crc9901, Jun 22, 2012
St Agnes Drill Team - Congress 2012
Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post showcases several; videos of St Agnes Church's March Of Faith drill team. St. Agnes (Baptist) church is located in Houston, Texas,
This post also includes comments from one of these videos' discussion thread as well as comments from a Facebook page for St. Agnes March of Faith drill team.
The content of this post is presented for historical, cultural, religious, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to General Oscar Alexis, the founder and leader of St. Agnes March Of Faith drill team and the Founder of Texas Gulf Coast Drill Team Association. Thanks to all of those who have been and/or are now associated with St. Agnes African American church drill team. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post.
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This post is part of an ongoing pancocojams series about African American drill teams.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2023/04/2007-video-of-st-agnes-march-of-faith.html
"African American Church Military Style Drill Teams (video, description, comments, and article excerpts)" for one pancocojams post in this series.
Also, click the tab below or Google pancocojams: African American church drill teams to find other pancocojams posts on this subject.
ADDITIONAL SHOWCASE VIDEOS
Numbers are added for referencing purposes only.
SHOWCASE VIDEO #2 - Saint Agnes Drill Team -Houston, Texas
Christina Moore, Jul 31, 2007
2007 National Sunday School Congress - Drill Team Competion. Orlando, FL
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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THE DISCUSSION THREAD OF THIS SHOWCASE VIDEO
These comments are numbered for referencing purposes only.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0ZO418hdDc
1. missymiss86, 2007
"This drill team was ALWAYS good!! My old church used to go to these competitions every year...I haven't been since 2001 and that was the last time I drilled..."
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2. Mario Jimerson, 2007
"St Agnes always brought the Heat. I havnt marched since 98 myself"
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3. KimboBlade, 2011
"great performance but believe me when i say this is dull in comparison to the st agnes drill team back in the late 80's and 90's. i remember going to their practice when my church first formed a drill team. brother alexis (is he still there?) left an indelible mark on me. i took what he taught and applied it to when i was drill team commander in the rotc program of my high school. we were nothing to be played with and we snatched up trophies left and right;all 1st place. those were the days..."
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4. karen henry, 2012
"what we still get 1st place dill team trophies every year we're still dynamic as use to be....trust i've been apart of this drill team since 2000 ,and i'm still marching with st.agnes...trust stuff we come up with is dynamic because no one could even Phaethon what we come up with....but its not all about how many people we can bring to christ...."
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"Phaethon" = a misspelling of the word "fathom"
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5. Joshua Rodgers, 2015
"Man this brings back so many memories.. where is the footage from our area 98-02. We were deep. or when we marched with Pleasant Valley👌
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"Pleasant Valley" = "Pleasant Valley Missionary Baptist Church's drill team" (PVMBC) located in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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vanessa phillips, 2020
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6. N.T /lil J, 2020
"I march for pvmbc drill team and this drill team was the best besides us"
SHOWCASE VIDEO #3 - St. Agnes March Of Faith
Texas Gulf Coast Drill Team Association, Apr 9, 2018
March of Faith performing at the 2018 Texas Gulf Coast
Church Drill Team Association Workshop and Convention
SHOWCASE VIDEO #4 - St Agnes March of Faith Drill Team (Senior Elite)
[Public group, 292 members]
retrieved at April 7, 2023
1. Jay Runway, March 18, 2020
"I AIN'T GON LIE:
Nothing made you feel moe GANGSTA than being able to look
out amongst 150'lem drill team members, and say with yo chest: ((AT! EASE!😠))
THAT was some BOSS 💩! 😂
(I low-key need that back in my life)"
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2. La Tonia Hooks, December 10, 2020 ·
"Wow! St.Agnes March Of Faith Drill Team - I remember this day as if it were yesterday. This performance was at the church, we would always March at the church the Sunday right before our trip to the Baptist Convention. We had 100 members during this time. Talking about memories these were some of the best times ever."
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An old photograph of this church drill team is attached to this comment.
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3. Brittani Davis, December 11, 2020
"Just to be sure...when we get to Acts, are saying "The Acts of the Church, there was a letter to the Romans..."
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4. Chayla Alayne, 2020
"When i watched online I said the same..what happened to “the acts of the church” and “there was a letter” 🤣🤣🤣"
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5. Jay Runway, 2020
"I was listening and felt bad cause I heard
in Brother Alexis voice:
YOU DON'T KNOW IT, MAHN!
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6. Bracia Williams, December 11, 2020
"Does anyone have the video with the performance where we marched blindfolded??? Or the performance without calling cadence?"
7. Nakia Thomas, December 11, 2020 ·
"Flashback Friday... my brothers and I were proud members of the St Agnes March of Faith Drill Team in the mid 80s until the early 90s. Thanks you General Oscar Alexis for helping us grow from boys to men."
