guardjul123

Oh how I hate this time of year when the message boards go quiet. I long for the months ahead when we start to talk about who is doing what show, and who will take the medels at WGI.

CONGRATS!!!!!! To all the Florida teams. Taravella, Cooper City, Seminole and my personal fav. Fahrenheit. You make me proud to call Fl. home. Good Luck in your new classes

That sounds like an invitation to go out there and prove how wrong she is. And what kid doesn't want to prover his parent wrong. Good Luck and have fun. Thats what it is really all about. Hope to see you at WGI in 2008

You should create a myspace page like so many other guards have. You could post all the info you need right there

Unfortunalty there are still guard people out there who still do not want guys in the guard. While I'm all for fighting the right fight and this is the right fight. If you do not have the support of your family it would be almost an impossiable task. So my sugestion is this go try out for an indenpendent guard, go where you will have a possitive experince. As long as you are not able to march for your school there are no rules to stop you from marching ind. Being a parent and watching very talented young man loose interest in guard because of an unsupportive guard director is very diffucalt thing to watch. Take your talent and love of the sport where it will be appericated. It will be your schools loss and your gain. Have your mom read the story posted on WGI website today about how parents of members feel about there childs experinces in guard. While they may not be happy about your choice of guard if they see how much it means to you they should be able to accept it. After all as parents all we really want is the best for our kids and for them to be happy. Although it may not always seem that way to the kids. Try to get them involved it's addictive.

Those Kids at In Motion can spin and preform as good as any world guard however that was not a world finales show. I loved it but it was a lot of tossing and not much else. They blew our socks off at the Tampa Regional they certianly can put it on the floor. My only wish is that they had been given a show that could take them all the way. IMO

Very few can beat Nei's weapon line. Quite frankly I don't think Pride was it. I loved Corona and think they got short changed. I was sitting off to one side and may have missed all of what the judges loved about Pride, I just didn't see them as the top guard of the night. I would have to say most of the top teams fell flat for me on Sat. night which is disapointing. I did have a great time watching everyone though. I just don't like seeing the same 3 guards getting medals every year when they really are not the top 3 on that night and it is susposed to be about who was the best at that moment not the day befor or last week.

I would say everyone who medaled in A & Open beyond that I can't say because I didn't see any A class shows.

Nei, Nei, Nei.

I say both of you sholud give it a shot. Regret is the worst thing to live with. By not trying out you will both always question if you could have done it. So go for it the worst that can happen is you don't make it and if that happens what have you lost. Nothing

While I will miss them as I'm sure most will. I would give up my trip to Dayton for 1 to China any day of the week. If they are preforming at the Olympics WHAT AN HONOR. I guess we'll just have to wait and see who has what it takes next season and if the winner can top Logan in 09

wouldn't that be like taking 10 giant steps backwards to the days when you had required elements and got points deducted for errors. I think it would stifell creativity. So I vote NO

I can't imagine not going to WGI for 20 years must have been a like differant world where you get to see old friends.

Actually The Florida Special Olympics Color Guard fromally know as the Tammarc Bulldogs have been to WGI several times. They always make me cry. My heart goes out to these kids and adults. For me always a highlight of the weekend. I can only imagne how the crowd reaction makes them feel. A standing O makes everyone feel good but when your used to people looking at you with an "oh how sad face" a standing O must be 1 increditable moment. Thanks for entertaining us at WGI. A Huge thanks to the young ladies from south Florida who started this guard.

For me this was the best WGI ever because I got to watch them put a medel around my baby's neck. That being the highlight of my week. I loved world class finales. Although I think Nei should have been ahead of Blessed Sac. how they ended up 10th in movement is beyond me. This year as in 06 their movement has been amazing and a real departure from what they have done in the past in fact a departure from what all the other IW guards are doing. I think that deserves reward it is easy to follow the pack much harder to step out and be who you are. One thing is for sure you can't question their equipment skills and I'm glad to see they were 2nd in that caption. As for SW I did not get Avons show while I thought it was preformed very well I did not get it. Logan on the other hand was breathtaking. Every year I say I just want the best guard on that night to win and they manage to be the best at finales every year. CONGRATs to them. Every year they have new kids but you can never tell who is a 1st member and who has been their a few years and that is a very diffacult thing to do. Like a lot of people Pride was a little flat for me and I find that hard to say since I root for them each year. But I was not sitting in a judges seat so maybe I could not see what they saw. The 1 show I thought really should have scored higher was Corona that show was wonderful and the concept amazing I loved this show the most. Any way there was nothing boaring about WGI this year. as always I was off my butt and on my feet clapping many times. A wonderful weekend of guard and I just enjoying being around people who share my love of the sport. It is nice not to have to explain guard to someone for a least 1 week out of the year.