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NEW! August 24, 2010 - Color
Guard Announces new 2010 Marching Band Costume/Uniform
In spring of 2010, TheTarpon Springs Indoor
Performance Ensemble winter guard performed their original
2010 show entitled The Raven.
The production was based on Edgar Allen Poe's famous poem
by the same name. Choreography is by Michael Shapiro and original
music by Frank Sullivan. The Tarpon Springs Winter Guard proudly
earned a Silver Medal at the WGI National Championships in
Dayton, Ohio in April 2010.
The Color Guard, or "Auxilliary",
combine dance, drama, and performance - with the manipulation
of flags, sabers, and rifles - into a magical pageantry. Color
Guard is now one of the most popular activities for girls
in the high school curriculum. This outstanding performing
group is an intricate part of the fall season Marching
Band program. In the winter and spring seasons, students
perform in a number of dance recitals plus official Winter
Guard appearances. The Winter Guard often travels to venues
across the state and region in pageantry theater competitions
incorporating a wide range of visual performance arts and
choreography. The Winter Guard is a seven-time WGI
World Championship finalist. They are the only Pinellas county
Winter Guard to be promoted to the WGI
World Class division.
The Color Guard and Winter Guard, under the direction of Mrs.
Jeannine Ford, performs with the Marching
Band at all appearances and competitions including Bands
of America regional and national events. Visual effects are
important elements in competition scoring and high scores
require a competent and highly rehearsed Color Guard.
A summer Dance Camp program provides opportunities
for incoming freshmen and returning students to improve their
skills during the summer break.
The Color Guard and Winter Guard are integral
components of the Leadership Conservatory for the Arts and
are supported and funded in part by the Band Booster organization.
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