2017 Color Guard World Championships Program by WGIsportofthearts

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DAYTON OHIO • APRIL 6-8

Welcome to the WGI Color Guard World Championships!

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS A Prelims ................................................................. 47 Open Prelims ......................................................... 67

MAPS & EVENT INFO

THE JUDGING SYSTEM

WHAT IS WGI? BOARD OF DIRECTORS HALL OF FAME

World Prelims ........................................................ 75 A Semi-Finals ....................................................... 79 Open Semi-Finals .............................................. 83 A Finals .................................................................... 87 Open Finals ........................................................... 89 World Finals ......................................................... 91

PROGRAM BOOK STAFF Publisher WGI Sport of the Arts Dayton, OH Editor Crystal Walker WGI Sport of the Arts Dayton, OH Graphic Design Kathy Royer Creative Dayton, OH Production Manager Dale Lunce Think Patented Dayton, OH

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

World Semi-Finals ............................................. 85

University of Dayton Arena

Wright State University’s Nutter Center

1801 S. Edwin C. Moses Boulevard Dayton, OH 45408

3640 Colonel Glenn Highway Dayton, OH 45435

EVENT INFORMATION

Millett Hall at Miami University 500 E Sycamore St Oxford, OH 45056

5 1

675

4 OXFORD 75

BB&T Arena at Northern Kentucky University

500 Louie B. Nunn Drive Highland Heights, KY 41099

DAYTON

275 75 74

71 275

CINCINNATI

Dayton Convention Center 22 East Fifth Street Dayton, OH 45402

• Please do not enter or exit the seating area during a performance, but feel free to applaud and show your appreciation to these talented young men and women. Your enthusiasm and excitement are very much appreciated. • WGI prohibits videotaping and/or recording of this event in any way. If found in violation, your equipment will be temporarily impounded and you will be subject to dismissal from the arena. This rule is in place to be in accordance with U.S. copyright laws and the request of the performing ensembles. • Absolutely no flash photography is permitted. Sales or public display of any photos from today’s event is also prohibited. Lifetouch Special Events action and group photos can be viewed and purchased by the entrance on the concourse of UD Arena or online at events.lifetouch.com.

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• Text voting for your WGI Fan Favorite performances will begin during finals events. Listen for announcements during the show. • Please mute your cell phone and other electronic devices, and enjoy the show! • WGI scores and news can be found on your smartphone when you download the official WGI App available on the Apple App Store and Google Play.

WGI WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS! It is an exciting year for us as we reflect on our history and celebrate the growth of our beloved Sport of the Arts. From our first championships in 1978 with 29 color guards to today’s two-weekend extravaganza showcasing over 600 color guards, percussion ensembles, and winds groups, our first four decades show that WGI is only getting started. Our reach now extends beyond North America and new audiences are now discovering that participation in activities like the indoor marching arts enhance lives while motivating young people to achieve their life’s goals. The lessons learned will inspire them to be better citizens and develop the leaders of tomorrow. I hope all in attendance will marvel at the skills on display that have long been the trademark of this event. The hours of tireless training that go into all the productions, regardless of the score, deserve all of our collective recognition. Please reward each and every performer with your applause. We would like to thank the educators and family members who support these performers in their journey. Without your efforts, their growth and development would not be possible. Thank you to the volunteers and staff that make this event possible. Without your infinite hours of dedication and love of our sport, we could not provide this and other performance opportunities to young people from all over the world. You have earned a very special place in our hearts and have our eternal gratitude. It is my hope that this world championship proves to be as inspiring to you, the spectator, as much as the young people who inspire all of us at WGI. This event is proof that with a thriving learning community, students can achieve anything in their wildest dreams. It promises to be a very special weekend filled with memorable performances, a nostalgic look back to our origins, and a celebration of what’s to come. On behalf of WGI Sport of the Arts, we extend our sincere congratulations and best wishes to all the performers, past and present, who make WGI the vibrant organization it is today. Very truly yours,

Ron Nankervis Executive Director, CEO

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WELCOME!

WELCOME TO THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY

VIRTUAL EVALUATIONS FOR YOUR INDOOR PROGRAM

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THE PROCESS 1. Choose the Caption: You will be assigned a judge to evaluate your program in a caption of your choice. 2. Security Share High Camera: Share rehearsal

or local show video for evaluation. 3. Request Commentary: Your recorded commentary

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1 ON 1 JUDGES DESIGN ANALYSIS

EQUIPMENT

GENERAL EFFECT

Keith Baker

John Fisher

Chris Casteel

William Chumley

Tim Landess

Shirley Dorritie

Mimchael Higbe

James Mahoney

Paul Lampkin

Eric Kitchenman

Kristen O’Melia

James Mahoney

Brian Murphy

Robert Solomon

Meghan McCourt

Daniel Niebauer

MOVEMENT

Daniel Niebauer

Keith Baker William Chu

Christine Clayton Hieu Nguyen Michael Turner

Adam Sage Michael Stone Dale White

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After a period of of judging for one of WGI’s Circuit Partners, WGI Color Guard Judges undergo a rigorous training program including a home study, a Judge Academy, an extensive period of trial judging guards in every class, and participating in a continuing education program that encompasses annual study requirements and clinics.

GENERAL EFFECT- 40 PTS

Two judges - 20 points each General Effect Judges reward the effectiveness of the total program and all its components. Effects are broken down into 3 categories: · Intellectual Effects are thought provoking, complex in design, and consider the visual approach to musical settings. · Emotional Effects include adrenaline effects, as well as effects covering the broad range of human emotions. · Aesthetic Effects include the artistic viewpoint, the impact of the setting, and how the performers create effects within the environment created by the designer. Aesthetic Effects also cover choreographic considerations of equipment and movement. This caption is about the whole package and how it is brought to life through the efforts of the performers.

DESIGN ANALYSIS- 20 PTS Design Judges analyze the quality of the design and the depth of the composition of the program as a whole. These judges analyze the “blueprint” of the program as well as the fulfillment of the composition by the ensemble. Special consideration is given to the technical and expressive excellence demonstrated by the performers. Along with assessing the collective skill set of the total ensemble, a close look is given to each moment in time and how it relates, through time, to the entirety of the program.

2017 JUDGES Mike Anderson Denise Bonfiglio Beverly Brahan Dan Campbell William Chumley Christine Clayton Andy Combites Curtis Costanza Nikki Crawford-Jones Christine Dillon Shirley Dorritie John Fisher Sam Gervaise Michael Higbe Jen Karp Eric Kitchenman Jeff Krywinski Paul Lampkin Tim Landess Phil Madden James Mahoney Meghan McCourt Dan Middlesworth Kyle Miller

Brian Murphy Jeff Namian Hieu Nguyen Daniel Niebauer George Oliviero Jennifer Oswald Gilles Ouellette Damon Padilla Michael Pavlock Scott Pizani Kim Presley Warren Rickart Billy Saccomanno Adam Sage Tom Slaughter Robert Solomon Jeffrey Stewart Michael Stone Jim Sturgeon Becca Sullens Michael Turner Ted Wemhoff John Whelchel Dale White

EQUIPMENT- 20 PTS Individual Analysis

Equipment Judges analyze the performers’ challenges illustrated by the range and variety of efforts presented through the manipulation of flags, rifles, sabres, and other props. Equipment judges will also analyze performer excellence through training, timing, technique, and the achievement of simultaneous responsibilities. The Equipment Judge is located lower in the stands so they can sample individual performers and make direct comparison between performers.

