I have been a lurker on this forum for over a year now, and finally registered just so that I could tell y'all how much I thoroughly enjoyed ALL of the WGI Austin finalists on Saturday.
All of the show concepts were engaging/entertaining, and the soundtracks diverse - particularly Scholastic A Class, which, let's face it, can be the most mind-numbing class of all. Even ballads that could have been boring were approached with a fresh eye and a conceptual twist. In past years, awareness of my bleacher butt-ache has come to the forefront of my guard-watching experience at some point during the proceedings, but I was so drawn in by everyone's shows I barely noticed the butt-ache this year!
Truly, I left the show happy and inspired. Thank you, designers and performers, for putting on a fantastic show! And a big ol' pffffft to that thread about how all the fun has been sucked out of the activity. We have some awesomely entertaining winterguard going on down here in Texas, I am here to tell you.