The St. Michael's Blue Dragons had a wonderful time in Atlanta.  It is an experience I would recommend for everyone.  They met people they would not otherwise have been able to meet.  They were tickled, as was I, when George Bush, Sr (41) spoke at the FIRST opening ceremony.  Best line of the event came from him.  It went something like this: "FIRST is like WWF for smart people."

We met people from all over the world.  The team that took the Champion's Award came all the way from Singapore.

We tried our best to represent Va/DC FLL well.  Our robot did well on the tables but not quite well enough with all of the stiff competition.  Much like last year, there were two teams that ran three 400 point rounds and then another nine or ten teams that had at least one 400 round.  Our high rounds of 375 landed us somewhere in the top 30+.  The Blue Dragons competed hard and with gracious professionalism as did the rest of the teams.

At the FLL closing ceremony, the Blue Dragons were awarded an Honorable Mention for Innovative Robot Design.  The team was thrilled.

I have attached one picture.  It is of the Va/DC FLL teams totem pole.  The team decided to make the totem pole with all of the Va and DC teams instead of putting them on the banner.  It turned out very nice.

Many thanks to Va/DC FLL for allowing The St. Michael's Blue Dragons to represent Virginia at the World Festival.

Lloyd O'Hara
Coach,
St. Michael's Blue Dragons
Team # 2430




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