The TCGC State Championships are April 1st and 2nd in Pearland. The Guard will perform on the evening of the 1st (Friday). We will be spending the night in Pearland to attend Championships on Saturday as well. We will also be visiting the Delorean Motor Company in Houston to take pictures. There is no cost for hotel for the students for the State trip. Here is the information for the hotel we will be staying at so if parents would like to stay there as well. If you are interested in attending we should have some seat left on the bus. If you would like to ride the bus please contact Ms. Hench or Mr. Myers so we know who will be traveling with us. All parents that travel with the guard must be district approved chaperones and must make their own accommodations.
Sleep Inn & Suites(TXC28)
1908 Country Place Parkway, Pearland, TX, US, 77584
Phone: (832) 230-3000
Ask for Neal or Veronica. Let them know you are traveling with the Killeen Independent Winter Guard.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION PLEASE CONTACT MR. MYERS OR MS. HENCH.
Friday, February 25, 2011
It is time for contest!!!
Sorry, we are posting this itinerary so late!
Winter Guard Itinerary: February 26th: Bryan Contest
Arrive KHS 4:45 am
Depart KHS 5:30 am
Arrive Bryan HS 7:30 am
-Upon arrival, find homeroom, use restrooms and begin hair and makeup and into costumes and flip flops
Official Check-in time 8:46 am
Body Warm-up 9:16 am
Transit to Equip. Room 9:23 am
Equipment Warm-up 9:28 am
Transit to Gate 9:35 am
Perform 9:40 am
Change into show shirt, blue jeans and flip flop to watch A groups after performance.
Retreat 11:25 am
(Directors will attend Critique during/after retreat)
Depart for lunch after retreat
Return to watch AAA & AA guards
Leave Bryan 3:00 pm
Arrive KHS 5:00pm
What to bring:
1. CORRECT undergarments for costumes
2. Stuff to do hair: down and out of face with curls
3. Make up:
a. Black mascara
b. Liquid Black Eye Liner
c. Foundation/powder
d. Pinkish blush
e. Eye make up – Ms. Hench has that, but if you would like to purchase your own: white shadow for base
f. Lip Stick: Ms. Hench has, but if you would like to purchase your own: Clover Girl - #305 Hot Passion
4. Money for food and fun stuff at the show.
5. BLUE jeans to wear after the performance, with flip-flops.
6. Travel blanket & pillow for bus.
7. Snacks for bus
8. Gifts for your amazing directors
Monday, February 14, 2011
Valentines Day Update
This week Ryan Miller is back in town to finish teaching the show! We'll be rehearsing the weapon line at KHS tonight, Monday night, right after school. Ryan lands at 4pm so we'll begin working technique with Ms. Hench and then Ryan will jump right in when he arrives.
Tuesday and Thursday we'll rehearse the whole ensemble and we were able to schedule a gym at KHS both nights! We'll be rehearsing in a gym every rehearsal from now until State, alternating campuses by week. (No more shuffling the cafeteria tables at Shoe!)
Our next contest is less than two weeks away in Bryan. We perform at 9:37AM and it's a good two-hours by bus so our departure time from the schools will be around 5:30AM. We'll send out a detailed itinerary the first of next week.
Looking forward to a great week of rehearsals. We'll have completed the show by Friday and we'll perform most of it next week. Work hard guard!
Tuesday and Thursday we'll rehearse the whole ensemble and we were able to schedule a gym at KHS both nights! We'll be rehearsing in a gym every rehearsal from now until State, alternating campuses by week. (No more shuffling the cafeteria tables at Shoe!)
Our next contest is less than two weeks away in Bryan. We perform at 9:37AM and it's a good two-hours by bus so our departure time from the schools will be around 5:30AM. We'll send out a detailed itinerary the first of next week.
Looking forward to a great week of rehearsals. We'll have completed the show by Friday and we'll perform most of it next week. Work hard guard!
Sunday, February 6, 2011
First Show in the books!
Congratulations to the guard on placing FIRST in class at the Vista Ridge show last weekend! The show generated a lot of enthusiasm from the judges and the audience and we're excited to take it to the next level. It was also many of our members first ever winter guard performance and all should be proud of our accomplishments so far. Also great to see so many parents and family at our first contest. We certainly hope to see you all again at every show. Our next contest is at Bryan HS on February 26. (We perform in the morning so it's going to be a very early departure from Killeen. Details to come.)
**If you missed the show, or would like to watch it again; Mr. Myers has posted it on YouTube. Search for Killeen Shoemaker Guard and it should come up. Or, search for Mr. Myers channel named: tbplayer63.**
We followed up a strong first performance with a solid week of rehearsal. (getting into a gym helps a lot!) We now have pretty much everything we learned with Ryan three weeks ago out on the floor with work and drill and, while it still needs plenty of polish, it's all readable and huge progress from just one week ago. Keep up the hard work! We'd also like to thank all our parents, friends and anyone providing rides to our students to and from rehearsals. We know it's a bit of a hassle getting your students all the way across town for rehearsals and we appreciate your time and patience. Starting February 22nd, we'll be able to get into a gym every night and we'll begin alternating rehearsal sites by weeks. (One week and KHS, the next at SHS and back and forth until State.) This should help even out the travel time put in by all the students.
As of now, Ryan Miller plans to return the week of Feb. 14 to finish teaching the transitions, teach the new ending and beef up the work in portions that we're already handling well. He will do this during school and at our regular Tuesday and Thursday evening rehearsals so there won't be any added weekend commitments. (We may add one weeknight for the weapons to re-learn Power of Love. Stay tuned for an update on that.) Keep in mind also that there will be NO REHEARSAL this Thursday, Feb. 10 as the directors will be attending the Texas Music Educator's Association Annual Clinic and Conference in San Antonio this week. Tuesday's rehearsal will still be at Shoemaker HS from 6-9pm.
**If you missed the show, or would like to watch it again; Mr. Myers has posted it on YouTube. Search for Killeen Shoemaker Guard and it should come up. Or, search for Mr. Myers channel named: tbplayer63.**
We followed up a strong first performance with a solid week of rehearsal. (getting into a gym helps a lot!) We now have pretty much everything we learned with Ryan three weeks ago out on the floor with work and drill and, while it still needs plenty of polish, it's all readable and huge progress from just one week ago. Keep up the hard work! We'd also like to thank all our parents, friends and anyone providing rides to our students to and from rehearsals. We know it's a bit of a hassle getting your students all the way across town for rehearsals and we appreciate your time and patience. Starting February 22nd, we'll be able to get into a gym every night and we'll begin alternating rehearsal sites by weeks. (One week and KHS, the next at SHS and back and forth until State.) This should help even out the travel time put in by all the students.
As of now, Ryan Miller plans to return the week of Feb. 14 to finish teaching the transitions, teach the new ending and beef up the work in portions that we're already handling well. He will do this during school and at our regular Tuesday and Thursday evening rehearsals so there won't be any added weekend commitments. (We may add one weeknight for the weapons to re-learn Power of Love. Stay tuned for an update on that.) Keep in mind also that there will be NO REHEARSAL this Thursday, Feb. 10 as the directors will be attending the Texas Music Educator's Association Annual Clinic and Conference in San Antonio this week. Tuesday's rehearsal will still be at Shoemaker HS from 6-9pm.
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