In The News – Color Guard Members Join A Competitive Drum Corps

As the end of the school year approaches, seniors spend the last days of their high school career daydreaming about their summer, whether it be shopping for the most aesthetically pleasing dorm decor or taking a roadtrip to a beach. For seniors Juliann Page and Sophie Malis, their summer plans include rehearsing and performing as color guard members of the Troopers drum corps in a nationwide marching band tour.

The Troopers are a competitive World Class drum and bugle corps composed of members between the ages of 16 and 21. Throughout the summer, the group competes in marching band contests against the other 23 World Class drum corps before ending the season at the Drum Corps International World Championship Finals on August 10 -12. Page and Malis were two of the 8,000 students in the nation to earn a spot on a drum corps.

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