Text Box: March 10 - 12, 2006, the Bancorp South Center, Tupelo, MS, will be the site of the 2006 Spring Mississippi/Alabama Championship. Two “gyms” will be set up utilizing thirty four judges. Mississippi levels one through six and prep ops will compete on one end of the arena and Mississippi and Alabama optional levels seven through ten will compete on the other end of the arena. The Tupelo Visitors and Convention Center and MS USAG signed a five year contract to host the state spring championships and the Rock ‘n Roll Classic through 2010, and Level 9/10 Regionals in the Text Box: spring of 2007. REMINDERS: Levels 1-3 must have attended two meets in the Text Box: NOT POSTMARKED, February 20, 2006 and late qualifiers February 26, 2006. Entry form has been emailed and is on the website - www.msusag.org. State Administrative Committees are invited to a reception hosted by the Tupelo Convention Bureau and the Alabama SAC, Deb Walls and the Mississippi SAC, Nancy Hawkins, at the Tupelo Automobile Museum on Friday night following the last session. On Saturday night, coaches are invited to a reception at the host hotel, Sleep Inn, following the last session. Text Box: SACC Nancy S. Hawkins - SAC Mabel Miller - Secretary Dawn Messer - Rep Ellie Counseller - Rep Richelle Gray - Rep Cindy Wallace - Rep Mary Thacker - NAWGJ Glynn Hankins - Publicity Eddie Jenkins - Sgt-at-Arms TG Hawkins - IT Advisor Text Box: Tis the Split Season - 2005 Text Box: Santa, the Grinch, the Nutcracker, and Snowmen all joined to celebrate Tis the Split Season 2005. Mabel Miller served as meet director and did an excellent job. Richelle Gray, Cindy Wallace, Vicki Jenkins, and Dawn Messer were on hand to help. And, Text Box: our announcer, Eddie Jenkins kept everything running smoothly. Many thanks to you for serving MS USAG. Text Box: Inside this issue: Text Box: Spring State Championships-850 ++++ Text Box: Leaps and Bounds Text Box: Winter, 2006 Text Box: Volume 6, Issue 2 Text Box: Leaps and Bounds

state during the 2005-06 season, Levels 4-6 must have qualified for this state meet, in-state, after Tis the Split Season and prep-ops have to have qualified since the beginning of the 2005 season.  State Meet Entry is due in the state office,