I just got back from UMASS Amherst from the Blue-Grey event going on down there. There was an 80% chance of rain forecasted and the sky looked ominous beforehand, but Blue-Grey made no effort to cancel/postpone the event. There were kids coming from everywhere to the event, so it would have been considerate/smart for them to at least notify parents about the forthcoming weather problems. After arriving, it started to rain, and we stretched/ran/etc as normal. We then ran the 60 in the pouring rain. After we were finished, the organizers sent all 50 kids into one dugout...very uncomfortable. There were about 5 or 6 scouts sitting in the other dugout, perfectly dry; aggravating to say the least. So while everyone was completely drenched, we stood there for 20 minutes without any notice of what was going on. We did not start on time either. Finally, Gus (Head of BG) postponed the showcase to Friday.
Obviously, they can't control the weather, but they did a bad job of organizing the entire event and being considerate of the weather. I'll post again on Friday after the showcase.
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