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EVENT INFORMATION
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Level Seven Percussion will be performing in several
Winter Guard International competitions.
"About Winter Guard
International (WGI) WGI Sport of the Arts, a nonprofit youth
organization, is the leading governing body of the winter guard and
indoor percussion activities. It is called the Sport of the Arts because
it brings music to life through performance in a competitive format. Now
entering its 30th year, the sport continues to evolve and grow. There
were over 11,000 participants at the Sport of the Arts World
Championships this past April.
WGI would like to welcome you to an exciting world of performance and
entertainment; a place where pageantry involves an array of equipment,
movement, and skill. Winter Guard and Indoor Percussion create
friendships, talents, and standards of excellence, while fostering an
environment where young men and women can grow, laugh, learn, and meet
challenges as a group. Welcome to WGI Sport of the Arts.
WGI Mission
WGI Sport of the Arts exists to foster positive experiences for all
who participate, by promoting education, creativity and freedom of
expression through the unification of pageantry and the performing arts.
General Info
Welcome to the world of WGI! An experience where competition is based
in education.
WGI was founded in 1977 to draw together the growing winter guard
activity, standardize rules, and provide leadership and guidance. Now
there is an international organization that offers:
Standardized judging criteria within the activity:
- Improved communication.
- Cooperation of local circuit organizations.
- An Educational Division offering clinics, printed and video
materials regarding the color guard and indoor percussion activities.
- A network of Regional contests in the U.S., Canada, and Europe
culminating in an annual International Championship in April.
WGI
WGI is governed by a Board of Directors composed of representatives
from the top color guards and indoor percussion ensembles in the world,
and “At Large” positions for individuals who bring their professional
experiences to share with WGI.
Competition
WGI uses a competition-based approach for organizing events in order
to showcase youth activities in pursuit of high standards of
achievement. Events included more than 43 Regionals and Power Regionals,
which lead to the three-day World Championships that evaluate more than
300 guards and 170 percussion ensembles from over 40 states, and 5
countries.
Education
Education is the basis for the developmental criteria, which defines
the measurement for competitive advancement. WGI Sport of the Arts
provides curriculum materials for classes in equipment, movement, and
design. WGI provides a full educational program for instructors and
judges through seminars and video material.
The organization promotes higher education by annually awarding
$20,000 in scholarships to students from our competing units.
Winter Guard
Winter Guard enters its 30th season with more than 300 competing
units from 34 different states. The 2007 World Championships will be
held in Dayton, OH, April 12, 13, and14, when competitors will compete
in six classes for scholastic and independent groups. More than 109,000
fans enjoy this activity at 24 Regional contests and World
Championships. Another 100,000 fans support more than 600 local contests
throughout the world.
Indoor Percussion
Indoor Percussion enters its 15th season with more than 170
percussion ensembles from 31 states. The 2007 World Championships will
be held in Dayton, OH, April 19, 20, and 21, when groups will compete in
eight classes serving both scholastic and independent groups in concert,
and marching presentations. Spectators will enjoy this activity at 19
Regional contests and World Championships.
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.
Percussion also has Scholastic Concert Classes for units who do not
include marching in their programs.
Did you know...
- Winter Guard and Indoor Percussion are the fastest growing of the
pageantry arts.
- Winter Guard now exists in the United States, Canada, Belgium,
Holland, Germany, England, Ireland, Korea, Japan, and Africa.
- WGI's educational materials serve as the curriculum in many
schools that have classes in equipment and movement.
- WGI's artistic direction is fully controlled by the units.
- WGI awards over $20,000 in scholarships annually to students from
competing units.
- More than 600 volunteers administer the circuits and staff the
Regional and International contests.
- More than 150,000 spectators enjoy the activities at WGI Regionals
and World Championships annually.
- More than 600 local competitions are sponsored, yielding an
additional 100,000 spectators.
- More than 32,000 people receive our free educational publication
FOCUS.
- Many of the percussion product companies are now developing
percussive instruments for the indoor activity.
- Hundreds of high school marching bands benefit from the skills
developed by our winter programs.
"taken from
WGI.org
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