Competition Week BABY!!!!!!

Holy Spagoly!!!!! I can't believe our first competition is this week but I couldn't be more excited. This is a demanding week so girls please take care of yourselves. Lots of water, healthy meals, and getting to bed at a descent hour.... really trying to let your bodies get at least 6 hours a night. Let me know if you have any questions. Love you tons. xoxo



Monday - Practice 1:00-5:00 pm

Tuesday - Practice 6:00-7:00 am

                Performance at Girls Game - Meet in the dance room at 6:00 pm SHARP. You need to come with hair in a perfectly slicked sock bun. With base on. I am hoping to have you lashes for you I will know tomorrow. So be prepared to bring some just in case. Also you ladies need to be wearing hair nets over your socks buns. Flag group 3 will be doing flag so make sure to bring your warm ups and sabres please.  We will hand out dance costumes when you get there Tuesday so come with tan tights, tan gores (which I should have tomorrow as well to hand out at practice, if not I will have them Tuesday when you arrive) Warm Ups with Black Tank Under. The game starts at 7:00 and you will be dancing around 7:30. After the game just a reminder you girls need to be sitting together as a team cheering on the team we are there supporting. xoxo

Wednesday - Practice 1:00-5:00 pm

                      Dying Hair After Practice - I will meet with the girls tomorrow and give you a time slot.


Thursday - Practice 6:00-7:00 am


                  Competition Preview Starts at 7:30 pm
                  You girls need to meet at 4:30 pm In The Dance Room I will post a packing list and all details tomorrow.
                  I plan on the comp preview to be over around 8:00 and you are excused to go home at that time.


Friday - Practice 1:00-5:00 pm

              We were suppose to have solo comp this night but since it was moved to Saturday morning you have the night off but please I beg you to be in bed by 10:30 pm at the latest. I will be sending out a message to make sure you are home in bed at 10:30 pm


Saturday - COMPETITION DAY!!!!  Meet at 6:30 am in the dance room - Refer to later post about comp times and details. I will post a packing list and other details this week. Let me know if you have any questions. Love you all to the moon and back.

This Weeks Schedule

Monday - Practice 1:00-2:15 pm - Reviewing All Vocals For Routines From 1:00-1:30 pm - 1:30-2:15 - Homework/Study Since We Are Having Night Practice

                 Practice 5:30 - 9:00 pm



Tuesday - Meet at 4:00 pm in the dance room! We will be doing Military for both the Girls Game that starts at 5:15 pm and the boys game that starts at 7:00 pm. I estimate us dancing around 5:50 pm and 7:40 pm. You need to arrive at 4:00 pm with hair in a slicked back sock bun. No Bumps. No Fly Aways. Base Make Up On - With False Lashes. We Will Do The Rest Of The Make Up Together. Please Come In Team Warm Ups, With Black Tights Under, Bring Black Gore Boots, But Wear Team Shoes To Practice. Flag 1 and 2 Bring Sabres. Flag One For Girls Flag 2 For Boys. I will have your military costumes. I am finishing up some detailing on them. Let me know if you have any questions for the night. Last Thing I thought would be fun between games would be to have a "FriendsGiving" with our team so everyone bring a potluck food item (anything you love) to share with the team it can be anything. Then between games we can grab food eat together and share what we are most grateful for right now. I thought it would be fun. If you need help with bringing a food item to share please let me know.


Wednesday- I know originally I told you that you had this day off but its the only day Nikki is able to come before our first comp. So I only heard back form one of you that cant make it possibly two but it is still worth having her come for the 21-22 that can be there. So we will practice from 7:30-10:00 am, I hope you see the good that will come from practicing one more day this week especially with her since you will have the next 4 days off and competition in a week and half. I am sorry if this is stressful for anyone that's not my intent just trying to get you girls in the best possible spot for competition. I appreciate the sacrifices being made to all those that make it and if you cant I understand because of the Holiday and this being last minute.

