SHOWTIME INTERNATIONAL OFFICER LEADERSHIP CAMP

El Paso Commuter, June 11-13, 2001

 

June 11, 2001

 

8 - 9 am      Registration -- Please arrive at registration dressed ready to dance for your Home Routine.

10:00        Home Routine Evaluation.  Place:  Eastwood HS Main Gym

11 -12       Orientation.  Introduce Staff. Roll call.  Review of Schedule and Explanation of Classes. Session I:  What is an officer?  Duties, where do I go from here. Officer self-image.Keeping a Notebook.Stretch Routine-DeeDee.  Announcements.

12-1:30       Lunch on your own. 

1:30-5:45     Dance Instruction.  Celebration Dance-DeeDee:  "Mary, Mary" Routine #1:  Jazz-Sarah, "What's Up, Come On"  Routine #2:  Pom-Trudie, "Freestyler."  Announcements.

            Leap and Turn Technique.Choose the intermediate class- Sarah or the advanced class- Trudie.

4:00        Directors Meeting

5:45-7:15    Dinner is on your own

7:15-7:35p   Review Jazz & Pom.  

7:35-8:15     Learn the Choreography Assignment-Trudie, "Charlie's Angels" Theme.All officers will learn a portion of the routine. 

8:15-9:00    Choreography Workshop-Trudie:  how to count out music, formations, listening for emphasis, selecting music, how to choreograph a routine, adapting a routine to a different piece of music, camp jazz to band music, camp pom to band music with different props. 

9:00-9:15    Captains learn next 32 counts of Choreography Assignment. 

9:15        Cool Stuff, Ripples, Skits or Chants.  Review tomorrow's schedule.  Select either Routine #1 or #2 and begin perfecting it for Final Evaluation.  No entrance and exit will be judged.  Know Your Director sheets.Discuss routines for tomorrow's class routines.Vote for "Most Admired."  Announcements. 

9:30         Choreograph on your own for Evaluation tomorrow.Your director may not help with choreography. 

 

June 12, 2001

 

8:00         Roll call, stretch, kick technique, kick pattern.  Review Jazz & Pom.

9:00         Sessions:  Motivation.  Drill Team Organization.  Yearly calendar, roll call, all paperwork, demerits, probation, weekly details, organizing a practice, planning summer practices, summer tryouts for each routine, planning football performances. 

            Assign Goals Sheets.Directors are encouraged to fill in goals sheets with your officers. Leadership Projects Homework Sheets.

10:00        Choreograph on your own for Choreography Assignment.

11:45         Directors' Meeting.

11:45-1:00    Lunch on your own.

1:30-2        Choreography Evaluation with your instructor. Criteria: Completion, polish, staying with the theme, emphasis on strong beats, originality. No entrance and exit are judged.

2-3          Instruction. Session III.Discipline, Voice Control, Confidence, Commanding Authority, Posture, Session IV. How to Teach. Notes on teaching, Polishing & Perfecting, Memorizing a Routine. 

3--5:15       Dance Instruction 

                        Class 1:  Int. Pom, "Hyper Mix #2"(DeeDee)

                        Class 2:  Int. Hip Hop Funky Jazz, "Bombs over Baghdad"(Trudie)

                        Class 3:  Int. Lyrical, "One Voice" (Sarah)

5:15-7         Dinner on your own.

7-7:30p       Evaluation on Class Routines with your instructor.

7:30-9         Session V:  Working with the other officers.  Working with your Team. Stress Management. Nutrition. National College Auditions January 12, 2002, Dallas/Ft. Worth Area.  Review Jazz, Pom.  Check "Know Your Director" sheets.Vote for "Most Admired." Cool Stuff.T-shirts for Sale. 

9:00          Practice on Final Evaluation. 

 

June 13, 2001

 

8:30          Stretch.  Turn in Goals Sheets to Staff Buddy. Leadership Projects Homework turned in. Review Jazz & Pom. 

9:15          Group Dynamics - Sarah

10:00         Session V:  Working with your Band & your Director. Time Management. Procrastination. Personal Organization. Cool Stuff. 

11:00          Practice on your own. 

12-1:00        Lunch on your own.

1:00-3:00       Camp Jazz or Pom Evaluation.  Entrance & exit are not scored. 

               Demonstrate Celebration Routine

               Demonstrate Class Routines

               Awards. Closing Session

3:00            Camp over.