We just started playing with confidence and believing in ourselves. We've always had the talent and heart, we just needed the confidence. Everybody had written these girls off, but they didn't write themselves off.

Since Day One we talked about winning state championship. Like I just told the girls, we're here.

I can't tell you how proud I am of my girls and how they have responded the last two weeks. We have been in the finals of tournaments the last two weeks and had a chance in both. We understand the bigger picture that's it's not how you start but how you finish.

To me gender is not physical at all, but is altogether insubstantial. It is soul, perhaps, it is talent, it is taste, it is environment, it is how one feels, it is light and shade, it is inner music. . .

I think people should attend (Cascade of Talent) simply because of the variety of acts. It really is showcasing the talent of the youth in this area.

We had a lot of changes and that takes a while to gain confidence. After that first win our confidence has continued to build.