Kansas State University - Royal Purple Yearbook (Manhattan, KS)

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m ' mrm ® ••• Along with the K-Stalc Marching Hami. Initli viooil viii and Pt .st, wore drilling diirini; practice. I try to go to tlic pool a lot and make good use ol the rec, Post said. I ist and Goodwin .said ihcy did a lot of exercise, like running, outside of practicing daily. Christopher Hivicwimkcl continued from 8 Goodwin said competition routines involved gymnastics, dance and sometimes multiple batons. Post, a rookie twirler at K-State, was the wildcat twirler. The 18-year-old and had twirled for nine years. Twirling can teach a person a lot about life. Post said. It gives you lots of confidence and keeps you active, she said. It makes you learn how to make adjustments. Adaptability becomes a big priority. It also teaches you how to manage your time better. Post said the college twirling experience differed significantly from high school twirling. In high school you had to deal with mud if the field was wet, she said. In college the stadium is a lot bigger, so you have to entertain the whole stadium simultaneously and the audience is farther away and higher up and the lights can be really distracting. She also said she tended to get more nervous before performances in college. I definitely get a rush, but I also feel like I ' m going to throw up before I perform, Post said. Despite the nerves. Post said it was all worth it. My favorite part of twirling is performing, she said. Practice is where you get better and performing is the payoff. Coach Shannon Meis said the girls practiced at least 12 hours a week, including practice on the field with the band and on their own. On game days they arrive five hours before the game to start warming up and practicing with the band, she said. Meis commuted from Salina to coach the girls and had worked with Goodwin for most of Goodwin ' s life. Meis had a studio in Salina where Goodwin began taking classes and helped teach. Although Goodwin said she didn ' t have career plans related to twirling, she said she still wanted to keep twirling in her life. After school I want to end up in Salina, so I can still teach with Shannon, she said. More than any other aspect of twirling, Goodwin enjoyed performing in front of thousands of K- State fans. Performing is the payoff you practice so hard for, Goodwin said. Along with practicing for games, she also put in at least another 10 hours per week for competitions. Christopher Hancwinckel While warming up before a halftime performance. Post manages her nerves. I always get nervous before I have to perform, she said. Post had been twirling in front of audiences for nine years. Christopher Haiicwiiiekel

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CD CO O ■D Belinda Post Hometown Topeka Favorite TV Shows Golden Girls, Desperate Housewives, and Sex In the City Favorite Color Polka dots Free Time Post liked to hang out with friends, go shopping, play ping-pong, tan and use the pool and recreational center. Katie Goodwin Hometown Salina, Kan. . 5 Favorite Movies Comedies H- (jj Favorite Color Green 3 Future Plans In 10 years Goodwin would like to be living in Salina, mar- ried, with a family. Free Time She liked to hang out with friends and relax.

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Sept. 13, Allan Axibal, Miles Gregley and Rafael Agustin perform a scene in the play, N gger, Wetb ' ck, Ch ' nk. We arrived here and it ' s just beautiful, Axibal said. We met lots of students; they were real and generous and accepting. It wasn ' t what we e.xpected to find in Manhattan, Kan. Christopher Hanewinckel Closing the show, Rafael Agustin thanks the audience. The audience at K-State was the largest crowd they had ever performed for. This is a show about race — the only race that really matters; the human race, the cast said in unison at the end of the show. Christopher Hanewinckel c 09 in 12