The Color Guard/Winter Guard is open to all Manvel High School students. No previous experience is required to join! We will teach you everything you need to know. If you have a background in dance, cheer, theater, or any performance group, this organization is for you! But again, we do not require any experience prior to joining! We start advertising interest meetings and clinics during February, with our first interest meeting in early March. Typically auditions are at the end of March or early April. Look out for our flyers!
Summer Guard camps happen from 9:00am-12:00pm Monday-Wednesday starting early July. Members are required to attend these guard camps and the Summer Band camps starting late July. During marching season, the Color Guard rehearses with the band from 4:00-6:30pm. We comply with the UIL policy of limiting our reheasals to 8 hours a week, so rehearsals will be 3 school days a week with a Thursday or Friday football game performance, and a possible Saturday contest performance. During the spring semester we usually rehearse twice a week after school with contests on certain weekends, throughout the spring. We consistently have a contest on the weekend before or the end of Spring Break.
Yes! If you join Color Guard, you'll receive 0.5 credits in P.E. and Fine Arts each semester you're in the organization (Yay! No general P.E. or art classes!). So all 4 years of color guard will take care of all your P.E. and Fine Arts credits.
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