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Daily Training for Color Guard

Here is a quick sectionals article I wrote for Halftime Magazine with tips for “fitting in your fundamentals” throughout the season, even when the focus starts to shift towards cleaning the show....

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AirBlade Ensemble video

We updated our Air Blade article when we came across a nifty new video on You Tube showing the Air Blade spun by an ensemble of high school performers.  It's a great resource when trying to decide if...

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Tip for Today: Tossing Tips

Safety First!  When teaching beginners to toss, minimize the variables.  Find a rehearsal space that’s not too windy or sunny to start of.  Wait until they are solid with technique before asking them...

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Tip for Today: Teaching tough choreography to Beginners

Have a difficult section of choreography to teach and a lot of beginner performers?  Teach 8-counts at a time to the entire group, making sure your veterans understand.  Thend divide the group into...

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Embracing the Air Blade

One veteran instructor’s personal journey towards acceptance (and her tips for instruction!) “Miss Cortez, are we going to spin the Air Blade this year?” My initial response to this revolutionary piece...

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Tip for Today: The “10 Game”

“I have been teaching/teching/instructing my current guard for the past 2 marching band seasons and they are about to start their 2nd winter guard season. After we have totally cleaned a section or...

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“In the Toaster”

If you’re teaching a Regional A or Novice program there are many important details that compete for your attention.  But as I watched the Novice class perform at a local competition last spring, one...

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What An Equipment Judge Is Looking For In Your Show……

Often times, as I am sitting in the stands during a break in a contest, I get many questions from the spectators seated around me.  They vary from “what are you doing?” and “how do you sit that long?”...

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What Does That Mean? Understanding Terminology from an Equipment Judge’s Dialog

During Field Season, the Auxiliary judge looks at everything that goes into your show, namely vocabulary (both body and equipment), costumes, equipment, props, staging of performers, color choices,...

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The “Coach’s Eye” App. – A User Review

“Coach’s Eye” is a video app by Tech Smith for iPhones and iPads (sorry, Android friends). Techsmith, the app developer, touts it as “the ultimate video analysis app you can take anywhere”…and I must...

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