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What You Should be Doing to Grow During the Covid-19 Pandemic
As you know, a lot of things within the colorguard world have been put hold during the Covid-19 pandemic. Almost half of WGI 2020 was cancelled, all of DCI 2020 was cancelled, and fall programming is looking more and more uncertain as time goes on. So what can you do...
Teaching Students How to Spin is Not Your Job
The thing about becoming a colorguard instructor is that it usually doesn't come with a job description. Most hiring is done informally--either through connections, cold emails, or accidentally falling into the position. As a result, most colorguard instructors think...
Detaching Self-Worth from Progress and Skill Achievement
Self- Worth: confidence in one's own worth or abilities; self-respect. Colorguard requires a lot of hard work. It takes physical and mental strength, endurance, patience, responsibility, and determination to get thorough any season. It is a fantastic environment to...
6 Ways to Help Your BIPOC Students
This post may contain affiliate links. There is a lot of overdue and much-needed conversation about diversity and inclusion in the marching arts community. Although this year has brought a lot of heartbreak for color guard (cancellation of WGI, cancellation of the...
