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MEET LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONWelcome to Patuxent drill meet!!!
I have several notes and reminders for this drill meet so please pass to your fellow SNSI’s and NSI’s or whoever is bringing your teams and cadets. 1. This drill meet will be following the National and Area 5 Rules. The drill decks will be set up like Area 5 (except Color guard deck size), You must enter and exit in the appropriate areas. Also, ensure that Instructors are not speaking with the judges, until the meet is over. I will instruct the judges to do the same. 2. The doors will open at 0800 for the academic exam, we will start at 0815. Doors will be closed and no one will enter. 100 questions multiple choice. 15 Cadets. 3. Opening ceremonies, please have you color bearer for your unit on the gym floor at 0910. The rest of your unit will be in the bleachers. Ceremony will start at 0915. 4. We will have maps of the school and directions to your changing rooms, please leave the rooms the way that you left them, clean. 5. Before 0900 the gym floor will be open for practice, first come first served. We will have a practice drill deck setup outside weather permitting. 6. REMEMBER, All kids participating in this drill meet must stand UPI, to include Academic cadets. A Master roster and Academic roster needs to be filled out at registration or bring with you. Cadets will be checked at UPI. This is just like Area 5. Also the Maximum cadets participating is 40. UPI will be held in the Auditorium this year. 7. If there is inclement weather, there will be no unarmed exhibition and no unarmed standard due to the fact that they will be held outside. 8. I have seen many problems with judges making changes to score sheets this year. To ensure quality judging, the judges will be required to initial any and all changes they make to the scoring sheets so there is no question who made the change. 9. DRILL DECK SIZE FOR COLORGUARD IS SMALLER THAN REGULATIONS!! 70 X 46 FEET THIS IS BEING CONDUCTED IN THE CAFETERIA THIS YEAR. PLEASE PRACTICE THESE DEMENSIONS NEXT WEEK. 10. Unit leaders will get debriefed on their penalties and performance in an assigned area near the drill decks. LASTLY, I have included the spreadsheet of our timeline for the events, your master roster and academic roster. The tightest timeline you will have is going from Color guard to UPI. The UPI judges will have some flexibility, so hustle your color guard and be prepared for a quick change over for them. |