Color guard members are usually very devoted to what we do. We usually are very dedicated and sometimes to the extremes (like me!). Here is a list of a lot of stuff we do:
-You always talk about color guard (and annoys your non-band/guard friends to no end)
-You know the saying "One more time" is meaningless
-You can smile (genuinely) on demand
-Every song you hear can become an amazing flag/rifle/sabre routine
-When you march/jazz run in the halls to get to class on time
-You know how to change into full uniform on a school bus
-The band/guard room is you second home
-June 14th is your favorite day of the year!!! (look it up in a calender if you don't understand)
-When you don't have a life outside of color guard
-What know what to do when someone starts screaming "LEFT, LEFT, LEFT, LEFT"
-You love electrical tape
-When being five minutes late means death (or death crunches).
-Where you own two pairs of gloves (practice & performance)
-When you and you band come up with inside jokes so bad that the phrase, "What happens at band camp/on the band bus, stays at band camp/on the band bus" is deathly true
-You know even when finish learning your show, it is never, TRULY finished
-Water breaks are rare and wonderful
-You comment on others bands/guards that you watch
-You are always early, to EVERYTHING!
All in all you might think that color guard people are weird and aren't important but we put a lot into our sport and care about very heavily. Think about that the next time you say color guard or marching band people aren't devoted.
-You always talk about color guard (and annoys your non-band/guard friends to no end)
-You know the saying "One more time" is meaningless
-You can smile (genuinely) on demand
-Every song you hear can become an amazing flag/rifle/sabre routine
-When you march/jazz run in the halls to get to class on time
-You know how to change into full uniform on a school bus
-The band/guard room is you second home
-June 14th is your favorite day of the year!!! (look it up in a calender if you don't understand)
-When you don't have a life outside of color guard
-What know what to do when someone starts screaming "LEFT, LEFT, LEFT, LEFT"
-You love electrical tape
-When being five minutes late means death (or death crunches).
-Where you own two pairs of gloves (practice & performance)
-When you and you band come up with inside jokes so bad that the phrase, "What happens at band camp/on the band bus, stays at band camp/on the band bus" is deathly true
-You know even when finish learning your show, it is never, TRULY finished
-Water breaks are rare and wonderful
-You comment on others bands/guards that you watch
-You are always early, to EVERYTHING!
All in all you might think that color guard people are weird and aren't important but we put a lot into our sport and care about very heavily. Think about that the next time you say color guard or marching band people aren't devoted.