Oh, my aching back!

Floor painting is not for old ladies. I wish someone had videotaped Sara and I pulling the floor out by ourselves. Alot of grunting and groaning, but, we managed. We wrestled that 300 pound monster and showed it who's boss!! Thank you to Jana and Dori who came out to help Sara, Heath, and I. The floor looks fantastic. More fun to be had today!! I hope my back holds up.

Best Weekend EVER!

Great rehearsals this weekend! I am sooooooo excited about this season and this group of performers! Thank you to everyone for your hard work.

Floor painting next weekend on Friday at 6pm. So exciting!!

Yay for Practice!

The last rehearsals before the holiday!

This weekend's rehearsals are as follows:

Friday 6pm - 10pm

Saturday 9am - 9pm

Don't forget to wear dance black and bring your magic eraser!!

Happy Holidays!!

Happy Holidays to All!

Have a look at this!

Here are some interesting statistics I found by stalking the WGI website.

Here is how the Independent A classification stacks up right now:

There are 64 guards registered for prelims at Worlds. Of those 64 guards,

35 are new from last year, 29 return from last year.

32 guards that competed in our class last season, did not register for Worlds this season. 8 guards from last season, were bumped to Open Class. We wish them good luck!!!

World Championships Schedule

Here is the schedule for World Championships in Dayton. YAY!

Schedule Overview

Thursday, April 10

UD Arena
SA Prelims - Morning
SO Prelims - Evening

Nutter Center
SA Prelims - Morning
SO Prelims - Evening

Dayton Convention Center
IA Prelims - All Day

James Trent Arena
IO Prelims - Evening

Friday, April 11

UD Arena
SW Prelims - Morning
IW Prelims - Afternoon
A Class Finals - Evening

Nutter Center
IA Semi-Finals - Morning
SO Semi-Finals - Afternoon

Dayton Convention Center
SA Semi-Finals - Morning

Saturday, April 12

UD Arena
Open Class Finals - Morning
World Class Finals - Evening WE WILL BE ATTENDING THIS EVENT

You talkin to me?

Dear Santa

All I want for Christmas is peace.........and quiet.

We love you Cuatney!

Good luck to Courtney and the girls!! We will be thinking about you and will be anxious to have you back with us again.

Love you.

I'm so excited.

Just how excited are you? Do you think about the show constantly? Do you stalk the other guards in our division, to see what their show concepts are? Do you watch the WGI website for final entries into world championships? If you have said YES to any of these questions, you are officially excited. Only 32 days until Field Day, and I have to say, I could not be any more psyched about our show’s premiere. The combination of work, drill, music, flags, and costuming, are gorgeous. I cannot wait to see everyone in full costume, all shined up and perty. How lucky I am to have such a great group of performers. I hope they know how lucky THEY are.

Gracefully and Grandly

Rehearsals this weekend went extremely well. Thanks to the members for their hard work. They were breathy all weekend! It is hard to believe that there are only 33 days left until field day!! The Christmas party was fun and our own America's Next Top Model was a riot! Pictures to come!

The Future is Now

From the SCGC website:

New Sound Technology for 2008

This season the sound guys will be testing a unit that will play wav or mp3 files directly from a flash drive. It will be with sound tech, Doug England's system & if it works well enough the circuit will purchase another one for the 2009 season. So go out & buy a cheap USB Flash Drive & put just your performance track on it & we will see how it goes!!! It wouldn't hurt to have a back up CD just in case :)

Hey! I want a flash drive that looks like a hamburger...how cool is that?

Don't forget your gloves for practice...

Here is a clip from a bulletin that was sent by one of our fellow independent guards, to their members:

NOTES :: This weekend’s rehearsal facility is provided FREE OF CHARGE by Gottsacker Commercial Real Estate. Bring layers of clothes to wear – the facility is heated to 50 degrees. Bring shoes to wear during block as we will be on a cement floor. There will be no kitchen facilities available so plan your lunch accordingly.

Wow, are we lucky.

We love you POOPS!

Keep Jennifer in your thoughts, as she travels to Colts camp this weekend. She and her fellow corps mates have suffered a tragic loss of one of their members, and this weekend will be especially hard for her.

We love you Poops. We wish you safe travels home to us!

Capella Christmas Celebration

The Capella Christmas party is this Friday! Rehearsals this weekend are Friday 6pm - 10pm and Saturday 9am - 9pm.

Don't forget your party "stuff" and to "don" your very best Capella t-shirt for the festivities.

Looking forward to seeing everyone! Happy HO HO! M. Abe

Bah Humbug, No More!

I have had a really hard time, getting into the Christmas spirit, this year. It is not that I don't love the holidays. I am just so busy, that I don't have time for the holidays.

I received the nicest gift EVER last night from Sara and Drew. They put my wreath on the door, and put up my Christmas tree. It is all decorated and was lit up when I arrived home last night from work. AND, they picked up the new Harry Potter, which I had not yet seen.

I heart them. They saved my holiday.

The weekend is here!

Yay for rehearsals! Tonight is 6pm - 10pm and tomorrow is 9am - 9pm.

Yay for uniform fittings!

See you all tonight!!

M. Abe

Capella Gear

Be on the lookout for your email regarding our Christmas Party on December 14th and ordering your Capella Gear!! It should be in your in-box sometime tonight!! Order forms are due NO LATER than December 14th.

Do you like my gnome?

Just when you think you have seen it all...

The newest rage in sports bra fashion.

December is Here!!

December has arrived, way too soon for me. I have not yet even thought about my tree, shopping, or holiday plans. I need to get BUSY!

December just reminds me that we need to get our show cleaned and ready for Field Day. The gang is working so hard and they look fantastic.

I am glad that fall marching season is over, so that all of our members can be at all rehearsals, from this point on. It has been difficult, since our members are all very involved in their marching bands, drum corps, and all that colorguard entails. They are a talented and devoted group. We are very lucky!!

Happy December! Note to self: Christmas = 21 days away