UVU Drill Inviational

Thank you for a super successful competition in Delta. Thank you for being there and giving the much needed support. It really helped in the girl's performance to have you there. This weekend we go to the UVU Invitation in Orem. I have attached a schedule of both the team and solo schedule for the weekend. Read below for the details. You will read in the details that they will not allow the girls to place blankets and/or save seats for you. At this competition the UVU event staff are pretty big sticklers about this. So I encourage you to get there as close as you can to 7:30 am, so we can all sit together again. I also think it would be fun if we could learn some of the Waspette cheers and do them as the Waspettes come onto the floor. Just an idea! The competition starts @ 8:00 am and we are 4th in the first division which is lyrical.  

 

We will begin at 8:00 AM Saturday December 8^th at the UCCU Events Center at UVU. The address is 800 W. University Ave. Estimated time of finishing is 7:30 PM, with drill down and awards to follow. Doors will open to the Public at 7:30 AM. 

PARKING & TICKET PRICES: Please park only in the designated parking spaces, all lots will be available to be parked in on the day of the event. Ticket prices: Adults $8.00 each, Kids 5 and younger are free of charge. CASH ONLY (Please inform your parents of this.) Parents can purchase tickets at the ticket office and enter the arena 30min. prior to the competition start time.

Please tell your parents you could be performing as much as one hour earlier that’s stated on schedule. We have had parents miss their daughters’ performances because the parents did not arrive early enough. Remind your parents that we run on time or earlier than indicated in the program.

No team members may sit in the spectator area. The seats on the south side of the area will be reserved for team members.  Please do not allow team members to place blankets on the seats for their parents. It becomes a real problem when those who come to watch cannot find a place to sit. 

Categories we compete in & start times:

Lyrical @ 8:00 am

Hip Hop @ 8:40 am

Military @ 10:40 am (We are last out of 9, 3A teams)

Dance @ 1:45

Kick @ 4:30

Delta Competition!

Hey girls! This weekend is our first competition. We will be excused to go eat lunch on Friday at 12:15. At 12:45, we will have a costume check in the dance hallway and the bus will leave at 1pm. Here is a list of things you need to remember:

Military                                                                                  
tan tights
Sparkly unitard
Black Fizzin' shoes

Kick
tan tight (you may want black tights too)
unitard
tan bra (with the clear strap)
Black Fizzin' shoes

Dance
Dress
tan tights
tan Fizzin' shoes

Lyrical
Gray costume (if you have one)
tan tights
tan Fizzin' shoes

Hip Hop
Team sweatshirts
Jazz pants
Gold Nikes

• To school on Friday we will be wearing our warmups with our white three-quarter sleeve shirt and our Gold Nikes.  
• We will wear our warmups with our black Dance Like a Waspette shirts and our Gold Nikes to the Competition on Saturday morning.
• Here is a list of other things to remember to pack (some are just suggestions)

Team Makeup
Team Eyelashes/ Eyelash glue

Safety pins

Bobby Pins
Curling Iron

Hairspray/Gel

Brush/Comb

Sports Bra

Advil/ Pain relievers

Personal girl needs

Food/ snacks

Extra Money (there will be concessions if you want to buy food)

 You will need to bring money for dinner Friday night and also Saturday night if you ride the bus home

Needle/thread

nail clippers/nail polish remover

overnight stuff (pajamas, toothbrush, etc.)
pillow and blanket

Preference!

Wow!! It's been a busy month! Two weeks ago, the Waspettes hosted their annual Preference dance. It was a huge success, so thank you to everyone that came! At the assembly, we performed a co-ed dance with the boys. It was super cute and the boys had fun being "part of the Drill Team" for the week. They worked hard and came to some of our early practices just to work on the dance with us. Thanks for working hard boys!

The boys doing their "solo" part of the dance!

Great Basin Invitational

November 30 & December 1
The girls will leave at 1:00 pm on Friday. Please pay $20 before we leave to the office or to me to cover the hotel.
Girls will need to bring $3 to get into the solo competition and money for dinner on Friday night. Breakfast will be at the hotel Saturday morning, lunch will be at the competition, and they will need money for dinner that night if they plan to ride the bus home.

