Did I want to be a clarinet in marching band? A saxophone? I had no idea, until one day a few seniors came to talk to our band and tell us some of our options. One of which was to join the color guard, at the time I had no clue what a color guard even was.
After learning I got to play with HUGE flags and wear fun makeup and dance around at half time, I WAS SOLD!
We started learning the basics at the end of 8th grade and progressively learned our half time show over the summer. I was hooked! It felt so weird to find something I was so passionate about in just a summer.
Here I am 3 years later, going into my senior year of color guard (In a couple months.) Just this morning I was thinking about what it will be like to be in charge of a whole guard. Although daunting, I am beyond excited to share this experience with my fellow soon-to-be-seniors.
One of the first things I will have to do as a color guard senior will be to go to the middle school and teach the basics to the color guard prospects. In this video they cover some of the basics that we will be teaching the 8th graders this spring.
Another part of guard that makes it so cool is winter guard as a sport. Winter guard is just that: color guard in the winter. We practice and preform inside and our routines are more dance-y and our costumes get more intricate and so do the skills that we use. Competitive winter guards are crazy good, they're all so in sync and they all embody perfection.
Now that I have sufficiently nerd-ed out over color guard, I ask you do you know anything about color guard? Have you noticed in the back of the half time show? If so let me know in the comments below :)
Have a wonderful day!
Olivia
Have a wonderful day!
Olivia
