Destionation Imagination

Depite the somewhat lame title given to this program, its one of the coolest teams u can get onto. Not all schools offer it... but it IS world wide. And is the only competion i know of that teaches children how to build 3 ft tall building w/ kitchenware and feel confident - when wearing pink bunny tutus with little ballet shoes while skipping about and singing offkey with a geman accent... YES ITS ABOUT CREATIVITY. Once u r a member of the 7person team, basically what u do is stay after school a LOT (sometimes everyday until 6 when getting close to regionals): practice instant challenges (tasks u and ur team members have to complete, usually with a 1-5 min. planning period and 1-5 min performing period. tasks often involve creating commercials, not talking, building structeres out of straws, mailinglabels, toothpicks and what not and the like) work on ur central challenge (there are 4 u can pick from, all containing building and performing aspects. u and ur team have to solve the challenge w/in an 8 minute skit. there are usually a LOT of requirements. butits fun. plus, costumes and set pieces are made for this. THEN, u and ur team go to the regional competition and show ur stuff to a panel of judges. And so does every other team in the area. And every1 is uber nice 2 eachother so u don't get points deducted for unsportsmanshipness. THEN, the 2 winners fore each challenge, grade level go to STATEs. THEN u rehearse for another month and perform at statelevel. THEN 2 teams for each challenge, grade level get to go to globals, in nashville tennessee (u get out of school 4 it!) everyone else goes home sobbing. And throughout the whole process, several things occur: 1. u learn more about the 6 other people on ur team than is healthy. 2.u eat. a lot. and pretty much only stuff with high levels of sugar and caffine. 3. u laugh in 2 hours more than the average adult does in a day. 4.u feel very loved... b/c u r! Warning, though. As a general rule, guys (and gals) who do DI are usually considered kinda ... weird, outthere by their more ... ignorant peers. like we care.