Essay On Color Guard

FBLA membership has benefitted me because I can truly say it led me to my career choice. Junior year I had the opportunity to participate in the SBE Program at the Ste. Genevieve Care Center. By being a part of this program, I was required to join FBLA. Although FBLA was an organization I had wanted to join for a while, I needed a push to get involved in the club. Being involved in this club was one of the greatest decisions I have made during my high school career. My first year in the organization, I competed in the straight to state event, Social Media Campaign. Due to this participation, I attended the District Leadership Conference where I was a timekeeper and the State Leadership Conference, where my partner and I presented our project. The State Leadership Conference was a memorable event as it was different than any other conference I had attended before. That year I also served on multiple committees and assisted in the decorating of the Senior Citizen’s Christmas Dinner.

On Monday May 16th, 5 girls from our very own Chino Hills High School color guard came into the Journalism room to be interviewed about their past season this school year. The five girls that came into our room were Kaitlyn Parsons, Mallory Williams, Ashley Kearns, Nina Penzo, and Hunter Adams. They placed first in the Western Open Class Champions and the Westcoast Winterguard Open Class Champions. They each told us that the World Championships take place in Dayton, Ohio which is considered to be the color guard hub of the United States of America. Hunter Adams told the journalism crew that they practiced about 16 hours a week with a competition on Saturdays. Nina Penzo is a captain as well as Jenna Quijano who is a senior captain. They

Color Guard was created to inspire the participants to be creative. The program started with style and creativity. Every Guard starts out with an equal opportunity for success. Color Guard exist for and because of the members, staff, and fans. Guard performances inspire the members to achieve higher creativity and artistic standards. Participants treat everyone fairly, no matter their race, sexuallity, gender, or background. Members believe that the activity is for everyone, no matter who you are. Color Guard provides a chance to succeed and be

After each training our bodies felt numb, our muscles worked to the max, and our calluses on our hands from the uneven bars weren’t the prettiest sight for teenage girlsl. We would go into the physical therapy room of our facility and spend 30 minutes ice bathing our ankle, knees and joints before leaving each day. But,for the day but it was all worth it. Every sweat mark that dripped from my face, every tear, everything. Iit was all worth it. I lioved for this sport.!

Color Guard rehearsals were very exhausting, especially since they went from 5pm to 9pm on Tuesdays and Fridays after school. The worst part about it was having a very successful and hardworking instructional staff. This was actually a really

I've been involved in my high school's marching band since the start of my freshman year, and it takes an extreme amount of time, hard work, and dedication. I'm considering joining the “Pride of the Southland” band or a drum corps group to continue bettering myself in color guard. It is not a recognized sport, but it is a huge part of who I am, and I wouldn't want to be spending my time anywhere else then on the band field. Being captian of my guard of twenty girls, has taught be great responsibility, how to earn people’s respect,and what it takes to be a great leader. I truly do believe I could be a wonderful assest to a major color guard by taking everything I've learned,and all my experiences in the last four years from my current marching

At this time, school was only open during summer and winter. There was a morning session lasting from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the summer and from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the winter. From there, students and headmasters would get a two-hour break for lunch and play. The afternoon session would then begin at 1 p.m. and finish at 5 p.m. (“BLS History”). Contrary to this school’s set schedule, Thursdays were a bit different. The Thursday morning session ended at 10 a.m. for a church service. Afterwards, there would be an opportunity for lecture over English heritage (“BLS History”).

During this time, we learned how to toss a flag and other technique basics. Since I was male, they made me audition for the rifle line, which I wasn’t really familiar with. Historically, males are put into the rifle line due to masculinity and other factors.While girls would be put on the saber line which is usually coed, but a lot of big groups usually put girls on the saber line. Unfortunately, I ended not getting a spot in the rifle line because I wasn’t prepared well enough to be on the rifle line, so I did flag the entire show. Which is the most basic form of color guard, just a pole with a flag attached to it. Not getting a spot in the rifle line made me sad, but it also inspired me to persevere and improve my rifle skills. I was able to test myself and realize that their were really no limits on what I can achieve.

