Terry Sanders: Teacher at Heart
By Jenny Lyons Terry Sanders is a teacher at heart. He will tell you so, but he doesn’t need to—his love for teaching is immediately clear. This is obvious when Terry takes the time to expand upon the benefits of the “eggbeater” rudiment—first by weaving a rich history of the household eggbeater, from his early […]
WGI Community Spotlight: Eryn Boone
In honor of Black History Month, WGI is proud to feature strong African-American voices in the WGI community who are making significant contributions in and outside of the indoor marching arts. Learn more about Eryn Boone through the graphic above!
AMP Winter Guard Develops Diversity Training Program
By Trudy Horsting AMP Winter Guard is launching a Diversity Training Program for their organization in aim to combat the microaggressions that people of color face within our own activity. Dreu Toliver, Executive Director, shares with the WGI community the ins, the outs, and the benefits of implementing this type of program within his organization. […]
WGI Community Spotlight: Michael Thompson
In honor of Black History Month, WGI is proud to feature strong African-American voices in the WGI community who are making significant contributions in and outside of the indoor marching arts. Learn more about Michael Thompson through the graphic above!
WGI Community Spotlight: Chad Moore
In honor of Black History Month, WGI is proud to feature strong African-American voices in the WGI community who are making significant contributions in and outside of the indoor marching arts. Learn more about Chad Moore through the graphic above!
WGI Community Spotlight: Michael James
In honor of Black History Month, WGI is proud to feature strong African-American voices in the WGI community who are making significant contributions in and outside of the indoor marching arts. Learn more about Michael James through the graphic above!
WGI Community Spotlight: Erika Plez
In honor of Black History Month, WGI is proud to feature strong African-American voices in the WGI community who are making significant contributions in and outside of the indoor marching arts. Learn more about Erika Plez through the graphic above!
Emerging Voices Award Recipient Announced
We are excited to announce our first-ever Emerging Voices Award recipient, Kennedy Riles! Kennedy has performed with Divenire Winter Guard since 2017 and currently serves as a captain for her group and is a senior at the University of Alabama. Prior to Divenire, Kennedy marched at Sparkman High School (Harvest, AL). “Over the past five years, […]
WGI Community Spotlight: Tony Lymon
In honor of Black History Month, WGI is proud to feature strong African-American voices in the WGI community who are making significant contributions in and outside of the indoor marching arts. Learn more about Tony Lymon through the graphic above!
WGI Celebrates Black History Month
WGI celebrates February as Black History Month and aspires to support the Black community and all underrepresented communities every month of the year. Our goal must be to create an environment that celebrates all individuals and provides the right conditions for each person to reach their highest potential. A worldwide awakening has taken place about the role […]
Passion without Performing in Person
DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author’s and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of WGI. Any COVID-19 safety information contained in this article is not meant to substitute for medical recommendations, diagnosis, or treatment. How to Cultivate and Maintain Dedication in a Virtual World […]
WGI Welcomes BAND App as a 2020 Sponsor
WGI Sport of the Arts, the world’s leader in producing indoor marching arts events for color guard, percussion ensembles and winds groups, announced today that BAND App will serve as a Corporate Partner for the 2020 WGI season. BAND App, a leading group communication app, is built to help organize and facilitate peer-to-peer communication. “Heading into […]
Become a Volunteer
Do you want a behind the scenes look at WGI World Championships? Sign up to be a volunteer! Volunteers are essential for providing the experience that members, staff, and fans expect from WGI. The success of each event is only possible with dedicated volunteers, like you! You will have the opportunity to request a job […]
A Beloved Fan Favorite: Aimachi
By Jenny Lyons To performers standing in the tunnel of the Dayton Arena on WGI finals night, with their bare feet standing on the cool cement, hearts pounding with anticipation within their chest, anxious hands reaching out to a wall lovingly speckled with lipstick, and focused minds imagining what lies beyond the thick black curtain […]
2017 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
By Jenny Lyons On the eve of WGI prelims, amid the bustle of Championships weekend, members of the color guard activity took pause for a moment to celebrate three prolific creators, the newest inductees into WGI’s hallowed hall of fame: Michael Shapiro, Peggy Twiggs, and Jon Vanderkolff. In introducing Michael Shapiro, Fred Feeney says that […]
Medals May Fade… Friendships Remain
By David Hill To help usher in Winter Guard International’s 40th Anniversary, let’s tell the stories of some of the activity’s first “Super Guards,” each a World Champion: Quasar, Skylarks, Erte, State Street Review, Odyssey, San Jose Raiders, and Emerald Marquis. Who better to remind us all of the impact these units made than the […]
Hall of Fame 2017: Michael Shapiro
By Jenny Lyons What are the elements of a winter guard show that make us, as an audience, remember? We gravitate towards the shows that shock and awe, the ones that show us something we have never seen before, the ones that push the limits of what we thought possible within the arena. We hang […]
WGI 40: Disruptive Design
By David Hill To help usher in Winter Guard International’s 40th Anniversary, let’s tell the stories of some of the activity’s first “Super Guards,” each a World Champion: Quasar, Skylarks, Erte, State Street Review, Odyssey, San Jose Raiders, and Emerald Marquis. Who better to remind us all of the impact these units made than the […]
Ground Breaking. Legendary. Trend Setter.
By David Hill To help usher in Winter Guard International’s 40th Anniversary, let’s tell the stories of some of the activity’s first “Super Guards,” each a World Champion: Quasar, Skylarks, Erte, State Street Review, Odyssey, San Jose Raiders, and Emerald Marquis. Who better to remind us all of the impact these units made than the […]
WGI Mourns the Passing of Shirlee Whitcomb
On May 14, 1977 six people met in San Francisco to create an entity that would unify and transform the color guard activity by creating Winter Guard International, today’s leader in the indoor marching arts. WGI is profoundly sad to announce that one of those founders, Shirlee Whitcomb, passed away yesterday, January 4, 2017, at […]
