Written by WGI - Sport of the Arts
- Students experience a “community” of peers all focused on a positive common goal.
- Students learn about commitment.
- Students learn that competition is a means to set new standards and they learn to push themselves to meet and try to surpass those standards.
- Students learn to respect their competitive peers and grow from that experience.
- Students learn the art of communication to others through performance.
- Students develop the self- confidence to tackle tough tasks and see them through to completion.
- Students benefit physically from the training and demands placed on them through movement, dance and prop manipulation.
- Students build endurance through expanded rehearsal and training programs.
- Students learn how to solve problems creatively and adapt to the need to be flexible in their pursuit of their performance objectives.
- Students learn music. The rhythmic and dynamic challenges placed on them turns them into visual musicians as they illustrate the sound of the show through body and equipment.
- The presence of a guard in a school places the students in the public eye bringing positive awareness to the school and the community. They are a Public Relations asset.
- Marching Band programs are enhanced through the guard’s ability to create and illustrate the music for the gratification of the viewing audience.
- The commitment and dedication of the guard, learned through guard programs, enhances the performance standards of the entire band.
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