Sport of the Arts
Sport of the Arts (WGI)
Winter guard is the sport of indoor color guard. Modern color guard is a combination of the use of flags, sabers, mock rifles, and other equipment, as well as dance and other interpretive movement. Color guards can be found in, high schools, middle schools, some universities, and also some independent organizations some of which are related to drum corps.
Competition Classifications: All WGI contests provide two divisions of competition specifically for:
Scholastic - units whose membership comes from the SAME High School or a school that feeds to that particular High School.
Independent - units whose members are not necessarily associated with a particular school.
The units are then further divided into classes:
- A Class - Beginning programs and performers.
- Open Class - The intermediate developmental level of performers.
- World Class - The most advanced programs and performers.