Not long to go!

Only 1 more day until the whole cast rehearsal and 2 more days until the Spectacular! How exciting is that?

The BjP teddy bear has been named 'Tassie' after Tasmania where physie all started. Also suggested by a few people was the name Quasquicentennial, meaning the 125th anniversary, what an impressive word.

Registrations for performers opened last September and huge surge of eager dancers trying to get onto the site caused a bit of a delay. Yes, this event is as big and important as the Aussie '16 census. Fast forward 6 months and most zones had begun their rehearsals (late March - early April). Now it's June and 2000 physie girls and ladies are ready to portray the story of physie history to thousands of audience members.

This is what I've gathered from overhearing conversations during our drink breaks:

• Transitions roughly every 50 seconds and due to this performers can be running around to get to their next formation. 
• 50 cm box of personal space.
• Each zone (or combined zone) represents a decade in history, not just for physie but they have music, props and costumes pertaining to their relevant era.
• The finale of the show will be all performers doing the current BjPop dance.
• If in doubt just do the arms.

Watching the stars 2017

The new DVDs have arrived and practice competitions are underway! Each year the School of Physical Culture compiles a DVD of the syllabus featuring the age/category champions of their respective sections. Check out last year's post for more explanation.

It is a wonderful practice tool for practising between classes as both front (mirrored) and back views are shown. You can put on your own physie workouts in your lounge room! Usually in a class setting you would be simultaneously mimicking your teacher's moves which leaves little time to take in all the nuances. Viewing the DVD gives you a chance to sit back and analyse the champions' nuances. The performers are stars, they are role models within their club. I wonder how they felt when they were announced as champions and syllabus demonstrators.

After the DVD filming at the Foxtel Studios in Sydney, many become idols for the physie community and continue to inspire their fans. It is a noticeable trend that some go on to perform on the syllabus biennially (when they advance to the next age group bracket). Perhaps, learning the syllabus by the April filming date sets them on the path to perfecting the syllabus for the current year's championships thus propelling them into perpetual success.





Now, a bit about my observations on this year's DVD:

• A lot of flexibility - bendy backs, splits (excluding ladies), kicks 
• Strength - planks, V sits 
• Feet gripping on floor after splits/astride sit
• Nicole and Carly both presented the ladies' choreography with their own flair
• Special bloopers reel - pulling out wedgies 
• Nine beautiful performers. Is Carly missing from the cover?
• Spectacular physie from all the performers