MOVEMENT- 20 PTS Individual Analysis

Movement Judges are also located lower in the stands. They analyze the range and depth of the total movement vocabulary. Movement Judges consider the isolated dance moments as well as the movement focus during combined efforts of movement and equipment. The Movement Judge, through the assessment of kinesthetic awareness, also considers individual challenges presented by the staging. Special consideration is made regarding the training, excellence, and achievement of the performers, as well as the uniformity from performer to performer.

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THE JUDGING SYSTEM

The judging community is a body of professionals often trained in dance, theatre, and art. Their color guard experience combined with extensive study, guided by WGI’s judge philosophy, give WGI’s judges the expertise to reward the efforts and achievements of today’s performers.

world’s premier non-profit organization producing indoor

2016 WGI BOARD OF DIRECTORS Ed Devlin President

color guard, percussion, and wind ensemble competitions.

Michael Gaines

It is called the Sport of the Arts because it brings music and

Vice President of Color Guard

Tim Fairbanks

motion to life through performance in a competitive format.

Vice President of Percussion

Rosie Queen

Now entering its 40th year in 2017, the sport continues to

Secretary

evolve and grow. This season there were more than 36,000

Don Click Treasurer

participants at the regional level, and more than 13,000

Dean Broadbent John Campese Fred Feeney Shavon Garcia Charles Gumbert Rob Jett Tim Mikan Tim Newburn Tony Nunez Noreen Roberts Carrie Short Chris Wing

participants competing at the 2017 WGI World Championships.

WGI HALL OF FAME

The Hall of Fame is the highest honor to those individuals who make a significant contribution to WGI, and who have in some way influenced the course of our history. Their contribution may be made through artistic standards, administrative leadership or adjudication.

2017

2011

2016

2010

Michael Shapiro Peggy Twiggs Jonathan Vanderkolff

Neil Larrivee

2015

JC Connor Charles Gumbert Paul Lampkin

2014

Tom Aungst Julie Davila James J. Dwyer

2013

Edward J. Devlin Fred Feeney Dale Powers

2012

James “Jimmy” Haskell Scott Johnson Jim Wunderlich

Ruth Ann Medworth Kevin Roberts Noreen Roberts

Don Click Daniel Fyffe Mike Jackson Andy Sanders

2009

Donald Angelica John Brazale Steve Brubaker Tam Easterwood Bruce Leo Marlene Miller Bob Wiles Harvey Wingo George Zingali

2008

Dave Marvin Jay Webb

2007

1996

2006

1995

2004

1994

2003

1993

Michael Gaines Randy Nelson

Cosmo “Gus” Barbaro Dennis DeLucia Mark Thurston

Mark Miller Mike Miller George Oliviero

Karl Lowe Jeffrey Namian

George Lindstrom Vincent Monacelli

Mary Denniston Fred J. Miller Jay Murphy

Mickey Kelly Wayne Wengert Dolores Zappala

LuAnn Russell-Salas Sal Salas

1992

2000

Denise Bonfiglio Marie Czapinski Ward Durrett

Stanley Knaub Lynn Lindstrom Shirlee Whitcomb

1997

Scott Chandler Harry Sampson

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WHAT IS WGI?

Winter Guard International (WGI) Sport of the Arts is the

Championship medal from the early years

Alter Ego 2008

Bishop Kearney 1996

San Jose Raiders 1992

F O R T Y

Y E A R S

O F

E X C E L L E N C E

CELEBRATION!

Miamisburg 1991

North East Independent 2005

Onyx 2010

Field of View 1993

BY MICHAEL REED

Forty years ago, a small group of visionaries

original meeting, provided by Marie Czapinski,

armed with a bright idea met to discuss their

reveal that compromises were made on everything

collective brainchild. In May of 1977, WGI founding

from the minimum number of members in a

members Don Angelica, Linda Chambers, Marie

guard to the size of the competition floor (two

Czapinski, Bryan Johnston, Stanley Knaub, and

floor sizes were allowed: 40x60 and 50x70).

Shirlee Whitcomb gathered in California to develop an outline for an organization that would govern the indoor color guard activity, provide uniform rules and scoring for guards from coast to coast, and hold a national championship event in the season in which the groups competed.

The moniker “Winter Guard International” was chosen to reflect the time of year when the units competed, with a championship event to be held in April. At that time, smaller local circuits sponsored indoor guard shows, with the most prominent being Massachusetts and New York

THE BEGINNING

in the east, Illinois in the midwest, and California

In the pre-WIG era, the only true national event

in the west. Lynn Lindstrom, the head of the

for color guards occurred in conjunction with

Midwest Color Guard Circuit, accepted the role

the Drum Corps International Championships

of WGI’s first Executive Director, running the

in August. The guards typically competed in

organization out of her house for the first dozen

field houses or basements.

years of its existence.

The six founders spent two days in San

Twenty-nine groups from coast to coast converged

Francisco’s Sheraton Palace Hotel to compare

at Crown High School in suburban Chicago

the rules of the major regional guard associations

in the spring of 1978 for the first WGI Olympics

and come up with a set of guidelines that would

(as the event was known then), with Quasar

be used for all WGI events. The minutes of that

from Massachusetts winning the inaugural

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Escapade 1993

Emerald Marquis 1988

Northview 2011

Blue Devils 1998

Phantom Regiment

championship event. By the time Lindstrom

of responsibility to involve more people,

retired 24 years later, not only had the number

the organization quickly began to grow.

of competing guards at Championships exploded to over 300, but the percussion side of the activity had already been established for nearly a decade, with approximately 80 drumlines in attendance. Administratively, the organization had expanded as well, although not quite so dramatically. In year eight, Lindstrom hired an office assistant, with another person added in year 10. Today, the WGI staff includes event, video, marketing, participant, bookkeeping, and ticketing personnel.

The first two Championships had all the guard grouped into a single class. In year three, an Independent A class was added. The 1984 event saw the addition of a Scholastic class, with a second Scholastic class added the following year. 1993 was a watershed year in WGI history. The current classification setup debuted for the 1993 Finals, with both Independent and Scholastic divisions divided into World, Open, and A classes. That same season, the organization leadership took a leap of faith by adding a Percussion

EXPONENTIAL GROWTH

category. In 2000, the Percussion activity

Many people volunteered their efforts in those

mirrored the guard for the first time by having

early years, never expecting to be compensated.

the same three class offerings in both Independent

They did it purely out of a passion for the activity

and Scholastic divisions, in addition to continuing

and a healthy sense of hope for what it could

to offer Concert classes for non-movement

become. Through the combination of sound fiscal

ensembles. Fast forward to 2015 with the

leadership, inclusion of the leading units in the

inaugural season of Winds, a division that

rule-making process (through the development

has seen tremendous growth in its three

of a Board of Directors), and wise delegation

years of existence.

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www.WinterGuardTarps.com

THE WGI QUIZ

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TEST YOUR KNOWLEGE WITH THIS FUN QUIZ! 1

Who was responsible for putting together the meeting that started WGI?

a. b. c. d.

What year did the first percussion ensembles complete at WGI Championships?

a. b. c. d.

Which guard only spun sabre in 1993?

a. b. c. d.

