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Vanguard Winter Percussion: 2016 Auditions

The WGI Independent World Class Vanguard Winter Percussion (VWP) enters its seventh season with tremendous anticipation and excitement. Led by returning designers Paul and Sandi Rennick, the VWP design team has been hard at work since April putting together the 2016 program which, along with the full roster of designers and staff members, will be […]

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SCV Winter Guard Wins 2015 WGI Independent World Class Championship

Congratulations to the SCV Winter Guard who won their third WGI World Class Color Guard Championship on April 18, at the University of Dayton Arena in Dayton, OH. The guard scored a 98.25, to win the title over the defending world champion, Onyx of Dayton, OH who won the silver medal and Price of Cincinnati, […]

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Blue Knights Win 2015 RMPA State Championship

The Blue Knights Percussion Ensemble completed its undefeated run with another 1st place victory at the Rocky Mountain Percussion Association State Championships. Here are the finals scores for the Percussion Independent World class category: 1st: Blue Knights: 88.950 2nd: Rise Percussion: 86.325 3rd: Altitude Percussion: 84.850 Read the rest of the article here.

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Cheer On SCV Winter Guard At Final Sunday Rehearsal

While the Vanguard Winter Percussion is already on their way to Dayton to compete in the WGI World Class Competition on April 9-11, the guard is still in the Bay Area rehearsing next weekend. If you can’t make it to Dayton for the WGI Winter Color Guard Championships, be sure to join the SCV Winter […]

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SCV Winter Guard Performing Exhibition At 2015 NCPA Championship

There are only a few times when the planets align in such a way that the Vanguard Winter Percussion and the Vanguard Winter Guard appear in the same venue, performing within minutes of each other. That planetary alignment happens to occur this coming Saturday evening, when the guard will perform in exhibition at the Northern […]

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Blue Knights Send Off Performance

The Corporate Board of Ascend Performing Arts invites family and friends to join the members and staff to a send off show for the Blue Knights World Percussion Ensemble before they depart for the 2015 Winter Guard International World Championships. The event will be free admission. The send off show will be hosted at Rachel […]

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Commentary: There Is No Off-Season

Winter Guard International (WGI) is the performer’s hotspot for elementary to collegiate-level students who want to participate competitively during the winter season, which runs from January to April. This has recently become an equal opportunity experience year-round for wind and brass ensembles, as well as color guard and percussion. Several choose to do WGI secondary […]

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Blue Devils Special Needs Guard Performing At 2015 California Circuit Championships

The world renowned Blue Devils of Concord, one of only a handful of special needs color guard groups in the nation, will be performing at the California Circuit Championships on Saturday, March 28th at Independence High School in San Jose, California. Over fifty color guard units from various areas of California will be competing at […]

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Blue Knights Member Wins WGI Scholarship

Blue Knights Percussion Member, Kea’Anee Morgan, was selected for a 2015 WGI ??µ??? scholarship per a ??µ??? Facebook announcement on Thursday, March 12, 2015. Kea’Anee was chosen among 7 other winners for the scholarship program now in its 3rd year that has raised over $10,000 overall. Read the rest of the article here.

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Blue Knights Victorious In Front Range Face-off

The Blue Knights Percussion Ensemble won the 1st edition of the Front Range Face Off verses Rise Percussion and Altitude Percussion. The week-long event started at 12:01 am on February 28th and concluded at midnight following the WGI Denver Regional show on March 7th (click here for scores). The three percussion ensembles competed against each […]

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