Weekly Update

We are so excited to get the season started! I hope you all had a safe and fun Thanksgiving break this last week!

I will send a more detailed email here soon with other information but for right now, this will be our weekly update.

This week we have our first set of rehearsals! If your child is ever going to be absent please email me to let me know. 

Here it is!

Monday Nov. 30th (Tomorrow)- 6-7:30 am AFJH New Gym

Wednesday Dec. 2th- 6-7:30 am AFJH New Gym

                                3:30-5:30 pm AFHS North Gym (Where we had auditions)

I know there isn't a whole lot but again, I'll send out another email. If you have any questions please let me know I will get back to you as quickly as possible!

Thank you!

Maddie

2016 American Fork Junior Winter Guard

We are super excited to announce the 2016 Junior Winter Guard 

Our first rehearsal in Monday November 30th at American Fork Junior High New Gym 

6am-7:30am 

See you all there! 

Jr High Group

Regan Angerhofer

Madison Anholt

Megan Ashcraft

Hannah Baldwin

Alana Miki Beckstrom

Shelsey Cleveland

Chaylee Coston

Rachel Dicou

Myken Gurney

Bella Hancock

Camryn Hansen

Alice Hayward

Emma Jensen

Monica Lau

Lauren Mainord

Calleigh Manseau

Laura Mariscal

Kelsey Melvin

Sofia Montesino

Brianna Myers

Kaitlyn Myers

Mattie Neves

Kristen Pace

Brooklyn Schade

Caroline Seamons

Elani Sessions

Daisha Smith

Senea Theler

Harlie Tisdale

Cassidy Vest

Meagan Zabriskie

 

UTAH COLOR GUARD CIRCUIT SHOW AND VENUES

Utah Color Guard Circuit Show Schedule plus Venues:

Evaluation Show January 16th: @ Lehi High School

UCGC Contest January 30th; @ Westlake High School

UCGC Contest February 6th: @ Bear River High School

UCGC Contest February 20th: @ AMERICAN FORK HIGH SCHOOL

UCGC Contest March 5th: @ Lone Peak High School

UCGC contest March 12th: @ Northridge High School

UCGC PRELIMS March 25: @ Copper Hills High School

UCGC Championship March 26th: @ Copper Hills High School

Weekly Update 3.22.15 & Information for Circuit Championships

Hello Everyone!

This is our last week of rehearsals to prepare for our Championships on Saturday!  This email will have a lot of information so please read over it carefully.

Here is our schedule for the week.

Monday:  6:00 a.m. - 7:45 a.m. AFJH

Tuesday:  3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. AFHS

Wednesday: 6:00 a.m. - 7:45 a.m. AFJH

Thursday: 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. RIFLES AFHS

Saturday:  Circuit Championships

Here is a breakdown of times for Saturday for quick reference.  I will go into more detail below:

Call Time: 7:05 a.m. LPHS

Prelims Performance Time: 8:47 a.m.

Students will tentatively be available to go home around 10 a.m.

FINALS ( all dependent on if we make finals, and what our score is in Prelims)

Call time between 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Performance Time between 3:45 p.m. - 4:08 p.m.

Awards over at  6:30 p.m.

Championships will be held at Lone Peak High School.  Because we have 5 teams in our division we will be competing in Prelims hoping to earn a spot at Finals.  Only the top 4 teams will go to finals. 

Call time for Championships will be 7:05 a.m. in full hair, makeup, and uniform.  (Please remember what we have discussed about wearing ALL of your makeup and making sure your uniform doesn't have stains/holes in them)  

We will be doing a quick equipment warmup out side so please dress warmly!  Wear what you need over your uniform so you can stay outside for about 20 minutes.  

Parents!  You will need to drop your student off behind (the west side) the School.  That is where I will be waiting for them.  Please don't be late-  I am shortening our warmup time a little so you don't have to come as early.  

Please come ready to compete, get up early enough to get ready and not feel rushed.  Eat breakfast early enough that you wont feel sick.  Please take care of yourselves Saturday morning so you can have the best performance possible.

Our performance time for Prelims is at 8:47 a.m. 

