Region Drill - 2011

Well, it has finally come and gone--Region Drill Competition 2011. And, once again, the MMHS Elleves are the Region 8 DRILL TEAM CHAMPIONS! It was an amazing night.

First, I have a couple of pictures of the team from Wednesday morning, after practice. I do a countdown to Region and State. This year, we are spelling out "Believe" and "Achieve". On Wednesday, the letter was the last "E" in believe. So, the word for e was esprit de corp, which means to be one. So, I made sugar cookies and cut them out in letters and the team had to work together and figure out what they letters spelled.

They finally figured it out--"If we believe, we will achieve! Elleves Take Region!"

Here they are with the cookies.
A closer shot of the cookies.

The team at our Region Team Dinner. The moms did an amazing job. The table was decorated so cute with gold stars and black table covering. The team received cute cheetah print makeup bags! You would have thought it was Christmas. Marci also made them some cute hair bands with flowers made out of fabric. They were so cute too. We wore them for the "Parade of Champions at the beginning of Region and also for the drill down and awards.

Here they are--showing their makeup bags, headband, oh, and the "whoopie pie" that Marci made for them too!

After dinner, we went back to our dressing room and Coach Amber Hall, the volleyball coach and PE teacher at MMHS, came and gave the team a "pep talk". It was awesome, so I hear, I missed it because we had to go to a coach's meeting.

When I came back from the coach's meeting, they were all laying down on the floor and meditating. They stood up and said they were ready and felt relaxed and confident!

Here we are--the 2010-11 Region 8 DRILL TEAM CHAMPIONS!

We ended up getting 1st in Military, 1st in Dance, and 2nd in Kick. It was a surprise to all to get 2nd in kick, and I'm not just saying that! Really, no one saw that one coming. But, oh well, we will get 'em at State. Also, one of my girls, Alexus Poulsen, won 2nd place in the drill down. She has placed at every drill down so far this year!

On our way home back to MMHS, we had the bus "take a main" in Spanish Fork. The bus driver honked the horn and we put the windows down and yelled, "Region Champions!" It was fun!

Now we compete at the State 4A Drill Team Competition next Friday, February 4th at UVU. I'm so excited to see how it all turns out. Good Luck Elleves!