We told the guard girls this year we would be adding a free weights exercise to their warm up process this year. They were all very excited and when they found out their uniforms were sleeveless this year....some were even asking when we could start!
This morning was our first day of the new exercise and I think it went GREAT. All of the girls were able to have weights and they started "feeling the burn" just mid way through it! Laurissa and I had fun doing it too! Cheering on the girls made it feel easy. I guess we will see how I feel tomorrow.
I look forward to seeing how this effects our girls upper body strength. I'm hoping it really improves our tosses and catches, but I hope more than just those things are effected. Ill let you know if a month or so. : )
All in all....great practice this morning. Fun even at 6:30 in the morning!
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
First Show!
The Willard High School Winter Guard earned the Top Score in their class this Saturday. Their first show out and the girls did a great job. They did everything we could ask of them....and they even looked like they were having a great time.
Here are some of my favorite pics of the day....taken by an aunt of one of the guard girls "Jeana Combs Photography" They aren't in order....sorry if that messes with you mind. : )
2 of our BEST dancers start the show, coming toward each other on the purple and yellow sections of the wheel. Gabby is shown waiting for the music to begin.
Shelby and Danielle looking great on their saber/rifle
Little Rachel on flag.....this girl has come such a long way, I'm so proud of her.
Emily, our Captain, on dance...doing the move that made the girls very soar the day after they first learned it.
Olivia starts the show as the only girl not in the circle.
Lil D....our first rifle to come out. Oh Yeah! And she is a FRESHMAN!
Gabby...using her eyes! Good Job!
Emily waiting to toss her saber triple.....which will soon be bumped up to a quad
Danielle....wow! She is such a great performer!
Another one of our Seniors, Carly.
Rifle ripple.....Allie in the front and Lil D behind her.
Here are some of my favorite pics of the day....taken by an aunt of one of the guard girls "Jeana Combs Photography" They aren't in order....sorry if that messes with you mind. : )
2 of our BEST dancers start the show, coming toward each other on the purple and yellow sections of the wheel. Gabby is shown waiting for the music to begin.
Shelby and Danielle looking great on their saber/rifle
Little Rachel on flag.....this girl has come such a long way, I'm so proud of her.
Emily, our Captain, on dance...doing the move that made the girls very soar the day after they first learned it.
Olivia starts the show as the only girl not in the circle.
Lil D....our first rifle to come out. Oh Yeah! And she is a FRESHMAN!
Gabby...using her eyes! Good Job!
Emily waiting to toss her saber triple.....which will soon be bumped up to a quad
Danielle....wow! She is such a great performer!
Another one of our Seniors, Carly.
Rifle ripple.....Allie in the front and Lil D behind her.
Ill be putting a video up of their show soon. When it is complete.....we still have just a couple spots to fill in.
Congrats again girls. You did GREAT!
Friday, January 21, 2011
Cute Across the Floors!
The Middle School girls are getting so good with their across the floors. Thought I would share one of my favorites!
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
3 Days Away...
The High School girls are 3 days away from their first competition. The staff is very pleased with where they are right now going into this first show and I think the girls are excited too.
Last year (because we had so many snow days right off the bat in January) we had a LOT of blank spots in the show. The girls were standing and just doing staging a good amount of the show. Which, of course, hurt their score because the judges didn't have much to judge.
This year we have the entire show staged and only a couple moments with no choreography. I think we are in good shape for Saturday and I know we are FAR more complete than last year.
Wish us luck, that we don't have snow days here at the end of the week. That could really make us lose momentum going into MSU. I want the girls to start their season with a BANG so they know how Awesome they are!!!
Last year (because we had so many snow days right off the bat in January) we had a LOT of blank spots in the show. The girls were standing and just doing staging a good amount of the show. Which, of course, hurt their score because the judges didn't have much to judge.
This year we have the entire show staged and only a couple moments with no choreography. I think we are in good shape for Saturday and I know we are FAR more complete than last year.
Wish us luck, that we don't have snow days here at the end of the week. That could really make us lose momentum going into MSU. I want the girls to start their season with a BANG so they know how Awesome they are!!!
Monday, January 17, 2011
MS Uniforms
I Middle School girls got to see and try on their uniforms the first week back from Christmas break. While they had them on they went through some of their across-the-floors and some flag work, just to get use to them. You could really tell the girls who aren't use to wearing more form fitting cloths, but they all looked great.
Last Friday I had a few of them put them back on so I could take a few pictures. One of the girls even had the head band with her to show in the pics!
They seem to really like the uniforms and they all look super cute in them!
That last pose sure looks familiar! I didn't even tell them to do that. Now I have matching pics of both the HS and MS girls doing that! Very cute!!!
Friday, January 14, 2011
High School Uniforms
The High School uniforms came in last week and we had the girls try them on Monday during my 1st hour planning period. They all looked so good in them!
After school that day I asked 3 of the girls if they could take my phone and take some pics on them in the uniform while I was in a teachers meeting.
I think they might have had a little too much fun with it.....but thats ok. Here are our 2011 winter guard uniforms. Designed and made by Creative Costuming.
The 2011 Season
Wow!
It is official! The 2011 is really here. Both the HS and MS guards have been hard at work for a couple months now and the staff was preparing long before that.
The High School (competing in Scholastic B again this year) will have their first festival a week from tomorrow. We are in a great place right now, with only our ending to put on the floor and a few spots of choreography to fill in.
The Middle School opened up the guard to 7th graders this year, so we will be performing with 26 members (16 8th graders and 10 7th graders) which is a nice jump in numbers from our small but mighty guard of 10 last year.
I will try to put pics of the groups uniforms on here in the next couple days and maybe a couple video clips of the MS girls.
Good luck to all the Winter Guards out there this season. 2011 is going to be FANTASTIC!!!
It is official! The 2011 is really here. Both the HS and MS guards have been hard at work for a couple months now and the staff was preparing long before that.
The High School (competing in Scholastic B again this year) will have their first festival a week from tomorrow. We are in a great place right now, with only our ending to put on the floor and a few spots of choreography to fill in.
The Middle School opened up the guard to 7th graders this year, so we will be performing with 26 members (16 8th graders and 10 7th graders) which is a nice jump in numbers from our small but mighty guard of 10 last year.
I will try to put pics of the groups uniforms on here in the next couple days and maybe a couple video clips of the MS girls.
Good luck to all the Winter Guards out there this season. 2011 is going to be FANTASTIC!!!
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