LITTLE CROW CRITIQUE (He loved our showJJJ)I asked Kevin to do this for us so here it is.
1.   Really nice act.  BFP  run all the way through the course or past the stage.  You will score a lot higher.  I would ski all the way past the dock so the crowd doesn’t have to watch people swim in or if you want presentation have comedy start so the crowd doesn’t sit there and watch everyone swim in.  last person swimming in looked like they couldn’t swim, not very professional
2.  Good act but shoe ski was way too far away.  Tighten pattern up.  Boat drivers where way too far away from shore.   Deep water your tumble turns so they don’t have to use skis?
3.Good pyramid pattern but boat driver turned left on dock start.  Good landing.  Is there any way you could have boat driver stay show right after act?  Maybe pull next jump set
4.Jump set needs to have more skiers, add a criss-cross and a split???
5. Ballet line the dock start had good momentum but angled left which makes start hard(good job girls) .  Good pattern but needs to be circle so skiers don’t get whip.  Girl let go on second loop. If it is supposed to be braced then you shouldn’t have this happen.  Is there any way you can have them do the butt hold un-braced/improves score a lot.  Don’t go outside the wake on the landing!!!   Sloppy announcing on individual names and you need to be more organized when they go to pick up skis.  Maybe 3 steps back with face to the crowd before picking up skis.  TRY TO HAVE SOMEONE THE WHOLE SHOW STAGE R AND STAGE L TO PICK UP SKIS, IT LOOKS MORE PROFESSIONAL
6.Barefoot line had rough water/nice dance.  Need to work on smiles and showmanship
You should have comedy after ballet line you need calmer water!!
7.Good attempt on tandem.  Need to have calmer water  boat pattern??
8.Pre-built you need to have boat square up so you can get leaders feeding out straight.  Have boat driver practice sitting there while dock help pulls on leaders.  boat driver really idled out to his left and as a result left pyramid left dock early.  Climbers did not keep legs locked and shore side skier buckled.  If you make those pyramids you should convert to something.  Liked the presentations
9.Nice back  ATB(spotter shouldn’t stand) nice forward ATB.  Don’t know why skier fell.  Presentation needs to be center stage everyone went left of center
10.Nice four boat pattern, liked spacing.  Presentations for conventional was sloppy
11.Jumping was great but tighten up the pattern so you have better flow.  Why can’t jumper put ski on faster after fall?
12.Barefooting was good but why don’t you have a back up boat?  Announcer said look to your right when first act came from the left??  Todd you had a ghost boat taking you back.  You should ski back if you can make that pattern work.
13.Angled pull on pyramid, nice pattern.  You need longer leaders for that final.

Clean up boat presentations, make them faster

Great overall show.  You guys have really improved.  I like the flow and the energy and I like the organized presentations. 

If you want to be the best, you have to work on box scores and the overall numbers of people skiing. example 2 tumble turns, three on dock starts, criss cross single heli and add a fifth boat for more passes.
Dock and Equipment
More equipment helps box scores and presentation of team – more props/bigger back drop/bring a floater and use it/  need more boats to put more people on the water without delay.  judges love 5 boat patterns/ example:  just the looks of a triple rig is cool let alone the benefit of having one.

Sound Crew
I liked your Announcer.  He was good but should build more difficulty on skiing using voice inflection.  He should try not to scream when excited, let sound person help him get louder if need be.  You could turn down his highs if he continues to do that.  Another thing he could work on is changing pace to add excitement, start slow and get faster.  He was fast almost the whole time.  Hard to understand when talking to fast.  He should try to look at the crowd more and try not to have his back facing the judges as much.  He had good stage presence and good voice. 

Comedy needs to be done in places that keeps crowd from watching background stuff.  Example.  if people are swimming in show r have the comedy on show L side of stage.  Make your comedy more hickish to embrace your prairie theme:  more props and hick stuff to show the audience

Sound needs to have more music in-between acts.  Look at movie sound tracks to tie in act, theme or comedy.  example.  crickets when night seen or quiet, western song when talking Midwest or comedy has intro songs to change your mood. 
To help your announcer you can change the music to the next act when you see boat idle out or coming toward show course.  That way he doesn’t have to look over to see them coming.  He should have one sentence intros ready for every act so he never looks like he is caught off guard.  He should look like he knows when everything is coming even though that is almost impossible with a show that is never the same because there are so many variables.