Ellis Emeralds of Zora Ellis Jr. High School



Sunday, March 29, 2009

Congratulations!

Alex, Amber, Anna, Cate Joseph, Jatonica, Morgan, Mya, Robbyn, Terencea,

What an amazing year you have had! I am so very proud of each of you and I know you know that. Congratulations once again on the 4th place finish at championships and for your placement as Alabama State Runner-up. To finish this well after being promoted earlier in the year is a great accomplishment for each of you young ladies. Mr. McDaniel, Brian and I are VERY proud of you. Keep up the good work!

I also want to tell you thank you for the great trip that you had to Nashville. It is great to travel with such a great group of girls!

By the way, I NEED YOUR PICS! I will put them on the blog if you can either bring me your card from your camera or put them on disc. Email typically does not work well due to file size.

See you tomorrow. Don't forget we have a light practice at 5:30 at ZEJH.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Congrats at Hoover!


Congratulations at Hoover on your 2nd place finish!

I am so proud of the work that you ladies have put forth this year. Wrapping up our last regular season competition and getting ready to head to Nashville seems unreal. Time has really flown. I am so proud of the individual and group improvements that you have made this year. To get promoted to the next class and to actively hang in there with the competition, always finishing in the top of your class is a great accomplishment, something to be extremely proud of.
I am excited as we prepare for Nashville and I look forward to the trip. I hope that you do too!
Enjoy the rest of your spring break and get lots of rest.

>>>notice>>>rehearsal>>>change>>>

We will rehearse on MONDAY, after spring break, immediatly after school until 5:00pm.
We will not rehearse on Tuesday, but will also reahearse on Wednesday until 5:00pm.
**There is a possiblity of a run through on thrusday during 6th period... I will let you know.

I should have the schedule for Nashville on Thrusday. I will post your time on here and I will put the updated itinerary under March 27 on the calendar on www.degaband.com. I am looking forward to a great trip with you guys.
See you after the break!

Sunday, March 8, 2009

Hoover Additional info


Hey Again!

We have decided to do a brief practice for last minute run throughs and such on Friday, right after school until 4:30. Dega Darlins will go for an hour after you and then Dega Addition after that, with everyone being done by 6:30. You are welcome to stay to watch the other groups, but not required to by any means.

Click here for an itinerary for the Hoover Compeition. YOu will get a hard copy on Tuesday.

The Contest is held at Hoover High School.

Friday, March 6, 2009

Hoover

Hey Ladies!

I am sorry for not being with you at practice on Tuesday. I heard that you got some much needed cleaning done with Lacey, which is why I did not cancel practice. Next week is the Hoover Competition. I will post an itinerary soon and give you one in class on Monday.

We will rehearse our normal time on Tuesday (3/10) as soon after school as we can until 5:00.

We will also have a short rehearsal on Wednesday (3/11) as soon after school as possible to 4:30.

Keep in mind that on Friday, all three groups may do a basic run through or last minute fixes. I will let you know about Friday after we see how rehearsals go earlier in the week.

Meanwhile practice at home. I know we always do our best, but we need to make sure that we give it our all at Hoover, our scores at Hoover will determine where we are placed at championships and we need a good spot.

Our performance time so you can tell people coming to see you is 5:16pm. In your class is you, the Pell City Panteras JV and Shades Valley JV.

See you next week!