Guard Banquet

Parents and Students,

This is just a reminder that our banquet for students and staff will be held this Saturday, the 23rd of April, at 11 am. We are so excited to wrap up this amazing season with a party. Since it's starting in the early afternoon, we will be having a parfait bar consisting of yogurt, various fruits, granola, and beverages. If you have any suggestions for something that would go with that, please send them our way and we will see what we can do!

We will be sharing this party with the Cadet guard and are so excited for our various activities! I have listed the address of the party below, please take the time to see how long it will take you to get there. We only have about 1.5 hours to get all the partying out, you wouldn't want to miss anything!

Additionally, you HAVE to turn in your uniforms at this party. Please make sure that they are clean and folded nicely in a gallon size bag. We just need the dress. The red accent, t-shirt, and shorts were purchased with your own money, so they are yours to keep.

Please let me know if you can or cannot make it to this party so we can plan on food. Let me know if you have any questions!

-Maddie

Weekly Update 3/13

Parents and Students,

Congratulations on another great weekend!! I am so proud of each of you and your efforts this season! We have two weeks left, so lets push hard and end on a great note! Here is this weeks schedule.

Mon: 6-7:45am AFJH New Gym

Wed: 6-7:45am AFJH New Gym

3:30-5:30 AFHS North Gym

*optional* Friday 4-7pm AFHS North Gym

Now, let me expand on that optional Friday evening. We have two wonderful Varsity Guard girls that are running a clinic that will imitate how field show rehearsals will go. This will be a great learning experience for everyone. Everyone is invited, not just our eighth graders. Please come! Some fun people may be there ;) 

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask! Thank you for everything you do!!

Saturday's Competition @ Northridge

Parents and Students,

Thank you for your patience as I have gotten all of this information put together for Saturday! Here it is!

Call Time: 10:30am FULL hair and makeup

Bus Leaves AF: 10:45am

Arrival at Northridge: Approx. 12-12:30

Performance time: 2:35pm

Awards: 5:40pm

Bus Leaves Northridge: 6:50pm

Arrival at AF: Approx. 8:30pm

This is going to be a long day, so I would suggest packing healthy snacks and water for the bus ride. I promise you will want it! As well as your uniform in a garment bag, makeup for touch-ups, hairspray, bobby pins, etc. Since we are taking a bus, your equipment will go underneath the bus, so your flag MUST be in a flag bag. You should have one by now, if not, you need to find someone who will let you share. I would also suggest taking your own black (if your a rifle, also white) electrical tape for any adjustments that may need to be made to your equipment. 

Once we finish performing and awards are over, you may go home with your parents/legal guardian if you so desire, but it must be with YOUR parents/legal guardian and no one else. We often get asked if someone can ride home with their friends parents or have their siblings drive them home, I'm sorry, but we cannot.

If you so desire to go home with your parents, I need to see you leave with them, and you need to see me check your name off of the list for the bus ride home to make sure that I don't panic when I call your name for role on the bus. If you have any other questions, please feel free to ask! See you bright and early!

Weekly Update 3/6

Parents and Students,

I am so incredibly proud of everyone and all of the hard that they have been putting into this show! Let's keep working hard and push hard for the next three weeks. Here is this weeks schedule!

Mon: NO GUARD

Wed:6-7:45am AFJH New Gym

3:30-6pm AFHS North Gym

Saturday: Call Time 10:30 am @ AFHS

Please note the time change on Wednesdays afternoon rehearsal. Because we are winding down to the end of our season and missing a Monday morning, I don't want to miss out on the rehearsal time. Another reminder that Wednesday afternoon is mandatory because Saturday is a performance. Please work things around that schedule. 

Saturday, you need to come in full hair and makeup. We are taking a bus to the competition and it is pulling out of the high school at 10:45. We will leave you if you are not there on time and you will have to find a way to get to Northridge for the competition. Missing the bus will not excuse you. We have a fairly long drive ahead of us so I would suggest bringing a lunch with you to eat on the way up there. Please also bring your makeup and some hairspray to touch up when we get there. I don't yet know what time we will be performing so I will send a little bit more detailed e-mail hopefully tomorrow.

Great job again this weekend! Here is the video, please watch it three times before Wednesday and find three things that you did well along with three things that you could work on. Along with the picture that some of you wanted me to send to you! Keep up the great work!

Lone Peak Competition Schedule

Parents and Students,

Okay, here it is!

Call time: 12:30pm

Performance time: 2:35pm

Awards: 6:07pm

Dismissed: approx. 6:30pm

Please arrive at Lone Peak in full hair and makeup with your uniform in a garment bag. Please make sure that you have everything ready the night before and that your equipment is properly taken care of before you arrive. For example, if your end cap has broken through, we should get that fixed before! 

Parents, we got most of our spots filled for the bus rides, but we just need one more spot for Championships on Saturday at Copper Hills. It's only about a 45 minute ride there and 45 minutes back, it will also be a little bit shorter day! Thanks for all you do!

Weekly Update 2/28

Parents and Students,

Thank you so much for an amazing Family Night show! It was so fun to watch you ladies perform! We are on the home stretch of our season, so let's keep the momentum going! Here is this weeks schedule.

Mon: 6-7:45am AFJH New Gym

Wed: 6-7:45am AFJH New Gym

3:30-5:30pm AFHS North Gym

Saturday: Performance at Lone Peak

I will send the detailed schedule for Saturday in a separate email for you. Also, ALL 8th graders, please keep in mind that field auditions are coming up in April. I tried to invite either you or your parents on Facebook to the event, but if I missed you, they are on April 14th and 21st from 4-7pm at American Fork High School. Please keep in mind, that if you plan on doing any winter season in the future, you have to do field show. It's super fun anyway! I'll see you all there!

Family Night Schedule

Parents and Students, 

I'm so sorry that this email is long over due. For family night on Friday, I have already told the students pretty much everything that we will be doing, but it is always good to have a written copy for reference. So, here is the schedule for Friday.

Call time- 5:45 pm at American Fork High School

You need to be in full hair and makeup with your uniform completely on. Please make sure to iron it before you put it on!

Performance time: 7pm. 

We need everyone to be in there seats by 7:00. Preferably 10 minutes prior so that we can start right at 7. We anticipate this to be approx. one hour long. 

Tickets are $2 at the door for all friends and family. 

I don't yet know where you will meet me. For right now, let's just meet in the band room and we will find a practice area from there. I will keep you updated if anything changes.

Thank you for your patience!