Guard
The Chippewa Valley Guard is a critical piece of the success that Chippewa Valley Music Program has demonstrated over the past several years. The Marching Band Guard performs as a key unit of the marching band adding visual flare & excitement to the overall show performance, while the Winter Guard demonstrates their talent and skill performing amazing shows in indoor competitions.
The Marching Band guard unit practices with the marching band and may have occasional sectionals before or after school. The Winter Guard contains two stand-alone units each containing team members selected according to the skill level demonstrated by the individual performers during the required auditions. The Winter Guard also has required practices sessions either before or after school.
2010 Winter Guard Season a True Success!
Winter Guard ended their 2010 season with something to be proud of. The Scholastic A guard placed third at the MCGC State competition March 27th, 2010 and the Prizm guard placed 12th in Regional A division. The Scholastic A Winter Guard went to Dayton Ohio for the WGI World Championships April 8 -10 scoring 80.8 in prelims qualifying for Semi Finals and performing their best shows of the season.
Winter Guard will be hosting informational meetings for next year soon, contact Sharon MacLean or John Dodson.
Winter Guard will be hosting informational meetings for next year soon, contact Sharon MacLean or John Dodson.
World Champion Semi Finalists!
This year's Scholastic A Winter Guard returned from Dayton, Ohio where they qualified to compete in WGI World Championship Semi Finals - performing their best show ever. Shown here are seniors Rachel Kolling, Alyssa Honeycutt, Jen Froberg and Amanda Dillard accepting their certificate. Congratulations to the guard for a successful season!
Color Guard at Homecoming Game
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Third Annual MCGC Winter Guard Invitational at CVHS!
WE DID IT!
We hosted our 3rd annual MCGC combined Winter Guard & Drumline competition on Sunday, Feb 7th 2010. We had 10 units compete and had terrrific performances by everyone resulting in a truely spectacular show.
If you've never seen a WG or Percussion show we can say that it's thrilling to watch and we encourage everyone to locate the next show and check it out! All our CVHS unit performances are on our calendar so click the link below to see when & where they are.
Thank you!
To everyone who participated in the smallest and largest way this past weekend, we would like to send a special thank-you to all of our volunteers - students. Parents, alumni, alumni parents, coaches,and administration. The Invitational was a huge success and we owe it to everyone who helped. This Invitational showed how devoted we are to our kids and our BAND program! We look forward to hosting our 4th annual MCGC Winter Guard and Drumline Invitational next year.
Special thanks to the Booster Board, Joe Mulawa and Frank Jankowski, and Tracey Moro for the countless hours of work and guidance provided.
We would like to congratulate the Prizm and Scholastic A teams and our Drumline for their fantastic programs and wish them SUCCESS in the remainder of their season! If you get a chance, please go to their other competitions to support our KIDs.
We hosted our 3rd annual MCGC combined Winter Guard & Drumline competition on Sunday, Feb 7th 2010. We had 10 units compete and had terrrific performances by everyone resulting in a truely spectacular show.
If you've never seen a WG or Percussion show we can say that it's thrilling to watch and we encourage everyone to locate the next show and check it out! All our CVHS unit performances are on our calendar so click the link below to see when & where they are.
Thank you!
To everyone who participated in the smallest and largest way this past weekend, we would like to send a special thank-you to all of our volunteers - students. Parents, alumni, alumni parents, coaches,and administration. The Invitational was a huge success and we owe it to everyone who helped. This Invitational showed how devoted we are to our kids and our BAND program! We look forward to hosting our 4th annual MCGC Winter Guard and Drumline Invitational next year.
Special thanks to the Booster Board, Joe Mulawa and Frank Jankowski, and Tracey Moro for the countless hours of work and guidance provided.
We would like to congratulate the Prizm and Scholastic A teams and our Drumline for their fantastic programs and wish them SUCCESS in the remainder of their season! If you get a chance, please go to their other competitions to support our KIDs.
MORE NEWS
Winter Guard places 3rd at MCGC State Championships
Chippewa Valley High School Winter Guard placed third for Scholastic A division at Michigan Color Guard Circuit (MCGC) State Championships held on Saturday, March 27th at Saginaw Valley State University. The team did a fabulous show and has improved their score at each performance earning a score of 77 on Saturday. They will travel to Dayton, Ohio for the Winter Guard International World Championship show April 8-11. The Prizm guard team also competed improving their score and placing 12th in the Regional A division. Over 1,800 students performed at this year's show and nine scholarships were awarded.
CVHS Winter Guard returns from WGI World Championships as Semi Finalists
The Chippewa Valley High School Winter Guard returned from participating in the Winter Guard International World Championships in Dayton, Ohio where they scored an 80.8 out of 100 in Scholastic A prelims qualifying them to perform in semi finals. There were over 11,000 students from High Schools and Universities throughout the world competing April 8-10 with the farthest being from the Netherlands.
Chippewa's show, written and choreographed by their coach Rob Ardelan was called The Rebirth of the Dying Swan. The music was from the Ballet - The Dying Swan. The guard began with hooded costumes portraying sad, emotional swans who were slowly approaching death only to have the music change to a fun, bright and alive tempo creating the rebirth with smiles, feathers, confetti and the excitement of saber and flag spinning skills.
Chippewa Valley High School has participated in this Sport of the Arts for almost one decade and continues to improve and grow each year. This year's Scholastic A team consisted of four seniors, Amanda Dillard, Rachel Kolling, Alyssa Honeycutt and Jen Froberg others included Jenna Dodson, Rachel Stahl, Danielle Cerulli, Alexis Lim, Diana Gorvokovic, Marisa Moro and Alisha Huyge. This year's staff included Director Sharon Maclean, Coach Rob Ardelan, and Assistant Dana Jankowski.
Chippewa's show, written and choreographed by their coach Rob Ardelan was called The Rebirth of the Dying Swan. The music was from the Ballet - The Dying Swan. The guard began with hooded costumes portraying sad, emotional swans who were slowly approaching death only to have the music change to a fun, bright and alive tempo creating the rebirth with smiles, feathers, confetti and the excitement of saber and flag spinning skills.
Chippewa Valley High School has participated in this Sport of the Arts for almost one decade and continues to improve and grow each year. This year's Scholastic A team consisted of four seniors, Amanda Dillard, Rachel Kolling, Alyssa Honeycutt and Jen Froberg others included Jenna Dodson, Rachel Stahl, Danielle Cerulli, Alexis Lim, Diana Gorvokovic, Marisa Moro and Alisha Huyge. This year's staff included Director Sharon Maclean, Coach Rob Ardelan, and Assistant Dana Jankowski.
Watch this page & the web-site calendar for further information & dates of upcoming events.
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