Blessed Sacrament Miamisburg High School Union High School Pride of Cincinnati

Dayton, OH Phoenix, AZ Buffalo, NY Milwaukee, WI

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Which guard used live spoken word during their entire show in 1995? a. Blue Devils b. Mt. Carmel High School c. Canandaigua Academy d. Forte

Who was the first Winds Independent World Champion? a. Rhythm X b. Aimachi c. FIU Indoor Winds d. STRYKE Winds

San Jose Raiders Lincoln-Way Buccaneers Alliance of Miami

In 1997, where was the 20th Anniversary World Championships held? a. b. c. d.

1978 1993 1991 1996

Which color guard competing in the 2017 World Championships has participated in WGI the longest?

Who was the first percussion ensemble from outside North America to medal? a. Avant Courir b. Aimachi c. Mayflower d. Max Percussion Theatre

Sal Salas George Zingali Stanley Knaub Lynn Lindstrom

Which percussion ensemble in Scholastic Concert World Class has won five consecutive titles? a. Baldwinsville High School b. Franklin Central High School c. Fort Mill High School d. Ayala High School

What was the name of the guard that only competed for one season and won Independent World Class? a. Royal Sabres b. Odyssey c. Phantom Regiment d. Erte Productions

1991

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Which guard won gold 10 years in a row?

a. James Logan High School b. Carmel High School c. Bishop Kearney High School d. Union High School What group holds the record for longest absence followed by a re-appearance? a. South Shore Drill Team b. Alliance of Miami c. Mandarins d. Odyssey

In what year did the WGI Office move to Dayton, OH? a. 1983 b. 1991 c. 2002 d. 2010

When were the first Percussion Finals held at UD Arena? a. 1993 b. 1998 c. 2003 d. 2008

When was the Winds division introduced at Championships with exhibitions from Aimachi, Alter HS, and Northglenn? a. 2012 b. 2013 c. 2014 d. 2015

How many guards have won more than one Independent World Class gold medal? a. 10 b. 9 c. 8 d. 7

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LD MA RQUIS 1999

Answers: 1. c-Stanley Knaub 2. b-1993, 3. a-Blessed Sacrament, 4. a-San Jose Raiders, 5. b-Phoenix, AZ, 6. b-Aimachi, 7. d-Forte, 8. a-Rhythm X, 9. b-Franklin Central High School, 10. d-Erte Productions, 11. a-James Logan High School, 12. c-Mandarins, 13. b-9, 14. d-2008, 15. c-160,000, 16. c-2014, 17. c-2002.

a. 140,000 b. 150,000 c. 160,000 d. 170,000

FL A

How many spectators and participants enjoy WGI Regionals and Championships annually?

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THE WGI QUIZ

CHIM ER

CARMEL H

INDEPENDENT WORLD

1. 98.700 Pride of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH WANDERLUST

98.400

95.050

Santa Clara Vanguard

Onyx

Santa Clara, CA Rumble, Unravel, Rise

Dayton, OH I, Will

94.500

94.400

92.800

90.200

Blessed Sacrament

Paramount

Imbue

Diamante

Cambridge, MA Cymbal-ism

Atlanta, GA The Rule of Three

Modesto, CA See It Through

Anaheim, CA POTUS

10.

11.

89.550

88.950

87.900

86.800

Mayflower

Alter Ego

Black Gold

Fantasia

Billericay, Essex, United Kingdom Excess Baggage

Trumbull, CT Seated

Dallas, TX “Bull”ero

Riverside, CA A Night Under the Blue Moon

12.

13.

14.

15.

85.050

83.600

83.150

82.000

FeniX Independent

UCF Pegasus World

Emanon

Cypress Independent

ASU, Tempe, AZ Walking on Air

Orlando, FL Elevation

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Hackettstown, NJ THIS PLACE

Houston, TX Conversations

SCHOLASTIC WORLD

1. 97.600 Tarpon Springs HS Tarpon Springs, FL NY2

94.950

94.600

Avon HS

Carmel HS

Avon, IN Crude

Carmel, IN Tabula Rasa

94.150

92.650

91.900

90.600

Flanagan HS

James Bowie HS

James Logan HS

Mechanicsburg HS

Pembroke Pines, FL OLD SKIN

Austin, TX Anarchy of Silence

Union City, CA Nature Boy

Mechanicsburg, PA “Mirror, Mirror”

10.

11.

89.500

88.400

87.700

85.800

Center Grove HS

Miamisburg HS

Warren Central HS

Nease HS

Greenwood, IN A Place for Us

Miamisburg, OH 2 Possibilities Exist

Indianapolis, IN Somewhere in America

Ponte Vedra, FL Perception

12.

13.

14.

15.

85.150

83.300

83.150

81.900

Arcadia HS

Norwin HS

North East Independent School District

Stoneman Douglas HS

Arcadia, CA Rite of Passage

North Huntingdon, PA Message in a Bottle

San Antonio, TX Vortex

Parkland, FL The Animal Within

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From your first notes… to your final performance,

Yamaha is proud to be a sponsor of Winter Guard International supporting the entire indoor marching arts activity. As the nation's largest supporter of music education, Yamaha advocates for the right of every child to have access to life-changing musical experiences like this one, and works tirelessly to make music and musical instruments accessible to all.

I N S P I R I N G ,

E M P O W E R I N G

A N D

E Q U I P P

Yamaha is with you: fueling your creativity, applauding your victories and cheering you on every step of the way. Congratulations to everyone competing in this year’s WGI World Championships!

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M U S I C

E D U C A T O R S

A N D

S T U D E N T S

INDEPENDENT OPEN

1. 94.550 Juxtaposition Westerville, OH How Long Is Forever?

94.350

94.200

Pacificaires

Lexis

Surrey, Canada BOXES

Lexington, KY The Trail’s End

92.150

90.900

89.650

89.000

Malachi Independent

Stonewall Independent

Diamante

The Pride of the Netherlands Huizen, Netherlands M.C. Escher-Images of Mathematics

Denver, CO Transcendent Journey

Manassas, VA Until the Last Moment

Anaheim, CA Dissipate

10.

11.

87.900

87.750

86.850

84.800

AMP Winter Guard

Vox Artium

Premonition

Alta Marea

Camden, NJ Give Me These Moments

San Diego, CA Maybe I…

Fort Lauderdale, FL WILD IS THE WIND

Tuscaloosa, AL Unspoken

12.

13.

14.

15.

84.650

84.100

82.600

82.550

UCF Pegasus Open

CGT Dallas

The Pride of Missouri State

Orlando, FL Daylight touches everything

Dallas, TX Narcissus

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Springfield, MO If You Love

East Stroudsburg University, PA Coming Home

SCHOLASTIC OPEN

1. 96.850 Shenendehowa HS

Clifton Park, NY Beauty Misunderstood

95.550

94.150

Greenfield-Central HS

Cape Fear HS

Greenfield, IN Eyre on a String

Fayetteville, NC Each Day is Valentine’s Day

92.350

92.200

90.300

89.850

Cleveland HS

Eastlake HS

El Dorado HS Placentia, CA

Francis Howell North HS Little Elm HS St. Charles, MO Together, Alone

Little Elm, TX Top Of The World

Clayton, NC Chorale Fantasia

El Paso, TX The Hoedown

Building Urban Light

10.

11.

12.

13.

