So, it has been about a month since my last post, so I am playing "catch up" on my blog. This post is some of the things my drill team has been doing the past month. This first picture is of the Elleves and the "Maleves", which is the male drill team for MMHS. Yes, I said male. During Homecoming Week, they had a powder puff football game where the girls have teams that play each other and for the halftime entertainment, there is a male drill team. We called them the "Maleves".
The officers on the drill team taught a routine to the boys during lunch and they were really excited about it. They kept asking me what were there going to wear. At Payson, we always would dig up some old drill team outfit that they could wear. Well, at a new school we don't have old uniforms, we don't even have new uniforms! HA HA So, I didn't quite know what we would have them wear. Well, I thought about calling my aunt Lisa who coaches the drill team at my alma mater, Juab High. Their colors are the same as Maple Mountain's school colors, so maybe she could round up some old uniforms that we could borrow.
So, Scott and I drove down to Nephi one evening and met Lisa at the school. She had found some old uniforms. Little did I know, they were uniforms that I had wore! How funny is that! So, in this picture, the Maleves are wearing maroon and gold sequin tops that were from the 1986 Juab High School ProVita!
The Maleves were such a hit at the Powder Puff football game, that they also performed in the Homecoming Assembly. Here are the Elleves just before performing "The Edge Routine" from BDT Camp. They were so excited to perform this routine. They wore their hair down and it is a little bit of an "angry" routine--so they get to show a little bit of attitude with it.
That night for the Homecoming Football game, we performed a routine that was choreographed by the drill team president and drill mistress. It was to a Celine Dion song called, "River Deep, Mountain High". It was a fun routine which included some kicks, aerials, a la seconde turns, and some attitude leaps--all of which were performed awesome! They looked very good, especially in their new sequin dresses that we had just got!
My seamstress has originally made them for the Blaze dancers, but I guess the Blaze went under, so she was looking to sell them to someone for a good price, just so she could get rid of them. So, we tried them on and she agreed to line them with maroon trim and make some maroon shorts to wear under them. We were set. They looked fantastic on the football field under the "Friday night lights". I was so proud of them! This picture isn't the greatest--I think the setting on my camera was on something weird, so it looks a little yellowish.
That following Monday, we started our first Jr. Drill Clinic. It was very successful! We had almost 100 participants! Here are a few pictures of the girls teaching at the clinic:
We have one more home game on October 22nd and then it is full speed ahead to competition! Our first one is on December 5th--it will be here before we know it.
Hanging out:
Scottie enjoying the yummy desserts!
Ryan, taking a break in the stroller:
Jason, Kaycee, Emmalee (she's in the stroller sleeping!) and Amanda joined us for the event:
Em, Ethan, Madeline, Dad, and Zach:
Casey and Sophie:
Ryan and Dallin playing on the lake shore:
Still hanging out enjoying the sunshine!
Great Grandma Sandra holding baby Emmalee:
All the family that was there:
I think we were only missing Hollie. Seated next to my dad are Eliana's parents that were here visiting from Spain.
On October 2nd, the Elleves performed their award-winning hip hop routine. They were very excited to perform this routine, since it was the routine that they had performed at BDT Camp when they won the "Performance Night Champions" trophy. Once again, they looked awesome. I got a lot of compliments on how great our drill team is--their performances at halftime are always the highlight of the games! Here they are just before the performance:
