Congratulations!

Alex, Amber, Anna, Cate Joseph, Jatonica, Morgan, Mya, Robbyn, Terencea,

What an amazing year you have had! I am so very proud of each of you and I know you know that. Congratulations once again on the 4th place finish at championships and for your placement as Alabama State Runner-up. To finish this well after being promoted earlier in the year is a great accomplishment for each of you young ladies. Mr. McDaniel, Brian and I are VERY proud of you. Keep up the good work!

I also want to tell you thank you for the great trip that you had to Nashville. It is great to travel with such a great group of girls!

By the way, I NEED YOUR PICS! I will put them on the blog if you can either bring me your card from your camera or put them on disc. Email typically does not work well due to file size.

See you tomorrow. Don't forget we have a light practice at 5:30 at ZEJH.

Congrats at Hoover!

Congratulations at Hoover on your 2nd place finish!

I am so proud of the work that you ladies have put forth this year. Wrapping up our last regular season competition and getting ready to head to Nashville seems unreal. Time has really flown. I am so proud of the individual and group improvements that you have made this year. To get promoted to the next class and to actively hang in there with the competition, always finishing in the top of your class is a great accomplishment, something to be extremely proud of.

I am excited as we prepare for Nashville and I look forward to the trip. I hope that you do too!

Enjoy the rest of your spring break and get lots of rest.

>>>notice>>>rehearsal>>>change>>>

We will rehearse on MONDAY, after spring break, immediatly after school until 5:00pm.

We will not rehearse on Tuesday, but will also reahearse on Wednesday until 5:00pm.

**There is a possiblity of a run through on thrusday during 6th period... I will let you know.

I should have the schedule for Nashville on Thrusday. I will post your time on here and I will put the updated itinerary under March 27 on the calendar on www.degaband.com. I am looking forward to a great trip with you guys.

See you after the break!

Hoover Additional info

Hey Again!

We have decided to do a brief practice for last minute run throughs and such on Friday, right after school until 4:30. Dega Darlins will go for an hour after you and then Dega Addition after that, with everyone being done by 6:30. You are welcome to stay to watch the other groups, but not required to by any means.

Click here for an itinerary for the Hoover Compeition. YOu will get a hard copy on Tuesday.

The Contest is held at Hoover High School.

Hoover

Hey Ladies!

I am sorry for not being with you at practice on Tuesday. I heard that you got some much needed cleaning done with Lacey, which is why I did not cancel practice. Next week is the Hoover Competition. I will post an itinerary soon and give you one in class on Monday.

We will rehearse our normal time on Tuesday (3/10) as soon after school as we can until 5:00.

We will also have a short rehearsal on Wednesday (3/11) as soon after school as possible to 4:30.

Keep in mind that on Friday, all three groups may do a basic run through or last minute fixes. I will let you know about Friday after we see how rehearsals go earlier in the week.

Meanwhile practice at home. I know we always do our best, but we need to make sure that we give it our all at Hoover, our scores at Hoover will determine where we are placed at championships and we need a good spot.

Our performance time so you can tell people coming to see you is 5:16pm. In your class is you, the Pell City Panteras JV and Shades Valley JV.

See you next week!

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!