Because this blog-alo is really just to update friends & family, and any folks who might have an interest, it may or may not, be about Buffaloes. In this particular post, we're talking about PiPs.. Little Players-in-Progress...who in the Florence context, are an extension of Buffaloes...to my knowledge they all go to school here, so I guess this is still about Buffaloes. I digress.
I am not entirely sure how long PiPs has had a program in Florence, but I think it is around 20 years! We have had the same Coach (Go, Coach Cooper!) the whole time!!! It is a ball handling team that learns routines set to music and performs at half-time during games at our high school as well as colleges and other nearby Texas venues. Some kids even travel to the Final Four games to perform!
Recently some of our kids traveled to Waco to perform during the half-time break of the Baylor vs. OU men's basketball game on Feb. 11th. We had a great time! When you watch the video, you might think "Oh, that's cool...", but keep in mind that we brought half the kids from Florence and the other half came from another town...we all met at 5:45 in the Baylor parking lot @ the baseball fields. The kids & coaches practiced there, then moved to a practice gym and practiced until around 8:00-ish, then entered the arena where they were introduced to a huge crowd and performed a brand new routine that was choreographed and practiced/perfected in less than three hours. That is muy impressive!!! They all look alike in their uniforms, but if you are a PoPiP (Parent of PiP), you can probably find yours...I found Abbie a couple minutes into filming the routine, so she is not in the first part! :)
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