The Band Is OK

I guess I should say the band is IN OK. As in, Oklahoma.

The Mighty Cougar Band went on spring break to OK City via train.

They packed a lot of stuff into a few days. Here are the highlights:

the OKC Zoo

the broadway play Wicked

the Myriad Botanical Gardens

Science Museum Oklahoma

University of Oklahoma band department

(their band teacher attended OU)

go carts

{Take note of the other girl's pretty smile.}

a fun candy shop

putt putt golf

As a side bar, putt putt was the part of the trip that Daisy knocked out the girl's tooth from the go cart pic.😲

Daisy gave a full swing, more golf-style than putt putt-style; the girl behind her was too close and took the club to her tooth. 

Post Script: She was able to save the tooth and have it reinserted into the gum. The two girls are on the softball team together and are still friends.

While they were gone Eli and I went to a movie one afternoon. We had plans to go to the zoo but it was cRaZy busy. So I took him to the water gardens instead.

Eli didn't approve of my zoo alternative.

But we made the most of it and enjoyed our time together.

[March 9-13}

We're Here And Ready to Cheer

Since being a little girl, Daisy has always wanted to cheer. Last spring she tried out and made the cut! 

Inner-city cheer is not quite what she had in mind. Instead of jumps and stunts, it's  stomp-n-shake. Daisy rolled with it.

The first day of school they wore their new uniforms.

The cheer squad is busy all year spreading much more 'cheer' than just during ball games. They hit the ground running the first day by going to the elementary to welcome the little kids back to school.

They cheered during pep rallies.

It was fun to watch both Daisy and Zeke perform at football games.

The week of Pyramid Night (the pyramid of elementary and middle schools that feed into WHHS) the squad worked with the littles and then performed with them at the football game.

This Pyramid Night was special for DanFam5, because all three kids performed.

Daisy, Ti'Nayiah, Addison, Ariel, Cujo, Isaiah, Ashley, Dasia, Jewlyet, and Ti'Necia 

The Homecoming Parade was led by the cheerleaders.

The green and gold poms and socks were substituted for pink during Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

After every football game, win or lose, the team comes over to the band. The football team and the cheerleaders sway to the alma mater played by the band.

At Christmas the cheerleaders and JROTC delivered gifts to a local elementary.

A few of the cheerleaders joined the band to march in the FW Parade of Lights.

Daisy drew the short straw and had to carry the rather large plaque that identified our school in the parade.

Cheer supported basketball, too.

The drumline and a few cheerleaders got up super early on one of the students' day off to welcome the teachers to their inservice.

Black History Month was celebrated with a program at Hills, and cheer was on stage to bring the hype. 

back row: Daisy, Isaiah, Aliya, Ariel, Lea, Ti'Necia, Ms. Bell
front row: Cujo, Addison, Ashley, Daisa, Ti'Nayiah, Jewlyet

I'm proud of my little cheerleader.

[2023-2024]