People that were at the first performance will see a huge improvement. We're a completely different team.

We placed second. This is the first year of the team, and today, we've got first- to eighth-graders here.

This is a way for girls to build self-esteem and learn the basics of cheering, stunting and tumbling. I love to watch their faces after they get done performing because they are so excited.

These girls have come a long way from when we first started. They're fearless, and they jump right into advanced skills.

Generally, looking at the performance we played well. I am happy with the improvement but am disappointed with the result. We lost to a good team. What we need to do now is make sure that we have a team can compete at the highest level.

The prospect for price improvement depends on the performance of the Asian and European economies, who are big users of metals, and the prospects are getting better. There's still a lot of uncertainty there, but relatively speaking the signs are fairly encouraging.