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8. Clark Bentley, December 12, 2020
"It was good being HOME today and getting to see all of you...
I haven't "hit tha corner" in 20 years... now I gotta go soak in Epsom Salt and and rub some BioFreeze on my Achilles and Knee...
😭😭😩😩...
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“Hit tha [the] corner”= turn sharply at the corner at the bottom of the center aisle to march up the right or the left aisle
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9. Taneccia Gibson, December 12, 2020
"Let’s not forget them penny loafers had to shine..".
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10. Skylar Tennessee-Allen, December 13, 2020
"We are the only Drill Team that turnt a Luther Vandross song into a church song! “We Got Love!”"
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11. Tracia Washington, 2020
"Facts.....and executed the heck out of it too🤣"
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12. Ikae G. Edwards, December 15, 2020
"I was sitting here thinking that we have Janet Jackson to thank for many of our out of the box moves, during the early days.... Bro Alexis was amazed by her execution."
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13. Valkeith Winters
"You can thank Keschia Jones Holly Cherry Harris Katina Mitchell Meredith Gaines Dana Woodard and myself. Everyday after leaving Worthing we went to the St. Agnes Academy waited on Holly and started to create new moves... That's how Janet came about you can thank Rythm Nation for that.... Oh yeah Gene Moore new the whole executed routine as a kid lol"
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14. Gene Moore, 2020
"Valkeith Winters from start to finish lol"
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15. Valkeith Winters, 2020
"Facts 💯💯"
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16. Ro Williams, 2020
"Valkeith Winters This is why it’s so important for history to be written down, lest you (we) be written out of it. 👊🏽"
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17. Holly Cherry Harris, 2020
Valkeith Winters is right. That’s where the new marching hand movement came from
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18. CharlesandCrystal Allen, 2020
"Angela Jammer Yesssss. Girl we were laughing about what those uniforms would look like now...yellow ropes and tattered patches
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19. Angela Jammer, 2020
"CharlesandCrystal Allen that would be cool. And to have the old uniforms displayed. Too bad we can’t at the old St. Agnes where it all started!"
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20. Angela Jammer, 2020
"CharlesandCrystal Allen if they were to actually do it. They could try to get Bro. Alexis uniforms and do like a Museum"
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21. CharlesandCrystal Allen, 2020
"Angela Jammer That would be so cool"
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22. Angela Jammer, 2020
"CharlesandCrystal Allen It would!! Especially since he is the originator
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"I always loved our Maroon and Gray.
Or was that Burgandy???
Between TSU and GENTS, I dun forgot which is which.
Wasn't this our Drill Team official colors??
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24. La Tonia Hooks, 2020
"Jay Runway burgandy and gray.."
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25. Sonya Washington, 2020
"So beautiful, yes one of my favorite uniforms. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
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26. Rhesa Nix-Hickman, December 17, 2020
"What year did you join the drill team? I joined in 1988!💕"
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27. Katina Mitchell, December 18, 2020
"So people didn't understand,why you had to go through a process to become a Drill team member. And if you didn't make it was a reason! If you couldn't execute the basics,its just wasn't your time. But you had the next year to get it together! It wasn't personal it was just the structure that he was taught!"
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28. Cynthia Elaine Doss, 2020
"True"
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29. Rhesa Nix-Hickman, 2020
"Straight facts!!!!!"
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30. Tamera Wilson, 2020
"Talk about those tryouts lol if you didn't get it right either He'll call you out in front of everyone 🤣"
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31. Jay Runway, December 22, 2020
"One of my favorite things at Practice, was when someone
would come and visit.
We used to march at Practice like it was Congress! The
visitor(s) would be so impressed! When they were asked to stand and make a
statement, they used to always say how inspired or empowered they felt by being
there! St. Agnes never had to brag. Between Bro. Alexis and everyone else, they
did the bragging for us!
I also miss standing in the center aisle at Congress, waiting
for our name to be called. Or after our name was called, we'd try to figure out
how many more Senior Elite trophies were left, and count how many more amazing
Drill Teams had yet to be called. 😩😩😩😱
Anybody else wanna add one of their favorite things?
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32. Warren G Tillman, 2020
"💯🎯‼️ I remember
me and couple others in the back of Woodson practicing on Lunch Break. Reciting
our Books of the Bible, etc...We had a crowd out couple times...Then standing
in front of Brother Alexis, just you and him, sweating you get it right.."
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33. Tenia Manning Johnson
Remember when we did that African Dance for Black
History.. Coming to America style..."
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33. Angela Jammer
"Tenia Manning Johnson why I don’t remember that one. Is
there a video??"
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34. Angela
Harden
"There was a time we had close to almost
200"
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35. Enedra Allen-McBride, 2020
"We were always sharp!!"
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36. La Tonia Hooks, 2020
"Enedra Allen-McBride Yes indeed. We had
so many good times."
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