VARSITY: Rehearsal

Ladies and Gent!

            Sorry! Here’s another one, I forgot to put this on the last email. JennyLynn and I were talking and we think that we need to make up that practice we missed. We are going to have practice on January 2^nd; at our normal time in the Dance Room. We were looking at our calendar and we have 3 practices before the eval show and only 5 practices before our first competition. Both me and Jen feel like we need the practice. Especially since they changed that rule on us and we are going to have to fill Rosie’s hole. :( Which we are incredibly sad about!

            So we are going to hold practice on January 2^nd. I know that two of you have talked to me about not being there. If you can please be there! Again we only have 5 practices not including this one until we are competing! If you are not going to be there if you could email the Gmail guard account and let me and JennyLynn know that would be awesome!

            Thank you for all your hard work! The floor looks awesome and I am super excited to see how the show looks on it!

Bri

Rehearsal Schedule for the Varsity team (sorry for the confusion)!!!:

Thursday January 2^nd (Added Make-up, not make up on your face but make up because we had to cancel a practice, rehearsal)

Thursday January 9^th

Saturday January 11^th 8am-5pm (Guard Cleaning Camp)

Thursday January 16^th

Saturday January 18^th EVAL SHOW

Thursday January 23^rd

Thursday January 30^th

Saturday February 1^st FIRST SHOW!

VARSITY: Folding the floor

Hey Ladies and Gent!

We have to fold the floor tomorrow night. I know that it’s Sunday and that it’s a family/church day, but Cheer has the gym Monday morning very early and one day of drying is just not enough. We would have to come at like 5:30 in the morning to get the floor folded and that is just too early.

We are going to meet at 5:00 tomorrow night to fold the floor and it will only take as long as it takes to get the floor folded and the plastic picked up. We will also have to make sure there is no paint on the gym floor and if it is scrap it up. It should take about 15 minutes. You can even have your parents wait for you while you run in and fold the floor, we shouldn’t be that long. I need EVERYONE to come and not be late, so that we can get it folded and be done. There will be no way we can fold the floor if only 5 or 6 of you come.

I’m sorry that we have to do this on a Sunday, but the floor needed an extra night and day to dry. If you have any questions please email Me or Jenny at the Gmail account!

We’ll see you tomorrow!

Bri

VARSITY/JV: Winter Guard Parent Meeting

Hey guys!

PARENT MEETING:

The parent meeting will be held Monday November 11, 2013.

It will be at 6:00 pm.

In the Dance Room or the Commons, which ever is available.

Please check the Commons first.

PRACTICE SCHEDULE:

Remember that Practice is now on Thursday 5:30-10 pm.

Please make sure you are there and ready to go by 5:30 not just running in. Since we only have one practice a week now we need ALL of that practice time.

I really want to be able to start right at 5:30. So if you could be there stretched and ready by 5:30 that would be best!

Also, don't forget that Urban Expressions will be there for part of the rehearsal to do a private clinic with us on thursday. Come ready to work hard for them!!!

Thank you guys for such a great season! JennyLynn and I are soooo proud of you and love you guys to death! Thank you for working soooo hard for us the last 6 months. I am so grateful that I get to be your coach! Let's have a great Winter season too!

Captains!

Captains!

Could you please bring your binders and calendars on the tour trip?!

I want to have a captains meeting on the way home (on the bus) and talk about moving into Winter Guard! There are a few dates that I'd like us to look at too, so it would be nice if you could bring your calendars so that I can have you write down the dates I need you to do things!

Also, I want to thank you for all that you do for me and Jen!

We really do rely on you so much and each of you have risen to the challenge!

Thank you for everything!

Also, if you could spread the word so that all of you get this message that would be great too!

~Bri

Practice schedule! Varsity and JV Guards!

Wholly Cow!!!!

Let's talk about how good you guys looked today!

Let's go over the practice schedule for both of the teams for the next couple of weeks!

I changed it on charms today so it should be correct on there!

Varsity Team:

Today (Monday) August 12, 2013: 8-11 at Willow Creek

Wednesday August 14, 2013: 8-11 at Willow Creek

Thursday August 15, 2013: 8-11 at Willow Creek (ONLY THE GUARD).

Monday August 19, 2013: (School Schedule Starts) 3:30-6pm at Willow Creek

Tuesday August 20, 2013: School Starts on an A day.

Wednesday August 21, 2013: B day. Class is in the South Gym from 6-7:15 (I believe, we are still working this all out with the administration - but we will know for sure this week and we'll send out an email).

Wednesday August 21, 2013: 3:30-6pm at Willow Creek

Thursday August, 22, 2013: 6-9pm at Lehi High School Stadium.

