Game Week 1

APPOLOGIES THAT THE BLOG IS WRITTEN IN ONE BIG PARAGRAPH...WILL TRY TO HAVE IT FIXED BY NEXT WEEK!!!! All Guard Girls received the Booster's Pizza Kit fundraiser info. Guard Girls are REQUIRED to sell at least one kit each, selling more would be greatly appreciated. Order forms along with payments are due to Donna & Rebecca on or before September 13th. Kits will be delivered the following week. Practice this week in shorts/tees...daily 7th period, Tuesday night 6-9, and Thursday afterschool until 5 p.m. Don't forget that Practice Blacks will be required starting next week!! No Pep Rally this week...the 1st of 4 pep rallies this fall will be September 13th!! No tardies, checkins, or checkouts on Tuesdays, Thursdays, & Fridays! Absences on those days will require a doctor or dental excuse, a funeral excuse, or written documentation of a non-recurring family emergency. FYI...JefCoEd Code of Conduct says only 6 parent excuses per semester permitted. Plan ahead this week for Friday...no colored polish...clear or French manicure only. No jewelry. No visible piercings or tattoos. Friday afternoon report time is 4:30 p.m...arrive wearing OGHS uniform and jazz shoes...spanx to remove rolls, jiggle, bounce. Full makeup, hair just like program pics, with guard gloves. Black guard bag...poms, clear disposable ponchos, and stain stick inside!! Vets bring black Tig blankets too!! Tigerettes are required to ride the bus to the game. They may be checked off by their Parent or by another adult designated in writing by their parent at the end of the game. Tigs riding the bus home are NOT permitted to switch buses...they go to the game and return to the school on the same bus!! They MUST have a ride waiting on them at school when the buses return...again...we can't leave until they do!! Tigerettes are expected to behave in an appropriate manner at all times. In or out of uniform every choice you make has a consequence. Do not jeopardize your reputation, or the reputation of our Guard, by participating in public displays of affection (PDA), ignore and do not respond to ugly talk or gestures. All school rules, band rules, guard rules apply at school events/activities. Pay attention, make sure your words and your actions stay positive at all times. Tigerettes dress alike every Friday. Assigned dress is REQUIRED participation...all day...no exceptions. Make sure you listen 7th period to what the Seniors ask of you...again ...plan well, and do what is expected. Before games and rehearsals...members are given a specific “report time”. TIGS are not permitted to stay on campus afterschool. All must leave campus and are not permitted to return to campus until 15 minutes prior to report time...no exceptions!! You can’t be on campus unsupervised. If you live too far to make it back you will need to find a friend who lives closer to go home with Friday afternoons. At games...Tigerettes have assigned seats in the stands and will remain in the correct order the entire time!! No food/drinks/gum/candy in the stands. NO APPLICATION OF MAKEUP OR HAIR PRODUCTS!! Visitors to the band section are expected to speak and move on. Restroom visits must be taken care of prior to game & during third quarter break...this is a privilege...NO PDA...you must be with two other Guard members even at home games. Your 1st priority on break is to go to the restroom and get in line at the concessions stand...be responsible!! Tigerettes report back to the stands one minute prior to Band Director’s called time. Tigerettes do not leave games early...they will be dismissed from the band section at the end of the game. Tigerettes are required to be in the company of at least two other Guard members at all times at all rehearsals & games...both home & away...there is safety in numbers...safety from vultures and also safety from the rumor mill!!! Students only in the bandroom and school buildings on Tuesday, Friday, or Saturday nights. We thank you in advance for your cooperation regarding policy issues and ask that you remember they are not intended to cause student/parent problems, but are put in place to help ensure the safety of all participants and the smooth operation of our group as a whole. REMINDERS... Doctor’s excuses...a doc’s note is required for any rehearsal missed due to illness. We always follow doctor’s orders...without a doc’s release or instructions we can’t let you practice or perform. Tigerette clothes/items...repeat of instruction during summer camp...DO NOT wear or carry any of our new items (uniform, costume, or pep) until your Captains or Directors instruct you to do so...we must keep everything fresh/new for this fall. Tigerettes are the only people who should be wearing Tigerette/Guard items. Arriving & Leaving on time...make sure your parents and/or your ride know the correct times you are to arrive as well as the correct time to pick you up...we can’t leave til you do!!! Spring Trip information will be coming up in September...expect deposits & forms to be due in October!! 2014 Winter Guard invitations will be given out the last week of September, the required meeting/notarized forms/full payment will be due Tues/Oct 1st. 2013 Fall Contest Schedule Exhibition TBA on Sept 24th still pending. JefCoEd Band Jamboree on Sept 28th is confirmed. Hoover Contest on Oct 19th @ Hoover Met Stadium is confirmed. BOA Super Regional on Oct 26th @ Georgia Dome is confirmed.