Welcome to the blog. Check it often...I usually have a question or five at the end of the blog that you must e-mail or text me the answer. I do this just so I know you have read it well:) I just wanted to address some items so we are all organized and ready for this incredible Drill year to start...
1. Dates to add to your calendar
May 1 Your #1 Officer Choice must be e-mailed to me if running
May 2 Spring Team 1:00-3:00 JDCHS. New & Old Team. We will watch our year end video together!!
May 20 6:00 pm-8:00 pm Officer Election and Team Bonding Activity. Your Parents also have a meeting that same nigh from 7:00 pm-8:00 pm The Officers Elections and your Team Activity are closed. There is also a $100.00 deposit. If you didn't turn your $250.00 deposit from 4/21 bring that in:) This day should be lots of fun...and have a few SURPRISES!!!
Also if you are interested in joining the Vision Dance Company auditions are May 24-27. Check out their website for more info
Practice Begins. Please HAVE DANCE SHOES, TENNIS SHOES, and WATER at every practice. We are running a mile daily:) June 14-18 June 21-25 6:00 am-9:00 am
BDT Dance Camp June 28-July 1 Park City
***IMPORTANT***SilverLine Retreat will take place July 26-July 27. It is the biggest team bonding Event!!! More info will come...believe me it is so much fun!!
Practice July 28-30
July 30 POSSIBLE PICTURE
***IMPORTANT*** Saturday July 31 Military will be taught by Choreographer!! You must be in attendance to be there!!!
Those are some dates for right now:) I am sure there will be random stuff in between all of this, but this is just an idea!! I am so excited to get started!! If we all contribute we will for sure have one of the best years ever!! Strive for our best...zero DRAMA...zero complaints!!
***Now TEXT/E-MAIL me and let me know you read this***
I am so EXCITED for the upcoming year!! We have such a talented group!! We are going to be amazing!! I hope that all of your Silver Liners are ready for this year?? It is going to be the best yet!!Introducing your JDCHS SilverLine Drill Team 2010-2011 Alex Dobesh Ashley Zmyslo Bryanna Blackwell Carly Carlson Carly Mehmen Izabella Tovar Jeanell Reilly Jessi Hill Jessica Cruz Kaitlyn Frakes Kelly Mehmen Lauren Phelps Maria Huerta McKaylee Mathis Sarah Hendricks Shelbi Jackson Tatiana Tabish Taylor Jensen
This will be the longest post in HISTORY. You need to make sure that you copy and print off the section under COSTUMES. You must return the signed portion. I have also sent the Costume document to all of your parent e-mails so you may access it from them. Just a couple items before I get started...
1. Hope your Spring Break is so FUN
2. When you get back to school you need to NICELY make sure that your teachers have your recommendations and that they turn them in. I don't have many of yours....makes me nervous.
3. READ THIS POST VERY VERY WELL
4. xoxo MISS YOUR GUTS
TRY-OUTS We all remember what it is like to try-out for something. It is very nerve racking, intense, and emotional. You MUST remember those feelings. I want you to experience these feelings...Just because you may be a 2 year, 3 year, or 4 year member you are still TRYING OUT and I will be watching very closely. Please be ON TIME, respectful, motivating, and work your BUTT off. YOU ARE SHOWING ALL OF THESE GIRLS TRYING OUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A SILVERLINE MEMBER!!! GOT IT??? No CLIQUES...expand your social network!! They will KNOW who you are and they will do what you do...we want a very very hardworking team next year, a very very excited, positive, and friendly team next year!!! I know that you can be the BEST examples of that so make sure that you REPRESENT!!!
To my soon to be Sophomores:
Remember it was only a short year ago that you were in the same position as many trying out. Become friends with them and help them out...Don't be shy and I am very excited to see how much YOU have improved in this last year!! Show them how a SilverLine member should act!! So IF :) you make the team next year...you better be even more excited when you come in that gym after reading your number then ever before because next year will be AWESOME!!
To my soon to be Junior:
Be nervous and confident!! Soak in the moment. Like I said above become friends with them and help them out!! Remember what it felt like to be in their shoes!! Show them how a SilverLine member should act!! So IF :) you make the team next year...you better be even more excited when you come in that gym after reading your number then ever before because next year will be AWESOME!!
