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2025 Guard Recruitment VideoWHAT is Color Guard?
WHAT is Color Guard?
It is a Sport of the Arts! Color Guard is an international competitive sport in which highly skilled members combine artistry with athleticism to perform complex sequences of dance while spinning sabers, rifles, and flags in competition. When the field season ends, the Color Guard competes indoors and is known as Winter Guard. It is similar to outdoor color guard, except the performances are indoors on gymnasium floors through the winter season. The traditional marching band music is replaces with a recording of music. The gymnasium floor typically is covered by an individually designed tarp (called a floor by performers). Guards compete against one another on skill level.
2024 -2025 Color Guard Captains
2024 -2025 Color Guard Captains
Camryn Petelo, Color Guard Captain
Kylie Huynh & Cooper Mussoline, Asst Color Guard Captain
WHAT IS WINTER COLOR GUARD?
Similar to Color Guard, Winter Guard is a combination of the use of flags, sabers, mock rifles, other equipment, dance, and interpretive movement in a choreographed routine to express emotions and tell stories through their use. Winter guard is a color guard taken indoors and performed without the band, typically to recorded music. Within the high school guard groups, there are multiple classes based on the guard member’s abilities. Unlike other sports, when a Winter Guard is consistently performing at the top of their class the group is moved to the next higher skill level class, even within the same competition season. Winter guard currently exists in 10 countries around the world, and in high schools, middle schools, universities, and independent organizations. The Tesoro High School participates in the WGASC circuit. Winter Guard provides the opportunity to teach and develop high school color guards, and expand individual’s performance skills and opportunities.
Tesoro High School's Winter Color Guard is second semester, 7th period. Practices are Tuesdays and Thursdays after school for three hours each. This course gives half a semester of PE credit.
Guard performances are critiqued in 4 areas:
• equipment analysis,
• movement,
• design analysis, and
• general effect with penalties assessed for performances over 8 minutes.
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