- Wear comfortable clothing for a marching rehearsal. Please wear appropriate shoes! We would like everyone to wear their AVS t-shirts during the event. We will be doing promotional videos/pictures for future events. Stadium restrooms will be open for people to change.
- Bring water jugs. Water will be provided on-site as well. Hydrate ahead of time!
- WEAR SUNSCREEN! It will be warm by late a.m., and we aren’t all conditioned to the return of warmer weather yet. Hats and sunglasses are a great idea as well.
Check-in will be near the stadium entrance.
Williams Field HS – 2076 S. Higley Road, Gilbert
Enter the parking area off Higley Road and park in the NE lot closest to the stadium. Check-in will be near the stadium entrance.
Schedule for the day
8:00 AM Check-in receive name tags and meet and greet other students!
8:30 Start all together for introductions and quick discussions.
8:45 Break out into drill learning technique stations with Abe Garcia, Mason Tanquary, and Anthony Clark. Students will be learning important drill concepts, including; Follow the Leader, maintaining lines and forms, rotating forms, and curvilinear shapes.
10:30 Break
10:45 Basic visual fundamentals and techniques for becoming and effective performer and leader.
12:00 Lunch
1:00 split into 2 groups. Group A will work on body awareness through a dance clinic taught by Brooklyn Jorgenson. Group B will learn the Criteria of the Judges’ Sheets, How and What the Judges are looking for in a visual program. The groups will then switch at 2:20 with a 5-minute break.
3:45 Everyone will meet back together in the Gym for a unified Dance piece put together and taught by Brooklyn Jorgenson.
4:30 Wrap up and End!
VERY IMPORTANT!!
Students, Directors, and staff must download the Ultimate Drill Book app to their cell phones and sign up for a free account before the event day. Please make sure this is done ahead of time! Accommodations will be made at the site if a student does not have a cell phone. We will follow up with information on downloading the UDB app and accessing the account for the Visual Summit. Keep an eye out for that email the first of next week.