To my soon to be SENIORS:
Alright...YOU are the group that will be leading this team next year. With that comes a lot of responsibility!! You are in charge of being the example to the JUNIOR, SOPHOMORE, and FRESHMEN class. What do I always say...ATTITUDE REFLECTS LEADERSHIP and believe me it is true. If the girls trying out see YOU slacking off...they will think it is ok to slack off...if the girls trying out see you give attitude, be mean, all the things YOU DON'T DO (but maybe do 1 time...yes it only takes 1 time) they will do it too!! You have to thing back very hard when you were 13, 14 years old...they are young and they need POSITIVE, HEALTHY, NOT INAPPROPRIATE role models and you need to be that at all times!! Yes, I am asking a lot of you, but that's because I know you can be that. You will be a SENIOR and it is time to grow up a little bit, care about yourself a little less and those younger girls a little more, and teach them what you want out of this team!! I promise you that if you set the bar high they will attain it! You have to be patient, be a teacher, and most importantly be there for them. When I was a sophomore my seniors were so AMAZING that when they graduated I was literally sick to my stomach because I was going to miss them so much...so when it was our turn to be Seniors you better believe that we made it our goal to be the best SENIORS around and you know what... it was the best year I had on my 3 years of Drill Team and it was the year we changed the state champion dynasty of Box Elder and took 2nd at State! So remember each day that we are at clinics and the day of try-outs these girls are watching YOU at all times!! Please show them what it means to be a SilverLine Drill Team member. Take them under your wind and help them out!! Also IF :) you make the team next year...you better be even more excited when you come in that gym after reading your number then ever before because next year will be AWESOME!!
**I love all of your to pieces, we SILVERLINE have set the bar high this last year and I want to continue to set it...The school respects you so much and my day is made every e-mail I get telling me so (I really get e-mails from the school telling me) please continue to be great people**
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COSTUMES...read very very carefully and print out!!!
SilverLine
Costume Check-In
We will be meeting FridayApril 16, 2010 in the dance room at 6:30 a.m. you may get ready while we are turning costumes in, but please be prepared!!! You will need to sign this along with a guardian, you signature is stating that you cleaned every costume, checked for problems (holes), took care of those problems (sew them), and it is in the best shape EVER.If the costume is ruined…I am sorry but you will have to pay (I am really sorry).So here is the list please follow it closelyJ you are responsible for your costumes, please come with names already attached to the inside of the costume with masking tape!!
**All Drill Attire (except Military Tops) must be washed on a DELICATE/GENTLE, COLD cycle. Please wash the costume inside out and use WOOLITE…DO NOT DRY, please lay flat to dry.Please have somebody that rocks at washing watch them carefully so nothing happens to them (I know I am silly) **
MILITARY
**Please take a damp towel and wash the arm pits of the costume.Please do not get the entire top wet. **
Military Jacket (Hanger.Put Name on the inside of the Jacket with masking tape)
Silver Hairpiece (Plastic Bag)
DANCE
**If you didn’t wear your top…lucky you!!You don’t have to wash it**
Striped Top (Hanger. Name on the inside with tape)
Striped Scarf (Please wash and un-safety pin.Please fold NICELY and put in a plastic bag and attach it to your Striped Top hanger)
Black Belt (don’t wash, plastic bag NICELY)
KICK
**Take off Silver Shoulder Pads, don’t worry about washing those and just wash the top**
Turquoise Top w/Shoulder Pads (Hanger. Name on the inside with tape)
2 Booties (Folded NICELY and put in a plastic bag)
Statue of Liberty Hairpiece (straighten out the pipe cleaner, put in plastic bag)
Silver Belt (don’t wash, plastic bag NICELY)
BOTTOMS
Navy Shorts (Plastic Bag. Put name on the bag)
Short Unitard (Hanger. Name on the inside with tape)
Military Unitard (Hanger. Name on the inside with tape)
JEWELS & Misc. Costumes
2 Wrist Jewels, 1 Neck (Please put in plastic bad NICELY, put your name on the bag and also put how many jewels are missing)
Black Dress w/ blue Zebra (Hanger. Name inside with tape)
Intro Dance Turq. Costume (Hanger. Name inside)
Intro Turq. arm band (don’t wash, plastic bag NICELY)
I promise everything was washed, sewn, and taken GREAT care of!!!
