Happy New Year! Sort of... (It's currently only 10:19 PM in California).
Today we spent most of the day on the parade grounds for the line up and judging of the floats. Despite a few logistical snafus (imagine serving 70 students subway out of a mini-van), today was awesome. The students did SUCH an amazing job. They choreographed a cool little routine to wow the judges as our float was being scored and our convention theme song blared over the speakers. We even got into a little dance off between some of our students and the Boy Scouts of America whose float was next to ours. No worries though, the students got to hang out with the scouts and talk. The scouts were so cool...they even brought two cases of juice over to our float. We even clapped for each other as our floats were judged. What an awesome display of camaraderie!
After getting back to the hotel, the National Officers through a great New Year's Eve party for the students. We had hats, noisemakers, party horns, balloons, streamers, banners...the whole bit. Alex's grandma even made "puppy chow" (variation of chex mix) for us and bagged up sixty five bags of it and mailed it from Michigan for the students. We celebrated New Year's on East Coast time and counted down to 9:00 PM local time. Such a fun time...Levy and Chase had music playlists and the whole bit. It was so fun!
Now it's off to bed. We have breakfast at 3:30 AM so that we can on the parade grounds by 5:00 AM. Watch for us on NBC, Travel Channel, HGTV, and of course RFD-TV.
Make sure that you vote for our float too as the viewer's choice. Visit http://bit.ly/7xHAam on New Year's Day and cast your vote between 1:00 - 8:00 PM EST (10:00 AM - 5:00 PM PST) for the RFD-TV/ FFA TODAY float.
Best wishes for a happy and healthy 2010!
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