Blog Information for Each AF Group

Parents, below is the blog information for each individual group with AF. Thank you.

AF Open
http://americanforkcolorguard.blogspot.com/

AF A Guard
http://americanforkaguard.blogspot.com/

AF B Guard
http://afbguard.blogspot.com/

Wasatch Academy
http://wasatchacademyguard.blogspot.com/

Wasatch Independent
http://wasatchindependentguard.blogspot.com/

Congratulations

Congratulations to Matt Campbell and Madi Young on making the A Guard.

And, congrats to Kayleigh Bowden for getting promoted to the Open Guard!

Audition Results

I am sorry - I forgot to add these two from an earlier audition:

B Guard
Meagan Carlson

Wasatch Academy
Sadie Nicholson

Thank you.

B Guard & Wasatch Academy Results

B GUARD
Courtney Thomas
Sydney Wells
Becca Izatt
Savannah Wing
Nichelle Knudson
Keats Blair
Elliot Ramirez
Brooklynn Bradford
Laila Nelson
Kalyssa Turner
Nalissa Hansen
Alyssa Faislev
Kaitlin Marchant
Kady Przybyla
Sabrina Cline
Britney Hurst
Presly Richarda
Carrie Prusse
Allie Degroff
Sidney Shupe
Emily Farnsworth
Mikayla Dicou
Natalie Southam
Halie Allphin
Rachel Nilsson
Brittany Freitas
Elise Thomas
Kaylee Ashcraft
Eleanor Miller
Taylor Whittington
Meagan Zabriskie 
Megan Carlson
CAPTAIN: Halie Allphin
CO-CAPTAIN: Rachel Nilsson

Congratulations. Our first practice is December 2 from 6-7:45am at the junior high (new gym). See you then. 

WASATCH ACADEMY
Hallie Wing
Camryn Hansen
Calleigh Manseau
Emery Gilles
Alice Hayward
Harlie Tisdale
Breelle Miller
Shelsey Cleveland
Avery Sadler
Emma Jensen
Madeline Edwards
Mattie Neves
Megan Ashcraft
Kristen Pace
Maegan Barney
Alyssa Roylance
Sadie Nicholson
Congratulations. Our first rehearsal is December 3 from 5:30-7:30pm at the HS band room. See you then. 

Open & A Guard List

Open Guard 2013

Hannah Smith

Kylee Ciriako

Kenzie Carter

Ali Cleveland

Taylie Turner

Clarissa Ferry

Maddy Statham

Madison Brown

Katey Gordan

Emily Zabriskie

Heather Moody

Rachel Dallin

Sabrina Davis

Erin Williams

Allie Brower

Cardon Schiess

Adrienn Taft

Mckayla Jenson

Bronte Knowlton

Janelle Abram

Kat Patterson

Arianna Taylor
Kayleigh Bowden

Captains

Guard Captain - Madison Brown

Weapon Captain - Hannah Smith

Weapon Co-Captain - Maddy Statham

Flag Captain - Arianna Taylor

*Weapons for Open will be determined soon. We need to reschedule saber auditions.

A Guard Flags 2013

Natalie Schmuhl

Julia Mather

Nick Baker  (need to talk to Tiffany)

Emily Lambert

Elyse Johnson

Rose Vin Zant

Morgan Krull

Savanah Knowlton

Kariane Lemmon

Ashley Manseau

Julia Toomey

Matt Campbell
Madi Young

A Guard Weapons

Katelynn Stienbrenner

Emily Ashcraft

Mckayla Ebert

Anna Hafen

Rachael Kimball

Alli Gilbert

Emma Lind
Brice Jorgensen
Yngwie LaCrue

Guard Captain – A Guard

Alli Gilbert

Flag Captains – A Guard

Kariane Lemmon

Julia Mather

Color Guard Auditions

Open & A Guard Auditions:
October 24th from 6:30-8:30pm @ AFHS North Gym

C & B Guard Auditions:
November 23rd from 8-12noon

Vision

"If you are working on something exciting that you really care about, you don't have to be pushed. The vision pulls you."
-Steve Jobs

Band Camp Info

Monday: Pirate Day

Tuesday: Disney Day

Wednesday: Celebrity Day

Thursday: Band Geek Day (wear your new band shirt)

What to bring to Band Camp

(This should all fit in a duffel bag or suitcase) (Please put your name on everything)

Equipment bag WITH equipment

Secret Spinner Gift (only need one)

Sack Lunch for Monday at Band Camp

Food assignment

Water jug (Harts size)

Sleeping Bag

Foam sleeping pad

Pillow

Shower stuff, towels, wash cloth, soap, shampoo etc.

Toiletries, deodorant, tooth brush, paste etc.

Personal medications

Sunscreen!!!!!

Hat!!!

Swim Suit

Sweatshirt (It might be cold in the morning)

Clothes for 4 days

Rain poncho or rain jacket

Lip balm (No Carmex)

Music, Drill book and Technique books w/pencil

A work hard and positive attitude!

