Boy, we're getting close to Nationals! I'm so excited!
Final payments are due January 27. If you worked a Bronco game, those checks will be cut on January 28th, and I can take those the next day. We just passed out a fundraiser for Trail Mix - $10/bag. In order to get the trail mix in before nationals (some girls want to take bags for breakfast) we need the final due date to be Wednesday the 21, not the 23 as stated yesterday. We can't take late fundraiser sheets, so please mark your calendars! The profit is $4 per bag sold. These will go to individual Nationals (or cheer balance) accounts. 2 for 1 Jamba cards are also on their way shortly. Same deal with the individual accounts. ALSO...we are going to be selling bath bomb "fizzies" at the Colorado School of Mines competition on Jan 24th. Jillian's mom is making the bath bombs to sell, but she needs help! If you are interested in getting in on the bath bomb fundraiser, you'll need to lend a hand. Please contact Jillian or Ms. Vega for the dates/times she's making bath bombs. If you help make and sell, I'll credit the profit to your individual accounts.
Sweats - In the grand tradition of DeSchryver, the short story is I bit off more than I could chew with ordering sweats. If you ordered OPTIONAL sweats this year (and all sweats were optional), I'm going to refund the $60 for sweats to your regular cheer account - if you full cheer account balance is paid and you ordered sweats, I will credit it to your Nationals account. Look for that on your next statement. At this point, if I ordered them the season would pretty much be over by the time they arrive. Remember, not everyone ordered sweats. Don't plan for a credit if you didn't order sweats. Not many of you did overall, so this only affects a few of you.
Flights for your reference for Nationals:
Arrive at Denver Int'l Airport for check in at 10am! Thursday, Feb 5th: United Flight 716 will arrive in Orlando at 6:24pm.
Returning: Feb 9th: United flight 529 will arrive at Denver Int'l at 12:40pm. Please be there for pickup no later than 1pm.
Rooms and food and such: Roommates have been randomly selected for Nationals. There was a great suggestion for roommates to combine items in one checked bag per room and split costs to save money (once checked bag is $25 each way - not included in your price) and give everyone a little extra space for their carry-on. With four girls per room, that's a little over 10 dollars to check and share one big bag. If you are not familiar with TSA guidelines for flying, please familiarize yourself before packing with regards to liquids, carry-on max sizes, max weights for checked luggage, etc. Packing lists are coming soon. Remember, ONE meal per day is already covered in your overall costs (that's Thur, Fri, Sat, Sun AT DISNEY ONLY). You are responsible for the other two and snacky foods. My suggestion is to pack non-perishable breakfast-y type foods like bagels and peanut butter, protein shakes, cereal bars, hard fruit like apples, or instant oatmeal (you can heat water through the coffee pots!) if you want to save money on food. We don't know for certain if we are going to have guaranteed refrigerators. I'm doing my best to find out, but, again, we know that some rooms do have them. An option I just found for each room to look in to if you don't want to travel with any food at all is to visit www.gardengrocer.com - they can deliver food to your room for a reasonable fee, (I think it's $14 total plus the cost of groceries - not bad) but they do ask for some advance planning. They offer a 5% discount if you pre-order three weeks out. www.wegoshop.com is another option that can do a half-hour window for delivery if you want to see if you have a fridge and then make your food choices (their deliver charges are based on total amount spent). These options might be worth a discussion with your roommates. Please call to confirm that they can deliver to Disney property.
Again, please check the calendar for summer plans, tryouts, pre-tryout meetings, and practice schedule if you are planning on trying out for the 15-16 season. We will be doing athlete reviews after we return from Nationals so you can get feedback on the improvements we expect of you before tryouts (skills, attitude, etc) if we offer you a spot on the team for 15-16.
Week upcoming:
Wed, Jan 14: DOUBLE HEADER. GROUPS A and B cheer - NOT stunt groups. Group A arrive after tumbling, Group B arrive at 6:15.
Thu, Jan 15: Practice 1-2:45ish - Aux Gym
Fri, Jan 16: Game. Arrive at 6:15.
Sat, Jan 17: Practice 8-11, aux gym
Sun, Jan 18: NO CONTACT
Mon, Jan 19: Off- no school
Tue, Jan 20: Off - no school
Wed, Jan 21: UE
Thu, Jan 22: Practice 3-5:30
Fri, Jan 23: Game arrive at 6:15
Sat, Jan 24: Colorado School of Mines comp - Medium Varsity AND Game Day! I don't have a schedule yet, but I think it's a morning competition.
Sun, Jan 25: NO CONTACT
Have a great week! We're getting close!
