We wanted to give a quick tour of the new Color Guard Educators Website to let you know all the features and time-saving resources available to you. We hope this helps get you started!
I believe that sometimes we are provided with clarity, with hope, with lessons, amidst the fabric of our daily lives – just exactly when we need them most. Sometimes these messages present themselves in a subtle way… perhaps an instinct, a nagging feeling, a conversation overheard, a new acquaintance. And other times [...]
Winter Seasons have officially begun across the world – last weekend marked the start in many circuits – while over the next few weeks most units will venture out to their first competitive performances. Here are a few articles we’re featuring this week from our archives. We hope that you find something useful to make [...]
Often times, as I am sitting in the stands during a break in a contest, I get many questions from the spectators seated around me. They vary from “what are you doing?” and “how do you sit that long?” to “do you really have to talk through the entire performance?” Undoubtedly, at some point in [...]
Alrighty now! As some of you may know we’ve had a twitter account for some time… but our tweeting… well… it has left much to be desired! Twitter seems to be a strange land with new languages and word limits (which… well… anyone who has talked to me in person knows word limits are not [...]
Another archives post jam packed with important ideas as we approach our first competitions of the winter season. We hope there is something here you’ll find useful and that we’ve save you some time in the search! Movement Monday #4: First Show Tips by Cheryl Myers (1/4/2010) – Everyone’s favorite “Movement Chick” has some recommendations [...]
As a General Effect judge, I am of the opinion that GE is the best caption on a panel, but I guess every judge feels that way about the caption they specialize in. What makes the GE caption so awesome is that the criterion assesses the overall program. It is the only caption that takes [...]
This week’s featured posts are listed below – we hope they’ll help you generate some important discussion with your teams as you head into your first competitions of the winter season – create those teachable moments that will serve them their whole life through. Just Breathe by Chris Casteel (January 27, 2009) – Chris discusses [...]
You may remember from my first article that I talked about relationships between the elements of a design. The buzz word for that concept is UNITY, and it’s an important one. In order for a design to be considered successful, all the parts need to come together in such a way that it works as [...]
Toasters, Floor Crews, Exams, Goals, Frustrations… We’ve got it all here today! lol… A little something for everyone! And hopefully an informative way to end the week. Here are our featured “From the Archives” articles for the first week in January. In the Toaster by Catina Anderson (01/26/2011) – If you’re working with new performers [...]
This post was originally scheduled for December 27th so that will explain the inclusion of the first choice… though if you have a bit of time despite the holidays being over (because I know in my house things actually SLOW down tremendously after January 1st) I would encourage you to still take some time to [...]
Well – we took a couple weeks off from posting for the holidays. And now… We must play Catch Up! You see – I’ve planned out the year of “From the Archives” posts on a handy dandy spreadsheet… and, well, I didn’t plan, back in October when I was organizing things, to take the 2 [...]
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This has got to be the simplest Fun Friday craft project yet! It’ll only take you minutes (beyond gathering the supplies) but you’re sure to put smiles on the faces of your performers! ‘Flag’ Candy Canes Materials needed: Craft Felt Glue gun Sheet of paper Candy cane Instructions: Using the sheet of paper, cut a [...]
Remember in kindergarten everyone would gather around the teacher for story time? Everyone loves listening to stories, even high school kids! In our guard, we have ‘story time’ and it is connected to the development of our team core values. One of our values is to ‘Be good people’ and treat each other with respect. [...]
Materials needed: 20” x 50” fabric 2 x 80” pieces of cording Puffy paints, buttons, ribbon, bows, etc for decorating Cut 20” x 50” piece of fabric (you can alter the size to meet your needs). Fold in ½, right sides together. From top edge, mark 2” down. (Fig. 1) Using ½” seams, sew below [...]
This is a fun activity the entire band participates in! During marching season students create spirit bags for their own sections, for every performance. Spirit bags contain a few treats and some fun baubles from the dollar store (a glow stick, mardi gras beads, lip gloss, etc). Coaches and directors sometimes add a little note [...]
September is typically a tough month for kids since they have so many responsibilities, homework, the social scene of high school, and it can take some time to figure out the balance between life and marching band. It’s always the toughest time for my kids, even when they know the expectations of the guard. Once [...]
This has got to be the simplest Fun Friday craft project yet! It’ll only take you minutes (beyond gathering the supplies) but you’re sure to put smiles on the faces of your performers! ‘Flag’ Candy Canes Materials needed: Craft Felt Glue gun Sheet of paper Candy cane Instructions: Using the sheet of paper, cut a [...]
ON THE WEB: Band Saves Lives and Fundraises at the Same Time
We thought this was an interesting/unique approach to both service and fundraising – check out this New Jersey marching band that saves lives while also earning some money for their program. Win/Win!
ON THE WEB: Podcast about starting a brand new WG program
Episode 47 of the Marching Roundtable podcast series (posted December 12, 2011) is an interview with Tim LeBlanc – a guard instructor from TX who has also been a participant in the CGE community on Facebook – about his experience starting a brand new winter guard at a new school. Check it out! Episode 47: [...]
Remember in kindergarten everyone would gather around the teacher for story time? Everyone loves listening to stories, even high school kids! In our guard, we have ‘story time’ and it is connected to the development of our team core values. One of our values is to ‘Be good people’ and treat each other with respect. [...]
Budget-Conscious Costume Transformation
Being involved in the color guard world, we all know what it is like to be on a budget. Some of you are probably thinking, “What budget? I wish I had money to budget!” This year I needed to allocate more money for flag fabric since we purchased 2 shaded-silk swing flags for each member [...]
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