Flags Song 2 Breakdown

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwghTmB70Os7M0JGeFpiS3N2VGs/edit?usp=sharing

Make-Up for Parade

 

Eyes - NYC 924 in the Navy eyeliner
         NYC 905 Gossip girl eye shadow
         NYC 910 In vogue eye shadow
         NYC 909 Manhattan gaze eye shadow

Hard Candy 062 bad reputation (from field show and winterguard)

Blush - Covergirl - Cheekers #105 rose silk

Lipstick - NYC 405 Blue Rose (really bright so I added a little of purple eye shadow to darken)

 (lips in picture are not correct)

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Foundation #1 - A little goes a long ways
2. Powder
3. Eyes - brown - cover all of eyelid with brown eye shadow 
4. Eyes - next take purple eye shadow and go along the crease of your eyelid
5. Eyes - blue eyeliner - thin line across eyelid right above your eyelashes; and underneath eyes just below eyelashes
6. Eyes - blue eye shadow - follow the eyeliner both over the top and underneath eyes
7. Eyes - purple eye shadow - a small line just underneath the blue eyeliner on the bottom eyelashes
8. Eyes - white eye shadow - brush a little underneath your eyebrow and in the corner of the eye where the eyeliner starts
9. Eyelashes - mascara 
10. Blush - cheekbones
11. Lipstick - bright pink - after the pink is on, dab a little of the purple eyeshadow on the bottom lip; rub lips together to darken the pink

Weapons (Summer 2013)

Rifles
Maddy
Madison
Kenzie
Hannah
Emily
Ali
Rachel Dallin
Kayla
Erin Williams
Taylie
Erin Cowan
Kylee
Katey
Clarissa
Bronte
Allie Brower

Sabers
Maddy
Kenzie
Madiosn
Hannah
Rachel Dallin
Emily
Ali
Kayla
Erin Williams

Upcoming Rehearsals

Wednesday, May 8:

MB/CG Rehearsal 3-5:30pm at the high school

Wednesday, May 15:

MB/CG Rehearsal 3-5:30pm at the high school

Wednesday, May 22:

MB/CG Rehearsal 3-5:30pm at the high school

Wednesday, May 29:

MB/CG Rehearsal 3-5:30pm at the high school

Saturday, June 1:

UMEA Marching Band Clinic (more info to come)

New Members

Congratulations to our newest members:

Emily Lambert
Rose Vin Zant
Mickinley Briggs
Julia Mather
Kati Heath
Caitlin Kammerman (Alternate)
Alexis Lozano (Alternate)

See you at the step off meeting tomorrow night - 7pm at the high school auditorium.

Captain Results

Below are the new captains for the 2013-2014 American Fork Color Guard. Please know that this decision was extremely difficult as there were so many wonderful candidates . Thank you for your support of our newest captains:

Guard Captain
Madison Brown

Weapon Captain
Hannah Smith

Weapon Co-Captain
Maddy Statham

Flag Captain
Arianna Taylor

Flag Co-Captain
Alli Gilbert

Psych-Up Captain
Taylie Turner

Leadership 2013-2014
Rachel Dallin
Erin Williams
McKenzie Carter
Allie Brower

Audition Reslults

If you don't see your name on the list, please plan on attending the second set of auditions (info on the post below). Thank you.

2012-2013

Allison Nilsson

Arianna Taylor

Erin Cowan

Kat Patterson

McKayla Jensen

Bronte Knowlton

Savanah Knowlton

Sabrina Davis

Heather Moody

Taylie Turner

Madison Brown

Allie Brower

Morgan Krull

Savannah Blight

McKayla Ebert

Laney Riddle

Rachel Dallin

Emily Ashcraft

Kayla Gibson

Ashley Manseau

Kaleigh Bowden

Adrienn Taft

Kylee Ciriako

Alli Gilbert

Emma Lind

Natalie Schmuhl

Hannah Smith

Brice Jorgensen

Elyse Johnson

Kayla Livingston

Clarissa Ferry

Kariane Lemmon

Kayla Roylance

Yngwie LaCrue

Katelynn Steinbrenner

Emily Zabriskie

Sarah Ostler

Rachael Kimball

Katey Gordon

Ali Cleveland

Anna Hafen

Julia Toomey

McKenzie Carter

Erin Williams

Cardon Schiess

Maddy Statham

2013 Color Guard Auditions

Hello Everyone,

Thank you for your interest in joining the American Fork High School Color Guard. We are planning on a 40-55 member color guard this year as we prepare for parades, field show, and BOA Grand Nationals.

Below you find information regarding auditions.

Dates for Auditions...
We will be holding our final audition on April 27th, 2013 from 8-12 noon. Registration will be in the band room at the high school, and auditions will be held in the north gym. For those at the junior high, we will be there the 24th and 25th (A1-A3 and B1-B3) in Mrs. Scott's class teaching a short dance class. If you can make it, we would love to have you join us on those days.

What to expect...
You do NOT need experience to be a member of the AFHS Color Guard. We will begin auditions with a stretch, across the floors, flag technique, and a short flag routine. Around 11 a.m. we will begin the audition process. You will NOT be auditioning alone. You will be in groups of at least 5.

