On Saturday, April 28 I had the opportunity to attend the Winterguard Arizona Championships (WGAZ) held at Veteran's Memorial Colisuem. Winterguard features indoor cologuards and drumlines which happen after the fall outdoor season.
As a former colorguard member and instructor myself, I love to attend these events and don't get the chance as often as I would like to because of my other committments. Today I traveled with Casa Grande Union High School who featured a Winterguard, Drumline and a winter brass line for exhibition. I'll include a few of the decent shots I got with my camara. My shutter was too slow for all the action.
Winterguard
Casa Grande High School's Show was "In the Park" featuring the song "I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz.
Drumline
I haven't seen a drumline competition in a couple of years and I was amazed at the creativity and ideas that are now being incorporated into the show design. These shows were as much fun to watch as the guard shows.
Casa Grande High School is the only school in the state that features an indoor brassline. Because it is such a unique concept, there is no competition for them so they performed for exhibition. Their show was "Sweeney Todd". Like the drumline and guard shows they had a unique theme and incorporated so many different elements into their show.
There were so many groups for awards they almost couldn't fit them all in. Congratulations to the Casa Grande Drumline who took second place in their division for state and the Battery caption award.