Parents that are planning on attending the competition there are some changes to the parking lot. They are doing some major construction on their parking lot. Here is a document that shows where you can park.
Map of Parking

Here are the schedules for both days.
Friday Solo Schedule 
*Pricing: Adult $5, Student $3, 6 & under Free. Starts @ 5:30 pm
Saturday Team Schedule
*Pricing: Adult $7, Student $4, Senior $3, 6 & under Free. Doors open @ 9 am. Starts @ 10 am

It really makes a difference in the girls performance when they know they have someone supporting them in the audience. I know it is a ways to drive, but if you can make it the Waspettes could use your support! Thank you!

Preference!

Preference is this Saturday girls!! Here is the schedule for the day:

11:00 am
Leave for the Provo Beach Resort (you can carpool)
*bring a swimsuit (it is also recommended to bring a t-shirt and shorts to go over)
*bring extra money for other activities if you want
*money for lunch? or just bring your own?
**You must have a signed waver to do the indoor surfing and the ropes so make sure you fill one out and bring it (your date needs one too)!!

You can leave the beach resort whenever you want, depending on how much time you would like to get ready before dinner.

5:45 pm
Meet at the Soldier Hollow Grill. Prices are around $15 a plate.

7:15 pm
Leave dinner

7:30 pm
Arrive at the dance! Please be there on time so we can take pictures!! Also, it is $15 for us to get in, plus extra to buy pictures.

**We have to stay after the dance to help clean up. There is also an optional Movie afterwards (not sure whose house?) for those who want to go.

*******Also, girls with no dates are welcome to come to the dinner! And if you have no date, you must also be at the dance by 7:30pm because we are taking a team photo!

Park City Football Game!

On Friday, Wasatch had their rival game against Park City! A lot of the Waspettes went to support our team along with tons of the other student body and parents. It looked just like a home game! The Wasatch Wasps left with a victory, 49-14. Awesome job boys!

Excited for the game to start!

Football game!

Last Thursday, the Wasatch Wasps had an away football game at Union. This was the second to last game before the playoffs. They won 42-7! Good job boys! If they win the next game against Park City (also away) then we will have the home field advantage which means another home game! Play hard boys!!

Some of the Waspettes at the game!

Remembering Mia

This weekend, our hearts were heavy for our little Waspette, Mia Mcdonald. Mia is the daughter of our assistant coach Mimi. Mia passed away on October 8, 2012. We will miss this darling little girl, who we loved to see come and support the Waspettes while we danced. She's touched so many lives and we will always leave her a special place in our hearts. We love you Mia!

Sweet Mia

Hearts for the Mcdonald family. Our hearts are with you!

Mia Marie McDonald - 2008-2012 Mia Marie McDonald, beloved daughter of John and Marie “Mimi” Jensen McDonald returned home to her Heavenly Parents on October 8, 2012. Mia was born on July 8, 2008, in Seattle, Washington. Mia came into this world with challenges, but our baby girl came prepared to live life fully. Her family knew from the time of her birth that she would need a heart transplant. After many prayers on her behalf, Mia received the much awaited heart transplant when she was just four months old, from her angel heart donor Jacob. She is our little miracle and we feel blessed for every day we had with her. She had a special way of endearing others to her and connected with people everywhere she went. Her sunny and infectious personality would fill any room. She loved music and would dance instinctively. She loved singing primary songs, playing with her “babies,” coloring, eating “chocits” going to preschool, calling her “Aunt Nats,” giving “essimo kisses” and giggling. We will miss her affectionate, sweet, spunky and fun personality. This darling girl had a mischievous side and she would relish teasing her brothers and sisters, and loved when people would laugh when she said something funny. Mia exuded joy. Her tiny body radiated light every day of her life. Last week, the Make-A-Wish Foundation granted Mia’s special wish to meet Minnie Mouse in Disney World. Upon arrival, she became ill and after being hospitalized her heart stopped beating. Although her heart recovered, the trauma to her tiny brain could not recover from injuries incurred while they were trying to resuscitate her. Darling Mia never made it to Disney World, but she will be giving someone else the gift of life by now being on the giving end of organ donation. Although few, we will cherish the sweet years we shared with our golden curled beauty, Mia. She will be dearly missed by her parents, her brothers Jensen and Sam, and her adoring second mother, her sister Ellie. She is also survived by her grandparents Sid and Cindy Jensen of Midway, UT, Dean and Laura Conway of Spanaway, WA, and Vern and Carol McDonald of Lakewood, WA, as well as numerous aunts, uncles, and 60 cousins. She was preceded in death by her great-grandparents Murray Giles, Fred and Aliene Jensen, Howard and Shirley Hallmeyer, and Floyd Vernon McDonald. We love you Miss Meena, our arms and hearts ache to be with you and hold you. We anxiously await the time when we will be reunited. “I missed you in na night!” Funeral services will be held at 11am on Saturday, October 13 at the Midway Stake Center. A gathering will be held from 6pm to 8pm on Friday Oct 12th, and one hour prior to the services on Saturday. Mia will be interred in the Midway Cemetery. Please join us in the celebration of her courageous, joyful, life.

