Women gymnastics vs show choir

[charsgymnastics]

hi everybody
I am a first year show choir kid and a fourth year competitive gymnastics kid. I recieved an email this morning from my choir director stating that the original competition that we were going to as a team (There are three ensembles) we decided to cancel because of the amount of debt the previous director left us in (approx. 15k) and traveling to Iowa from a state over would be to expensive for our department as we have about 160 of us not including show crew. In the email it also stated that we would be choosing a different competition to go to that is more local with the schedule attached, and boy was I oh so lucky to see it was not only the exact same day as my gymnastics meet but the exact same TIME. As this was such short notice as both of these being a month away, we had already paid the meet registration fees and other fees attached. I am in the xcel program so I know that the program was designed for gymnasts to have extra time for other activities but I had clearly told our director that gymnastics and show choir cannot interfere with each other but regardless we are still having to go to this show choir competition. So my only question is, which is the right one to choose? As show choir is a group performance and activity I could ask if she could fill in my spots with a replacement for me to go to the meet because I already paid the travel and meet fees? Or I could talk to the owners of my gym and get scratched so I could attend the show choir competition with my group? Any advice would be very much appreciated

 

[Coach Kate]

You're really the only one who can answer this, unless your parents have a preference for logistical reasons. If you don't feel like you can choose, flip a coin. If you find yourself disappointed with the outcome, you have your answer.