Fall practice schedule:

Monday and Wednesday's 3:30-6pm at Willow Creek

Thursday's 6-9 pm at Willow Creek

JV Team

Monday practices have started.

Monday's 4:30-6:30 in the Dance Room at the High School

Today (Monday) August 12, 2013: Practice has been canceled!

Thank you for being so great!

Remember if you need to miss a practice to fill out a blue sheet that we keep in the band room and turn it in!

BAND CAMP!!!!

Band Camp:

Here's what info I have right now!

I am getting an itinerary from Mr. Reynolds tonight and I will get all of the information up there as soon as I get that!

Band Camp will start at 7am every day,

and will end at 7pm every day.

That means we will be there from 7-7 Monday through Friday!

Please plan accordingly so that you are able to arrive at the school by 6:55 so that we have NO tardies!

If we can have NO TARDIES the entire band camp then I will personally provide an ice cream party for the team at the end of camp!!!!

It's up to you guys if we can have that!

Secret Pals:

We are going to do secret pals through the week.

Spend no more than $5 for the entire five days.
We will do one small gift every day! Put some thought into these.

If you do not bring one you will not get one, so make sure you remember to bring them.

Bring your secret pal gift with your person’s name on it and we will put them in a big box.

Breanne will pass them out some time throughout the day.

AGAIN! IF YOU DO NOT BRING ONE YOU WILL NOT GET ONE; YOURS WILL BE GIVEN TO THE PERSON YOU GIVE TO.

Water:

Make sure you are bringing water.

I do not know if we will be allowed in the school so it is important that you bring water.

As well as I will not be allowing you to leave what we are working on to run across the field to the school through the school to the drinking fountain and back.

BRING YOUR WATER BOTTLE!

As well as I will be upset if you end up sick because you are not drinking and get dehydrated!

Make sure when we are taking water breaks you are drinking WATER!

Food:

We will be feed LUNCH and DINNER.

You are responsible for BREAKFAST.

MAKE SURE YOU EAT!

Like I told you at practice, I will not be sympathetic to you if you did not eat breakfast and now you are lagging because you are hungry.

I need you all to be responsible humans and take care of your body!

MAKE SURE YOU EAT!

Sunscreen:

If you refuse to wear sunscreen and you get burnt I will not let you off the hook!

You will still need to do all of the work even if your skin hurts!

AGAIN, I need you to be responsible and take care of your bodies!

WEAR SUNSCREEN!

We are doing 12 hour days and we may not be able to get out of the sun and get into a gym!

I do not want anyone crying because they have a sunburn that could have been prevented!

Wear a hat, wear a bandana, and WEAR SUNSCREEN!!!!

I do not know how else to express how important this is.

GO CHECK IF YOU HAVE SOME RIGHT NOW!

If you do not, go tell your Mom right now that you are going to need some on Monday!

Shoes, Shirt, Shorts:

You can go barefoot, but when we are on the field you must have Tennis shoes on.

FLIP FLOPS ARE NOT ALLOWED FOR YOU GUYS WHEN YOU ARE MARCHING ON THE FIELD!

You must have tennis shoes on.

Shorts, just like always if they are short you must have spandex shorts underneath.

I don’t want to see up your shorts when you are stretching.

Shirts, NO SPAGHETTI STRAPS, the tank tops need to be thick.

WHITE SHIRTS – We will not be wearing our white shirts on Superhero day and Twin day!

Bring your shirts so we can wear them when we do drill!!!

If you are going to wear something for the spirit days that is fine but we need your number shirt on you when we do drill!!! I will get you the itinerary so you will know about what time of day that will be.

That means we will wear our shirts on MONDAY, TUESDAY, and THURSDAY!!!

You all should have your white shirts (EXCEPT ROSIE).

Please where them.

When are we wearing them???...

MONDAY, TUESDAY, and THURSDAY!

BRING YOUR SHIRT ON THOSE DAYS SO YOU WILL HAVE THEM WHEN WE DO DRILL!

Spirit Days:

Here is the spirit day schedule!

Monday – School spirit day/purple people eater day (wear purple!) = # SHIRT DAY TOO

Tuesday – Crazy hair day = # SHIRT DAY TOO

Wednesday – Super hero day

Thursday – Mustache day (get creative people) = # SHIRT DAY TOO

Friday – Twin day = MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS A TWIN! NO ONE SHOULD GET LEFT OUT!!!

I know some of these are crazy but that’s the point!

Let’s have some fun with it!

What to remember to bring:

ALL of your equipment – tall flag, any weapons, and swing flag

Your two count sheets.

