For those who don't enter the 2nd Pageant/Miss Majorette, or who have policies for their students -- do you also not enter the second advanced solo qualifier? If you qualify top 8 at the first event (state or regional), do you not enter for the following one because you've already qualified? For the teacher, do you have a similar policy that if someone isn't going to nationals, then your students aren't allowed to enter the state/regional advanced solo? Granted there are more spots available, but in some areas of the country, there are more than 8 in a division.

I'm just curious.

And if you've won one queen "title" event in a year, do you stop entering queens for the rest of the year because you already won a title and don't need another? -although this sounds like a joke, it doesn't sound very different from the similar arguments for Miss Maj/Pageant. You could say the same about any event...strut, solo, 2-baton....if it's not about accumulating wins (once you're in advanced that is), then why bother enter?? The reason competitive twirlers keep entering these events is because that's what competition is about. Challenging yourself to become better...pushing to get the next move, sequence, whatever. Putting yourself up against someone else to see how you compare. Because otherwise, the twirlers would stick to performances like parades, pep rallies and halftimes and not enter competition.