Practice Thursday!

I originally changed the schedule of winter guard practice from Tuesday to Thrusday due to Honor Band auditions. However, since then we have discovered that the ZEJH band that traveled to district assessment in Gadsden, AL, will now travel to state contest on March 2nd in Birmingham. In preparation for that we need to have after school practice for band on Thrusday ... therefore, we cannot have Ellis Emeralds. It appears that this week has no open spot for a practice. We will simply have to do what we can and not practice this week.

Next weeks practice will be on Tuesday as scheduled. I will let you know if we will have another practice to make up for this week's missed practice.

In the meantime.... practice on your own at home.

Also, remember to turn in any rooming information to me ASAP. There are several who have not turned it in. I cannot promise you the room you want if you don't turn it in.

See you at school!

Practice 2/24

Don't forget that Practice for Feb. 24th has been changed to Thursday Feb. 26th due to honor band try-outs. This practice will end at 4:30 since it is not our regularly scheduled day. Please get to the high school as quick as possible so that we can get started.

Practice the new stuff at home, especially the toss.

I hope that each of you plan on auditioning for honor band and do well. Good Luck!

Pictures!

There are some great pictures available for viewing and purchase on the Photo Reflect website from the competition Saturday at Oak Grove. To view the picutures click here. This company takes pictures at all of the SCGC events and are usually up the week following the competition.

Enjoy!

Wow!

Congratulations! Robbyn, Mya, Alex, Amber, Cate Joseph, Morgan, Anna, Jatonica and Terencea. I am so proud of the accomplishments that you have made over the past two weeks. To have your first competition, get promoted and then add so much new material, compete again and come home with another trophy is a great accomplishment. The work, dedication and pride that you are taking in yourself and the group is being recognized. Congratulations on your 3rd place finish, a close third too, 2nd was not that far away.

I hope each of you have a great feeling of accomplishment right now... because you should.

We will have regular practice on Tuesday, where we will listen to judges tapes and try to start fixing some things. Our next contest is a good ways away, however, we do not need to relax too much. Let's take advantage of this time opportunity to clean and get better daily. Practice at home, that will help as well. We will take off Tuesday, Feb. 24th due to honorband auditions. I am sure ALL of you are trying out!

I am currently working on information for championships and will have that to you soon. I will get the Hoover contest information to you as soon as I know it.

Check out the band blog for a writeup about you guys too!

Performance times are finally here!

Ellis Emeralds 4:39
Dega Darlins Addition 5:13
Dega Darlins 6:55

You are the first group in your class to perform. After you perform you will have about 10 minutes for a quick change before we help the Addition pull their floor. Please change quickly, but make sure you hang up your outfit nicely for retreat. After we help Addition pull their floor, the Dega Darlins do not perform until 6:55. You will have about an hour to go eat, visit family and watch a few groups. We will report back to the warm-up area at 6:20.

The good news is that at Oak Grove things are not too far apart. The gym, warm-up area and our hallway will all be in the same building.

Competition in your class is: Shades Valley JV, Pell City Panteras JV, Fort Payne H.S. ( So basically in order to come home with a trophy we need to beat at least one group.)

Oak Grove is coming quickly!

Great job today! I am proud of the work you have done this week. Who knows what lies ahead with our new classification, but I tell you... I am so proud of the work and accomplishments of this week.

We will have practice on Thursday as soon after school as possible until 4:30, mainly for cleaning and review. In the meantime, practice the new stuff at home.

Don't forget to bring your skirts and shoes to practice on Thursday.

If you have questions from the handouts today about Saturday, let me know.

See you Thursday!