89.300

87.350

86.950

86.500

85.500

Wakeland HS

Choctaw HS

Marvin Ridge HS

Norwalk HS

South Brunswick HS

Frisco, TX We’ll Be Just Fine

Choctaw, OK Introspection

Waxhaw, NC The Dreamers

Norwalk, CT Movement

South Brunswick, NJ Outside the Box

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

85.400

85.050

84.500

83.800

82.000

Chino Hills HS

Diamond Bar HS

East Coweta HS

William R Boone HS Summerville HS Orlando, FL Summerville, SC Nocturne

A Work In Progress

Chino Hills, CA Eight Twelve

Diamond Bar, CA Sharpsburg, GA Finding Color In the Dark In The Loop

19.

20.

81.600

81.100

Eden Prairie HS

Mill Creek HS

Eden Prairie, MN Dethroned

Hoschton, GA The Window

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INDEPENDENT A

1. 97.465 Paramount A Winterguard Atlanta, GA Almost Everything

95.490

95.290

In Motion Performance Ensemble Legacy presented by Carolina Gold Fairfield, CA Raleigh, NC LOVE IS BLIND You Are Not Alone

94.770

92.650

91.970

91.675

89.560

Artistry IN BLUE Canton, OH To Paint a Starry Sky

University of Georgia Athens, GA Open Hands

Interplay Grand Rapids, MI Take a Stand…

Pegasus A Orlando, FL The Road

Legacy Performing Arts Indianapolis, IN And so it goes

10.

11.

12.

13.

89.315

87.615

86.830

86.455

86.260

Delazure Newark, DE Coronation

MBI Saint Paul, MN Auto-Correcting Society

Paradigm Daytona Beach, FL The Architect

National Avenue CGT Fort Worth Missouri State University Fort Worth, TX in Springfield, MO New Day Exposition

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

85.990

84.880

84.125

83.330

82.475

Salem Blue Salem, NH Sharing Spaces

Sacred Heart University Winter Guard Fairfield, CT The Love That I Have...

JMU Nuance Winterguard Harrisonburg, VA Can You Hear Me

Allegiance Dundee, IL A John Denver Celebration

ATX Winterguard Austin, TX FIME: A situation explaining your state of being

19.

20.

82.310

81.405

Plainfield Winterguard Plainfield, IL Into the Darkness

Reverie Independent Marietta, GA Me & Bobby Mcgee

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SCHOLASTIC A

98.710 Bellevue West HS Bellevue, NE River Voices

96.830

95.300

Smithfield-Selma HS Smithfield, NC To Bee Or Not To Bee

Victor HS Victor, NY Wasting Time

94.640

94.330

93.545

92.680

91.795

Washington HS Washington, MO Broken Ballerina

Elk River HS Elk River, MN On Target

Father Ryan HS Nashville, TN What’s Inside

Arlington HS LaGrangeville, NY Witch One?

Lowndes HS Valdosta, GA Wonderland

10.

11.

12.

13.

91.480

89.655

89.375

88.710

87.930

Judson HS Converse, TX Please come to Boston

Dripping Springs HS Dripping Springs, TX The Greatest Thing

Lake Howell HS Winter Park, FL Captum

Bridgewater Raritan HS Dathmouth HS Bridgewater, NJ Dartmouth, MA Ver-loo-spow: Hashtag Gossip A Viking Journey

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

85.035

84.845

84.600

84.575

83.195

Apopka HS Apopka, FL Rise Up

Northwest Cabarrus HS Concord, NC

Kickapoo HSEmulation Springfield, MO Never Never Lost

Keller Central HS Fort Worth, TX Reflections

Downey HS Downey, CA I Think Its Going To Rain Today

You don’t bring me flowers…

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

82.850

81.765

80.905

80.720

80.130

75.655

Americas HS El Paso, TX

Oak Ridge HS Conroe, TX The Flame Within

Cumberland Valley HS Mechanicsburg, PA Love Spell

Mt. Juliet HS Green Hope HS Milford HS Mount Juliet, TN Cary, NC Miford, OH And The World Turn If You Truly Wish To Be Over the Rainbow

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FINALISTS

From quality for the beginner

To quality for the professional

We’ve got you covered w it h

QUALITY

HOUSTON CHAMPIONS

Scholastic Regional A: College Station HS Scholastic A: Dawson HS Independent A: Black Gold A

REGIONALS

Scholastic Open: Tompkins HS Independent Open: Spirit Independent from The University of Houston

Independent World: Redemption Guard

ST. LOUIS CHAMPIONS

Scholastic Regional A: Crawford County Jr. Sr. HS Independent Regional A: Railmen Winter Guard Scholastic A: Wentzville Holt HS Independent A: Railmen Winter Guard Scholastic Open: Washington HS Independent Open: Malachi Independent

TRUMBULL CHAMPIONS

Scholastic Regional A: Trumbull HS Independent Regional A: Patriots Too Scholastic A: Greater Johnstown HS Independent A: Patriots Scholastic Open: South Brunswick HS Independent Open: The Brigadiers Scholastic World: Trumbull HS Independent World: Alter Ego

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BAKERSFIELD CHAMPIONS Scholastic Regional A: Ollivier MS Independent Regional A: Rosedale Independent - Black Scholastic A: Arvin HS

REGIONALS

Independent A: Arete Winterguard Scholastic Open: Stockdale HS Independent Open: UNITY

KNOXVILLE CHAMPIONS Scholastic Regional A: Soddy Daisy HS Scholastic A: Green Hope HS Independent A: Reverie Independent Scholastic Open: Marvin Ridge HS Independent World: Paramount

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DALLAS CHAMPIONS Scholastic Regional A: Stephenville HS Scholastic A: Allen HS Varsity Independent A: Black Gold A

REGIONALS

Scholastic Open: Little Elm HS Scholastic World: The Woodlands HS Independent World: CGT Dallas

INDIANAPOLIS CHAMPIONS Scholastic Regional A: Richmond HS Independent Regional A: Allegiance RA Scholastic A: Milford HS Independent A: Interplay Scholastic Open: Fishers HS Independent Open: Legacy Performing Arts Scholastic World: Carmel HS Independent World: Pride of Cincinnati

SALEM CHAMPIONS Scholastic Regional A: King Phillip Regional HS Independent Regional A: St. Ann’s Scholastic A: Dartmouth HS Independent A: Salem Blue Scholastic Open: North Syracuse Central HS Independent Open: Brookfield Independent Scholastic World: Trumbull HS Independent World: Blessed Sacrament

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TAMPA CHAMPIONS Scholastic Regional A: Bloomingdale HS JV Scholastic A: Newsome HS Independent A: FIU Winterguard

REGIONALS

Scholastic Open: Lyman HS Independent Open: University of South Florida Scholastic World: Tarpon Springs HS Independent World: UCF Pegasus World

TULSA CHAMPIONS Scholastic Regional A: Jenks HS JV Scholastic A: Blue Springs HS Varsity Independent A: First Chapter Independent Scholastic Open: Jenks HS Open Independent Open: The Pride of Missouri State

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MODESTO CHAMPIONS Scholastic Regional A: Selma HS Scholastic A: Damonte Ranch HS Independent A: Imbue A

REGIONALS

Scholastic Open: El Capitan HS Scholastic World: James Logan HS Independent World: Imbue

NETHERLANDS CHAMPIONS Independent Regional A: The Pride Junior Independent A: The Pride A Independent Open: The Pride of the Netherlands

