Seattle area guard instructors?

[Jim Nevermann]

WGI/band/independent? I know that some instructors teach more than one guard, so there can't be that many [relatively]. Burns is the only name I know of for sure.

[ATXguard]

look on your local winterguard circuit website, they usually post the names of directors/instructors along with the units they teach.

Or look up local HS band programs and see if their instructors are listed.

[Jim Nevermann]

look on your local winterguard circuit website

Which is called what? I'm not a guard person, so don't know what it's called. Something obvious like "NW Winterguard"?

[lindap]

Which is called what? I'm not a guard person, so don't know what it's called. Something obvious like "NW Winterguard"?

Northwest Pageantry Association NWPA has been around for at least 25 years. Winter guard is busy this time of year. If budget is tight, web sites may be a low priority, imo. I'm a dinosaurette; was secretary and/or treasurer and for one year contest coordinator for AWGA from 1979 - 1988. The last indoor guard contest I saw was in 87 or 88; I'm slowly catching up to color guard of today. Patience my dear Mr. Nevermann, patience and understanding :-)

Edited February 6, 2010 by lindap

[Jim Nevermann]

Northwest Pageantry Association....

I'm slowly catching up to color guard of today. Patience my dear Mr. Nevermann, patience and understanding :-)

Aha: thanks for the title.

However, as for contemporary color guard, see, I'm looking in the exact opposite direction, i.e. 'old school' style: no choreography, no dance, no acting and no props or recordings whatsoever. Instead, focusing on people and instructor who can teach and perform 1960-70s rifle, saber and flag work while wearing (this will shock and doubtlessly repel a few of you) exactly the same color and style uniform as the non-guard members. Imagine, a 21st Century guard wearing what the rest of the group wears! Oh man... what a completely novel idea! How radical! How revolutionary!

Edited February 6, 2010 by Jim Nevermann

[ATXguard]

If you can find anyone under the age of 40 who remembers that or even really knows what you're talking about, good luck! Our kids and most of our instructors look at shows from the late 1980s and ask questions like "Why are they dressed funny? Why is this show so long?" etc.

And if you can find anyone over the age of 40 who is still able to and willing to teach to that style, let me know! :-D

[lindap]

...after 7 winters of snap, spin, salute, post and halt in a long skirt, jacket, shako, boots and plume in a small space,

it felt favourable and fine to feel the flex of my feet and the swish sound of the flag over my head was sweet;

the freedom of movement and motion to engage and embrace the audience was rewarding.

However, snap, spin, salute, post, halt may be appropriate for a parade.

Color on the vast green space with white lines is another topic.

On topic; color guard historical society is a good resource.

All the best to all the guards during the 2010 season! :-)

[Jim Nevermann]

"If you can find anyone over the age of 40 who is still able to and willing to teach to that style, let me know!" ...and... "However, snap, spin, salute, post, halt may be appropriate for a parade."

Oh, correct on both points!

2nd Wind adult drumline [Edmonds WA based] is not aiming to build yet another indoor winterguard; not another teens or early college age guard. Instead we're starting to look for guard folks from the 1960s-'70s and thereabouts [just like our drumline] who don't have the time nor teenage physiques to do contemporary guard work... BUT who would still like to march a few parades with us, doing what they once did and enjoyed so much. We added an Honor Guard in 2009 and now want to develop a small "traditional" color guard to finish-out our likewise 'period' style drumline [which is growing as we speak].

2nd Wind has never tried nor wanted to be like all the other drumlines. What fun and challenge would that be?

Edited February 11, 2010 by Jim Nevermann

[JBro]

Hey Jim,

I'm actually the current president of the NWPA (www.northwestpageantry.org.)

Theres not TOO much of that kind of colorguard still going on. The closest is actually the group of people who do the ROTC group for the Seattle Gay Pride parade. Lots of old skool rifle. I know ron meir is still around as is john fisher. They're both judges now however and don't really teach.

[AustinStarsPAA]

"If you can find anyone over the age of 40 who is still able to and willing to teach to that style, let me know!" ...and... "However, snap, spin, salute, post, halt may be appropriate for a parade."

Oh, correct on both points!

2nd Wind adult drumline [Edmonds WA based] is not aiming to build yet another indoor winterguard --teens or early college age. We're starting to look for guard folks from the 1960s-'70s and thereabouts [just like our drumline] who don't have the time nor teenage physiques to do contemporary guard work... BUT who would still like to march a few parades with us, doing what they once did and enjoyed so much. We added an Honor Guard in 2009 and now want to develop a small "traditional" color guard to finish-out our likewise 'period' style drumline [which is growing as we speak].

2nd Wind has never tried nor wanted to be like all the other drumlines. What fun and challenge would that be?

Sounds like a lot of fun!