I haven’t felt this much hurt in a long time.
WGI announced today that all World Championships would be cancelled. This is unprecedented.
I cried my entire hour-long commute home. Uncontrollable sobbing. Because of how horrible this lack of closure is. There is no rescheduling, no later competition that we could still perform at. Our season, which began back in October, is done. Every single colorguard group’s season is done. No “one last run”, no “home show”, no “circuit championship”. Nothing.
Noone’s show was truly done. Noone’s story finished. Hundreds of productions that have been in creation since October, are now relegated to history without ever culminating in a final product.
We still had so far to grow and now no one will get to experience any of these productions again. Sure we have videos, but no one will ever get to see them in person and feel the electricity in the room.
It brings a cold stark reality to the common adage, “perform like it’s your last time”. Because it was the last time, even though none of us knew it.
Some of us will return with over abundant vigor because we can’t leave it this way. Others may be too hurt to ever come back. And others still were on their last season and will never get the opportunity again.
I am hurting, as is the rest of the performance world of WGI. All of us are crying today.
