Starting off, I would just like to say how awesome the banquet was this year. I really enjoyed performing with my teammates. The Dragon Dance and demos really showed how we came together as a team.
I have mixed emotions about the coming year. I feel excitement for a new beginning as well as the nervousness associated with undertaking a big challenge. I'm sure many of my teammates share these same feelings.
What I am looking forward to most this year, as last year, is the team getting together for extra practices. It is a lot easier to train with others with similar goals than alone. I hope we can get to this stage right off the bat because it is such a teambuilding activity. A lot of us, last year, found these 'out of class' practices very motivating. I really like the idea of having a scheduled time slot on Fridays for practicing whatever the team sees fit because we didn't have one last year until summer. I am really excited to see where we can go with this already in place because I really saw us come together when we stared getting together regularly.
Lastly, the best piece of advice I heard last year was, "Succeed publicly and fail publicly." This is very important because if you're struggling but nobody knows, it is impossible to get help. This works the other way as well. If you are succeeding but nobody knows about it, are you really succeeding?