Thursday -Eat and Sleep - Happy Thanksgiving Day!!! xoxo

Friday - Shop - Eat - Sleep - LOL - Happy Black Friday!! Be Safe!!

Saturday - Sunday - Last Weekend Without A Comp For The Next 3 Weeks So Enjoy It, XoXo

Herriman Competition Times!!!!

I can't believe it is already competition time but I can't wait. With just two more weeks of practicing I know these girls will be stronger than they have ever been for their first comp. Ready to beat their best and perform amazing routines. You girls work so hard and I can't wait to see the continued progress as you continue to push yourselves. You inspire me. Lets give all we have because in two short weeks your pay day is coming. Love you girls. Let me know if you have any questions and I did clarify with the directors we are competing against the two 3A teams as well. This comp is a little different with the solo comp first but if all parents could get there when the doors open. We will need you as close to the center and front as possible so the girls can feel your love and support as they are dancing plus what a neat opportunity for us to cheer for all of our soloist together we always do as a team but it would be so neat to have all the parents and student body there too. The solo comp is only an hour and half long max.

Spinnies Will Meet In The Cyprus Dance Room at 6:00 am with hair done, base on, and lashes on. We will do the rest of the make up together. I am sorry soloist but you need to do your hair and make up for your solo as you would for team comp because after you compete we only have one hour to get ready for military and I want to use all that time warming up and perfecting. We will get a good longer stretch in before we head up to Herriman and then will do another shorter one after solo comp. I will post more details on what to wear to the school that week.

Bus leave Cyprus at 7:10 am -

Arrive at Herriman at 7:30 am - They will not let any team or soloist check in before then. All soloist must ride the bus and check in with the team. After they get into the room settled and we have a quick meeting they are allowed to leave at 8:00 am so they have an hour to warm up. Below is the line up for soloist. All classifications will be competing against each other. While Soloist are warming up the team will organize the room so the day rooms smoothly then head into the gym to get a good spot to cheer on our soloist. 

9:00 am - Solo Competition Begins with the Contemporary Category - The Solo Comp Will Be In The Main Gym

                Gentry Stevenson
                Eliza Wood
                Sierra Holmes
                KayLynn Smalling
                Taylee Bills
                Alyson Boekholder

9:30 am - Jazz Category Starts

                Charly Eldredge
                Kylie Cleveland
                Reggie Johnson
                Taylor Vigil
                Anna DiSera

9:50 am - Lyrical Category Starts

                Hailey Smith
                Mariah Palter
                Sierra Holmes
                Shayla Bywater
                Kylie Cleveland

10:15 am - Duet There Are Only Two


10:30 am Team Back Together Warming Up For Military


11:00 am Team Competition Starts
        
             There Are 2 Officer Routines
             6  Hip Hop Routines
             1 Lyrical Routine
             1 Pom Routine

11:50 am - Military Starts - I Have Listed Them In Performance Order

        5A - Viewmont
        5A - Clearfield
        5A - American Fork
        5A - Mountain Crest
        4A/3A - Cyprus
        4A/3A - Ogden
        4A/3A - Ben Lomand
        4A/3A - Bountiful
        4A/3A - Juan Diego
        4A/3A - Kearns
        2A/1A - Milford
        2A/1A - Manti
        2A/1A - Piute
        2A/1A - Summit Academy

1:00 pm - Lunch and Solo Awards

 1:30 pm - Dance Starts

        5A - American Fork
        5A - Viewmont
        5A - Mountain Crest
        5A - Clearfield
        4A/3A - Bountiful
        4A/3A - Cyprus ( I asked if they could move us down two since most of our girls are doing solos and will be at solo awards. It would be nice to have at least 10 more minutes to get warmed up as a team. I will let you know what I hear back.
       4A/3A - Ogden
       4A/3A - Ben Lomand
       4A/3A - Kearns
       4A/3A - Juan Diego
       2A/1A - Manti
       2A/1A - Milford
       2A/1A - Summit Academy
       2A/1A - Piute

2:40 pm - Character Starts

       5A - Mountain Crest
       5A - Clearfield
       5A - American Fork
       5A - Viewmont
       4A/3A - Kearns
       4A/3A - Juan Diego
       4A/3A - Bountiful
       4A/3A - Ben Lomand
       4A/3A - Ogden
       4A/3A - Cyprus
       2A/1A - Summit Academy
       2A/1A - Piute
       2A/1A - Manti
       2A/1A - Milford

3:45 pm - Drill Down and Awards
           

Fridays Details

Meet In The Dance Room At 5:00 pm.

