share it.

:

00:56:27,291 --> 00:56:28,875

We're very open with our entire team.

:

00:56:28,875 --> 00:56:32,000

We don't we don't keep

we we tell like where's fundraising at?

:

00:56:32,000 --> 00:56:35,083

So I think because we all share everything

with our group,

:

00:56:35,416 --> 00:56:36,666

we're all on the same page.

:

00:56:36,666 --> 00:56:39,875

And therefore we were like giving everyone

the same information.

:

00:56:42,041 --> 00:56:45,041

But small

teams is the way to go in my opinion.

:

00:56:45,583 --> 00:56:48,291

Yeah. So there's not.

:

00:56:48,291 --> 00:56:49,833

A 100% agree.

:

00:56:49,833 --> 00:56:52,250

I used to be on competition board.

:

00:56:52,250 --> 00:56:55,250

so the classic competition is for called

paired up.

:

00:56:55,458 --> 00:56:58,125

And I would always be complaining

:

00:56:58,125 --> 00:57:01,291

as we do this, this organization

is literally a hundred people.

:

00:57:01,416 --> 00:57:03,208

I'm not 100 people.

:

00:57:03,208 --> 00:57:05,458

I was like,

:

00:57:05,458 --> 00:57:07,833

this is this is completely unnecessary.

:

00:57:07,833 --> 00:57:10,541

I am losing like, yeah, go on about that.

:

00:57:10,541 --> 00:57:12,208

one thing I wanted to ask.

:

00:57:12,208 --> 00:57:15,208

So Alamo

:

00:57:15,583 --> 00:57:17,666

famous for its mix it

:

00:57:17,666 --> 00:57:20,625

meaning

probably the most vocal participate.

:

00:57:20,625 --> 00:57:22,291

And there's I got a mix.

:

00:57:22,291 --> 00:57:25,666

I, I haven't been on Alamo mixes,

you know, like noodles

:

00:57:25,916 --> 00:57:29,125

or like, even even like like me, cash.

:

00:57:29,125 --> 00:57:31,833

And we usually like,

also on be like anti mixer train

:

00:57:31,833 --> 00:57:33,541

with me for now

because of the time that they're like not.

:

00:57:33,541 --> 00:57:36,291

Well I think so.

:

00:57:38,125 --> 00:57:39,166

What do you like, what do you like.

:

00:57:39,166 --> 00:57:41,500

So like, what do you guys do there. Like.

:

00:57:41,500 --> 00:57:41,958

Like what?

:

00:57:41,958 --> 00:57:46,541

What are you doing to, like,

make the mixer experience worse for me?

:

00:57:46,583 --> 00:57:49,583

Not passing or not going,

:

00:57:50,125 --> 00:57:53,000

you know, like, because, like, in

all honesty, like, my name is on the time

:

00:57:53,000 --> 00:57:57,125

and, like,

it's like I'm me as team captain

:

00:57:57,125 --> 00:58:00,583

or like dancer person is like,

I like rap is like some line up for me.

:

00:58:01,125 --> 00:58:05,916

So I love I'm just like, you know,

let me go.

:

00:58:06,041 --> 00:58:07,291

Leave me alone. Yeah.

:

00:58:07,291 --> 00:58:09,333

Yeah. Exactly. Exactly. So.

:

00:58:09,333 --> 00:58:11,083

Oh, yeah.

:

00:58:11,083 --> 00:58:14,083

Like, in some ways all mixes.

:

00:58:14,291 --> 00:58:16,416

And how do you guys like ones that you do?

:

00:58:16,416 --> 00:58:19,416

I'll tell you, you can talk about it

in my apple, but I'll, I'll do the,

:

00:58:19,458 --> 00:58:20,916

I'll do the,

I'll do the big picture stuff.

:

00:58:20,916 --> 00:58:24,666

So one thing, keep

it as short as possible.

:

00:58:25,375 --> 00:58:27,208

So like long enough

for you to have an impact,

:

00:58:27,208 --> 00:58:28,833

but not long enough

to let people get bored

:

00:58:30,041 --> 00:58:32,583

too. If you can

:

00:58:32,583 --> 00:58:35,291

always have it at the hotel that you they,

they're staying at.

:

00:58:35,291 --> 00:58:40,250

So I'm really you come downstairs

and this right there you want to show,

:

00:58:40,250 --> 00:58:43,291

you know, take you on

campus and walk 100,000ft to go

:

00:58:43,291 --> 00:58:46,291

to this random ass

room, blah, blah, blah, blah.