Mia Marie McDonald Born July 8, 2008 Died October 08, 2012 Viewing: Fri. Oct. 12 - 6-8 PM & Sat. Oct. 13 - 9:30-10:30 Service: Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 11 AM Cemetery: Midway Cemetery

Thriller!

Last Friday, we had our last home football game against Juan Diego. We had a blast performing Thriller for our halftime routine! Everyone loved it when we walked around and scared people. Way to be scary girls!!

Get the hostage!!

Lookin' spooky!

Flag Ceremony!

Friday!!

Hey girls, tomorrow there is a home football game! To school we will be wearing our day outfit shirts with a white tank top underneath, black skinny jeans, and black shoes.

Miss Drill Utah

We will be holding a very important "Miss Drill Utah" Clinic to prepare any and all solo dancers from your drill team, that may be interested in competing in the "Miss Drill or Teen Miss Drill Utah" pageant this year. At the clinic they will receive a packet of information, one on one training for the 3 categories (modeling, solo, and interview/onstage question), as well as information on our Humanitarian Service Project. There will be a lady coming to talk to the contestants about a wonderful Humanitarian Project that we can all be involved in. The cost for the clinic is $5.00 per girl. Each dancer needs to have a parent with them.

 

The clinic date is:
October 1st at Juan Diego High School @ 6:30pm (it will last 2 - 2.5 hours). This clinic will last longer than any other clinic that we are going to try to hold throughout these next couple of months, and it's at the location that we hold the actual pageant.

We will also be doing a short clinic following each All-State audition. Please talk to your coach about details on when and where this is. You can still attend this even if you are not an All-State member.

The pageant will be held on February 7-8th at Juan Diego High School Auditorium. We have reserved both days depending on the amount of contestants that we have. We will either do prelims on Thursday evening and Finals on Friday evening. Or prelims right after school on Thursday, and Finals that same evening. This will be decided after we know the total # of contestants.

Please remember that if you are not 16 years old, you can still enter in the TEEN category.

You can visit our website at http://www.missdrillutah.com/ Check the NEWS on the homepage to keep updated with information:-)

Thanks for your support!
Nikki Ashton 801-830-4428, and Lauralyn Kofford 801-372-6110

Street painting!

Yesterday for Homecoming we got to paint the street in front of the football stadium! We had lots of fun creating our design, especially with the handprints! Great job girls!

Standing in front of their gorgeous painting!

The finished product!

Good job girls!

Pep Assembly, Parade, and Football Game

Tomorrow we have a busy schedule! Here are all the things you need to remember.
Practice
Wear your name top with jazz pants. Don't forget to bring your 2 dozen cookies!!

School
Wear your white three-quarter sleeved shirt with a white tank top, black skinny jeans, Warmup jacket, and our Gold Nikes.

Pep Assembly
We will be excused at 11:00 am to go get ready for the assembly. We are wearing our white three-quarter sleeved shirt (remember to bring safety pins if you want to pin it down) with a white tank top underneath, our sweatshirts, our warmup pants with something underneath (either jazz pants or shorts) and our Gold Nikes. Have your hair down and curled with your bangs pulled away from your face. Have your makeup darker and wear our team lipstick.

