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WGI Fan Club: The Ultimate Fan Experience
Get the ultimate fan package with the WGI Fan Club. By becoming a member of the “WGI Fan Club,” your tax-deductible donation grants you larger club seating spaces and access to a new private lounge, hosting... Read >
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Paramount: The Elusive Horizon
By Jenny Lyons Paramount’s 2019 program lives. It breathes in soft airy breaths. It ebbs and flows like waves to a shore or wind through the trees. Each moment is as fluid and ephemeral as the next.... Read >
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Diamante: If It's Meant to Be
By Jenny Lyons A thread—red, thin and ephemeral, yet constant, steadfast, and unbreakable—ties you to your soulmate. This cord, beautiful in its constancy, may tangle, be pulled violently one way and then... Read >
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Pride Props: "Another Door Opens"
By Jenny Lyons What is a door? What does it represent? It can embody the door to our future or the portal to the past; it is a symbol of opportunities given, opportunities missed, and opportunities... Read >
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WGIcon 2019 Recap
WGIcon will return in 2021! On Friday, September 6, and Saturday, September 7, 2019, WGI launched the first-ever WGIcon in New Orleans! WGIcon is an educational event for all instructors, designers,... Read >
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WGI in Latin America
By Jenny Lyons On May 11, 2019, one month after the final scraps of glittering confetti had been swept up from the UD Arena in Dayton, Ohio, a new chapter of WGI history was being written 3,504 miles away... Read >
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Bellbrook Dads Build Bridges to Support World Guard
By Adam Adkins Being a color guard dad is a year-round job. Even more-so if you’re like Brett Woeste. Brett is effectively in charge of building the props for Bellbrook HS World Guard, a process that... Read >
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Coronado: San Diego’s Newest Color Guard
By Mai Tran In the northwestern corner of San Diego, California, an 11-member guard rehearses on the blacktops of University City High School, braving wind and sun despite the “indoor” season. Instrumentals... Read >
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A Balancing Act: Academics & The Marching Arts
By Caroline Meister College students are notorious for living in a constant state of exhaustion and stress. They run from classes, to work, and to extracurriculars with barely any time to breathe in between.... Read >
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Norwin HS World Guard Reaches New Heights
By Adam Adkins Earlier in the 2019 season, WGI writer Adam Adkins had the opportunity to chat with Norwin World Guard Director Heather Shrump about Norwin’s unique show—”Out of My Mind”—one... Read >