:

00:58:46,291 --> 00:58:49,291

So, get lost in the way, like,

oh, where are we?

:

00:58:49,291 --> 00:58:51,041

I don't know where.

:

00:58:51,041 --> 00:58:52,125

Where did you drop us off?

:

00:58:52,125 --> 00:58:54,416

We're on the other side.

Okay? We got to walk in.

:

00:58:54,416 --> 00:58:55,250

Yeah, yeah.

:

00:58:55,250 --> 00:58:58,250

So it's just a lot of, Yeah. So again.

:

00:58:58,291 --> 00:58:58,583

Right.

:

00:58:58,583 --> 00:59:00,083

You can have a little move along

and make sure

:

00:59:00,083 --> 00:59:04,791

if you don't have to take the teams

super far right where competition is.

:

00:59:05,250 --> 00:59:08,291

So yeah,

we have ours at the ballroom in the hotel.

:

00:59:09,166 --> 00:59:10,500

We had it for two years.

:

00:59:10,500 --> 00:59:13,000

Was supposed to happen this year as well.

:

00:59:13,000 --> 00:59:16,000

and then I think, like you said,

:

00:59:16,166 --> 00:59:19,000

if you're going to have it

next year, it's a really good one.

:

00:59:19,000 --> 00:59:20,958

And so, you know, and that takes like,

:

00:59:22,083 --> 00:59:23,208

I mean, ever we'll speak

:

00:59:23,208 --> 00:59:27,083

to, to remind, but, you know, like,

you have to have a wow factor, right?

:

00:59:27,083 --> 00:59:29,791

Like you, you want to entertain everybody.

:

00:59:29,791 --> 00:59:33,333

and then in terms of the food thing,

well, we what we've done is

:

00:59:33,333 --> 00:59:37,166

and this year was

we give you food before the mixer,

:

00:59:38,708 --> 00:59:39,916

so there's no food at the mixer.

:

00:59:39,916 --> 00:59:43,250

You get said before the mixer even starts,

like 5 p.m.

:

00:59:43,250 --> 00:59:44,375

Friday.

:

00:59:44,375 --> 00:59:45,791

Their scene has their food.

:

00:59:45,791 --> 00:59:47,625

You've in, you got dressed.

:

00:59:47,625 --> 00:59:48,916

Now you're downstairs from mixer.

:

00:59:48,916 --> 00:59:51,291

So it's like

not eating part of the outfit.

:

00:59:51,291 --> 00:59:52,625

So you get that taken care of.

:

00:59:52,625 --> 00:59:54,333

and then.

:

00:59:54,333 --> 00:59:57,333

Yeah, that's all you sing the most?

:

00:59:57,375 --> 00:59:58,875

yeah.

:

00:59:58,875 --> 01:00:02,250

The so the food thing

I think helps us a lot.

:

01:00:02,291 --> 01:00:05,625

So we're not wasting any time

getting in line in the buffet line,

:

01:00:05,625 --> 01:00:09,875

putting food in people's trays

and taking it out of people's time away.

:

01:00:10,166 --> 01:00:11,916

We had deliver the food.

:

01:00:11,916 --> 01:00:13,333

The liaisons

will bring them to your rooms.

:

01:00:13,333 --> 01:00:14,833

You can eat it then or eat it later.

:

01:00:14,833 --> 01:00:19,166

They're usually like burritos or something

from Freebirds or we've had that. So.

:

01:00:19,666 --> 01:00:22,458

So that takes away

at least that gives us an app that takes

:

01:00:22,458 --> 01:00:27,708

gives you your A team and our back and

that you don't have to waste at a mixer.

:

01:00:27,708 --> 01:00:29,416

So that's how we like

when people don't like

:

01:00:29,416 --> 01:00:32,541

what mixers you're sitting there

and like doing absolutely nothing.

:

01:00:33,375 --> 01:00:37,041

So, Rima is our mixer chair.

:

01:00:37,041 --> 01:00:41,125

She also, helps us run the comm

and does a lot of, like,

:

01:00:41,125 --> 01:00:46,916

the fine detail

that makes the comp look as grand as it is

:

01:00:47,291 --> 01:00:50,083

when it comes to, like, decoration

and like theme.

:

01:00:50,083 --> 01:00:52,041

Like last year,

our theme was wild Wild West.