Your count books (you will be getting these from me on Monday so don’t worry about this yet)

Sunscreen

Tennis shoes

Water

Snacks if you think you won’t make it to the snack times.

Secret pal gift

White shirt

Spirit day stuff!

Your thinking caps full of all of your check points and counts!!!!

Let’s have a great band camp!

Remember to take care of your bodies! Get water, food and sleep!

See you Monday at 6:50 am sharp!!!!

Please leave a comment with your name so I know that you have seen this!

VERY IMPORTANT!!!!

EVERYONE!

Last week and this week we have been trying to get all of the first song cleaned and all of the counts down solid!

Our goal is that when we go to band camp in a week that we are able to put the work to the drill as we learn the drill.

This will only happen if we ALL know the COUNTS perfect!

IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN HERE LAST WEEK OR NEXT WEEK it is YOUR responsibility to get with someone and make sure you KNOW the COUNTS!

Thank you for being so great last week! 

Let's keep it up!!!

Only 1 week till band camp!!!

We need help!!!! Flag cutting party tomorrow!!!

Hey parents!!!!
We need some help cutting out flags!
If you can come that would be greatly appreciated!!!

Flag cutting party tomorrow, July 18th, at the HS at 10:30! Bring a soldering iron if you have one! Come help cut out the flags! It's easy and we need lots of help!

Thanks!

Fee Schedule

I have had quite a few questions about the fee schedule so I thought I would put it up here so that if there is questions everyone can reference back to this.

Remember our due dates are earlier than the bands.

Varsity (Field Show) Team:

June 1st - $200.00
July 1st - $200.00
August 1st - $200.00
September 1st - $200.00
October 1st - $200.00
November 1st - Last $100.00
Done with fee's for the entire year!

Junior Team:

June 1st - $200.00
July 1st - $200.00
August 1st - Last $100.00 
Done with fee's for the entire year!

If there is anymore questions please email us at lehicolorguard@gmail.com

Also throughout the summer you can pay this at the High School, or online.

Practice tomorrow!!!

Hey EVERYONE!!!

Tomorrow at practice JennyLynn and Bri both have to be somewhere by 11am, so we are going to  end practice at 10am. 

If you see this please tell all your friends on the team!

Let your parents know so that they can pick you up!!! 

Fee Schedule! Fee Due Reminder!!!

Reminder!!! 

The first fee of $200 is due TODAY!!!

Pay this at the HIGH SCHOOL not to the Jr. High!

Lehi High School

ColorGuard Activity Fees

Approved fees necessary for Varsity and JV Color Guard Teams

Uniforms                                      $90.00

Custom Music                              $30.00

Custom Drill Design                    $60.00

Equipment and Supplies             $70.00

Camps and Clinics                       $60.00

Staff and Clinicians                         $250.00

Transportation                                  $110.00

Band Pictures                                 $10.00

St. George Tour                                $250.00

Board Approved Participation      $50.00

Competition Entrance Fee            $50.00

Equipment Rental                           $70.00

TOTAL:  $1100.00

Lehi High School

ColorGuard Activity Fees

Approved fees necessary for Junior Color Guard Team:

Uniform Fee                                                   $80.00

Participation Fee                                           $50.00

Transportation                                                $80.00

Equipment Rental and Supplies                 $60.00

Camps and Clinics                                        $50.00

Competition Fees                                          $50.00

Custom Drill Design                                      $60.00

Staff, Clinicians, and Choreographers       $70.00 

TOTAL:   $500.00

Optional Expenses

Duffle Bag                                                                                         $40.00

Dance Shoes (Field Show Must Get)                                            $40.00

Gloves (Weapon Line Must Get)                                                    $15.00

Warm-Up Outfit                                                                                  $60.00

Personal Equipment Bag (Must have one, make if you want)    $25.00

Corps Encore Ticket                                                                          $20.00

Swing Flag Parade Routine

Rifle Parade routine

WARNING: Don't watch Bri at the end of the routine... she messes up :-)

Tall flag parade routine

Our First Practice

First Practice Down!!!!!

After last Wednesday's rehearsal I am very excited about the talent we have on this team!

Everyone did great!

A few parents and students have asked if they could move to a "short flag" JennyLynn and I just wanted to go over that we are only using the 6 foot flags for right now. I had a friend who was just over 4 feet and she had always spun a 6 foot flag and did great on it! It will take some adjustment to move from the 5 foot to the 6 foot flag but if you are patient and believe that you can do it, you'll find that you are spinning a "tall flag" with no problems in no time!!!

For now EVERYONE is going to spin the "Tall Flags."

A few things to remember for this Wednesday!