Please Bring The Following In Your Bag - Black Gores, Black Tights ( I hope to have both to you by tomorrow) Tape For Chest.

Please Wear The Following To Practice at 5:00 pm - Team Warm Ups with Black Practice Tank Under and Temporary Team Shoes. Hair needs to be done when you arrive in a super slicked sock bun I will send you a picture of what I expect. Please have your base make up on and false lashes our comp ones wont be here yet. We will do the rest of the make up together. 

We will warm up first when we get to the school then get ready and run our routine a couple times. The blue and gold starts at 7:00 but I am not sure if we are dancing. Officers bring your sabres incase they need us to do flag please.


I will have your costumes there for you.


After you perform you can wear any spinnaker attire for the rest of the game. Love ya!! xoxo


Let me know if you have any questions.

This Weeks Schedule!

Hey cute girls thanks again for working so hard last week in practice and for the benefit concert. It is mid November and usually November is a crazy stressful month - which it still has been - but you girls getting along, working hard, and being respectful has made this month a joy so thank you thank you. Lets keep it up just think push super hard this week two days next week and then you have thanksgiving break. Which means we only have 13 more practice until our first competition but I am not worried because you girls are amazing and will kick booty these next 13 practices to get to an amazing spot for our first competition. I honestly cant wait.  Please read the schedule and let me know if you have any questions. xoxo

Monday - Officer Meeting 4:00-5:00 pm
                 Practice 5:00-8:30pm


Tuesday - Practice 1:00-5:00 pm



Wednesday - Practice 6:00-7:00 am
                      Arrive at the Megaplex at Valley Fair Mall In West Valley at 6:45 pm
                      Show starts at 7:30 pm
                      Please wear your Spinnaker long sleeve shirt with your leggings and whatever shoes you want. xox



Thursday - Practice 1:00-5:00 pm



Friday - Practice 6:00-7:00 am ( I haven't heard anything about Blue and Gold yet I will ask Trey Tomorrow)


Saturday - Practice 7:00-10:00 am  - Come with slicked in a low pony I don't care what side you part on. Wearing black practice tops, black bra, black spandex, tan tights, tan gores. xoxo


Please ladies try your hardest to be drinking lots of water, taking lots of vitamins, and getting as much sleep as you can. Your greatest tool to being able to beat your best is to make sure you are taking care of yourself. Love you all. Please just text me and let me know you got this. See you tomorrow. xoxo.

Fridays Details

Hey Loves Here Is The Info I Sent All Teams That Are Performing but first just a reminder that I need you at the school at 4:30 pm sharp Friday with your hair how we did it for the football game when we performed this dance...so half up half down and curly. We will do glitter, lips, and blush together. Please come with base, and lashes on. You will come wearing your Alexis Strong shirts, gold shorts, tan tights, and tan gore boots. you will wear this the entire night you may bring your warm up jacket to wear over in case you get cold. We will stretch, run our dance in the gym a couple times between 4:30-5:15 pm. At 5:15 pm we will start helping decorate, setting everything up and getting everything organized. At 6:15 pm you ladies will help us check in teams and take them to their holding place. At 6:45 we will meet in the dance room. Sing, pray,  review the dance one time then be ready to go. This night will go by fast and I will assign you shifts so through out the night you will have a chance to watch the show, get some food, and participate in the silent auction if you wish. Please let me know if you have any questions. Love you tons. xoxo

To School On Friday Wear... Alexis Strong Shirts - Black Leggings - Cyprus Socks - With Warm Up Jacket To Tie Around Waste or Wear if you get cold.

