Game Weeks 4 & 5

Updated RED Guard Schedule is going home with the Tigs today...watch for a RED packet of info with the details!! Great job by our guard last Friday night...so excited about exhibition & jamboree week ahead!! Please note a few new things that should help the group experience go more smoothly & then as always the basics for review... 1. Every tidbit of info for the Guard is here on the blog or via mass text. If it is listed/posted/sent then each girl is responsible for making it happen. The opposite is also true, if it is not explained somewhere on the blog or in a note or in a text girls obviously will not be held responsible...we are not trying to trick anyone...haha...just trying to get you all the info you need when you need it. 2. Captains and their family members are asked not to respond to calls, emails, or texts related to things explained via methods listed above. Simply put...it is not fair for their senior experience/personal time to be clouded with questions about things already detailed for everyone in a note, on the blog, or via text. 3. We have had home games and away games so the basic processes for operation should be evident. Directors will always text when the blog is posted or updated during the week, they will email girls and parents only in event of urgent or emergency situations. 4. Our practice plans for this week are different...see red packet sent home today!! Review of basic info... No tardies, checkins, or checkouts on Tuesdays, Thursdays, & Fridays without a doctor's excuse. School, band, guard rules apply. Guard gloves are needed at every practice/game/performance. Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays during 7th period girls need athletic type shoes and practice clothes. Tuesday nights, Thursday afterschools girls will also need weather appropriate practice clothes and athletic type shoes. No boyfriends or visitors at rehearsals. Friday dress/hair/makeup & any pep rally plans will be announced during 7th period during each week...girls must listen in class and are expected to follow verbal instructions provided. Spanx type garments should be worn as needed to eliminate bounce, jiggle, and rolls. Bodystocking was provided for warmth and will be worn with costume when needed later in the season. Jazz shoes should be wiped clean. Pep/uniform/costume should be spot cleaned only. Guard bag should always contain poms, vet black blanket, and clear ponchos. Game/Contest day nails must be clear or french manicure. No jewelry or visible tattoos on game/contest days. Tigerettes are required to be in the company of at least two other guard members at all times at all rehearsals & games/contests...both home & away...there is safety in numbers. Before games, rehearsals, and for contests girls are given a specific “report time” . Tigs are not permitted to stay on campus afterschool without a Director. All must leave campus and are not permitted to return to campus until 10 minutes prior to report time...no exceptions!! Girls 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 that afternoon. Home Games...girls are dismissed from the band section at the end of the game. No early departures. Away Games/Contests...members may be checked off the Guard bus at the end of the event. No early departures. Parent/adult is required to go to our bus for check off. Tigs are not permitted to check off our bus and ride a different band bus home. If you ride home on a band bus it is the same one you came on & you may be expected to help unload the truck. Ride should be waiting when we get back to the school. Tigs may only be checked off the bus by their parent or by an ADULT designated in writing by their parent. We are unable to verify notes turned in so please know that any student providing a “fake” note would be written up for providing false information. Cell calls & text can't be used to arrange check off. Cell Phones & Bus seating (explained to girls 7th period prior to the first away game). Always plan to have a bus partner, seniors are the only ones permitted to sit by themselves when we travel...goal is nobody leftout or alone. Cell phones are put away most of the time when we travel to avoid lack of focus, lack of group involvement, etc. Parents are welcomed to observe Tuesday night rehearsals. Please make sure that noise is kept to a minimum since we are in the process of instructing & learning. Also know that observers should sit in the end sections of the stadium only. The middle section is used by directors for instruction during the rehearsal. Students only please in the bandroom or school buildings on practice or event nights. Reminders... 1. Spring Trip info and deposit payments should be due to Mr. Henson in October...will post that info when it is confirmed. 2. Crimson Cavalcade is a free event. Band Jamboree tickets are on sale in the band office. $5 per ticket. All proceeds go to OGHS Band. (If you buy at the gate you pay more and the money goes to GHS Band) 3. Home Concession...please see Mr. Henson for the work schedule. 4. WG...invitiations will go out next week. 3 signed/notarized forms & $300 fee via bank check or money order is due on October 1st at the required meeting. No exception. Note: exhibitions are always crowded...the crowd is always huge so the girls will not have time or ability to search out parents for money. Parents should arrive early if they want front side seating. Loaded Guard Bag includes charged cell phone. Last but certainly not least... We thank you parents who go so far above and beyond to make your daughter's group...our Tigerettes at OGHS...run smoothly and efficiently. We appreciate your respect of & understanding of & compliance with group plans/procedures as well as your ability to go with the flow. Our goal is the same as most parents we feel sure...we want the guard program to produce smart, sweet, selfless girls who are responsible, caring, independent, and who display strong talents on field, in the classroom, and in their everyday lives. With two "hectic feeling" weeks ahead of us we ask that you please remember nothing is ever planned to cause student/parent problems, every decision made is well thought out and choices made are those that we feel are the best possible for the good of the group and each of it's members. Please remember too that proper rest, proper nutrition, and good hydration will go a long way to keep everyone healthy and happy so they can enjoy the fruits of their labor. :0) Philippians 4:7...And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.