What to wear...
Please come prepared in dance attire, or clothes that you can move easily in. NO jeans or sweats please. Dance pants and gym shorts are best.

What to prepare for...
We will teach you everything you need to know on the 27th. However, coming with a positive attitude is best. Also, dance experience is great - but not mandatory to audition.

If you have any questions, please contact Tiffany Miller at afcolorguard@gmail.com.

We look forward to seeing you on the 27th. 

Auditions

Important Info

Hello Members and Parents, 

Below is A LOT of information - please make sure to look it over carefully and let me know if you have any questions. 

I have attached to the documents tab the clean up assignments for Saturday after the competition. This is for ALL open and A guard members. Each of you is required to stay until everything is clean. PLEASE make sure you do this. If you don't, I am left by myself cleaning up - often until after midnight. (Last year, I was left cleaning the band room because it wasn't done.) Please help me out. I will have been there all morning and night. Everyone will need to check out with me before you leave and I will mark you off. Please do not throw away any signs - I have paid to have them laminated so that we can use them again next year. 

Also attached is the food assignments (for open only). This is for the band dads and directors. Please make sure you do this as well. If you just can't, you need to let me know so I can ask an A guard member. Also, if you would like to switch with another member, that is fine - just make sure to tell Gretchen!

We will be setting up Friday night instead of Saturday morning (as I stated in my email earlier in the week). Captains are required to be there - but we could use more help. Please let me know if you can be there. We will start at 6pm. If we can get a lot of people to help, we can be done by 7 or 7:30. That means, call time for the open captains on Saturday is now noon.

The A and Open guard will be having one rehearsal during spring break. We know this is not ideal, but we can't go all week before championships with no rehearsal. Both groups will be rehearsing Thursday morning from 8-11am. We know that this is not a lot of rehearsal time, but we do want you to enjoy your spring break as well. 

I have audition dates for summer and field 2013 (please remember you must be in summer and field to march in A or Open guard for 2014). The date is April 13th from 8-2pm. If you are auditioning for a weapon, we will be having those on April 12th from 3-6pm. (You will still need to be at the Saturday audition.)

Lastly, I know a lot of you are waiting for summer guard camp dates. I have been working with Pancho to try and figure these out. He is now working 2 jobs, so it is a little harder for him to get time off - especially so far in advance. We are going to try something a little different for this year. As of now, we will most likely be holding a weapon camp sometime the week of June 17-21. Then we will have a flag/weapon camp hopefully the week of July 29th. I apologize that this is all of the information I have right now. As soon as I know more, I will let you know.

Thank you for all you do. 

Tiffany

Weekly Email

Monday: Rehearsal 6-8:30am

warm up on own - 10 min.

6:15-7:00 very ending after flag feature

7:00-8:15 stump entrance

8:15 run

Wednesday: Rehearsal 6-9am

10 min stretch, 15 min movement, 15 min technique

6:45-7:30 clean ending (what worked on Monday)

7:30-8:00 clean slow mo, work rifle from under leg to 45 toss

8:00-8:30 work rifle entrances 

Thursday PM: Rehearsal 5-8:30pm

10 min stretch, 15 min movement, 25 min technique

6-7 1st half - clean!!

7-7:45 clean second half

7:45-8:15 work entrance & exit

8:15 2 runs 

Fold floor correctly for Regional

February 2nd Show @ Northridge

Great show at Northridge. I think it was a great start to the season!

Farewell to Bailey

So, I realize this post is LONG over due. But I wanted to express my thanks to Bailey for EVERYTHING he did for me and our AF Guard program. He was such an amazing person. We will miss him so much. Here is a list of things Bailey did while at American Fork:

• He worked at AF from December 2009-January 20113
• Director of A Guard 2010 (with Cory) - "Dreams Do Come True" (http://youtu.be/GhowVA1Dbu4 )
• Summer & Fall 2010 - 2011 Assistant Director 
• Director of A Guard 2011 - "Reality is Perspective" (http://youtu.be/y4_zJtZs1h8)
• Assistant Director Winter 2012 - "Lake of the Divided Swans" (http://youtu.be/_7CMZWmtYnM)
• Assistant Director Fall & Winter 2012 - 2013 (The Agency & The Giving Tree)

Here are the things that Bailey did for our program to make us grow. I am so thankful that we have gained these tools from him to continue to make us better:

• Assisted in organizing, running, and teaching the students on a daily basis
• Drove the advancement of the overall technical facility of the program
• Brought a different perspective to the AF program regarding choreography and dance work/training
• Worked to advance the skills and achievement level of all the participating students
• Helped to ensure the program's advancement toward higher levels of competition and performance 

We love you Bailey and miss you already. Good luck in your future adventures. Thanks for the adventures you gave us! 

 

Family Night Performance

Here's your performance from last night. Great job guys!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nYD2hsZqRo&feature=share&list=UUs3uQq0ZItRK4b_qXRhxwtg