Dance Attire

Remember that everyone needs to wear clothes they can dance in! This means no jeans! If you wear jeans to school make sure that you have some sweats you can bring with you for practice!!!

Dance

1. Walking in step

2. Stepping off on our LEFT foot

3. Jazz walks

4. Jazz runs

5. Breathing

Remember: To point your toes!!! You will feel this through the ankle! Also, remember to breath when you are dancing. WE ARE ALWAYS BREATHING!!! Carry yourself confidently even if you feel silly! And ALWAYS step off on the left foot!

                            In honor of JennyLynn!!!                    In honor of Elton!!!

Flag

1. 27 Points in space

2. Drop-spins

3. Drop-spin check points

4. Back Scratchers

5. Back Scratchers check points

Reminders: Go over your 27 points of space!!!! We need to get those points memorized! Remember on drop-spins odd counts are down and even counts are up. Remember the down and up are straight up and down and not at an angle. When you are doing a drop-spin your hands are at your belly button! When doing backscratchers the odd counts are down and the even counts are up. Remember that the first two check points are at the 45 degree angle and the second two check points are straight up and down. Count 1 (point 24), Count 2  (point 10), Count 3 (point 27), Count 4 (point 25).

Thank you guys for being so GREAT!

Practice is tomorrow, Wednesday, May 15th, 3:30-5:00 in the dance room at the high school!!!

Captains!!!

Our AMAZING Captains!!!

Head Captain: Candice Gillette

Flag Captain: Keilynn Walker

Flag Co-Captain: Alli Pettit

Weapons Captain: Madelyne Caswell

Flag Co-Captain: Natalee Parry

Psych-Up Captain: Breanne Taylor

The 2013-2014 Lehi Color Guard Team!!!

Thank you everyone for coming out and auditioning this year. We are extremely excited for this up coming year and it would not be possible with out you.

Everyone did great and I just wanted to say that I am proud of everyone who had the courage to come and try-out.

With that being said I am pleased to announce the 2013-2014 Lehi Color Guard Team!

Lehi Color Guard Field Show Team

Abigail Bretey

Adam Walk

Alli Pettit

Alyssa Martin

Ashley Knight

Aspree Moser

Becca Hojara

Breanne Taylor
Britton Burningham 

Candice Gillette

Danielle Keaton

Emilie Perkins

Emily Naylor

Gia Tran

Josselynn Adams

Kaitlin Gotberg

Keilynn Walker

Kelsi Taylor

Lexi Petersen

Lisa Glathar

Madelyne Caswell

Mari Lawson

McKayla Parker

McKensie Elison

McKinley Shupe

Megan Hawkes

Mikaela Ricker

Natalee Parry

Samantha Westbrook

Taylor VanAusdal

Trinity Fugal

Shanna Jessee

Lehi Color Guard Fall Training “Junior” Team

Alexandria Smith

Annie Markland

Ashland Needles

Atalee Elkins

Aubrie Cox

Brooklynn Newby

Bry Burnham

Brylee Webb

Calli Walker

Camille Clawson

Jadyn Harter

Jessica Hansen

Kara Call

Karlee Greer

Kate Belcher

Katelyn Buell

Kayelise Wade

Mackenzie Whatcott

Natalie Jones

Rosie Kent

Tiersa Hawkes

Victoria DeLeon

Rifle Line for the Field Show 2013-14 Lehi Color Guard Team

Abigail Bretey

Becca Hojara

Breanne Taylor

Candice Gillette

Gia Tran

Lexi Petersen

Lisa Glathar

Madelyne Caswell

McKayla Parker

Natalee Parry

**We will also be having several students who did not make the weapon line for fall who we are going to train and have practice with the weapons for winter. We will be talking to you guys on Wednesday about who that will be.

Captains for the 2013-14 Lehi Color Guard Team

Head Captain: Candice Gillette

Flag Captain: Keilynn Walker

Flag Co-Captain: Alli Pettit

Weapons Captain: Madelyne Caswell

Flag Co-Captain: Natalie Parry

Psych-Up Captain: Breanne Taylor

A big thank you to everyone who has tried out for the team! I am so proud of everyone who has made it.

An even bigger thank you for all of the parents who came out to help with auditions, we couldn’t have done it without you.

Just a reminder about the up coming dates in May:

Practice – Wednesday May 8^th, 3:30-5:00

Marching Band Step Off Meeting – Thurday May 9^th, 7pm-8pm

Practice – Wednesday May 15^th, 3:30-5:00

Practice – Wednesday May 22^nd, 3:30-6:00

I can’t wait till our first practice! I’ll see you all there!