Check - in at the Anaheim Plaza Hotel was equally smooth, and we were off to the Convention Centre with no delays. Our athletes were quite amazed at the size of the venue; it is a full arena with 3 tiers of seating similar and just a bit smaller than Rexall Place.
There are cheerleaders EVERYWHERE here in Anaheim this weekend! We watched the competition for quite a while, and Norwalk High School cheerleaders sat with us. I was very impressed with our team; despite the very long day, they were extremely engaged in the cheering and were cheering the cheers with the teams, even from our third tier seats. After such a long day and a short night previously, they still had lots of energy.
Everyone even kept patient when we arrived at our team dinner destination (one of my all time favourite restaurants, California Pizza Kitchen) to find that another cheer team had taken our 30 seat reservation. Sigh, it was a long extra hour waiting for enough seats to free up, but well worth the wait!
The team walked back to the hotel with coaches and Mr Penner, and I headed to Walmart to buy breakfast groceries. Around 8 pm there was a small earthquake which we didn't feel at all, but later, 9:30 ish? we had a 5.3 rumble that left us feeling the earth move under our feet. Everyone was working on their hair and doors were open so all were quickly reassured by very unflappable Mathew Penner and coaches. Our lights out / room check included procedures to follow if there was another tremble; the geologists say that it is very unlikely. Just another little adventure and story for the kids.
Breakfast is ready for the morning!
Tomorrow we are up early to see Norwalk compete at 8:30, then a mat practice and some low key cheer shopping. We will be back at the hotel for naps and then it is competition time! I will have my (new) camera to take some shots to share.
Quite a few of the kids have loaded WhatsAPP to their smart devices.... we will be able to do group texts in the Convention Centre and in Disneyland. It works far better than regular text messaging for groups... if you add it to your phone, be sure to add my cell to your contacts... 780-239-5979, and let me know, and I can then text you as a group easily.
FYI, the hotel wifi is not included and so the kids do not have access to it. Otherwise, the hotel is roomy, convenient and seems to be fine!
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Goodnight, and hope you have warmer days ahead too.
Thanks for the updates, Nancy! Everyone looks so happy!
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