OMAHA CHAMPIONS Scholastic Regional A: Eden Prairie HS JV Independent Regional A: Synergy Winterguard Scholastic A: Maysville HS Independent A: MBI Scholastic Open: Eden Prairie HS

PENSACOLA CHAMPIONS Scholastic Regional A: Northwest Rankin HS Independent A: Jackson Independent Scholastic A: Pace HS Independent A: Jay Independent Independent Open: Reverie Independent Scholastic World: Choctawhatchee HS

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RIVERSIDE CHAMPIONS Scholastic Regional A: El Camino Real Charter HS Scholastic A: Mt. Carmel HS Independent A: i-Squared

REGIONALS

Scholastic Open: El Dorado HS Independent Open: Malachi Independent Scholastic World: Ayala HS Independent World: Fantasia

SAN ANTONIO CHAMPIONS Scholastic Regional A: Earl Warren HS JV Scholastic A: Klein Oak HS Scholastic Open: Hendrickson HS Independent Open: Industry Independent Independent World: Invictus

SOUTH BRUNSWICK CHAMPIONS Scholastic Regional A: Abington HS Independent Regional A: Sonnor Scholastic A: Greater Johnstown HS Independent A: Pennsauken Scholastic Open: South Brunswick HS Independent Open: AMP Winter Guard Scholastic World: Somerville HS Independent World: Black Watch

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ATLANTA CHAMPIONS Scholastic Regional A: Mill Creek HS A Scholastic A: Green Hope HS Independent A: The District

REGIONALS

Independent Winterguard

Scholastic Open: Marvin Ridge HS Independent Open: Reverie Independent Independent World: Paramount

AUSTIN CHAMPIONS Scholastic Regional A: Katy HS JV Scholastic A: Klein Oak HS Independent A: BriA Independent Scholastic Open: Hendrickson HS Independent Open: Industry Independent Scholastic World: James Bowie HS Independent World: Invictus

NORFOLK CHAMPIONS Scholastic Regional A: George C Marshall HS Independent Regional A: Light Brigade South Scholastic A: Grassfield HS Independent A: JMU Nuance Winterguard Scholastic Open: Ada HS

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PITTSBURGH CHAMPIONS Scholastic Regional A: Norwin HS Scholastic A: Gateway HS Independent A: Onyx

REGIONALS

Scholastic Open: North Syracuse Central HS Independent Open: Stonewall Independent Scholastic World: Norwin HS Independent World: Onyx

SPRINGFIELD CHAMPIONS Scholastic Regional A: Blue Springs HS Scholastic A: Kickapoo HS Emulation Independent A: National Avenue Scholastic Open: Washington HS Independent Open: The Pride of Missouri State

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CHINO HILLS CHAMPIONS Scholastic Regional A: Diamond Bar HS JV Scholastic A: Mt. Carmel HS Independent A: Icon Winter Guard

REGIONALS

Scholastic Open: El Dorado HS Independent Open: Vox Artium Scholastic World: Arcadia HS Independent World: Fantasia

DENVER CHAMPIONS Scholastic Regional A: Dakota Ridge HS Independent Regional A: Malachi IRA Scholastic A: Legacy HS Independent A: Railmen Winter Guard Independent Open: Malachi Independent Independent World: Opus 10

FLINT CHAMPIONS Scholastic Regional A: Round Lake HS Independent Regional A: Phoenix Regional A Scholastic A: Lake Park HS Independent A: Interplay Scholastic Open: Plymouth-Canton Educational Park Independent Open: Phoenix Independent Independent World: Interplay

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PHOENIX CHAMPIONS Scholastic Regional A: Mountain Ridge HS Scholastic A: Rincon-University HS Independent A: FeniX Independent

REGIONALS

Scholastic Open: Sierra Vista HS Independent World: FeniX Independent

PORTLAND CHAMPIONS Scholastic Regional A: Evergreen HS JV Independent Regional A: Pacificaires Jr. Guard Scholastic A: Evergreen HS Independent A: Compass Rose Independent Open: Rhapsody Independent World: Pacificaires

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AT NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY SCHOLASTIC A ROUND 1 12:00 pm

Danville Community HS Danville, IN Along Came A Spider

1:45 pm

Redlands East Valley HS Redlands, CA Stronger Together

12:08 pm

Kings HS Kings Mills, OH Lie In Our Graves

1:53 pm

Lindbergh HS St. Louis, MO Beneath the Twilight Moon

12:16 pm

Franklin HS WG Franklin, OH In the beginning....

2:01 pm

Seymour HS Seymour, TN When Life Gives You Lemons...

12:24 pm

San Marcos HS San Marcos, TX Love You!

2:09 pm

Northeastern HS Fountain City, IN Love Me Love Me Not

12:32 pm

Dr. Phillips HS Orlando, FL Stand

2:17 pm

West Milford HS West Milford Township, NJ The Luckiest

12:40 pm

Fort Mill HS Fort Mill, SC The Carnival is Over

2:25 pm

Billerica Memorial HS Billerica, MA The Black Dahlia

12:48 pm

River Bluff HS Lexington, SC In Flight

2:33 pm

Wentzville Holt HS Wentzville, MO In Bloom

12:56 pm

A.L. Brown HS Kannapolis, NC Into the Unknown

2:41 pm

Springfield HS (OH) Holland, OH Sanctuary

1:04 pm

Northmont HS Clayton, OH What A Wonderful World

2:49 pm

East Lincoln HS Denver, NC If I Don’t Have You

1:12 pm

Mt. Juliet HS Mount Juliet, TN Tacoma

2:57 pm

Paris HS Paris, TX Fireflies

1:20 pm

Ada HS Ada, OH From Moment to Memory

3:05 pm

Rockford HS Rockford, MI A day in Spring

1:28 pm break

3:13 pm break

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AT NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY SCHOLASTIC A ROUND 5 3:30 pm

Olentangy HS Lewis Center, OH Dancing on my own

5:50 pm

E.D. White HS Thibodaux, LA Hold On

3:38 pm

Farragut HS Knoxville, TN Suffragette

5:58 pm

Hatboro-Horsham HS Horsham, PA Elastic Heart

3:46 pm

Victor J. Andrew HS Tinley Park, IL Swing Swing

6:06 pm

Marquette HS Chesterfield, MO Read All About It

3:54 pm

Freedom HS (Tampa) Tampa, FL The Craving

6:14 pm

Bellevue East HS Varsity Bellevue, NE The Knock at the Door

4:02 pm

Brandon HS Brandon, MS Art is?

