The Hippocampus: MSC Variety Show at Texas A&M

This weekend, I made it back to College Station just in time to see Kristi and her Swing Dancing performance team perform at the annual Memorial Student Center Variety Show and contest. The acts are usually always top notch as the groups usually spend months and months preparing their shows/routines, and this year was no exception. The performances were truly amazing, and of course naturally I was quite biased towards the the Swing Cats' performance. Some of the other notables included A&M's Percussion Studio, an elite group of about 30 percussionists who always are spectacular. This year they played a percussion arrangement to the hit song Clocks, by Coldplay. There was also hip-hop and tap dancing acts, and a solo pianist who will be going to Juliard soon. A mariachi group played, as well as the group that won from last year which was a band of students that play traditional folk instruments. The night was MC'd by Freudian Slip, A&M's band of improvisational comics that have made quite a name for themselves. A&M's Aggie Wranglers also performed which are known for Country and Western dancing and their high flying aerials which were showcased during the Austrailian Olympic Games. As I said earlier, all of the acts were very very good and when it came down to the judging I was worried that the Swing Cats might not place. When the awards were announced it was...

3rd: Aggie Wranglers

2nd: Percussion Studio

1st: Texas Aggie Swing Cats!

They won! We were all so excited and proud of them, me especially knowing how much hard work they put into their routine this year. It was really exciting.

The next day, they had a booth at Whoopstock where they got to show off their trophy and advertise for lessons. I got to go and help out, and got in a little of the craziness as well. Below are some of the pics.