:

01:00:52,041 --> 01:00:55,375

And to figure out how to get a bowl inside

that Hilton

:

01:00:55,375 --> 01:00:58,416

was literally the hardest thing ever.

:

01:00:58,583 --> 01:01:00,041

But she figured out a way how to do that.

:

01:01:00,041 --> 01:01:04,291

So he's just really creative

and he thinks of games.

:

01:01:04,291 --> 01:01:05,875

She incorporates like bungalow games

:

01:01:05,875 --> 01:01:09,833

into like your regular minute

to win at games and combines

:

01:01:09,833 --> 01:01:14,416

them together to, come up with something

that's fun and also relatable.

:

01:01:14,416 --> 01:01:18,750

Like, I don't want to play a game

where I have to break a block of ice

:

01:01:18,750 --> 01:01:21,875

to find out my line of number, like,

why am I drawing this block of ice?

:

01:01:22,166 --> 01:01:27,666

And I don't know which comp I'm

referring to, but oh oh, unwritten rules.

:

01:01:28,166 --> 01:01:28,541

Well, the.

:

01:01:28,541 --> 01:01:31,000

Dumbest thing is going to get hurt.

:

01:01:31,000 --> 01:01:31,875

Okay. Yeah.

:

01:01:31,875 --> 01:01:34,875

It's like it's going to

the ice is going to come and cut you.

:

01:01:34,916 --> 01:01:37,916

Yeah. That's crazy okay. Yeah.

:

01:01:38,166 --> 01:01:41,000

So like the games are like

pretty easy to understand.

:

01:01:41,000 --> 01:01:42,375

you also have a day.

:

01:01:43,666 --> 01:01:44,833

That you're going to chime in there.

:

01:01:44,833 --> 01:01:46,666

We also. Yeah. Yeah.

:

01:01:46,666 --> 01:01:49,666

As a board as a viewer dancer. And.

:

01:01:50,291 --> 01:01:53,083

Then figure out if they work or not.

:

01:01:53,083 --> 01:01:54,166

We time them.

:

01:01:54,166 --> 01:01:56,291

We had like a other time

game one of the years

:

01:01:56,291 --> 01:01:58,250

and we like figured if it would work

and it does work.

:

01:01:58,250 --> 01:02:01,458

But so we kept that

and then we had like a game last year.

:

01:02:01,458 --> 01:02:04,375

We're like,

can they make a shaker with newspapers?

:

01:02:04,375 --> 01:02:06,458

And we like trying

and it's like not working.

:

01:02:06,458 --> 01:02:09,833

Like, why would we do this game

if it's just not going to work like that?

:

01:02:09,833 --> 01:02:12,291

I like, we like, we test all these games.

:

01:02:12,291 --> 01:02:13,333

So that's really important.

:

01:02:13,333 --> 01:02:16,583

But I think this match

that it probably it's a short mixer.

:

01:02:16,583 --> 01:02:17,750

It's only an hour.

:

01:02:17,750 --> 01:02:19,541

You get in with your entire team.

:

01:02:19,541 --> 01:02:22,541

We have like an intro

and then every team walks in

:

01:02:22,625 --> 01:02:25,708

and then and we have tables,

but there's nothing on the tables.

:

01:02:25,708 --> 01:02:26,916

You're sitting and chatting.

:

01:02:27,916 --> 01:02:28,375

I think we have

:

01:02:28,375 --> 01:02:31,541

like the first game is everybody's

favorite game.

:

01:02:31,541 --> 01:02:32,833

You dance your particular team.

:

01:02:32,833 --> 01:02:36,750

I personally believe that mixer

should let you dance and have fun.

:

01:02:37,125 --> 01:02:38,666

We we mixed teams up.

:

01:02:38,666 --> 01:02:42,125

Some people like it when they dance with

their own teams, but like it's a mixer.

:

01:02:42,125 --> 01:02:44,041

So we mix them up and let them like.

:

01:02:44,041 --> 01:02:47,291

But even then we have a little

like team thing going how to make it fun.

:

01:02:47,291 --> 01:02:49,750

So we give it like a

:

01:02:49,750 --> 01:02:53,500

we in the last few years, it's kind of

like our own little thing we like.

:

01:02:53,500 --> 01:02:56,333

We picked out our segments from the past,

:

01:02:56,333 --> 01:03:00,041

so we picked out our own mixes

and we'll be like, here to the D2, a mix.