6:22 pm

Homer HS Homer, NY Simply Country

4:10 pm

Liverpool HS Liverpool, NY I’ll be Here

6:30 pm

Mililani HS Mililani, HI The Lost Generation

4:18 pm

Southlake Carroll HS Southlake, TX Brand New Me

6:38 pm

Sunlake HS Land O’ Lakes, FL Pursuit of Happiness

4:26 pm

Rincon-University HS Tucson, AZ But Still I Rise

6:46 pm

Terre Haute South HS Terre Haute, IN Wrecking Ball

4:34 pm

Cary HS Cary, NC The Meaning of It All

6:54 pm

Pflugerville HS Pflugerville, TX Please Stand By

4:42 pm

Kickapoo HS - Emulation Springfield, MO Done Her Wrong

7:02 pm

A.A. Stagg HS Palos Hills, IL The Yellow Wallpaper

4:50 pm

O Fallon Township HS O’Fallon, IL Illuminate

7:10 pm

Decatur Central HS Indianapolis, IN Meant to be

4:58 pm break

7:18 pm break

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7:35 pm

Francis Howell HS Saint Charles, MO My Brother’s Kite

9:20 pm

Houston HS Germantown, TN Her Song

7:43 pm

Morris Community HS Morris, IL Carry Me Home

9:28 pm

Americas HS El Paso, TX Dreaming

7:51 pm

James B. Castle HS Kaneohe, HI My Vernian Fantasy

9:36 pm

Alpharetta HS Alpharetta, GA Daisy

7:59 pm

Fort Walton Beach HS Fort Walton Beach, FL Pavane on the Town

8:07 pm

Creekview HS Canton, GA Blur the lines

9:44 pm

McEachern HS Powder Springs, GA The Long Dark Night ( a movement to freedom)

8:15 pm

Mt. Carmel HS San Diego, CA Discovering the Ancient Skies

9:52 pm

East Pennsboro HS Enola, PA The Words

8:23 pm

Fleming Island HS Fleming Island, FL Every Second Counts

10:00 pm

Miamisburg HS Miamisburg, OH Modern Day Work

8:31 pm

Daviess County HS Owensboro, KY The Hatfields and McCoys

10:08 pm

Grassfield HS Chesapeake, VA Within These Walls

8:39 pm

Floyd Central HS Floyds Knobs, IN Aquatica

10:16 pm

Pace HS Pace, FL Tranquille

8:47 pm

West Ranch HS Stevenson Ranch, CA Coat of Many Colors

10:24 pm

Dartmouth HS Dartmouth, MA Bioluminsence

8:55 pm

Kettering Fairmont HS Kettering, OH Wallflower

10:32 pm

Apopka HS Apopka, FL Song for a Friend

10:40 pm

Father Ryan HS Nashville, TN Get Together

10:48 pm

Lowndes HS Valdosta, GA In the great green room...

9:03 pm break

10:56 pm scholastic A prelims conclude

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AT MIAMI UNIVERSITY SCHOLASTIC A ROUND 2 12:00 pm

Beavercreek HS Dayton, OH Annabel Lee

1:45 pm

Novi HS Novi, MI better than that

12:08 pm

Allen HS JV Allen, TX I Can Never Give My Heart

1:53 pm

Choctaw Central HS Choctaw, MS These Four Walls

12:16 pm

Texas City HS Texas City, TX Live, Love, Life

2:01 pm

Oak Ridge HS Orlando, FL In my life and time

12:24 pm

Thomas Jefferson HS Alexandria, VA Aurora Borealis

2:09 pm

Minooka Community HS Minooka, IL Rain Dance on the Pride

12:32 pm

Hilliard Darby HS Hilliard, OH At the Stroke of Midnight

2:17 pm

Central Crossing HS Grove City, OH To Be Free...

12:40 pm

Milton HS (GA) Milton, GA What do you desire?

2:25 pm

Hickory HS Chesapeake, VA You Got It Bad

12:48 pm

Shenendehowa HS - A Clifton Park, NY If these walls could talk

2:33 pm

Marian Catholic HS Chicago Heights, IL It’s Over Now

12:56 pm

Cumberland Valley HS Mechanicsburg, PA After

2:41 pm

Franklin HS Franklin, TN The Pack

1:04 pm

Dawson HS Pearland, TX COGnizant

1:12 pm

Chippewa Valley HS Clinton Twp., MI Alone in Camelot

2:49 pm

Gateway HS Monroeville, PA With One Look - The Norma Desmond Story

1:20 pm

Troy Athens HS Troy, MI My Immortal

2:57 pm

Clovis HS Clovis, CA Starting Over

3:05 pm

Pebble Hills HS El Paso, TX The Light Between Two Oceans

1:28 pm break

3:13 pm break

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Haddon Heights HS Haddon Heights, NJ Unexpected...

5:50 pm

Middletown HS Middletown, OH Bring Him Home

3:38 pm

Mineola HS Mineola, NY Feed Your Imagination

5:58 pm

Gates Chili HS Varsity Gates Chili, NY Until the end

3:46 pm

Cooper City HS Cooper City, FL Everything must change

6:06 pm

Rancho Cucamonga HS Rancho Cucamonga, CA The Mod Squad

3:54 pm

Springboro HS Springboro, OH Shiver

6:14 pm

Powhatan HS Powhatan, VA Take a Stand

4:02 pm

Lebanon HS Lebanon, OH The Witch’s Den

6:22 pm

La Salle HS Cincinnati, OH Pablo: The Many Faces of Picasso

4:10 pm

Tate HS Gonzalez, FL A Rite of Passage

6:30 pm

Carroll HS Dayton, OH The Innocence of Experience

4:18 pm

Lockport Township HS Lockport , IL Fallout

6:38 pm

Southgate Anderson HS Southgate, MI Where Time Stands Still

4:26 pm

Arlington HS LaGrangeville, NY Red

6:46 pm

Greater Johnstown HS Johnstown, NY Summit

4:34 pm

Mt. Vernon HS Fortville, IN Medusa: The Way It Ends

6:54 pm

Sebastian River HS Sebastian, FL Shenandoah

4:42 pm

Colerain HS Cincinnati, OH The Mirror

7:02 pm

Guyer HS Denton, TX When He’s Gone

4:50 pm

Allen HS Varsity Allen, TX Illusory Light

7:10 pm

Panther Creek HS Cary, NC What Lies Beneath

4:58 pm break

7:18 pm break

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AT MIAMI UNIVERSITY SCHOLASTIC A

7:35 pm

Lakota West HS West Chester, OH Untie the Knot

9:20 pm

East Central HS St Leon, IN A Night at the Carousel

7:43 pm

Bentonville HS Bentonville, AR The Clash

9:28 pm

Mohonasen HS Schenectady, NY The Rain is Gone

7:51 pm

Lake Orion HS Lake Orion, MI Ocean

9:36 pm

Coosa HS Rome, GA Shattered Silence

7:59 pm

Smithville HS Smithville, MO Into The Mirror

9:44 pm

Robert Vela HS Edinburg, TX Atonement

8:07 pm

Franklin Community HS Franklin, IN Any Witch Way

9:52 pm

Hardin Valley Academy Knoxville, TN Cosmic Love

8:15 pm

Green Hope HS Cary, NC Wherever You May Go

10:00 pm

Omaha Burke HS Omaha, NE Devil Makes Three

8:23 pm

Hernando HS Hernando, MS Seeds of Hope

10:08 pm

Klein Oak HS Spring, TX Jamie

8:31 pm

Azle HS Azle, TX No One Shells Peas With Grandma Anymore

10:16 pm

Central Square HS Central Square, NY And the Beanstalk

8:39 pm

Harrison HS Kennesaw, GA A Love Like This

10:24 pm

Westerville North HS Westerville, OH Insomniac

8:47 pm

Urbana HS Ijamsville, MD You Can’t Hide from the World

10:32 pm

Corinth Holders HS Wendell, NC Acquainted with the Night

8:55 pm

Bartram Trail HS St. Johns, FL Dawn of a New Day

10:40 pm

Lake Park HS Roselle, IL Way Down We Go

10:48 pm

Unionville HS Kennett Square, PA The Lair

9:03 pm break

10:56 pm scholastic A prelims conclude

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ROUND 10

Thursday

DAYTON CONVENTION CENTER INDEPENDENT A ROUND 1 10:00 am

i-Squared Bakersfield, CA Follow your heart

11:30 am

Somnium Winter Guard Waco, TX Elastic Heart

10:08 am

Purdue University Winter Guard West Lafayette, IN Tea For Two

11:38 am

Penn State Eclipse University Park, PA Saturn

10:16 am

Shadow Winterguard Oregon, WI Dear Mom

10:24 am

Odin Winter Guard Hazel Park, MI Play On

11:46 am

The University of Memphis Winter Guard Memphis, TN The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing

