Winter guard

But today, we are talking all about soundtrack design.

And it's a big, big part of Winter Guard.

I mean, so many, I mean, we all use a track, most of us.

I mean, usually there's that one or two guards that decide, you know, we're not going to do music this year and just go silent.

But I have with me a very talented soundtrack creator who we're going to walk through kind of how we design and build and then actually build literally put together through software a winter guard soundtrack from any level

as far as i'm aware there's not much on soundtracks like there's a lot about staging and choreo but like soundtrack design i think people a lot of people treated like an afterthought

i mean you have to look at the different levels that people are writing for i mean obviously the world teams are going to have their their soundtrack creation plan but all the local a guards and regional a guards that don't even do WGI.

So before we get into this, why don't you take a moment to reintroduce yourself to everybody, even though I kind of gave everybody a brief introduction of you, but go ahead.

I've been the director at Flanagan for the past six years.

I've also was the founder and director of Relentless Winter Guard for the past 10 years.

Been in the activity, I've performed in Southlake High School.

Flanagan High School, I was in the World Guard for a good three years.

And then I went on to March Drum Corps with Sunco Sound and really that trajectory of going forward in Drum Corps with the Suncoast for a couple years, and I marched the cadets.

And then I had to keep going.

I went up to Boston to march Emma Marquis, Winter Guard.

And then it was time to teach, so I really started, my teaching experience started with Seminole High School from St. Pete back in the day, and just kind of worked with Seminole and Tarbin Springs for a long time.

They did not have really a basketball band per se, so we developed that into what it is now.

And then they didn't have a winter guard either, which I love having a strong winter guard because those students, I want to make sure they have an outlet to do their craft all year round.

um so we developed that and now they have an independent group there that they do in the arkansas circuit too

joining me now is sousaphone section leader hannah meeker hannah thanks so much for joining me today

Conrad Eisenhower and his wife Katie They were amazing.

Katie writes all of our audition choreography, and that has inspired me a ton to get more into dance.

It ended up leading me to do Winter Guard here at SUU.

Oh, cool.

Fun fact for the audience, and we were just talking about this off camera.

So I marched in a Winter Guard called the New York Royal Guardsmen.

I marched from 1981 to 1986.

Actually, I was off 1983, but that's another story for another

Do you have any insight you could share with us on some of the plans? To

tell you the truth, I don't.

Although I provided some input, I know they're going to have a program book, you know, a historical program book and I forgot to put on, you know, one of the Santa Clara Vanguard Winter Guard programs.

I

Today I'll be having a conversation with Steven Goodman, the WGAZ Vice President, and Beth Carlson, the WGAZ Color Guard Liaison.

We're gonna be talking about winter guard, indoor percussion, and indoor winds.

Is it time for you to start a program at your school? Before I bring them on, I'd like to recognize our sponsors.

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So I thought we could kind of talk about that, 'cause I think there may be people are like, "Is it time for me to consider starting a winter color guard, drumline, or indoor wir- winds?" Uh, you know, what, what are, what are some of the processes that we wanna talk about that? So in, in your eyes, like, how do you see some of the benefits, you know, at a program or at a school for having some of these indoor activities?

Um, I can start, Steven.

Um, for me, winter guard ha- is, at Williams Field, um, is, it depends on the year, has been an opportunity for me to bring in new members.

I can do an audition during the fall season and possibly get kids on campus that aren't involved in an activity yet.