:

01:03:00,041 --> 01:03:02,333

Like we've done the D2 this already,

but you do it now.

:

01:03:02,333 --> 01:03:04,875

So like we make it like a showdown thing.

:

01:03:04,875 --> 01:03:06,166

So that's like a good chunk.

:

01:03:06,166 --> 01:03:07,166

Leagues takes 30 minutes,

:

01:03:07,166 --> 01:03:11,625

but like then we just do like a fun

little double blind and pickle mixer.

:

01:03:11,625 --> 01:03:13,791

We're gonna pick your lineup

when you leave. That's it.

:

01:03:13,791 --> 01:03:16,916

The mixers are over by like nine, 930,

so it's not that late.

:

01:03:16,916 --> 01:03:19,916

Or maybe actually not even that eight,

maybe 830.

:

01:03:20,333 --> 01:03:22,083

Yeah, he's only nine. We're not.

:

01:03:23,750 --> 01:03:25,416

Yeah, but it starts at like seven.

:

01:03:25,416 --> 01:03:28,000

So we try to finish by and then by 830.

:

01:03:28,000 --> 01:03:29,416

So it's just like one hour.

:

01:03:29,416 --> 01:03:32,125

And then you can go upstairs

back to your rooms.

:

01:03:32,125 --> 01:03:35,208

And then that's then we have that space

converted back to practice.

:

01:03:35,208 --> 01:03:38,208

And we like everyone starts

practicing like

:

01:03:39,125 --> 01:03:42,041

I think it's just

I don't know, it's a short mixer.

:

01:03:42,041 --> 01:03:45,708

It's like short and sweet

and we try to add like a theme to it

:

01:03:46,166 --> 01:03:49,708

to bring, bring like represent

your city, your comp, like art.

:

01:03:49,708 --> 01:03:52,250

We do like a Texas thing

because that's what works for us.

:

01:03:52,250 --> 01:03:55,375

But like treat it as a like a big event.

:

01:03:55,375 --> 01:03:59,416

Like it's like like the decor helps,

you know, like don't

:

01:03:59,416 --> 01:04:03,500

just like paste a piece of paper

marker on it, like like Comic-Con,

:

01:04:04,125 --> 01:04:07,125

like maybe

print it out on a piece of paper

:

01:04:07,458 --> 01:04:09,666

or like, maybe do like a balloon arch,

like everyone

:

01:04:09,666 --> 01:04:12,916

can just get it for like $30 online,

and you guys can help make it.

:

01:04:12,916 --> 01:04:15,583

So, like, all these little things,

I don't cost a lot.

:

01:04:15,583 --> 01:04:17,416

Help the room look better.

:

01:04:17,416 --> 01:04:18,500

Like when when you walk in.

:

01:04:18,500 --> 01:04:23,625

Wouldn't you rather want to walk into,

like, a decorated nice place

:

01:04:23,625 --> 01:04:27,000

with music and lighting and like,

oh, one thing I would add,

:

01:04:27,833 --> 01:04:31,208

if we're going to run a mixer,

make sure you have a mic and a speaker

:

01:04:31,541 --> 01:04:32,583

because no one can hear you.

:

01:04:32,583 --> 01:04:37,000

If you're like, just speaking,

like trying to talk to 200 people,

:

01:04:37,000 --> 01:04:40,000

like make sure there's a mic

and there's a speaker system.

:

01:04:40,125 --> 01:04:42,500

Also, make sure we. Hear

you explain that. Games.

:

01:04:42,500 --> 01:04:43,708

Yeah. No, no.

:

01:04:43,708 --> 01:04:46,708

If your explanation for your game

takes more than like

:

01:04:47,000 --> 01:04:49,125

15 seconds, it's not worth playing.

:

01:04:50,166 --> 01:04:51,083

Yeah.

:

01:04:51,083 --> 01:04:54,083

Like it'd be. It's not that serious.

:

01:04:54,250 --> 01:04:57,833

In two seconds again,

because I think that's naturally 90%

:

01:04:57,833 --> 01:05:00,666

of the people lose interest. It's like

I don't get all we're supposed to do then.

:

01:05:00,666 --> 01:05:02,166

So yeah, email in this.

:

01:05:02,166 --> 01:05:03,791

Like if you wanted to.

:

01:05:03,791 --> 01:05:05,083

I was on bail for a second.

