...I had the time of my life...

I said remember this moment
In the back of my mind
The time we stood with our shaking hands
The crowds in stands went wild

We were the kings and the queens
And they read off our names
The night you danced like you knew our lives
Would never be the same

You held your head like a hero
On a history book page
It was the end of a decade
But the start of an age

Long live the walls we crashed through
While the kingdom lights shined just for me and you
I was screaming, long live all the magic we made
And bring on all the pretenders, one day we will be remembered

I can't believe that we are gearing up for our YEAR END SHOW AND NATIONALS!!! So here is the info for Tuesday:) Now remember we are practicing READY TO DANCE at 6:30 a.m. tomorrow (MONDAY) we are NOT practicing Tuesday morning but I need to see you READY (HAIR, EYE LASHES, MAKE-UP) 4:00 p.m. in the GYM Tuesday afternoon. Please wear the following on Tuesday:

• Warm-Ups
• SL Design Shirt w/UNSTOPPABLE on the back.

Please make sure that you pack your costumes and quadruple check them:) Follow your regular competition costume check-off, but remember what you wear for Intro dance: Costume you wore for the original 1/2 time performance of camp dance, fish nets, black shoes, and your Military hair piece.

**SENIORS remember you are keeping your Unitard on and adding some of YOU with it**

HAIR FOR YEAR END SHOW AND NATIONALS: SLICKED (I want it to look like it is wet), left part LOW center bun with hair piece. You will wear all of your hair pieces on the same side that you wore them at competition.

Please let me know you read this!! xoxo to the moon and back "we will be remembered" Also your YEAR END SHOW MONEY IS DUE TOMORROW (MONDAY)

Meg

...OH MY...

Oh MY GOODNESS!!!

We are on...we have a lot to get done in the next couple of weeks!! Your year end show is on the 22 and you will need to be to JD pretty much after school. You will be helping set up and then you will go get ready so we can get some pictures taken before people come in!! Please make sure that your costumes are in the BEST CONDITION and you have to be completely organized because sometimes you only have 1 routine to change!! Please make sure you look over the following:

1. Videos are on YOUTUBE please don't look at the Senior Dance unless you are a Senior:) YOU HAVE TO PRACTICE SO ON TUESDAY WE ARE READY TO GO. SOLOS MUST BE DONE AND YOU MUST KNOW THE INTRO ROUTINE!! Also PLEASE go over all of your other routines:)

2. Practice is on Tuesday 6:00 a.m. I am planning on starting with Hip Hop, Military, Dance, Kick, Intro Dance then Officers, and Seniors:) It is going to be an intense practice for a couple days as we build your endurance:)

3. Please get BoyLiners and please go over it with them because on our Saturday Practice we only have 90 min with them:)

I am so excited for the rest of this year...I CAN'T WAIT for Nationals. Please remember that Nationals is for our team and it is all about fun and dancing. We are going to be busy, but that is how we get it all in! I can't tell you happy I am that I get to go and be my fun playing self in Disney and I just fill up with tears knowing that I get to experience Wicked with ALL OF YOU!! And to be a part of the first JD Drill Team to compete at Nationals is SO AMAZING...I am so excited to experience it with you!!

Keep Mandy in your thoughts and prayers: http://dylandshaw.blogspot.com/

LET ME KNOW YOU GOT THIS BY TELLING ME: 1. YOU WILL PRACTICE 2. WHAT ARE EXCITED ABOUT AT NATIONALS??

xoxo-Meg

...intro/camp dance...

Just a reminder...you NEED to practice and remember those Camp Dance Sections I told you about:)

REALLY...you do:) haha I wouldn't tell you if it wasn't important right?? We have the same formations that we had for the dance. I am going to have you so spread out we take over that gym floor...xoxo

Also make sure that you are practicing: Hip Hop, Officers, Dance, Military, and Kick!!

**Thursday Practice starts right at 5:30 WEAR YOUR THURSDAY PRACTICE TOP...ALSO DON'T FORGET SOME KIND OF BASKETBALL SHORTS TO WEAR ONCE THE BOYS GET THERE** We will start by running (yea) and then jump quickly into Intro/Camp Dance. The version of the song is the newer upbeat version of More. The dance will have a lot of camp dance and you all getting 1 set of 8 of your own stuff:) We will practice from 5:30-to about 6:45/6:55 TELL YOUR JD BOYS TO BE TO THE GYM READY TO START DANCING AT 7:00 P.M. we are done at 8:00 p.m. They practice again with us on our Saturday Practice. Same rules apply, if you are on time YOU ARE LATE!! I would hate to have to enforce rules before our Year End Show and NATIONALS!!!