Tonight We Dance Alexis Strong

6:15 pm – Dance Teams Check In With CHS Spinnakers on the South East End of the School by the Dance Room. (We Will Have Signs Directing You) You Will Then Be Taken To Your Holding Area Where You Can Set Your Stuff Down, Get Situated, and Changed If You Need To. Please Come Mostly Ready As We Do Not Have A Ton Of Space This Night For Doing Hair/Make Up or Warming Up. Each Team Will Get 10 Minutes In The Dance Room To Warm Up Anything They Made Need Prior To Their Performance. I Will Have Girls Who Will Be Runners, Who Will Come Get Your Team 15 minutes Prior To Your Performance. They Will Take You In The Dance Room For 10, Then We Will Have You Out Ready To Go To Keep The Program Running Smoothly. Below You Will Find A Line Up. Each Team Needs To Enter The Floor From The South End Doors And You Will Face Either East or West Since We Are Planning On Having A Packed House This Will Keep Both Sides Happy. Once Your Team Has Performed You Are Welcome To Find A Place To Watch The Show. If You Perform In The First Half Of The Show We Need You Back In Your Holding Area Until You Go. If You Perform The Second Half You May Watch Until Intermission Then We Will Need You All Back In Your Holding Area Getting Ready And That Will Open Up Seats For The First Half Performers. You will not be allowed to save seats and really will just have to take what’s available after all those who have paid are seated.

6:30 pm – Music Turn In. Please Bring A CD with your song on it. This Will Be The Quickest Way To Do Music. We Are Grateful To Have The Company That Does Music For State Drill Donate Their Time And Equipment So We Will Have A Great Sound System. If Your Team Is Performing Later and Can’t Make It By 6:30 For Music Check In Please Let Me Know So I Can Let Him Know You Will Be Bringing It Later.

6:45 pm – First 3 Teams Start Warming Up Everyone In A Seat Or Holding Area To Avoid Traffic From Performance Gym and Silent Auction/ Vendor Gym. We Will Have Concessions That Night For Your Teams To Eat. I Know Waffle Love Will Be One.

7:00 pm – The Show Starts. We Are Having A Little Welcome/ Bio About Lex To Open Up The Show Followed By A Performance By My Team. After My Team Performs They Are At Your Beck and Call All Night. I Will Have Certain Girls Assigned To Your Team If You Need Anything They Will Be There For You.

The Line Up Is As Follows. (This Is Not Final So If You Need To Make Adjustments Or If You Need To Go Sooner Or Later Please Let Me Know By Wednesday at The Latest.)

7:00 pm – Welcome

7:05 pm – CHS Spinnakers (East)

7:08 pm – Brock Bank Jr High Dance Company (West)

7:11 pm – Nightline Professional Dance Company (East)

7:17 pm – Cottonwood High School Dance Company (West)

7:20 pm – Granger High School Dance Company (East)

7:25 pm – Dance Biz (West)

7:28 pm – Woods Cross High School Drill Team (East)

7:31 pm – Matheson Dance Company (West)

7:34 pm – Copper Hills High School Drill Team (East)

7:37 pm – Teen Prodigy (West)

7:40 pm – Corner Canyon High School Drill Team (East)

7:43 pm – Just Dance Studio (West)

7:46 pm – CHS Cheer Team (East)

7:50 pm – Tip Toe Dance Studio (West)

7:53 pm – Underground Crew

8:00 pm – Intermission/ Drill Down – During Intermission Any Current or Past Drill Team Members Will Be Allowed To Come Down And Participate In The Drill Down. The Cost Is $5.00 a person (all proceeds go to Lex) And there will be a prize for the top 5 with a bigger prize for the overall winner. During this intermission spectators are allowed to go walk around, get food, check out the silent action, buy shirts/bracelets and what not.

