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What’s up America!!! It’s the sleepy group coming at y’all live from Las Vegas, Nevada. Our group consists of the lovely and talented: Audrey Frye, Henry Harris Taylor, Abigail Gibson, Mady Thomas, Cullen Hensley, Savannah Wise, Payton Gillespie, Morgan Peace, Abbey Saxton, Hiley Smith, Caroline Hegwer, Anna Wiltshire, Gabe Jeffers, and Haven Ballard, and we will be your bloggers for the next few days.
What’s up America!!! It’s the sleepy group coming at y’all live from Las Vegas, Nevada. Our group consists of the lovely and talented: Audrey Frye, Henry Harris Taylor, Abigail Gibson, Mady Thomas, Cullen Hensley, Savannah Wise, Payton Gillespie, Morgan Peace, Abbey Saxton, Hiley Smith, Caroline Hegwer, Anna Wiltshire, Gabe Jeffers, and Haven Ballard, and we will be your bloggers for the next few days.
This morning, we got to sleep in (something the sleepy’s
deeply cherish). It’s funny that waking up at 7 feels like sleeping in now. We
awoke in the Grand Canyon sore from our previous hiking adventures to a gourmet
breakfast of pancakes, hashbrowns, watermelon and sunny-d made by the Grumpies.
We took our time getting ready for the night ahead of us in Vegas, we could
barely recognize each other with our hair and makeup done. We got some fun
warnings from V before we departed for Vegas. Fun fact… prostitution is legal
in Nevada!
On our way to Vegas, we sat with our groups to prepare for
our next competition, at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, the Vegas chant.
All the teams put forth their best efforts, and even though Sleepy’s won in our
hearts, the Happy’s took the win with a fresh prince of Bel-Air spin-off. Research on Nevada was presented by our very
own, Cullen Hensley, and Emma Pickard told us some great facts about Las Vegas.
After we were done, it was time to go explore the city that never sleeps, Las
Vegas.
Our first stop in the city was Caesar’s Palace for a group
picture. It was definitely interesting herding our group of over 80 across the
crosswalks in Vegas. We were overwhelmed with all the twists and turns in
Caesar’s Palace, and some of us had a hard time escaping the maze. We were then
allowed free time to explore the city. Most groups ended up on a search for
food that did not consist of a pb&j. Some stayed in the palace for easy
access to food, while others ventured out to places such as Margaritaville,
In-and-Out, and Hells Kitchen.
After filling up on good food, many of us witnessed the
world famous Bellagio water show. The same song is never played twice, and they
must have known that TWB was there, because many of us watched the show to the
tune “God Bless the USA.” It was a perfect ending to the perfect night, and we
made our way back to the bus to an overnight drive to awake in the beautiful beach
city of Santa Monica.
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| Our girls matching unintentionally |
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| Ready for Vegas!! Quick stop at UNLV for our Vegas chants, before hitting the town for the night :)   
Emma and Cullen doing their research
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