For all performers, whether A, Open, World...Scholastic or Independent: Now that the winter season is completed, please take the time to express to your directors, instructors and staff your gratitude and thanks for the work that they have done on your behalf. Let them know how they have impacted your life. As I have told our director, often the guard director impacts a persons life more than anyone outside of their immediate family. And it's never been about scores or placings, but about the joy of performing, the life skills learned and the relationships built. Most of us get busy and never let the directors and staff members how much they mean to us. So, before the days get away from you, TELL THEM THANKS!