Controversial Shows: Mission Viejo’s "XII"
By Dan Schack For anyone in the marching percussion scene, Mike Jackson is a staple. Currently the arranger/designer for Broken City Percussion and the Blue Knights Drum and Bugle Corps, Mike has been a part of the competitive sphere since his days as the director of Mission Viejo High School, starting in 1989. In 2001, […]
Watch WGI This Weekend!
The 2017 WGI season is in full swing! This weekend on FloMarching.com, you can watch the following Percussion & Winds Regionals! Check them out and watch LIVE exclusively on FloMarching. CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE! WGI Mid-Atlantic Color Guard Power RegionalSaturday and Sunday, Mar. 18-19, Winthrop Coliseum at Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC WGI Southwest Color Guard Power RegionalSaturday and […]
NEW! Top Secrets Module 9: Synthesizers
WGI’s standout educational video series, Indoor Percussion Top Secrets, returns with the most jam-packed edition yet! In the quest to cover every essential topic for the sport of the arts, the focus on Electronics continues. Module nine delves into the world of both hardware and software synthesizers. You’ll hear from some of the top designers in […]
Hall of Fame 2017: Michael Shapiro
By Jenny Lyons What are the elements of a winter guard show that make us, as an audience, remember? We gravitate towards the shows that shock and awe, the ones that show us something we have never seen before, the ones that push the limits of what we thought possible within the arena. We hang […]
What To Watch This Weekend
The 2017 WGI season is in full swing! This weekend on FloMarching.com, you can watch the following Percussion & Winds Regionals! Check them out and watch LIVE exclusively on FloMarching. CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE! WGI Indianapolis Percussion & Winds RegionalSaturday and Sunday, Mar. 11-12, Franklin Central HS, Indianapolis, IN WGI Tampa Percussion & Winds RegionalSaturday, Mar. 11, Florida State […]
WGI 40: Disruptive Design
By David Hill To help usher in Winter Guard International’s 40th Anniversary, let’s tell the stories of some of the activity’s first “Super Guards,” each a World Champion: Quasar, Skylarks, Erte, State Street Review, Odyssey, San Jose Raiders, and Emerald Marquis. Who better to remind us all of the impact these units made than the […]
Hall of Fame 2017: Peggy Twiggs
By Hannah Corson “Peggy Twiggs, certainly a legend of our time, has humbly worked for many years teaching a technique that has gifted our activity with a level of precision and excellence that has elevated the pageantry world.” -Denise Bonfiglio, WGI Hall of Fame Class of 2000 Because of her pursuit of excellence, Margaret “Peggy” […]
Watch Color Guard LIVE This Weekend
The 2017 WGI season is in full swing! This weekend on FloMarching.com, you can watch the South Brunswick Color Guard Regional! Check it out and watch LIVE exclusively on FloMarching. CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE! WGI South Brunswick Color Guard RegionalSaturday, Feb. 25, South Brunswick, NJ HOW TO WATCH Streaming – Available only on FloMarching.com for $29.99 a month or $150 for a […]
LIVE Webcasts This Weekend!
The 2017 WGI season is in full swing with all three divisions competing this weekend! Upcoming this weekend on FloMarching.com are three events including the regionals in Indianapolis (Color Guard), Dayton (Percussion/Winds), and Pasadena (Percussion/Winds). Check out the coverage below for more information on the event(s) you want to watch LIVE exclusively on FloMarching. CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE! […]
Hall of Fame 2017: Jonathan Vanderkolff
By Michael Reed 2017 WGI Hall of Fame inductee, Jonathan Vanderkolff, has been a driving force in the activity during the past quarter century, and more recently has had one of the most successful decades of any designer in the upper echelons of the marching arts. He is one of a very small group of […]
FloSports to Live Stream WGI Competitions
Today, FloSports, the innovator in live digital sports and original content, and WGI Sport of the Arts announced a multi-year partnership to exclusively live stream more than 20 WGI competitions annually on FloMarching.com. The partnership begins Feb. 18, 2017, with the Indianapolis Color Guard Regional, Dayton Percussion and Winds Regionals, and Pasadena Percussion and Winds […]
Cypress Ind. Shares Super Bowl Stage With Lady Gaga
If you tuned in to the Super Bowl Halftime Show, you very likely saw former and current members of Cypress Independent join Lady Gaga on stage. The guard prepared tirelessly for the last 3 weeks for their debut on the big screen. “We first got word of the project a little less than a month before Game Day. Since […]
NEW! Top Secrets Module 8: Sampling
WGI’s standout educational video series, Indoor Percussion Top Secrets, returns with the most jam-packed edition yet! In the quest to cover every essential topic for the sport of the arts, the focus on Electronics continues. The eighth module shifts the focus to sampling. Our team of experts dive into canned and live source material acquisition, […]
Ground Breaking. Legendary. Trend Setter.
By David Hill To help usher in Winter Guard International’s 40th Anniversary, let’s tell the stories of some of the activity’s first “Super Guards,” each a World Champion: Quasar, Skylarks, Erte, State Street Review, Odyssey, San Jose Raiders, and Emerald Marquis. Who better to remind us all of the impact these units made than the […]
Where Are They Now: Michael Green
By Hannah Corson In 1979, Michael Green found himself in his high school band room watching WGI Open Class finals VHS tapes. These videos included performances from the Skylarks, Phantom Regiment, Cavaliers, Holley Hawks, and Guardsmen among many others. After a few years of watching these tapes and dabbling in his high school color guard, […]
Singing, but Still Spinning – Oshwa
By Randy Villegas Alicia Walter has always been a musical person, taking piano lessons and being involved in Irish Dancing as early as 7 years old. While in middle school, she also played several different wind instruments. Alicia found another calling at the age of 13, when she witnessed her older brother perform with his […]
The Creative Process: Ahead of its Time
By David Hill To help usher in Winter Guard International’s 40th Anniversary, let’s tell the stories of some of the activity’s first “Super Guards,” each a World Champion: Quasar, Skylarks, Erte, State Street Review, Odyssey, San Jose Raiders, and Emerald Marquis. Who better to remind us all of the impact these units made than the […]
WGI Mourns the Passing of Shirlee Whitcomb
On May 14, 1977 six people met in San Francisco to create an entity that would unify and transform the color guard activity by creating Winter Guard International, today’s leader in the indoor marching arts. WGI is profoundly sad to announce that one of those founders, Shirlee Whitcomb, passed away yesterday, January 4, 2017, at […]
Feeder Programs – Making Color Guard Great
By Hannah Corson World class color guards don’t become great overnight. Many factors go into making these groups the powerhouses that they are including hours of practice, good work ethic, and passion for the activity. For some, these things start in high school, but for others, the work starts as early as the first grade. […]
Backstage Pass: Starting Off with Confidence
By Kathryn Hardison The drill, the drums, the weapons, and the confidence: these are a few of the key elements to the WGI season. Ensembles of every kind are beginning to prepare for the 2017 World Championships. For the members who are new to WGI, we have some advice to inspire confidence for the unique […]
