Jessica Sipkema
Mrs. Kwiatkowski
English 12
October 5, 2017
Color Guard is a Sport and an Art
Smack! A solid quad. Many people believe that Color Guard is only an art, and some believe that it is actually a sport. So? Is Color Guard a Sport or an Art? Color Guard is actually a Sport AND an Art. It is in fact the sport of the arts. It is called the Sport of the Arts because music is brought to life through performance and competition. Color guard is a sport, because of its competitive and physical aspects. Color guard is an art, because of the emotions and creative dance techniques that go into telling the story. In Color Guard you do a lot of dancing and running, which covers most of the physical aspects. Crying, smiling, and determination cover the emotions. You can never forget to show emotions while telling the story. Without the emotion, the story would be lost.
A sport is an activity that includes competitive physical activity. Color Guard is a high-energy and enjoyable sport. Many people say color guard is “easy”, I mean, all you are doing is spinning a flag, right? Wrong! It’s more than just “spinning”. In Color guard, we spin, toss, dance, count, and smile all at the same time. Color Guard is actually very difficult. It’s not necessarily the hardest sport created, but it is definitely difficult. Color guard requires having
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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
A sport is an organized association that provides regulated activities to individuals. In most cases these individuals are composed into teams with an identity, mission statement, and goal. Competitive cheerleading is association, and just like the definition of a sport, competitive cheerleading is organized and acknowledge under specific associations, (ISHAA,NCCA,etc.). Those associations regulates the activities of each participant. Every participant is classified by their team name and mascot. With pride each participant and team identify themselves and motivate themselves through their mission statement and goal. Considering, these relative factors, it is evident that competitive cheerleading is a sport. Competitive cheerleading is being
The youth of today have often been told or led to believe that an activity is not a sport. I beg to differ. As a young man and brother I was convinced that cheerleading was not a sport. My sister would argue anyone on that subject, and so would I after watching them perform. They not only cheer, but take gymnastics to another level of complexity. Cheerleading is definitely a sport with or without competitions. Once I concluded that cheerleading could be considered a sport, I began to apply those same concepts to other physical activities that I enjoy. This application leads me to consider a physical activity that I enjoy and feel I am an expert on; Motocross racing. It is a sport in all the elements defined above.
There are many sports existing today. Every sport differs from the other. Some sports require different skills, such as speed, strength, or intelligence. Certain sports are physical like football and wrestling, while others are not like tennis and volleyball. Wrestling is not only a very physical sport, it is the hardest. It is the hardest sport because a wrestler has to maintain weight, be physically and mentally in shape, have good technique, and they have a high risk of obtaining injuries. Wrestling is the greatest, and hardest sport out of all of them.
Many people believe marching band is not a sport because it involves people playing music. Since people are playing music, they think it is more of an art than a sport. It is true that we people in a marching band are playing music, but there is a lot more that they do besides playing music. I have so far participated in marching band for six years, five in middle school and high school and one year in college. Even though not all marching bands compete, it should still be considered a sport for the ones that do.
Color guard is an activity you participate in the marching band and spinning flags, rifles, and sabers while dancing as well. The activity color guard has been around for many years, but still is not very common to most people. If you went around asking a survey of who knew what color guard truly was, the numbers would most likely be pretty low. I first auditioned for color guard my freshman year of high school with roughly thirty girls. They were only taking twenty-two, out of the thirty girls. The returning members took up eighteen out of the thirty girls so there were truly only four spots available and twelve girls wanted their spots. I auditioned and gave it my all, and they pulled my number and I was officially a part of the Moon Area Color Guard.
A sport is an activity that has specific rules and has a winner. The main goal of a sport is to win. The characteristics of a sport is that there must be competition against yourself or someone else. There has to be a possibility that
Colorguard is a noun that can refer to a group or an activity. In the context of a group, a colorguard is a number of people that make up a fraction any given marching band. They create the visual aspects of the show; such as the color from flag silks, the emphasis that a rifle can bring, and the elegance that a sabre can contribute. In the context of an activity, colorguard is the act of spinning or
According to Google.com the deffinition of a sport is an activity invloving physical exertion and skill in which an idividual or team competes against another or others for entertainment, and marching band meets all of those points. As said earlier, marching band does require physical exertion and skill, and they also compete against other bands for people's entertainment. For all those people out there that say being musically inclined in band is a talent and not a sport, you should reconsider and look at the facts. As marching bands and members are easily judged, they can now easily prove to you that band is indeed a
Dictionary.com defines a sport as "an athletic activity that requires physical prowess or skill and often a competitive nature." Live healthy.com says although cheerleading is not a sanctioned sport by the NCAA or an Olympic sport, it still carries risks. Cheerleading incorporates human pyramid building, gymnastics and participants flying through the air. While the
Passion; deriving from the Latin word “passio” meaning suffering. A life of passion is all about “suffering” for something worthwhile. My love and passion is shown through the form of body movement and leadership; the involvement I have within color guard allows me to explore and develop this passion I have for my artistic expression and cause. The work I have put forth to harness and nurture my passion is what has made me the leader and motivator I am today. Color Guard is an art that incorporates dance, performance, body awareness, flag, and/or weapon manipulating.
When an individual thinks about a demanding sport, more than likely their first response would be football, basketball, or something of that nature. A sport involves physical exertion and skill in which a single person or team compete in a competition for entertainment. Contradictory to what an average person would think, marching band is just as much a sport than football or basketball. Marching band is a sport because of all the competitions, the physical exercise, and the discipline it takes to be in a marching band.
The hard working color guard girls are the ones who put in the most effort into learning the choreography outside of school, remembering the counts, and drill. They tend to
So that begs the question, what is a sport? Is it using a ball or scoring goals or running and kicking? Is it competing against others with the aim of winning a trophy, ribbon, or money? If a so-called sport does not include those things, does that make it not a sport? Here is my criteria for a sport: if it is in the Olympics, it is a sport.
Everyone has their own opinion about what a sport is and what types of sports there are in the world. In your opinion, do you think cheerleading is a sport? Competitive cheerleading is definitely a sport. The definition of a sport is an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment. So in that case, cheerleading is a sport. It takes a lot of practice and skill to be a cheerleader, it also takes a lot of dedication as well.
What remains the significance of color in art? Could it be the disposition and feelings it provokes to the viewer, the distinguishing factor in the meaning of a piece? Maybe color is used in the association of simply shadow work, used only in technical terms to create value and the curvature of a three dimensional illusion? Or maybe the use of color in artwork appears as simple as how one learned the use in childhood, gender identification: blue means male and pink means female. True, artists select colors to produce a certain mood or atmosphere; to create space, light, and shadow, however, in regards to the artist Cindy Sherman, color is used profoundly in gender roles and symbolism. Representation and hidden meanings found within artwork is not a new concept by far, artist have been using such method for centuries. Nonetheless, the unique and slightly nightmarish way the contemporary artist Cindy Sherman uses color in representational ways brings about a new light to a familiar technique. Cindy Sherman, an American artist born in 1954, is extensively acknowledged as one of the most prominent artist in contemporary art. During her career, Sherman has extensively used the infinite surplus of images from movies and television, the internet, magazines, as well as art history, to create a massive collection of confrontational artwork. In many of her pieces she has discovered the manufacture of contemporary identity as well as the significance of representation, especially in