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The Martinez Holiday Parade is Sunday 6 Dec. Meet behind the Kroger on Washington Rd and Ronald Regan Dr at 2pm. CG wears Dress Blues while DT wears DT uniform with black jacket and beret. Shine your shoes.
The LEGION at "The Lake" is on Saturday, 12 Dec 09. We will leave by school bus at 2pm. We should arrive at Points West Army Resort by 2:30pm. Permission slip went home on Monday, 30 Nov and aer due on Mon, 7 Dec 09.The $10 fee covers the cabin rentals and two meals. We return Sunday by 1pm. Please wear yout LEGION shirt!!
LEGION T-shirts on sale now. All $$ due by 15 Oct. Cost is $16. Visit the LEGION wear tab to see these awesome shirts.
The LEGION sleepover is 31 October. Parents - please send in a bag of candy. Cadets report to JROTC portable at 4:30pm. Please pick them up by 10am on Sunday. This sleepover will provide hours of practice time for our very first competition on Saturday, 15 November. It also promotes camaraderie amongst the team. Please support this event. One person out of place puts the entire team behind!!!
LEGION practice is Tue/Thu, 3 - 5:30pm. Beginning 8 Nov 09, practice is Mon/Wed/Fri, 3 - 5pm. After Christmas LEGIONnaires practice every day except Wed., 3 - 5pm.
The New LEGION schedule is posted at the handouts tab. Feel free to print it out and post. Each Legionnaire has a copy.
The LEGION has a sleepover on 31 October to prepare for the upcoming competition at the Citadel in Charleston, SC. Please bring money for dinner at McDonald's. Parents are encouraged to send in drinks and snacks to help sustain the cadets durinf the ALL night practice. Please feel free to drop in to see how your cadets is coming along on the team. Legionnaires report to the JROTC portable at 4pm. Remember to return permission slip. The sleepover packing list is at the handouts tab.
c/1LT Jonathan Echavez is the Commander of the 09/10 LEGION Drill Team. Congratulations!!
Congratulations to Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Shaun Roberts, the LEGION 10-Block Drill Team Commander, Cadet Captain Keri Dobson and Cadet Command Sergeant Major Davis Andrews the 12-Block Commanders and Cadet Master Sergeant Eboni Wall the Unarmed Team Commander for SY 07-08
State Champions in Exhibition Drill and Individual Drill (Tara Wilcox). Other wins include: 2nd Place Individual Exhibition (Kim McCracken), 3rd Place Squad Standard Drill, 5th Place Dual Exhibition (Shaun Roberts and Anthony Rincione).
The Legion competed at Region Area 4 Drill Meet on 10 March. We did very well. Here are our wins:
1st Place Sqd. Exhibition (McCracken, Wilcox, Rincione, Rathkamp, Roberts, Dobson, Ke., Kenney, Garcia, J., Garcia, H., and Lett)
1st Place Sqd Standard
1st Place Female CG (Stilgenbauer, Lopez, Ni., Wilcox, Rathkamp)
1st Place Tara Wilcox Ind. Exh
2nd Place Male CG (Baker, Kerley, Rincione, Roberts)
2ND Place Unarmed Sqd Standard (Jefferson, Lopez, Na., Davis, Dobson, Ky., Dobson, S., Andrews, Anderton, Edge, Wooten, and Willis)
3rd Place William Kenney Individual Exhibition
3rd Place Shaun Roberts/Anthony Rincione Duo
3rd Place Tara Wilcox Knockout Drill
5th Place Kim McCracken Individual Exhibition
5th Place Shaun Roberts Individual Exhibition
Our next competition is the Georgia Army State at Fort Gordon on 24 March. Come and support your Legion Drill Team!!
The Drill Team placed 2nd inExhibition Drill and 4th in Regulation Drill at Clemson(24 FEB) last week and placed 3rd in Exhibition and 3rd overall this weekend (3 Mar) in Dahlonega. The Legion brought home 7 trophies!! Way to go DT!! Individual trophies went to:
c/SSG William Kenney - 1st Place in Individual Exhibition Drill and 1st Place Knockout
c/2LT Tara Wilcox - 2nd Place Individual Exhibiton Drill
c/SFC Keri Dobson - 3rd Place Knockout
Please use the packing list on the handouts page for the sleepover this weekend. I need all cadets to stay. Please get your paperwork in.
The 100.00 payment for the Nationals is due on 9 March. Please get all of your paperwork signed. Remember that the medical statement MUST be notorized.
We have Saturday practice on 17 March at 2pm - 3pm for Color Guard and 3pm - 5pm for Drill Team. Free Pizza for all who attend.
I will host two more sleepovers/team practices this season on 9 and 23 March. These sleepovers are on the nights before our last competitions (Area 4 at EHS on 10 March and State at Fort Gordon on 24 March). Please plan to attend these practices. We will depart from the school on the following mornings. Your team needs you present for the practices. Look for the permission slips soon. There is NO COST for these competitions. A lunch and light breakfast will be provided for each of these competitions. Parents, please consider sending in food, drink, or dessert item for dinner during the sleepovers. Thank you in advance.
Effective, Monday 4 December, practice for Drill Team is Mon 3:00 -4:00pm and Fri 3:00 - 4:30; Tues and Thurs 3:00 - 5:00pm. Drill Team members on the Color Guard will report for CG practice from 3 - 4 and then report to DT practice from 4-5pm.
The list below is the Drill Team events/competitions competed in last year expect a similar schedule this year minus the Eastern Region and National competitions.
Drill Team Schedule SY 07/08
5 September 2008 - Performance at Instructors Ball, Fort Gordon
18 October 2008 - Bulldog Drill Meet, Charleston, SC (Citadel)
28 January 2009 - Columbia County Drill Meet, Harlem High School
19 February 2009 - May Park Drill Exhibition, Augusta, GA
29 February 2009 - South Eastern Drill Meet, Dahlonaga, GA
7 March 2009 - Area 4 Drill Meet, Evans High School
14 March 2009- Saturday practice, 2 - 5pm.
21 March 2009 - State Drill Meet, Fort Gordon, GA
(Exact date TBD) April 2008 - Griffin Drill Meet
1- 4 May 2009 - National Drill Meet, Daytona, FL