Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Request for Cheer at the Lacrosse Game

We have had a personal request from the Lacrosse team and their moms.
They have a big game against Judge this Sat. at 4 pm and REALLY want us to attend.
We could try to be on the field doing general cheers or just sit in the stands and cheer them on.
Either way would be in uniform (hair down)
Our Saturday morning is pretty full but I told them I would ask the team and see if we could get enough girls to volunteer to come to the game. We would need at least 6 to make it work, preferably 8-12. If we have at least 8 we can perform at half time as well. 
We would need to meet at 3:15 pm to clean whatever dance we want to do for half time or just meet at 3:50 if we are not doing half time. 
They would be VERY happy if we could make it and it is nice to have teams be thankful for having us attend.
Please text Coach Anne and let her know if you are available and willing to do this game on Sat.
(any squad member is welcome)

Thanks for ALL you do! I really appreciate all of you!

Monday, March 12, 2012

Safety

Note to all my cheerleaders and parents:

There have been a few disturbing events lately and in light of these, I am going to ask that everyone please make sure you are going in and out of the building with at least 2 other people at all times. Be mindful of anything suspicious and please don't hesitate to inform your coaches or the school if you have any concerns.

Parents: Please make sure you watch your students go in the building and have them wait for you inside until you come to pick them up. Encourage them to stay in groups if they drive themselves. Even if they are just running out to their car to grab something.

I am sure most all of you have heard the disturbing local news from this past weekend and we also have a former student of JD who has mental problems that has been stalking one of the dancers. The school is working with local authorities and the dancers parents to insure her safety and we have been promised extra drive by detail from the Draper P.D. both early in the morning and after school gets out and later at night. Please just err on the side of caution to insure your safety.

Please feel free to text or call me if you have any concerns. Coach Anne

This week

Tues.
Comp practice:
6:05 a.m. - 6:30 a.m.: Molly and Lynsey's basket toss group only (If you are not sure if this is you, please text Brooke, Kate or Coach Anne to make sure you don't miss)
6:30 a.m. - 7:15 a.m. : Everyone to work on ALL baskets and both pyramids timing.

No leadership meeting

Wed.
Next years tryout packets available in Student Services by 12:30 p.m.
Make sure you read through them. There are a lot of new and exciting things for next year.
(Ex: Cheerleaders will have an opportunity to compete in Sideline Dance, Fight Song and Hip Hop next year along with the Co-Ed Stunt team- more info. will be in the packets)

Thurs.  (No Senior or Leadership meeting until next week)
Competition practice:
6:05 a.m. - 6:45 a.m.: ALL single base flyers, stunters AND spotters. (Text someone if you are not sure)
6:45 a.m. - 7:15 a.m.: New fly over stunt that we learned last Sat. Only!

Optional Tumbling Class: 6-7 pm with Zak  (private lessons available before and after class with Zak or Jake. Text Anne to set it up.)

Saturday
St. Patricks Day Parade for all non comp members. 8-11 am
You will meet Lynelle Williams there and she will be in charge that morning.
Comp. practice 9-12 at UXC $10. BRING YOUR MONEY- We do not get to use the gym for 3 hours for free. Please bring your money and make sure you are current to avoid late charges being billed to your cheer account with the balance. We only have a couple of weeks left.
We will be working on all spacing, timing, positioning and transitions. (our weak areas) as well as going through the entire routine to build up our stamina.

Travel packets will be ready next week.

I am re posting this blog about Nationals from back in Dec. (It seems a lot of you didn't see it)

Nationals Comp. Trip
April 13th-16th
Updated costs & deadline dates:

Item A: Deleted (no party)
Item B: Competition Fees Only ($105.00 each) $ 30.00 Due 1/31
(All of the comp. team is receiving a $75 credit from the f&f fundraiser! This amount was deducted from the above cost to make the total due $30)
Item C: Hotel Room (3 nights Quad Occ.) $139.00 Due 1/31 (was $123.00)
(You MUST stay in the hotel with the team unless you are with your parent. Each room MUST have an adult chaperone in it. We need at least 6 parent chaperones for this trip. Price includes all taxes.) Hilton Anaheim next to the convention center. There is a food court and Starbucks on location.
Item D: Flights & Transfers $255.40 Due date below (was $275.40)
Flight Cost: $230.40 R.T. incl. taxes Transfers on Super Shuttle: $ 25.00 R.T. including tip (You need to be on the same flight as the team unless with parent)
Flight Information: Delta SLC- Long Beach Departs 8:35 a.m. on Friday April 13th
Return flight: Delta LGB-SLC Departs 10:00 a.m. on Monday Apr. 16th
Refundable deposit of $40 due by Dec. 30th (refundable until Jan. 10th) Balance by March 1st.
If you are not shown as paying your flight deposit on the list then you are NOT secured a flight. Please contact Anne ASAP to confirm you want a flight and get her the deposit before Dec. 30th.