:

01:05:05,083 --> 01:05:08,125

was an overall really tight

run shape mixer.

:

01:05:08,125 --> 01:05:10,000

I don't know what the fuck happened

this year.

:

01:05:10,000 --> 01:05:11,708

I didn't really was ball around like,

:

01:05:11,708 --> 01:05:15,500

ads of hands, like dog

like I told my listeners to go speed that.

:

01:05:15,500 --> 01:05:20,958

Like listening to the show in Rhode

Island years and 6:00 5:00 it is eight.

:

01:05:21,375 --> 01:05:25,666

And these are in the middle of game 2.5

out of like ten

:

01:05:26,000 --> 01:05:29,250

to like quadruple blind pick this like

:

01:05:29,666 --> 01:05:34,541

in the tail all the one thing I was

so yeah I was scoring

:

01:05:34,583 --> 01:05:38,750

I was like literally like yo directed

and I went out to money.

:

01:05:38,958 --> 01:05:41,666

I was like, this is, this is crazy. What?

:

01:05:41,666 --> 01:05:44,333

I'm just just like out of a. Hat bag,

out of the.

:

01:05:44,333 --> 01:05:45,083

Hat three times.

:

01:05:45,083 --> 01:05:48,166

What we'll call

it was go. I'm hungry. Yeah.

:

01:05:48,500 --> 01:05:50,000

You also the best salad.

:

01:05:50,000 --> 01:05:52,375

I was so pissed as a salad in the villa.

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Oh, yeah.

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Sorry. Yeah.

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I'm not very good.

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01:05:56,583 --> 01:05:58,375

I things, like, Yeah. Yeah.

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Questions?

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well, no, it is everybody.

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01:06:03,083 --> 01:06:03,333

Yeah.

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01:06:03,333 --> 01:06:06,333

It's anything else you want to talk about?

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01:06:07,291 --> 01:06:09,041

I think for us, we're just thankful

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01:06:09,041 --> 01:06:12,041

that we get the opportunity to do this

next circuit.

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01:06:12,791 --> 01:06:14,583

I think for me, it was just like

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01:06:14,583 --> 01:06:18,750

it was so full circle, like being able

to start up team, found a team,

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01:06:19,333 --> 01:06:22,541

champion team, and then now be able

to like to account for other teams.

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01:06:22,541 --> 01:06:23,750

It's like,

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yeah, being able to see this side of it

and then really just be happy

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for like teams that hit our stage

like it's it's like the best feeling.

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So you know you guys are willing

and you're available.

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Juniors please come apply.

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It's about invite all of you guys

to come watch to let us know.

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And just, you know,

I'm as bullish as I come watch and,

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you know,

we'll make sure you have a good time.

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But, yeah, look forward to seeing

our extended family in San Antonio.

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01:06:52,958 --> 01:06:55,958

And yeah, I don't have

anything else to add to that, I think.

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01:06:56,666 --> 01:06:58,791

yeah.

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01:06:58,791 --> 01:07:02,541

I'm really, like, grateful

for all the great feedback

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01:07:02,750 --> 01:07:06,666

we've been receiving from the circuit

and everyone who vouches for us.

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So just want to say thank you.

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I don't think it's I think we

we talk about this a lot.

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Like we can advertise our competition

on the discord or

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on Instagram or email

you or bother you as much as we want.

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But it's that like, it's

when you, your friends tell you, hey,

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01:07:23,333 --> 01:07:25,458

this content is great.

You go, it's like that.

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01:07:25,458 --> 01:07:28,458

It's like when that word

words are traveling, that's like

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when I think that's what really helps us.

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And everyone's been very positive.

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So shout out to everyone

who has told their friends about us,

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and their friends

are not telling their other friends.

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So like I think that is just helping us.

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01:07:42,375 --> 01:07:44,708

that's just encouraging us to throw even

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hopefully a better comm this year

if we can.

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We'll try not to mess up inside.

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Outside of what we're seeing right now.

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Cheating is not me and Apple.

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It is literally everybody else

that helps us and increase to help us.

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Yeah. So, you know, we

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01:08:00,916 --> 01:08:03,666

we don't try to take any,

you know, the craze, it's

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01:08:03,666 --> 01:08:06,708

it's really people like me, myself,

you know, someone.

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So I know everybody on our board.

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Yeah. Jasmine.

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I mean, it's

it's a tremendous thing to do.

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01:08:13,875 --> 01:08:16,833

It's not worth I can't do not know.