We will know within about an hour or so if we made finals.  If we DO make finals we will send your students home to get some rest and have lunch and will have a second call time dependent on when our finals performance is. Please don't plan on your student staying during the break. It will be a long day for them and I don't want them tired for their finals performance. If we do not make finals we will make a plan from there.  

If we make Finals we will also be performing between 3:45 and 4:08 depending on how we do in prelims.

It is very important that all students stay until awards are over.  I know there are extenuating circumstances but this is the most important competition of the season.  Awards will be over at 6:30 at which time you can take your student home.  We do finals awards as a full retreat.  This means that all of the students stay out on the floor for awards and receive a medal if they place.  It is a really special time and your student will not want to miss out.  

I know there is a lot of information in this email, so please let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you,

Whitney

P.S.

This is my last weekly update for the season!  I will let you know when we have our guard party scheduled so that you can all attend that.  

Thank you for the great season.  Let's finish out strong.

Weekly Update 3.15.15

Hello Everyone!

Congrats on such a great performance.  You guys did so well and I'm so glad it reflected in your scores.  I will try to get you the link to the video asap!

We have 2 weeks before our Circuit Championships on March 28th.  We will be making some changes and improving every rehearsal so be sure not to miss.

Our schedule this week:

Monday: 6:00 a.m. - 7:45 a.m. AFJH

Tuesday: 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. AFHS

*** Due to Leadership and Drum Major tryouts we will be having our rehearsal outside!  Please dress appropriately.  It should be warm but please bring appropriate clothing and shoes just in case you get cold.

              5:45 Pictures at DS Portraits.  

Please bring your uniform -makeup- and hair supplies with you to rehearsal so you have enough time to get ready and get to the portrait studio by 5:45!

Also!  Please take care to wash your uniform and have all of the pieces.  A lot of you keep changing your uniform every week and I would like you to look your best for pictures and for our Championships.  Please wash your uniform and wear the appropriate under clothing.  This includes not wearing stained or holey shirts or leggings.  I have spoken to a few of you about bra straps- and too short of skirts and haven't seen you change it- please do so by Tuesday.  

Wednesday: 6:00 a.m. - 7:45 a.m. Rehearsal AFJH

Thank you for all of your hard work this season.  It is really paying off.  Again, I urge you to take care of yourselves and stay healthy- you do not want to miss any rehearsals between now and our championships.  At this point in the season we will probably have to write you out of the spot if you miss.  

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Congrats, again.

Whitney

Weekly Update 3.8.15 & AF Competition information

Hello Parents and Students!

This week's schedule is a little different:

Tuesday: 6 a.m.- 7:45 a.m.AFJH

Wednesday: 6 a.m.- 7:45 am AFJH

Thursday:  Rifles 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. AFHS

Saturday:  Competition at AFHS Call Time 1:00

Saturday is our home show at AFHS. 

Please be at the high school with full hair, makeup, and uniform on at 1:00.  I will send you our performance time as soon as I get the lineup.  We will most likely be in the Orchestra room so please meet there ready to go.  

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Whitney

Weekly Update 3.1.15 & Tooele Competition

Hello Parents and Students

We are officially half way through our season.  We only have 2 more competitions left before our Championships.  Every competition we have improved our score and that is exactly what we want.  Thank you for working hard and taking on our changes and improvements every week.

As we approach the end of our season please take care of yourselves!  We have had some sickness on our team so please take care to wash your hands, use hand sanitizer, etc.  We don't want to spread any germs to each other.

Here is our schedule for the week:

Monday:  6:00 a.m. - 7:45 a.m. AFJH

Tuesday:  3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. AFHS

Wednesday:  6:00 a.m. - 7:45 a.m. AFJH

Thursday:  Rifles 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. AFHS

Saturday:  Tooele Competition

We will meet at AF High School on Saturday to ride the bus to and from Tooele High School.  I will send an email with the call time as soon as I know.

Please come in full hair, makeup, and bring your uniform to change into.  Please bring your lunch on the bus, or eat before you get to the High School.  We won't have time to eat after we get to the school.  You can bring food or money for dinner after we perform.  

I will also send an email with our performance time and when you can expect the bus back as soon as I get the lineup.  

Tooele High School:

301 W Vine St, Tooele, UT 84074

Please let me know if you have any questions.  Look for another email from me soon with more information for this weekend.  

Whitney