Disney Park Hopper Tickets can be purchased at Costco or online from Disney
It is cheaper to buy them online before you get there. No passes from Nationals

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Practice cancelled

Thursday(tomorrow) mornings practice has been cancelled.
Coach Anne is not feeling well and Coach Alissa is out of town.
Sorry for any inconvenience, please let anyone know who might have attended.
We will have our optional skills clinic on March 22nd and 23rd for help with try outs. More info. will be announced soon.

Monday, March 5, 2012

March 6th-10th

Tuesday- comp practice 6:05-7:10 AM (conditioning from 7:10-7:30 for any one who is late)
All team members practice. We will be working on one footed skills and the first pyramid.

Wednesday- COMPETITION TEAM- Money due for Nationals flights. Must have money in order to run the tickets. Balance for flights and transfers is $215.50 per person.

Thursday- 6:05- 7:15 AM: Final Optional practice for try outs. We will be going over cheer skills for try outs, answering try out questions and going over the tryout packet.
Optional Tumbling class: 6-7 PM. $5 (must bring money to attend class)
Private lessons are available from 5-6 or from 7-8 PM this week. (both tumbling or single basing available) Please contact Coach Anne if you would like to schedule a private.

Saturday- 9-12: Comp. practice at Xtreme (cost this week will be $10) Bring any back owed money.
We will go over the entire routine and work on one footed skills and single basing.

Next Week:

Tuesday morning comp. practice 6:05-7:10 AM
No leadership meeting

Wednesday: Cheer Packets available by 12:30 in Student Services.

Thursday: Seniors and Varsity leadership practice for Skills Clinic: 6:30-7:20 AM
Optional Tumbling class 6-7 PM $5. Open to anyone trying out.

Sat. March 17th. St. Patrick's Day Parade. line up starts at 8 am and you will be done by 11.
NON comp members are asked to participate. Please let Anne know if you will not be attending.
Alexis will send out more info. this week.


Saturday, February 25, 2012

On to next week!


Friday 2nd-  Mandatory bonding activity- cosmic bowling at Sandy All Star Lanes. 9-10:30 PM Cost will be around $10 per person. This will be the last bonding activity ever for this year's cheer team. 

Saturday 3rd- 8am-12pm
We will be joining the U of U cheer clinic at the U of U.  The cost is $40 (we would normally be paying $15 for this Saturday but we also have not had to pay $15 for the past two weeks so I would like all of you to use that money to do this clinic, IF money is a big issue please talk to me so we can try to work something out. I don't want you to miss out because of money.) I want ALL of our flyers, guys, tumblers and single base spotters to attend. This will really help us with increasing our skill level and help us with what we will be working on next week for Nationals. This can help take us to the next level and get us ready to really increase our ability to make our routine the best it can be for our big competition.
(We will resume our normal Sat. practices next Saturday and we will need EVERYONE to attend every assigned practice in order to be ready for competition!)

All back owed money needs to be taken to office or given to Anne. Past Due notices will be sent the beginning of March.
PLEASE bring any money owed from the St. George trips to school and put in Coach Anne's box.
Comp money- ALL hotel money needs to be paid to Anne by this Sat. (she will be at the U clinic)
Balances on flights are due Tuesday the 6th of March. ( It was set for March 1st on the papers given out but I am giving a little extra time- I have to send the money to Delta on the 7th) You will be getting statements the beginningof March.
We are getting close!!!!!! Anne will be posting more in depth plans for Nationals next week!
Tryout packets will be out in 2 1/2 weeks. There will be some changes from last year so please make sure you pick up a packet to check it all out and keep checking the new JDCHEERTRYOUTS.blogspot.com page for more info.