Hello, hello, hello, I pray that all of you are BLESSED by our almighty GOD! I truly am!
We know that we will add the SWEAT SUITS ($50) to the uniform. The sweat suit will belong to your child and will NOT be returned to the club at the end of the season.
An optional item is the CHEER bag. The cost is $10 and all items can fit in the bag!
EARLY START DATE FOR PRACTICE: We will NOT have 100 girls trying to get ready for competition at the same time. It takes too much of Johnyce’s time. We will also try to get the music and a CD for the girls to use to get the moves down early.
COMMUNICATION: Parents, it’s important that you listen to updates. We need to be able to contact everyone, however, we intend to use E-MAIL. We are getting our new website updated and intend to update it with the same information that will be posted through e-mail. PLEASE READ the REGISTRATION BOOKLET as well. It will have updated information in it. It’s very disappointing to hear parents say they didn’t know about the banquet or that they had to purchase body wear for their girls to participate in the program and didn’t know about it. It’s all in the registration book.
VOLUNTEERS: We need all of you to devote some volunteer time to the club, if you can! Volunteer to work at concessions (Linda Marshall is the point of contact) or help control the girls during and after the games, pick up snacks, or whatever you see is needed. There are a lot of good parents, who definitely stepped up and helped this past year and we appreciate you! We’re sorry that you weren’t recognized during the season, but maybe we can find a way to make that happen as well.
TEAM MOMS/DADS: Team parents are a vital part of keeping us organized. We didn’t coordinate this effort as well as we should have, but this year we will do better. This year we will be clear as to who the team moms/dads are and get information to them earlier. She/He will be your main point of contact after the season begins! They should have the schedules and any team information, i.e. picture info, schedule changes, competition information, and any other updates. Since this is an important part of running the program, please do NOT volunteer if you don’t want phone calls from your parents, or if you don’t want to make phone calls to alert parents of changes, or if you just don’t have the time! If it gets on your nerve to tell the girls to change out of their uniforms after they cheer, then this is not the job for you!
REGISTRATION: It’s very important that you register as close to the July camp as possible. Although, we will not have to order many uniforms, we will have to order shoes and sweat suits. Sweat suits will NOT be ordered without full payment.
UNIFORMS: Distribution of uniforms will be at registration, first come, first served. If your daughter requires a new midriff or navy boy shorts, you need to order them at the time of registration. PLEASE DO NOT have your daughter at competition with a DIRTY white midriff. It was embarrassing to see the numerous young ladies at competition who had dirty body wear, and dirty vests. If you have a problem with washing her uniform, she can do it herself. You just wash it in the sink or bathtub. If that’s still a problem, bring it to me and we will see what we can do to show you how to keep the uniform clean. THIS YEAR EVERY GIRL MUST CHANGE OUT OF HER UNIFORM AFTER EVERY PERFORMANCE. She can either buy one of the BULLDOG tee shirts or bring clothes to change into. The uniforms look horrible when they are FILTHY! If the girls don’t respect for the uniform, we will have to order new ones, which may cause an increase in our registration fee. Any way, to keep it short, BRING A CHANGE OF CLOTHES or we will collect the uniforms after each performance. It’s a SIMPLE request and if your daughter can’t or won’t comply, please don’t register her this year.
PRACTICE/SUMMER CAMP: The number one concern is that you have your daughter/son at practice and performances on time and that you pick them up on time. For the summer camp we need the girls to wear a white tee shirt with navy blue shorts, socks and tennis shoes. You can find great deals on Soffee shorts right now. They are less than $5. Any white tee shirt will do. It can have non-offensive writing on it as well.
SHOES: Shoes will be ordered one month prior to competition. SHOES and SOCKS will be distributed as soon as they are received.
BANQUET: PARENTS the banquet fee is included in the registration fee, so please bring your daughters to the banquet at the end of the season. It will be at the LaFontaine Bleu again this year. For those who need to know, we have it there because it’s the only venue that will support the amount of attendees that we have each year. The price is also a factor. Other places can’t match the price.
RESERVED BANQUET SEATING: We ask that all athletes arrive not later than 6:15PM, so they can be seated prior to guests. This year the athletes will sit in the seats to the left and right of the stage beginning with Soccer to the left and continuing until all football players are seated. The cheerleaders and older football players (95, 110, 125,150, and unlimited pounds will be seated to the right of the stage. Team moms will assist with getting the players organized and ready to receive their trophies.
THERE will be a SLIDE SHOW. We had one prepared this year, however, It wasn’t shown because the music man didn’t show up. I know that I should’ve shown it any way, but I dropped the ball! MY BAD!
Take care and have a BLESSED life.
Benita Jackson, 301-792-0556
