Friday, June 29, 2012

A Few Changes

Hello!  There has been a change for the day of the parade.  The cheerleaders need to get our picture before mid-July to put in the calendar for this year.  We figured the best time would be the 4th since we will all be there anyway.  Please meet at 7:30am at the Palladium for pictures and then we will make our way over to Lake Phil Gas by 8:30am.  Be ready in all your parade attire with your hair however you would like it for a picture at 7:30am :) 

I have also added as many football games as I am aware of at this time to our calendar.  Please note that all the games marked by the color red are home games that we will do concessions for and perform at.  All other games are away.  This schedule is subject to change and I will update it as quickly as I can if ever it does change.  We only have 4 home games, the red and white game, and hopefully some playoffs! 

Sorry for the last minute time change with the parade... it will help out the cheerleaders if we can just be cooperative with that.  Thank you!

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

4th of July Details

July Already?!  Yup!

On Wednesday morning we will meet at Lake Phil Gas at 8:30 AM.  We will not know where we are in the parade until this time.  Please wear white cami, jersey, red shorts, white tennis shoes that you don't mind getting worn or dirty, hair in pony with no bangs (they will get sweaty!)  You may wear your flip flops to work your shift at the park.  Please remember the times that you are working so that we have plenty of help for the kids there without having to search for you!  Bring water to set in the back of the truck so you can stay hydrated.

Important!:  In the previous post I requested that each girl need to bring a bag of candy.  Pepsi has donated plenty of candy for us to use in exchange for some advertisement (that we will share) on the posters that we will hang on the truck.  So, no need to buy any candy! 

I have made a couple changes to the calendar for this week since we are missing half our team!  Please be sure to check it out.  Let me know of any questions, concerns, or if I forgot any information :)  Thanks!

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Choreography Days and 4th of July Info

Choreography Days:  I like to take a couple days for each of our competition routines and use them to learn entire routines.  This way, we don't keep getting cut off from short practices and having to review and catch back on the next day.  This first one is short notice mostly due to me trying to figure out the best days since we have so many people gone during the summer and so much moratorium on top of that.  If any of the girls miss choreography days, I may or may not space them out of a routine.  This does not mean they wont be in it, it only means that I need them to show me that they learned it outside of practice before I will space them in.  The girls also know whether or not they were "on the border" of being in the routine.  If they were one of these girls and they happen to miss choreography days, they will be spaced out until they show me that they have worked to be put back in. 

Dates for Choreograhy:  Friday, June 22, 6:00-9:00 AM   AND   Saturday, June 23rd,  6:00-10:00 AM.  (They are scheduled this early for specific purposes, beileve me if I did not have to get up that early I wouldn't!)  I will post these times on the Calendar.

4th of July:  Each girl will need to bring a bag of candy to throw.  Please bring a decent sized bag (not just a regular sized candy bag).  The taffy bags or tootie fruitie bags that they sell at quality would be a good example as a "decent" sized bag.  I am still awaiting information as to when the parade will start and what time the girls will need to be there.  I will let you know and post it on the calendar as soon as I find out.  We will meet in the Lake Phil Gas parking lot before the parade to line up. 

Request:  I am looking for a parent (mom or dad)  that has truck and would be willing to drive us through the parade.  I will need to sit in the back with the sound system to run the music and my husband will be taking our kids to the parade, so I am in need of a driver and a vehicle.  Please contact me if you are willing to be this person!  Thank you so much parents for all your support!

Camp:  Camp was Great!!  Despite some health glitches that are in the process of being taken care of, the girls really had lots of fun bonding and building their dancing technique.  I think thier heads might be ready to explode with all the new dances they learned!  It was really cool to watch them in their technique classes and finally see a few things "click" in their brains!  It is really rewarding to physically watch them grow as people, sisters, and dancers right before your eyes!  Thanks for sending them off with me for those few days!  I am sure they were sleepy heads that you couldn't get much out of they day after they got home!

Technique:  Nichole Riding is new in town and is offering the Tri-Dels a smokin' deal!!  We are going to work together to find one day out of the week for the girls to take a technique class together.  It will be during the school year just one night a week.  We will sit down with the girls and decide which night is going to work best for the majority of the girls.  This will not be a required class, but I would STRONGLY suggest and hope that everyone take it!  She is only going to charge $3 a class for each girl.  If you have been involved in taking studio classes, than you know that you would never find an opportunity like this anywhere else!  I will let you know of the details once we get them sorted out, but I just wanted to give everyone a heads up.  Nichole is probably also someone that could do private lessons, other regular technique classes, or even help with your solos should you choose to audition for a spot.  I will only help seniors with thier solos so that there is no bias when it comes time to choose who will be competing thier solos at competition. 

Please always feel free to contact me if you are having any questions or concerns!

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

More Camp Info

Sister Gift:  We are keeping the water bottle tradition from last year.  So, for sister gifts, each girl needs to get a water bottle (doesn't need to be fancy or expensive) and decorate it how ever they wish to for thier sister.  Make sure that you put your sister's name on it.  Sorry if I offended any parents for not putting this on here sooner, it was unintentional and I will always try to do my best at keeping communication open here on the blog :)

Monay:  Tri-Dels please arrive to the dance room at 12:30 PM.  We will be quickly going over our performance routine, exchanging sister gifts, and doing bag check to make sure we didn't leave anything at home before we leave for St. George.  The bus will be there at 1:00 PM to pick us up and head for St. George.  Wear whatever it is that you would like to wear to go to dinner/mall or whatever we decide to do when we get there.  Please keep the school dress code in mind as we are still representing Delta High School! 

Packing List:  Will be on the other 'page' of this blog.  There is a tab for the otehr page called "Packing Lists" at the top of the blog.  The page you are on now is the "Home" page.  We will keep adding our packing lists on that page as we go throughout the year.  I will also have hard copies of the list at practice eiter on Thurday or Friday so you can physically check things off as you pack. 

Can't wait for camp!  The girls are looking great and I am looking forward to watching each one of them as they work and grow as dancers, and friends during this hard, but fun week!