Parade
Wear your name top, tights, jazz pants and Gold Nikes. Keep your makeup the same but slick your hair back into a low pony tail. We are supposed to be lined up by 12:30 so don't be late! We will meet in front of the Nest.

Football Game
Meet at the field at 6:15 ready to go. We are wearing the black and gold costumes with tights, jazz pants, and black gore boots to perform in. Wear your warmups over that with our black V-neck Dance Like a Waspette t-shirts and warmup jacket and wear your Gold Nikes to the game. Have your makeup dark with team lipstick and your hair parted on the left slicked into a low pony tail. And don't forget to bring your duffel bag so we can all look the same!

Homecoming day 3, WACKY WEDNESDAY!

Silly Girls!

Today we went to practice in some pretty wacky clothes! It was really fun to be silly!

Homecoming day 2, TIE DYE TUESDAY!

Lookin' Colorful!

Today was Tie Dye Tuesday! We all came dressed in bright, colorful shirts! You girls are cute!

Homecoming day 1, MARVEL MONDAY!

Our Marvelous Waspettes!

Yay for Homecoming! To start off the week, we all came to practice dressed as our favorite super heros! We had lots of fun and it really got us in the spirit for Homecoming. You look great girls!

North Sanpete football game!

The Waspettes at the game!

Last Friday, our football team played in North Sanpete. Lots of the girls went along with the cheerleaders to support Wasatch! Way to go girls! We won 42-13!

Homecoming Week!

Homecoming is next week, Sept. 17-22! At practice, we will be dressing up for the theme of the day so start planning!

Monday, September 17
-Theme: Marvel Monday- Dress up as your favorite super hero!

Tuesday, September 18
-Theme: Tie Dye Tuesday- Get out your coolest tie dye clothes!

Wednesday, September 19
-Theme: Wacky Wednesday- Pick out the wackiest outfit you can think of!

Thursday, September 20
-Theme: Twin Thursday- Dress up with your big/little sister!

Friday, September 21
-Theme: Spirit Day- Wear Wasatch colors: Black and Gold!
-Pep assembly performance and the Parade!

Saturday, September 22
-Homecoming Dance
-Theme: 007 Diamonds Are Forever

Our team is sooo adorable!

Team time at the Yobar!!

More football game!

Rockin the hip hop moves!

Ending pose!!

Football game!

Last night we had our second home football game, Wasatch vs. Juab! We had lots of fun cheering for our awesome team! Wasatch won 35 to 26. Good job boys! We had beautiful kicks and our halftime routine was a definite hit!

Excited for the game to start!

Being silly!

Looking sharp during the flag ceremony.

Kicking for a touchdown!

Halftime routine

Preference Date?!

Here is the link to the website for the deal: (it is for 50% off! Wowza...)

Provo Beach Resort

Swiss days!

Beautiful leaps!

Marching!

Showing off our Gorgeous Smiles!

Yay for Swiss Days!! We had a great time at the parade! We were worried about the bad weather, but it turned out to be just fine.  We performed well and everyone loved our sparkly shoes! Awesome job girls!!

Some drill team girls at the football game!

Swiss Days Parade Information

Hey girls! The Swiss Days parade is coming up this Saturday, Sept. 1. The parade starts at 10am, but we need to be there at 9:15. We will be meeting at spot number 34, which is on 100 East in Midway. The numbers will be painted on the ground, so it should be pretty easy to find! There might be traffic coming into Midway, so you might want to plan to leave early so we can all be there on time! Wear your Name Top with your black jazz pants, body tights, and our gold Nikes. Have your hair slicked into a ponytail with your part on the left side. Do your own makeup, but wear our team lipstick. Let's have an awesome parade!

The Drill Team at the Football game!

The drill team girls went to the first football game of the year! We all had a blast and we are all getting pumped for more football game to come!

Camp Hip Hop

Sassy Glam

At dairy keen for team time!

The Drill Team spending team time together!

June- Camp

Waspettes after our "Display Of Dance". 