When I went to Pike High School I participated in an activity called color guard for four years. Color guard is a performing arts activity that incorporates dance while using flags, rifles, and sabers. When I began this activity I barely understood what I was getting myself into. Our team got abandoned by our coach for most of the winter season my freshman year, so our show was pretty awful. We went to competitions with expectations of losing and embarrassment among our peers. At this point everyone was discouraged about how our winter season ended. It was not far to the seniors who gave their whole high school years for this activity. Something had to be changed to in order for our team to progress in the future. Second semester our guard Director, Mr. Emmert, hired Nick Bledsoe as our new coach. Though he was a skinny short white guy with blond hair something about him was intimidating. He walked into the guard room like he owned the place. He sat up with such a great posture that I straightened up from my usual slouch. The seniors did not like Nick too much, but their only wish for him was to not give up on us. From that day forward Nick dedicated his work towards our team regardless of how challenging it was to manage. My guard coach Nick was amazing because of how passionate he was about his profession at my high school.

Despite the daunting challenge of being in charge of sixty teenage girls, one of the extremely humbling parts of being a Captain of the Eagle Pride Color Guard is the ability to show girls that regardless of their background they can reach their full potential. As I transitioned from my freshman year on Color Guard into my veteran years, I began to realize that I was among a group of girls that had experienced obstacles and had found ways to overcome them. During my second year on guard everything began to come into focus: I observed girls who were struggling with the experience of learning a new skill the way I had the year before. Every year from then on, when I began teaching a new concept to a rookie, such as tossing a flag, I reiterated

However, although it may seem like a lot of work, each member of the varsity team have been in color guard for years, whether it be tossing rifles, throwing flags, or turning sabers, they each have had prior experience, some more than others. Both Kaitlyn and Mallory have started their freshman year, while Hunter and Ashley started as early as their Junior High School years, so as a result, these hardworking hours are nothing but the “norm”. Nevertheless, members of Color guard have a, “…close relationship and tight bond,” as stated by Kaitlyn Parsons who further exclaimed that they have multiple parties for holidays such as Christmas, Halloween, and end of the year bashes that allow for each of the members to form that nostalgic feeling of family and happiness. Whether it be performing on the floor or hanging out outside of school and practice, members of the Color guard team have a bond that can never be broken and that is revealed in their phenomenal performances, Good job Color

The State House in Atlanta, Georgia was very busy, lots of people coming and going. They were there to meet with Parliament members and the Prime Minister. After the event there was a lot of upheaval and chaos in the former southern states. Quite a few people, primarily activists of various origins, mostly race related, didn’t see the night the lights went out as the end-of-the-world, like many people did. They saw it as a new beginning, an opportunity to redefine their world, to escape the shackles they believed that held them back previously.

Breathe in the music, and out the performance” is something that freshman Regan Hoyt tells herself before every performance. Color guard has been a sport of the arts that has evolved from primarily a military activity, to a world wide sport.

I joined the color guard my freshman year as a flag, and then progressed to becoming a member of the weapon line. Color guard helped me turn my life around, and I would be lost without the sport. I transformed from a shy lonely middle schooler, to an outgoing, confident young adult,

As I waited in line at a grocery store I noticed that the wait was unbearably long. It’s the first of the month a man snickered to me, confused I asked him what do you mean? He replied with people receive their welfare checks today, I know you are not one of them. I told him you never know what someone is going through or what their financial situation is so you can’t pass judgement. After I said that he told me to look around and see what type of people I see. I continued to look when I notice a large amount of Hispanics in line, even though that’s what I saw I told the man I see people waiting in line. He continued to tell me how illegal aliens are ruining our economy, taking our jobs, and taking advantage of our