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Greetings special
friends,
I hope that all of
you had a great Thanksgiving holidays and ready to
finish the next few weeks until Christmas break.
This week I am headed to Iowa for the
Iowa State Drill Team Association State
Championship in Des Moines, Iowa. It is the
largest state contest in the country with over 230
teams competing for state titles.
Many of you as students will be doing research
papers in the coming year for various classes. We
have had so many students request information and
articles on Gussie Nell Davis, the First Lady of
Drill Team and founder of our company. We now have
many of those articles online on our Education
Support Page. Don't forget to take a look!
Here are some thoughts for the day from "Bits and
Pieces":
"Only love can be divided endlessly and still not
diminish." Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906-2001),
aviator and writer
"We need to get worthy of our own selves and
understand that no one is more deserving of our
best behavior than we are." Rochelle Pennington,
writer
"We have only this moment, sparkling like a star
in our hand
and melting like a snowflake. Let us use it before
it is too late." Marie Beynon Ray, writer
"Keep your eye on your heroes, not on your
zeroes."
Robert H. Schuller, clergyman
This month is a special time for the
En Croix groups that may be preparing their
choreography of Praise Dance for Christmas
Pageants in their community. If you would like
more information about starting an En Croix group
in your school or community, visit
www.EnCroix.org.
Thanks to the many directors that have already
pre-registered for 2004 contests. We are already
well ahead of our projections for these events and
cannot wait to see many of you. If you have not
pre-registered for contest, directors can do so by
visiting the Directors
Corner.
This weekend will be our first weekend for
One Day Dance
Workshops in Kansas, Killeen, Houston and
South Texas with many exciting new routines as
well as auditions for Miss High Kick and All
American. Visit our
ADTS One Days page for more information on
these workshops as well as the ADTS presents...Rockettes
and Rangerette
Revelations.
Below is a passage called "Moments in Life," sent
to me by Linda Hall, owner of
Happy Feet Boots. It starts with one of my
favorite lines...."When God closes a door, He
opens a window." I hope that this passage has
meaning to you as it does for me. Have a wonderful
week, and, as always, please keep in touch.
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Joyce E. Pennington
President, CEO
American Dance/Drill
Team®
800/462-5719
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