It was wonderful to see some new faces and some of you that I haven’t seen in a few months at our recent clinic! I have updated the shoes and the gloves page so you all know what to order for the season. You will want to order soon, so you can break everything in before band camp. Here are the things you can work on between now and when I see you again on May 19.

DANCE
plie and tendu in first and second positions, both parallel and turned-out
the new coupé / passé exercise
jazz walks
jazz walks with coupe hops
the dance combination!

FLAG
drop spins on left and right
the angle exercise on left and right (go for precision!)
pull-hits – i would love to get through one set on the right slowly on the 19th
the combination!

RIFLE
spins: 6 on bottom, 6 on top, 6 on bottom, 6 counts with a single – repeat – shoot for 3 sets of this
wrist rolls – 16 forward, 16 back
tosses – the priority is good technique!!! singles and doubles for everyone, tripples for Hannah, Jessie, Gigi, Diarra, and anyone else who has mastered doubles

SABRE
spins – shoot for 50 on each side
flourish exercise (8 count spin into hilt catch….)
blade tosses – singles and doubles
hilt tosses – the priority is good technique!!! singles and doubles for everyone, tripples for Hannah, Jessie, Katie, and anyone else who has mastered doubles

Happy practicing and I can’t wait to see all your improvements on the 19th!

I wanted to congratulate you all on a wonderful season, and a fantastic final performance! I am so glad that you all had the opportunity to attend circuit championships this year, and I know you all had a wonderful time!

Right now, I have our end-of-the-season dinner scheduled for Tuesday, April 12 at 7:00pm at the Red Robin near New Hope Commons. Please let me know how many people are coming with you so I can give them an estimate when I call ahead.

Thank you all, and I look forward to seeing many of you again in the fall and the rest of you performing in other guards next winter!

Ok – so they just posted a little more info on this coming weekend. I have been told that your wristbands from prelims will get you into any event during the weekend (prelims and finals). However, both participant and volunteer (parent) wristbands will only allow you to sit on the back bleachers. You can upgrade to sit on the front for $5.

You can pre-order AIA championships t-shirts (short and long sleeved). They are cheaper if you pre-order them and they also often run out of sizes quickly at the event (if your parents want one, they should order ahead of time as well). They will give them to us at check-in.
pre-order t-shirts here!

Please let me know if you have any other questions about AIA, and I will look forward to seeing you all at Creekside on Tuesday evening!

Last minute change to rehearsal today!
We will NOT be at Creekside this evening. We will instead be in the bandroom from 3:00-5:30pm.
Sorry for the late notice; I just got notice too!
See you then!

Because almost all of you will be gone until later in the evening on March 22, I think it best that we not have rehearsal that night. We would only have time to get in one, maybe two runs of the show at best, and wouldn’t be able to work on anything else.

Please work on consistency on all equipment (and especially rifle). We will resume regular rehearsal on Thursday.

Also make sure you look over the schedule for AIA Championships.

Schedule for C.E. Jordan – AIA Championships

Saturday
between5:30-6:00am – wake up, eat breakfast, shower, hair and make-up, wear show undergarments
7:00am – Depart Sandpiper Rd.
7:45am – Arrive at Grassfield High School, touch-ups on make-up, get dressed
8:15am – stretch and pre-warm-up
8:52am – body, equipment
9:18am – holding, parents meet to help with floor
9:26am – perform!

Stay at Grassfield and watch A2, A, O, W
The Proposition will be performing at Indian River at 4:26pm and would love your support!

There is a dinner break immediately following prelims at about 4:45 (at both locations)

6:00pm – finals for A,O,W begin at Grassfield High School – we will have to pay for these tickets, but I haven’t been able to find out how much they are yet.

Sunday
The schedule will depend entirely on whether or not we make finals.
If we do, we will perform somewhere between 1:28pm and 2:16pm
Otherwise, we can purchase tickets to watch the event

Awards will be around 4:30pm

If anyone wants to sign up for snack, let me know.

March 19 – Wakefield High School

12:20pm – Meet at C.E. Jordan High School – equipment and uniform check
12:30pm – Depart C.E. Jordan High School
1:00pm – Arrive at Wakefield High School, Check-in, Snack, Watch Guards
2:00pm – Hair and Make-up
3:00pm – Meet for pre-warm-up
3:28pm – body warm-up
3:54pm – Parents meet in equipment storage to help with our floor
4:02pm – Perform!
9:30pm – Awards
10:30pm – Depart Wakefield High School
11:15pm – Arrive at C.E. Jordan High School. Go Home

Driving:
• Melton (floor)
• Schott
• Spring
Snack:
•

To get to Wakefield High School
Take I-40 East towards Raleigh
Merge onto I-540 E via the exit on the LEFT toward US-70
Take the FALLS OF NEUSE RD exit, EXIT 14.
Turn LEFT onto FALLS OF NEUSE RD.
Turn RIGHT onto WAKEFIELD PINES DR.

11:00am – Meet at C.E. Jordan High School, final count on equipment and uniforms
11:15am – depart C.E. Jordan High School
12:00pm – Arrive at Clayton High School, check-in, snack
1:00pm – get dressed, hair, make-up
1:50pm – meet for pre-warm-up
2:25pm – move to body warm-up – equipment warm up
2:50pm – parents meet in holding to help with floor
2:59pm – Perform!
10:00pm – Awards
11:00pm – depart Clayton High School
11:45pm – arrive at C.E. Jordan High School, go home

Driving:
• Hallan (floor)
• Spring
• White
Snack:
• Hallan

Directions to Clayton High School

Take I-40 East toward Raleigh
Merge onto US-70 E via exit 306 toward Clayton
Turn left onto S Fayetteville St.
Clayton High School is at 600 S Fayetteville St.