Yay! We made it through our first month of practice! We all worked really hard and have really improved over this past month. Our team is really coming to getter and we keep getting closer to each other every day. We've had many team bonding activities, many of which took place at camp. Camp was a success and we learned many routines that we are excited to perform. We were awarded the "Most Improved" award at camp, so great job girls! Along with our team award, some individual girls were awarded some of their own awards: Abby got "Best Technique", Mckinley got "Best Sportsmanship", Catherine got "Hardest Worker", Danaka got "Most Spirited", and Brianna got "Most Improved" and she took 3rd place during Drill Down! Way to go girls!

Waspettes taking a nap during lunch.

       

Our team puzzle. Everyone is an important piece to our team!

Camp Information

Camp starts a week from today! The dates are June 25-27. Be prepared to learn a lot of material, work hard, and have a lot of fun. We will now be staying the night in Orem at a hotel across the freeway from the university. Here is the link to their website if you want to check it out: Holiday Inn Express. Here is the information that I have got:

Schedule

Monday, June 25
7:45 am - Meet @ WHS (Bus will leave @ 8)
8:55 am - Team & Officer Pictures/Registration
10:00 am - Welcome Session
10:15 am - Buddy Instructor Assignment/Theme of the Day
10:30 am - Camp Commove!
11:00 am - Warm-up
11:15 am - Jazz Technique (Break out session)
12:15 am - Camp Dance (Centre Stage)
1:30 pm - Lunch (provided by the camp)
2:30 pm - Mini Warm-up
2:45 pm - Camp Dance (Centre Stage)
4:00 pm - Military Technique/Officer's Class
4:30 pm - Military Combo (Break out session)
5:45 pm - Premier Dancer - Turns
6:15 pm - Team Building Activity w/ Buddy Instructor
6:45 pm - Dinner & Performance Prep
8:00 pm - Display of Dance!
Head to hotel after where we will have a motivational and sleep.

Tuesday, June 26
7:30 am - Meet in hotel lobby
8:00 am - Theme of the Day
8:15 am - Camp Commove!
8:45 am - Warm-up
9:00 am - Jazz Technique (Break out session)
10:00 am - Camp Dance Review
10:15 am - Military Combo Review (Break out session)
10:30 am - Half-time Routine (Gym)
12:00 am - Lunch
1:00 pm - Mini Warm-up
1:15 pm -  Half-time Routine (Gym)
2:30 pm - Hip Hop Combo
3:30 pm - Drill Down Practice/Officer's Class with Buddy Instructor
4:00 pm - Jazz Class (Stylized or Street)
5:00 pm - Premiere Dancer - Leaps
5:30 pm - Team Building Activity
6:00 pm - Dinner
Head back to hotel where we will decorate shirts, swim, motivational, etc.

Wednesday, June 27
7:30 am - Meet in hotel lobby with bags
8:00 am - Theme of the Day
8:15 am - Camp Commove!
8:45 am - Warm-up
9:00 am - Kick Class
10:00 am - Jazz Class (Stylized or Street)
11:45 am -  Custom Coaching
12:45 am - Lunch
1:45 pm - Mini Warm-up
2:00 pm - Lyrical Combo (Break out session)
3:15 pm - Review of all material
5:00 pm - Premiere Dancer - Camp Queen
5:40 pm - Final Team Building Activity
6:00 pm - Dinner & Performance Prep
7:00 pm - Drill Down
7:15 pm - End of Camp Performance & Awards

Checklist for Camp

Puzzle Piece Material - At camp you will be designing a puzzle piece that describes you. So you will need to bring any material from home that describe you. 

Snacks - Lunch and Dinner will be provided by the camp, but you should bring water and snacks to help keep your energy up throughout the day! There is a mini convenience store on campus in case you prefer to buy your snack.

Black gore boots and sneakers (for hip hop)

Warm-ups

Water Bottle

Money if you want to buy PDC clothing if you want

Camera
PJ's
Swimsuit & Towel
Makeup remover *please do not use the hotel towels.

Camp Rules

Be on time to all classes

Show respect to everyone

Wear appropriate dance wear to class and wear cover ups or sweats outside of class.

No chewing gum

Clean up after meals and keep track of you personal belongings

No running or cheering outside of the classrooms

Use the buddy system

Hydrate! Always have a water bottle with you and make sure it is full

Keep your energy up-camp will be demanding! Bring snacks or bring money for snacks.

Bring a positive attitude and get ready to have a lot of fun!