10:32 am

3rd Legend Saint-Eustache, QC Heart to Heart

11:54 am

Clemson Tiger Guard Clemson, SC Lift Me Up

10:40 am

Tampa Independent Tampa, FL With A Heavy Heart

12:02 pm

Pennsauken Independent Pennsauken, NJ One person can change the world

10:48 am

Black Gold A Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX A Golden Sunday

12:10 pm

National Avenue Springfield, MO There Will Be A Time

10:56 am

Charles Towne Independent Charleston, SC Somewhere In America

12:18 pm

CGT Fort Worth Fort Worth, TX Dreaming in Color

11:04 am

Lake Shore Aria St Clair Shores, MI The Struggle

12:26 pm

Eagle Mountain Independent Saginaw, TX The Art of Noise

12:34 pm

MBI Saint Paul, MN The Bee

11:12 am break

12:42 pm break

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Thursday

DAYTON CONVENTION CENTER INDEPENDENT A ROUND 3 1:30 pm

Carolina Visual Productions Garner, NC Awaken

3:00 pm

Patriots Rochester, NY PATRIOT ism

1:38 pm

Surge Independent Haddon Heights, NJ Those Were the Days

3:08 pm

Gentoo Concord, NC Holding On

1:46 pm

Linden Wings Linden, MI What Brings You Joy

3:16 pm

Andesine of Central Missouri Warrensburg, MO Like a Girl

1:54 pm

George Mason University Winterguard Fairfax, VA The Magician’s Toys

3:24 pm

ICT Independent Wichita, KS Disconnected

2:02 pm

Icon Winter Guard Granada Hills, CA The Last Dance

3:32 pm

Allegiance Dundee, IL Ansel Adams

2:10 pm

San Diego State University Aztec Winter Guard San Diego, CA In the Eye

3:40 pm

Collage Akron, OH The Rose

2:18 pm

Onyx Dayton, OH Opus 9

3:48 pm

Pegasus A Orlando, FL Hallowed Grounds

2:26 pm

First Chapter Independent Edmond, OK Laramie

3:56 pm

Paradigm Daytona Beach, FL Genesis

2:34 pm

Lancaster Independent Lancaster, NY Fair Haired Traveller

4:04 pm

Black Diamond Independent Harlan, KY There’s no place like...

4:12 pm break

2:42 pm break

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DAYTON CONVENTION CENTER INDEPENDENT A ROUND 5 4:30 pm

ATX A Winterguard Austin, TX You Still Have Time

6:30 pm

Synchronicity Winter Guard Kansas City, MO Hold On

4:38 pm

Genesis Ensemble Baldwin Park, CA Where are you now

6:38 pm

Towson University Winter Guard Towson, MD Debris

4:46 pm

Incipient Winterguard Laurens, SC Burdened Breath

6:46 pm

Revolutionary WinterGuard Virginia Beach, VA Piano Pastiche

4:54 pm

Ventures A Kitchener-Waterloo, ON Lights, Camera, Action

6:54 pm

Avant Guard Fayetteville, AR These Violent Delights

5:02 pm

The District Independent Winterguard Rock Hill, SC Strange Birds

7:02 pm

Delazure Newark, DE A town too small

5:10 pm

Anesidora Arvada, CO Moving On

7:10 pm

Railmen Winter Guard Omaha, NE The Magnolia

5:18 pm

Malachi Independent A Denver, CO Colorblind

7:18 pm

Arete Winterguard Bakersfield, CA A Taste of Bitterness

5:26 pm

JMU Nuance Winterguard Harrisonburg, VA Roses in Bloom

7:26 pm

Interplay Grand Rapids, MI When it Rains...

5:34 pm

Georgia State University Winterguard Atlanta, GA When Life Gives You Lemons

7:34 pm

Salem Blue Salem, NH Black and Blue

7:42 pm break

5:42 pm break

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Thursday

DAYTON CONVENTION CENTER INDEPENDENT A ROUND 7 8:00 pm Compass Rose Portland, OR Mirage

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8:08 pm Propel Winter Guard Norton, MA Second Chance 8:16 pm Florida State Winter Guard Tallahassee, FL Holding On 8:24 pm Georgia Tech Winterguard Atlanta, GA Where We Come From 8:32 pm Ovation Southgate, MI In My Mind 8:40 pm FIU Winterguard Miami, FL The Road Ahead 8:48 pm FeniX Independent Tempe, AZ Ecliptic Horizon 8:56 pm BriA Independent Arlington, TX The Promise of Living 9:04 pm Sacred Heart University Winter Guard Fairfield, CT GROW 9:12 pm break

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Thursday

NUTTER CENTER

AT WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOLASTIC OPEN ROUND 1

ROUND 2

9:30 am East Coweta HS Sharpsburg, GA ELPHABA:IN MEMORIAM

11:05 am

9:39 am Phoenix HS Phoenix, NY Diametrically Opposed

11:14 am Friendswood HS Friendswood, TX Air Waltz

9:48 am Ada HS Ada, OH The Last Dance

11:23 am Homestead HS Cupertino, CA Paint the Night

9:57 am Francis Howell North HS St. Charles, MO Remembering You

11:32 am Norwalk HS Norwalk, CT The only safe place is on the run

10:06 am Diamond Bar HS Diamond Bar, CA DNA

11:41 am Fishers HS Fishers, IN Where the Buffalo Roamed

10:15 am Marvin Ridge HS Waxhaw, NC The Dying of the Light

11:50 am LaPorte HS La Porte, IN The Rapture of Love, in 3 movements

10:33 am Mill Creek HS Hoschton, GA People Need People 10:42 am William R Boone HS Orlando, FL Static 10:51 am break

11:59 am

Walled Lake Central HS Walled Lake, MI With Great Power

12:08 pm Ben Davis HS Indianapolis, IN You Take My Breath Away 12:17 pm El Dorado HS Placentia, CA The Bells 12:26 pm break

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10:24 am Eastlake HS El Paso, TX Take One

Oak Grove HS San Jose, CA Our Deepest Fear

Thursday

NUTTER CENTER

AT WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY

OPEN CLASS PRELIMS

SCHOLASTIC OPEN ROUND 3

ROUND 4

1:15 pm Centerville HS Centerville, OH Midas’s Dream

2:50 pm Chesterton HS Chesterton, IN Arc Angel - Bringer of Light

1:24 pm Jamestown HS Jamestown, NY Carved in Time

2:59 pm Byrnes HS Duncan, SC The Four Seasonings

1:33 pm

Chino Hills HS Chino Hills, CA Memories of mother

3:08 pm West Johnston HS Benson, NC In this shirt

1:42 pm Union HS Tulsa, OK Mirrorball

3:17 pm Reeths-Puffer HS Muskegon, MI The Way We Were

1:51 pm Stockdale HS Bakersfield, CA Resolve

3:26 pm Rouse HS Leander, TX The Aftermath

2:00 pm Jenks HS Open Jenks, OK An Ever-Present Past & Future

3:35 pm Plymouth-Canton Educational Park Canton, MI Warhol

2:09 pm Cleveland HS (NC) Clayton, NC Spring Blooms 2:18 pm Little Elm HS Little Elm, TX Cybernetic 2:27 pm Smithfield-Selma HS Smithfield, NC Annie Get Your Gun 2:36 pm break