SilverLine MemberSilverLine Guardian
***Don’t FORGET THIS SIGNED PAPER PLEASE…or YOU will be doing costume inventory:)***
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I was just writing up the MC script for the year end show and I found myself getting a little sad. I hope you know how proud I am of all of you and what this team means to me!! You are something very special and I am so lucky to have each and every one of you in my life!! I am so proud to say that I coach the JD Drill Team!! So thank you and please take all of this week and especially next week in!!! Remember how fast it truly flies by!!! Here is just some stuff that NEEDS to be accomplished this week and next!!
Thurs: practice is at 6:00-7:30 am. Meet in the dance room so you can run Hip Hop and then book it into the gym to do the rest!! I want all routines to be completed by 6:30 am!! DEAL?? You will then have 1 hour to get the end of your Intro dance cleaned and maybe some of your beginning ready to go!! So please practice on your own!!! It is on YOU TUBE!!!
Fri: practice is at 6:00-7:30 am. Meet in the dance room again so we can run Hip Hop we will run all of your routines 6:20 or 6:30 (shoot for 6:20 to be done with those) we will walk over the beginning of the Intro dance (again please practice on your own) and run it with the music. We will separate into groups for the BoyLiner routine...please come with ideas...we won't have much time!! Also officers you should have something for me as well!!!
***Also on Friday. I need your parents checks for the banquet dinner along with who will be attending out of the 2 of them or both of them...just let me know***
Sat: MEETING at 9:30 a.m. on the dot!! We will finish up BoyLiners if we have to. Please make sure that your boy is ON TIME!! We will start right at 10:00 am!! Also, I need them to wear what they are going to wear to perform in...we don't want any trouble!! Have them wear something black or something JD, basketball shorts, etc. Our goal is to have it all taught by 11:30 am so we can run it with the music a lot!! Please practice with them so they look amazing!!
Right at 12:00 we will have the boys leave and we will go over our comp routines and answer any questions regarding the intro dance!!! **Make sure you bring a snack you can pop in your mouth**
Tues: March 23: Try-Out Meeting!!! be there!!!
Wed. March 24: Practice at 6:00 am we will run our show and then right at 7:00am your boys should be there to run over their routine and run it with the music some more!! Then you need to be completely READY and at JDCHS at 4:30 p.m. (again bring some snacks for the night) Once the show starts you will have to be on top of your game...there will not be runners coming to get you...you are on your own!!!
Thurs March 25: Banquet...did everyone get the invite?? Be there ready to begin @ 6:30 p.m.
Friday March 26: Assembly @ 1:30. I will excuse you at 12:30 to get ready and we will hopefully get a chance to run through it again...Crazy Train
xoxo- Megs
QUESTION TIME 1. Have you honestly read all of this...I would hate for you to miss anything!! 2. Will you make this the best showcase ever???
As most of you know I am surrounded by children and their families blessed with the challenging, emotional, yet amazing, and triumphant disorder of Autism. I would really love to get a team together and raise lots of money...
check out the website and let me know if it is something you would want to get involved with...let your parents know, your friends...you can get some service hours:) Check it out and let me know...you guys are game we can set out a a fundraising bin @ our year end show and start fundraising away...
You have done it!! You have almost made it through the drill team year!! You are by far one of the greatest teams and I have enjoyed every second with you. Please remember all that we have done and accomplished this year. We have 2 short weeks left as the 2009-2010 team please use the next 2 weeks to soak it all in, remember all of the moments, and really reflect on this year.
I am so lucky and so blessed to know all of you and I am so excited to see what the future has in store for all of us!! You are the best!!
On my drill note side...Please practice all of your routines so we can really focus on the Intro dance and getting the BoyLiner routine going. The year end show is for all of you...it is not meant to be stressful!!
Thursday Practice 6:30-7:30: Go over competition routines (Jenni will take you into the dance room to do Hip Hop) and get your partner sections down transitions and all.
Friday Practice 6:00-9:00: Finish intro dance. Get it looking cleaned (you can do it) run all competition routines and start working on BoyLiners!!
I really need you to practice everything!! Your comp routines included!! Its time to prove everything you have!! The video is now up on YouTube!! Please know it well for next week!!
Practice Thursday March 11 w/Jenni. You will be going over your partner section and running everything!! 6:30 am-7:30 am
Practice Friday March 12 w/ your truly!! We will FINISH the intro dance...we will not go any later than 9:00 am I PROMISE!! It is all up to you!!!