Now Presenting.... the 2012-2013 Officers

I am happy to say that we were able to vote and put in place our officers for this upcoming year! I am super excited for this year and the set of officers that we have. I feel confident that they will do a fabulous job in leading and supporting our team!

Captain: Mackelle Pope
Co-Captain: Catherine Burns
Co-Captain: McKall Earnshaw
Sr. Drill Mistress: Abby Funk
Jr. Drill Mistress: McKell Stoddart
Soph. Drill Mistress: Hailey Mabbutt
Secretary: Christy Ellsworth
Activities: McKinley Peterson
Historian: Jena Chatwin

Congratulations!

We have made it through our first week of practice! Yay! This week we worked on technique and conditioning. We also started our first routine. This routine will be used for a showcase at camp and for football halftimes. The girls are looking good and I am excited to get our officers together on Monday! Good Luck!

Practice Survey

I am feeling a little frustrated about practice the first of this summer. This is the best way I can think of to communicate with you right now while we are not practicing. So please click on the link below to take a survey about practice in June.

Practice Survey

Sarah- WOW!

Sarah is the Waspette of the Week! 

After high school Sarah is tentatively planning on going to Snow College for a year. She is excited about making the dance team at Snow College, and will be dancing with two of her fellow Waspettes.  She told me that, "As long as I can dance in college I will be happy!" Sarah wants to do something with kids.  She is not sold on teaching, but definitely knows that kids are in her future.  Possibly a nursing major, but definitely something involving children.  She said, "I just love kids!"

Sarah is the baby of the family and  her mother has always called her the peacemaker of the family.  She really loves spending time with her family, she admits they are her very best friends.  When she was young, she had a hard time pronouncing her R's- but has since mastered those R's. 

Sarah doesn't easily get embarrassed, and is happy with whatever people want to believe about her.

She is happiest when she is at the beach.  She feels at home and the beach just makes her soooo happy!  She loves the sun rising over the ocean. She moved here from Florida when she was 11 and hopes to move back someday.  She also plans to visit Fiji as soon as possible.

Fettuccine Alfredo from the Olive Garden is her favorite food... she also quite likes their salad.  She enjoys most food, but refuses to eat sea food.  Her favorite Dessert is basically anything chocolate.  If she had to pick just one it would be chocolate cake... with fudge melting down the side.

Sarah enjoys watching the TV programs the bachelor and pretty little liars. 

It was too tough for her to pick a favorite song,  but if she had to pick one song it would be

 "come on get higher."  

Growing up she always wanted to be an actress.  She was Becky Thatcher in Tom Sawyer once.  

Something no one on the team knows is that she is one tooth shy from having all of her teeth.

Sarah always saw herself as being a softball player.  She admits she is not sporty or competitive, but could see herself on the softball team... or being an actress.  

Sarah loves LOVES movies.  She is a romantic and isn't afraid to mush over movies that get her heart.  Her favorite movie hands down is the notebook!! 

She is admittedly OCD at times. she insists that blinds must be facing up and definitely not down.  She likes everything really clean... but excludes her room from that standard. Sarah has to sleep with a teddy bear, and cannot climb into bed without first cleaning her feet.  

Sarah hates to drive due to her car accident, but thinks that if she had her dream car, a black out Range Rover, she just might enjoy getting behind the wheel.

If she could meet someone past or present she would choose to meet President Hinckley.

When Sarah was in fifth grade in Florida she was the winner of a writing contest.  

She memorized her story and recited her work to the school and won.

Sarah's advice for girls on the team this year is: "First of all, keep the drama to a minimal because drill is so much more fun minus the drama.  Do not take anything for granted and live it up because it goes by soooo fast."

Sarah's favorite thing about drill team is having so many friends. being able to dance with all the girls. She said,  "It is so fun to dance with the girls... all of them!... and the fun dancing.... with the girls, and stuff." followed by a lot of laughing. :-)

Sarah, you have been so much fun on the team this year.  We just love your fun personality.  We are going to miss all of your extra little dances you do during practice.  We wish you the best at College, and know you will continue to be a fabulous dancer!  We just love you to pieces!  p.s. You had a lot of extra pictures, because I found the photo shoot we did after this post was done.  :-)