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.
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