**Seniors you are practicing that next Friday Morning 3/11 from 6:00am-7:30am we are starting right at 6:00 we have to get the routine taught, we will record so you can practice!! love you and I forgot to tell you that you are staying for forever:)

LET ME KNOW YOU ALL GOT THIS BY TELLING ME SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE MISSED ABOUT DRILL!!!

xoxo

Meg

...business & reflection...

Hello Girls!!

Oh my goodness...we are going to NATIONALS!! Can you believe it? We are going to KILL IT and I am so excited that it will be an amazing ending to our incredible year!! I am asking you this because I know you all...very well!! PLEASE PRACTICE ALL OF YOUR ROUTINES...THINK ABOUT HOW YOU FELT EVEN THE WEEK OF STATE GETTING THROUGH YOUR ROUTINES AND WE HAVEN'T DANCED TOGETHER SINCE FEB. 5....and we haven't done Officers and Hip Hop for awhile AND I sped everything up. So please please practice for all of our sakes:) Make sure that all of your costumes are in order and that you are just READY because once we start practicing we are on and I want you all to enjoy the rest of this year together.

Reflection Time:

I am extremely emotional at this time. I have so many fe

elings and memories that I am kind of stuck in this self

ish space of really not wanting this year to end. I hope that you all have had such an amazing experience and I hope that you know that I will do anything for any of you at any time of your life. This program has been made to establish respect and a

competitive spirit, but we have developed a program that is centered around love, respect, and sisterhood. I can promise you this...you can't find that in a lot of programs!! And it is because of all of YOU!! Drill Team is so much more than dancing...I look back on my experience of Drill Team and I realize every single day some kind of lesson that I learned while being on it. I can't go through a day without thinking about all of you and lately I shed a few tears along with it. This experience is a journey; we have our goods and we have our bads and we have moments like at Region when we all came together. I will never forget hearing you girls say this:

I am so proud of each and every one of you and I love having the opportunity to spend time with you and watch you grow into such beautiful dancers. BUT my most favorite this is being able to spend time with you, watching you struggle, watching you succeed, and most of all watching you turn into the most beautiful girls inside and out. I am so lucky to have this job and have the opportunity that I do to spend with you!! Please continue to be the beacons of light at your school and SHINE on!!! Just know we are amazing and one of a kind!!!

Please let me know you got this by telling me that you will practice every dance?:)

xoxo-Meg

...here we go...

HELLO CUTEST GIRLS THAT I MISS SO VERY MUCH!!!

We have a lot to accomplish in a short amount of time, I really need you to be responsible so we will be able to LOOK AMAZING at our year-end show and NATIONALS!!! Let's do this ladies we will end on the biggest high note ever!!

"The night you danced like you knew our

lives would never be the same"

I need you to do the following, it will make the entire process SO MUCH EASIER and I won't have to be a grumpy coach out last 2 week of practice for the 2010-2011 season!!

1. Make sure you know Camp Dance. It is going to be in combination with out intro routine. In the intro routine every member will have 1 set of 8 that they will perform on your own. So start thinking about that. Please make sure that you know the following Camp Dance Sections

• (8/27 Halftime) You Tube time- :12-:26 (4 sets of 8)
• You Tube time- :42-:53 (3 sets of 8)
• You Tube time- :57-1:58 (OOO section to End)

2. Hip Hop

3. Officers

4. Miltary

5. Dance

6. Kick

We practice:

March 10: 5:30pm-8:00pm Going over Intro Dance and BoyLiners. Sarah, Shelbs, and Kait are doing BoyLiners. Everyone will be all over the floor to help the boys out. **PLEASE WEAR B-BALL SHORTS DURING THE BOYLINER PORTION.** Let your buddies know about BoyLiners THEY MUST BE A STUDENT AT JDCHS.

March 11: Senior Practice, starting right at 6:00am. Start looking for something simple that you can dance in that has the color Pink in it. It can be whatever you want, make it YOU just have hints of pink in it...you will be bare legged and bare footed. Modest please

Full Practice Week March 14-18 6:00am-7:30am

Saturday March 19: 7:00am-10:00am Practice and BoyLiner. Again wear B-Ball shorts during BoyLiner

March 21-22: Practice 6:30am-7:30am

March 22: YEAR END SHOW

March 24-25: Practice 6:00am-7:30am

LET ME KNOW YOU GO THIS BY TELLING ME THE NEXT TIME YOU SEE ME and if you are a senior let me know what you need to start finding!!! XOXO

...so proud...

"Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming."

I honestly could not have asked for a better weekend with all of you. I was able to witness greatness and I am so incredibly happy that I am your coach. You have taught me so much this year and I am so excited for what more we have together. The rest of the year will bring us much fun and very new experiences. Remember to live for each of these moments and each of these days! Thank you for giving your heart at every practice and at every competition. You have had such a successful year and we still have a bit more to prove and this time we get to do it in CALIFORNIA!! I CAN'T WAIT TO HAVE SO MUCH FUN WITH YOU!!! We are very lucky to be doing all that we get to do...Just let me say it one more time (I am sure it won't be the last time I say it) but my heart is full and I am so incredibly proud of every single one of you. I was not kidding when I told you that there was something special about you! All of you bring something so special to this team...let us keep IGNITING THE LIGHT!!!

Dates to keep in mind. Please write these down so you know what is going on please!!!

Feb. 9- Hip Hop Halftime (practice on your own) Come to JD READY! Please wear your hair down JUST HAVE YOUR BANGS BUMPED BACK. We will practice before the halftime so be to the school at 6:15 p.m. and we will find somewhere to run over it a few times. It is a boys game and we are playing Morgan:)

Feb 10 & Feb 11- Miss Drill Fundraiser. Please refer to the paper I gave you. You must be on your best behavior even if you are just sitting there doing nothing. It is a great and easy fundraiser. PLEASE LEAVE YOUR CELL PHONES IN YOUR CAR or give them to an adult to take care of. They have asked that the girls DO NOT have their cell phones. Please listen to any of the adults that are in charge. Both days I have class and as soon as class is over I will be there...I know you will be awesome. It is a fun competition to watch!! Very good dancers will be there.

Feb 18-If the Boys Basketball Team maintains their 2nd place position we will have a home basketball game. Officers you will be dancing at this halftime. Please practice this routine on your own as well and plan on coming about an hour before the scheduled basketball time. I will be gone but Jenni or Felicia will be at this halftime. Sorry that I won't be there, but I will be on a much needed vacation:)

FEB DATES: POSSIBLE BASKETBALL HALFTIMES. WONT KNOW UNTIL AFTER THE FEB 18 GAME.

Thursday March 10-PRACTICE 5:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Big Gym. You will start learning your intro dance. SilverLine will practice from 5:30-6:55 and then we start BOYLINERS from 7:00-8:00. BoyLiners will be open to any JD BOY STUDENT. So we need some signs to be made.

Week of March 14-18- Practice 6:00 a.m.-7:30 a.m. All Week Preparation for NATIONALS!!!

Saturday March 19- SilverLine Practice 7:00 a.m.-8:20 a.m. BOYLINER practice 8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m.

March 21 & March 22-Practice 6:00-7:30 a.m.

March 22- YEAR END SHOW!! BIG DEAL LADIES

March 24- Practice 6:00-7:30

March 25- Practice 6:00-7:30

March 30- WE LEAVE FOR NATIONALS!!!!

***DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE, BUT THIS IS JUST AN IDEA FOR RIGHT NOW***

Please let me know that you go this by telling me you are writing down all of these dates!!! xoxo to the moon and back

Meg

...never say never..

"I never had the strength to take it higher

Until I reached the point of no return

And there's just not turnin back

When your hearts under attack

Gonna give everything I HAVE

IT'S MY DESITINY

I WILL NEVER SAY NEVER

I WILL FIGHT TILL FOREVER

WHENEVER YOU KNOCK ME DOWN

I WILL NOT STAY ON THE GROUND

PICK IT UP PICK IT UP

AND NEVER SAY NEVER"

You have worked so incrdibly hard since you made this team and now we are down to 2 practices until STATE!! It is anybody's game at this point. Remember we have NOTHING to lose and EVERYTHING to gain!!!

* Practice Thursday- 6:20 ready to dance at 6:30--GIVE ME EVERYTHING

*Practice Friday- 6:20 readyt to dacne at 6:30--Last practice...MAKE IT COUNT!!

Car Pool:

There is a car pool going down at 12:30 to watch 4/5A State OR there is a car pool going down at 4:30 PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHICH ONE YOU ARE GOING ON. You must ride with a SilverLine family member and it must be an adult!! Dinner is at 6:30 at the Spaghetti Factory and we will have so much fun, but we will just have to watch our voice volume:) hopefully the stick us in a corner this time!! We will go back to the hotel have a little bond and go to BED!!!

xoxo-let me know you read this by telling me what car pool you are going in:)