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01:08:16,833 --> 01:08:21,666

And it is so difficult,

but it's rewarding at the same time.

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So I know

teens are like it's hard to prepare

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01:08:24,750 --> 01:08:28,125

their sets for a competition,

but I do not.

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01:08:28,125 --> 01:08:29,541

None bored. Whatever competitive.

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01:08:29,541 --> 01:08:30,625

I too

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01:08:30,625 --> 01:08:34,083

is also probably watching their ass off

to like make sure you have a good show,

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01:08:34,916 --> 01:08:35,291

you know?

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01:08:35,291 --> 01:08:37,541

And so we start planning six month.

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01:08:37,541 --> 01:08:40,291

It's like six months of our lives

is planning that competition.

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01:08:40,291 --> 01:08:44,625

But yeah, I don't want to miss anyone,

but our entire board is so, so selfless.

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01:08:45,041 --> 01:08:48,708

Like they'll do anything and everything

and and they don't have to like

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01:08:48,708 --> 01:08:50,958

everyone is an adult

and everyone has their own lives,

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01:08:50,958 --> 01:08:54,791

but they take our time to help

do this competition and we're just really

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01:08:54,791 --> 01:08:55,666

grateful to them.

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01:08:57,583 --> 01:09:00,583

Shout out to all you five six people

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01:09:00,958 --> 01:09:03,958

for going into.

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01:09:04,291 --> 01:09:04,708

Yeah, that's

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01:09:04,708 --> 01:09:08,500

and you two of them are for like coming

and like shooting art for our videos.

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01:09:08,500 --> 01:09:09,708

They're amazing.

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01:09:09,708 --> 01:09:13,083

I love watching, like,

I don't get to watch the show, you know,

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01:09:13,125 --> 01:09:14,000

because inside stage.

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01:09:14,000 --> 01:09:16,250

So like,

the closest I'll ever get to watching

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01:09:16,250 --> 01:09:20,125

our show is through your videos

and, like, through those videos, too.

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01:09:20,125 --> 01:09:23,541

So, I appreciate you guys coming out

and like, supporting and,

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01:09:24,083 --> 01:09:25,333

you know, shooting the videos.

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01:09:25,333 --> 01:09:28,333

You don't have to do that,

but you do it for the service.

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01:09:28,666 --> 01:09:29,125

All right.

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01:09:29,125 --> 01:09:32,416

yeah, I'm

I'm really glad it has this conversation.

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01:09:32,416 --> 01:09:32,708

I know it's

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01:09:32,708 --> 01:09:34,875

something we've been talking

about for a while, and this is something

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01:09:34,875 --> 01:09:36,625

I definitely want to do more of.

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01:09:36,625 --> 01:09:38,458

just,

like, talk to folks about experience.

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01:09:39,500 --> 01:09:41,958

and hopefully, like, people

can learn from this conversation as well.

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01:09:41,958 --> 01:09:44,958

If anybody else listening to this,

listening to this and like,

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01:09:45,791 --> 01:09:49,666

wants more of these or if anybody wants

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01:09:50,291 --> 01:09:53,833

more pointed questions, I don't know, like

just like put in the comments,

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01:09:54,375 --> 01:09:57,875

put in the discord something, let me know

because I do all the things

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01:09:57,875 --> 01:10:00,875

and just like address questions.

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01:10:00,916 --> 01:10:03,916

So sorry guys, but all right, cool.

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01:10:04,916 --> 01:10:05,250

Yeah.

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01:10:05,250 --> 01:10:05,583

All right.

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01:10:05,583 --> 01:10:09,166

Well, this is another episode

of the Warren Podcast and listening.

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01:10:09,250 --> 01:10:09,500

Something.

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01:10:09,500 --> 01:10:12,625

Thank you again for listening

to another episode of the Bhangra Podcast,

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01:10:12,791 --> 01:10:14,791

and a huge

shout out to my Patreon supporters

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01:10:14,791 --> 01:10:17,125

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01:10:17,125 --> 01:10:21,041

All helped me pay for all the cameras,

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01:10:21,041 --> 01:10:24,333

and also just the other cool projects that

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01:10:24,333 --> 01:10:24,791

Like.

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I'm going to warrant show

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01:10:25,875 --> 01:10:29,500

and some of the other, adjacent

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01:10:29,500 --> 01:10:30,958

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01:10:30,958 --> 01:10:31,541

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