8:20 pm – Back to The Show Get Crowd Back In Seats and Quiet

8:23 pm – Juan Diego High School Drill Team (East)

8:26 pm – Mini Xtreme Jazz (West)

8:29 pm – Hillcrest High School Drill Team (East)

8:32 pm – West Jordan High School Dance Company (West)

8:35 pm – Northridge High School Drill Team (East)

8:38 pm – Matheson Jr High Cheer Team (West)

8:41 pm – Hunter High School Drill Team (East)

8:45 pm – Small Vibe Lyrical (West)

8:48 pm – Brock Bank Jr High Cheer Team (East)

8:51 pm – Elite Academy (West)

8:54 pm – UDO

9:00 pm – End

Like I Said This Isn’t Finalized and there is space if I have missed a team that wanted to perform. With football playoffs it made a couple of our teams drop. So if something doesn’t look right or something might work better for your team please let me know by Wednesday at the latest. Otherwise if everything looks good just reply with something saying you got the message/lineup and you’re good to go. Please don’t hesitate to ask any questions. You are all the best. Again thank you so much for taking time out of this busy time of year to come show your love and support and help with a good cause. We love and appreciate every one of you. xoxo

This Weeks Schedule

Monday - Practice 1:15-5:00 pm 

Tuesday - Practice 5:30-7:00 am

Wednesday - Practice 1:00-5:00 pm

Thursday - Practice 5:30-7:00 am

Friday - Practice 1:00-2:00

              Meet Back at 4:30 pm to set up and get ready for benefit concert

              I will post all details for Friday tomorrow night! 

Saturday: I would like to practice for a couple hours on Saturday but need to know when you ladies can and what time would be best so if you could text me and let me know what would be best for you. It would just be nice to get a few more hours of practice in to make us that much more ready! 

#27 Days xoxoxoxo

This Weeks Detailed Schedule

Dear Spinnakers and Parents,


                    The next few months will be a little (OK) a lot busy/crazy with drill but we have worked hard to plan some fun things to keep the girls going. This week is our survivor week to get the girls into competition mode. Girls I ask that you eat good healthy nutritious meals this week, get to bed early, and make sure you are drinking lots of water and staying away from the flu bug. Also with things getting busier please let me know if you have any questions or concerns about anything as I do not want there to be any miscommunication on anything. Thanks again for all the hard work everyone puts in. Sara and I feel blessed to work with such an amazing group of dancers/parents. xoxo


Survivor Week Schedule:


Monday:

          2:30 pm - Welcome - Motivational
          2:45 pm - Warm Up
          3:10 pm - Stretching/ Flexibility Focus
          4:00 pm - Drill Down Competition
          4:30 pm - Routine Cleaning - Character
          6:00 pm - Dinner
          6:30 pm - Unity
          7:00 pm - Routine Cleaning - Dance
          8:00 pm - Routine Cleaning - Military
          8:30 pm - Excused


Tuesday:

          1:00 pm - Warm Up/ Stretch
          1:30 pm - Military Cleaning with Shannon
          2:30 pm - Turns and Flexibility/Strength Class with Joelle
          4:30 pm - Unity
          5:00 pm - Dinner
          5:30 pm - Routine Formation/Showmanship Walk Through Walk on Walk Offs
          6:30 pm - Technique - Leaps and Jumps
          7:30 pm - Meditation/Breathing Class
          8:30 pm - Excused

Wednesday:

           2:30 pm - Warm Up/ Stretch
           3:00 pm - Dance Cleaning with Chanelle
           4:00 pm - Dinner
           4:30 pm - Walk Through Warm Up
           5:00 pm - Judging/ Detailed Cleaning with Jamie Hodges
           8:00 pm - Unity
           8:30 pm - Excused


Thursday:

         1:00 pm - Practice
         2:30 pm - Excused
         3:30 pm - Leave For All State For The Three Going - Everyone Else Go Home and REST!!


Friday:

                   No Drill - Hopefully you can just think back on all the handwork you put in and be proud of how much you grew individually and as a team in just a week. xoxo