Two team buses, a couple of stops on the way to the desert and all 10 of our teams have made it safely to prepare for opening ceremonies. It's a been a hot one on Saturday with a high temp. of 109.....Africa hot. We've settled in and we've made it through an exciting opening ceremony celebration. Excel Volleyball Club is one of the larger clubs with 100+ members represented at Festival and we did it in a sea of "safetly green".Hopefully, other teams will not try to flag down our members or rush to our courts as we have the identical color shirts as the Festival's the medical staff. They'll figure it out........
Pre-staging outside the South Hall was incredibly hot and uncomfortable, but, it was very exciting for the club as we entered the air-conditioned backstage area to be introduced to the masses. The 12's led the way with the team banner and did so with smiles on their faces. 7000 other participants and several other thousand parents and spectators greeted us with enthusiasm as the announcer officially introduced "Excel Volleyball Club" to the stage.
The preparation is over tonight and we're on to competition in the morning.........
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