Stanbury Stallionettes Drill Team

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

5th Period Trick Teaching Dates

2012 members:

I have now posted what days each of you will be teaching your trick on the calendar. Rememer you need to come ready to teach/take up 25 minutes of 5th period. Think of counts, hints, or key words to help demonstrate and teach your trick. I will no longer remind you, so it is your job to look on the calendar and know your day! Remember, this is a part of your grade!

Thanks ladies!

Monday, April 23, 2012

Dues

I hope you all are resting over this dead week! Please make sure you are working on your stretching, technique, and dance material we learned. (Videos should be up on our 2013 SHS drill facebook page soon.)

Please remember the following due dates:

  • By this Wednesday night I need to have your commitment to camp. Everyone needs to email, text, or facebook message me on whether you will be attending camp or not. This is Mandatory. If any drop out after this date, you will still need to pay a $50 camp fee.
  • On Monday, April 30th your conflict calendars are due for June, July and August. Please try to get your planning for the summer as complete as possible by Monday so I can plan accordingly.
  • On Thursday, May 3rd your Zumbathon money is due to the finance office. It is mandatory to sell 8 tickets. Please, let me know before hand if you are having troubles finding 8 people. There are always dancers that maybe know of more people to help you out. Remember, the bigger and better we make these fundraisers, the less we will have to do!!! Let's put all our effort into making our big fundraisers a HUGE success!!!
  • On Friday, May 4th all of your receipts are due to Heidi. No exceptions. A penalty will be given for any dancers that do not have their receipts Friday morning and/or didn't sell all their tickets.

Event Reminders:
  • Officers, remember we have a meeting at 5pm at my house (Kamie's.) We will have supplies for you. Don't be late!
  • Next week is a practice week with practices at 6am. Now that you've had a week to get the hang of things, if you are late, it'll cost you and the team laps! On Tuesday and Thursday next week we will be practicing out on the track/field. So please dress appropriately.
  • The Zumbathon or "Zumba De Mayo" is on Saturday, May 5th at 6:30pm. Drill members will need to be at the SHS big gym at 6pm.
Thanks!

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Miss Tooele City

Many of you said that the Miss Tooele City information wouldn't open. Here are the links that should open now if you are intersted:

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BzOdHbCOvqbTZ19vZFBYOFVwdWc

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BzOdHbCOvqbTTWpWMHFldC1ZVDg

Lyrical

Members and Family-
This week has been a great practice week. All of our members have worked really hard and have shown great dedication. I am so excited for this year.

In watching the talent level and abilities of our dancers, I have decided that the lyrical we were going to have the new members learn is simply too beginning for our team this year. I've pushed our team a lot with our dance routine and in seeing their work ethic and potential, I believe the best thing to do is start over and choreograph for the team we have this year. It will be very stylized, emotional, and of course, technical. This decision I thought hard about. I want to help get this team as far as they can this year and I strongly believe by doing a new, more advanced lyrical, we can accomplish that. Returning members; know that the time you spent on lyrical was never wasted time. EVERYTHING is a learning experience and I believe you have all grown by practicing and perfecting the movement and emotion in that routine. Every dance, every turn, every step, every run through- helps you as a dancer for now and for your future careers.

Drill members; we will no longer be posting a video on facebook for you to learn. Instead, over our dead week, I'd like you to practice hard on the sections you have learned of our dance routine and really hit your stretching and technique training hard. By doing this homework, we won't be missing out on any needed practice time. We will post a video of you girls doing the dance routine on a facebook page so you can watch and practice over the week.

I'm so excited to choreograph our dance and lyrical routines for our team this year; know that YOU will be great! Continue the hard work!

2012-2013 Officers

We are proud to announce the following girls as our
 2012-2013 Officers:

Sarah Thomas - President
Emily Houston - Vice President
Kylie Park - Vice President
Maddie Cole - Drill Mistress
Erin Gilgen - Drill Mistress

We are so excited to have them lead our team this year!

Monday, April 16, 2012

snack foods to eat at practice

First of all, it is very important you eat something substantial before practice, like whole grain anything or eggs. Don't make it to heavy and full of fat, because the fat doesn't digest as fast as other things, and it might make you feel sick. Sugar foods, like pop tarts and candy and such things, will spike up your insulin levels, which will give you energy, but it will crash those levels just as fast. Whole grain and protein maintains these levels, so you wont have crashes. Eat 5 or 6 small meals a day and balance out your food ( grain, veggie or fruit and protein in every meal). You can still eat the candy and stuff, just not during practice time.
Make sure you drink a lot of water throughout practice and the day. It will, at first, make you want to use the rest room, but you'll get used to it. When you sweat, you lose water and salt from your body. Replacing that is very important. Powerade and drinks like that replenish this a little faster, but be careful to not drink to much, because it can give you kidney stones. Water is always a great thing.
*Nuts are a great source of protein and healthy fat. Almonds are the very best, but I
like trail mix too. Be careful of your salt in take, cause you don't want to get
dehydrated. Drink water and lots of it.
*Peanut butter or meat sandwiches. Put these in a zip lock and piece it apart when you
get a break at practice.
*Fruit and veggies. I buy the big bag of frozen fruit and put it in a container. That
way it stays cold and it feels more like a treat.
*Whole grain crackers or fig newtons. These aren't my favorite choices but they are
better than starving or eating high sugar. Also, be careful when they say fat free,
because most of the time it has added sugar.
*oatmeal. i know a little harder to bring to class, but a great breakfast.
*Whole wheat bread or bagels. Put some cream cheese on this and you've got a protein
whole grain mix.
*Yogurt
*Pretzels. Again, be careful of the salt.
I hope this helps. If there is anything else i can post, i will. I hope you understand this, and its not too confusing. Doing this will help prevent injuries. Thanks so much

Friday, April 13, 2012

Get to know you party.

Hey everyone. The party starts tonight at 6 pm. Just the girls on the team are allowed at this one. Please bring your potluck dish. I will bbq homemade hamburgers. My address is 233 w Amsterdam Drive, Stansbury. If you need me at all, please call my cell 801-718-2369. Thanks girls. Its going to be fun.

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Showcase Photos

We were blessed with having a professional photographer at our showcase! She did an excellent job capturing that beautiful night. Here is her link:
http://raindropvisions.com.instaproofs.com

Also, I was notified later that another photographer came and took pictures as well. How great! Her link is:
https://www.facebook.com/msphotography3

Thank you photographers!