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Twirling Straight Through College

For many young twirlers, baton twirling carried them through the challenges and triumphs of childhood. These fond feelings often last even beyond high school. Taking your passion for twirling to the college level takes dedication, and with these helpful tips, you’ll be able to increase your chances of landing a spot twirling in college. Where To Look The universities with the most well-known twirling programs are state schools and other larger colleges. Where there’s a football team and crowds filling seats, you’ll also find twirlers on the field. This is why larger colleges are your best bet for twirling programs.. Some colleges for avid twirlers include Florida State University, Jacksonville University, Auburn University, Kent State University, the University of South Carolina, and many more! What To Say Auditions will be spring of your senior year of high school, so when you’re touring colleges your junior year, make sure to visit the marching band director’s office to

Posted: 8/23/2018

Tips For New Color Guard Coaches

Coaching a Color Guard team sounds easy if you don’t know much about the sport, but in reality it’s much more difficult than it seems. Color Guard is an intensive sport; it requires hours of practice a day, costuming and theming, choreography, gymnastics and prop work. These are all aspects of a good routine, and it’s the coach’s job to plan and implement all of it. It doesn’t have to be all stress, though. Here are a few tricks to help you flesh out your programs. Hire Help You can’t do everything by yourself. Find co-coaches that can help you run practices and people that are skilled in choreography and costume design. If you don’t have prior experience in Color Guard, it’s a great idea to find someone who does! Use Your Resources There are national Guard circuits that you can reach out to. They offer spin camps and mentor programs. Most of these circuits have websites and social media that you can follow for information — the internet will always be your biggest resou

Posted: 8/9/2018

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