3:44 pm Bellevue West HS Bellevue, NE She-Wolf 3:53 pm Milford HS Milford, OH Playing My Heart 4:02 pm Bentonville HS Bentonville, AR 5TAGES 4:11 pm Lyman HS Orlando, FL Spiraling 4:20 pm break

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Thursday

NUTTER CENTER

AT WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOLASTIC OPEN ROUND 5

OPEN CLASS PRELIMS

4:35 pm Irondale HS New Brighton, MN Please hold 4:44 pm South Brunswick HS South Brunswick, NJ Rise! 4:53 pm Cypress Bay HS Weston, FL All the Difference 5:02 pm Kokomo HS Kokomo, IN Summertime 5:11 pm

Round Rock HS Round Rock, TX Acts of Light

5:20 pm Hendrickson HS Pflugerville, TX The Winds of Change 5:29 pm Arvin HS Arvin, CA The Breakthrough 5:38 pm

North Syracuse Central HS Cicero-North Syracuse, NY Clube’ Brasil: The music of Astrud Gilberto

5:47 pm

Eden Prairie HS Eden Prairie, MN When One Door Closes

5:56 pm Washington HS Washington, MO open to interpretation 6:05 pm scholastic open prelims conclude

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Thursday

NUTTER CENTER

AT WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY INDEPENDENT OPEN ROUND 4

6:15 pm

Alchemy Independent San Diego, CA Read All About It

6:24 pm ATX Winterguard Austin, TX adam 6:33 pm Spirit Independent from The University of Houston Houston, TX Frequency

7:50 pm STRYKE Winterguard Hollywood, FL In Memoriam 7:59 pm

Avidity Independent of McKendree University St. Louis, MO In Lucem Dei

8:08 pm Ethos Winterguard Hanford, CA Balance

6:42 pm University of Georgia Athens, GA That’s It

8:17 pm UNITY Bakersfield, CA

6:51 pm Alta Marea Winterguard Tuscaloosa, AL Purrfectly Superstitious

8:26 pm The Brigadiers Syracuse, NY PIECES

7:00 pm Legacy Performing Arts Indianapolis, IN There will be rest.

8:35 pm Allegoria Winterguard Dayton, OH Empath

7:09 pm Reverie Independent Marietta, GA Rise up

8:44 pm University of South Florida Tampa, FL Oh-WAY-nuh-suh

7:18 pm Legacy presented by Carolina Gold Raleigh, NC With His Song

8:53 pm Malachi Independent Denver, CO Deconstructing Time

7:27 pm Paramount Open Winterguard Atlanta, GA Still Life

9:02 pm AMP Winter Guard Camden, NJ I Carry Your Heart 9:11 am independent open prelims conclude

7:36 pm break

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Thursday

BB&T ARENA

AT NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY INDEPENDENT OPEN ROUND 3

9:00 am

Artistry IN BLUE Canton, OH Sailing Away

10:25 am

9:09 am

Eklipse Nashville, TN Alpha

10:34 am

9:18 am

Phoenix Independent Sylvania, OH Underneath

10:43 am

9:27 am

10:52 am

Main Line Independent Wayne, PA Force of Nature

9:36 am

Vox Artium San Diego, CA In Times Of Chaos

9:45 am

Q East Stroudsburg, PA Desire

9:54 am

Les Eclipses Longueuil, QC El Arte de la Conversacion

10:03 am

Stonewall Independent Manassas, VA muse 10:12 am break

Independence Winter Guard Tinley Park, IL Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep

Obsidian of Central Missouri Warrensburg, MO I’ll Run Americas Independent El Paso, TX HERstory Blessed Sacrament Cambridge, MA The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere

11:01 am

The Pride of Missouri State Springfield, MO All By Myself

11:10 am

Industry Independent San Antonio, TX We will Rise

11:19 am

In Motion Performance Ensemble Fairfield, CA Human Family

11:28 am

Fusion Winter Guard Lake Hopatcong, NJ THE FIGHT INSIDE OF YOU

11:37 am

Sensation Performance Ensemble Amersfoort, Netherlands Power of education 11:46 am break

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ROUND 1

Thursday

UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON ARENA ROUND 1

ROUND 2

12:00 pm Mechanicsburg HS Mechanicsburg, PA Isolation, A Willingness to Belong

2:05 pm Bellbrook HS Bellbrook, OH BELL...Brook

12:10 pm Miamisburg HS Miamisburg, OH The Drum Major Instinct 12:20 pm Norwin HS North Huntingdon, PA Mirage 12:30 pm Cape Fear HS Fayetteville, NC My Silence is My Prison 12:40 pm Seminole HS Seminole, FL Ol’ Chap 12:50 pm Greenfield-Central HS Greenfield, IN Peter and the Wolf 1:00 pm James Bowie HS (Austin) Austin, TX Intimations on Immortality 1:10 pm Avon HS Avon, IN Vox Balaenae 1:20 pm West Broward HS Pembroke Pines, FL AMY 1:30 pm Center Grove HS Greenwood, IN Be The Change 1:40 pm Flanagan HS Pembroke Pines, FL Apollo Control 1:50 pm break

2:15 pm Northview HS Brazil, IN X, Y and Z 2:25 pm

The Woodlands HS The Woodlands, TX Out of Line

2:35 pm Somerville HS Somerville, NJ The Path Unwinding 2:45 pm Shenendehowa HS Clifton Park, NY Adrenaline Junkies 2:55 pm Stoneman Douglas HS Parkland, FL Untethered 3:05 pm Trumbull HS Trumbull, CT Twenty-Seventeen 3:15 pm James Logan HS Union City, CA Hope 3:25 pm Carmel HS Carmel, IN Arabesque 3:35 pm Arcadia HS Arcadia, CA HOPE 3:45 pm Warren Central HS Indianapolis, IN The Silver Lining 3:55 pm scholastic world prelims conclude

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WORLD CLASS PRELIMS

SCHOLASTIC WORLD

Thursday

UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON ARENA INDEPENDENT WORLD ROUND 1

WORLD CLASS PRELIMS

4:10 pm Invictus Austin, TX Pure

6:55 pm

Diamante Anaheim, CA Obsession

4:20 pm

FeniX Independent Tempe, AZ Weathering the Storm

7:05 pm

Black Gold Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX ONE: We are here to Remember

4:30 pm

Light Brigade Philadelphia, PA On The Cover of a Magazine

7:15 pm

Aimachi Nagoya, Japan May The Music Never End

7:25 pm

Imbue Modesto, CA A Moment, Imbued

4:40 pm Luminosa Buffalo, NY Extension 4:50 pm

Braddock Independent Miami, FL Mi Gente

7:35 pm UCF Pegasus World Orlando, FL Ethos

5:00 pm

Etude Rock Hill, SC In the Shadow of Addiction

7:45 pm break

5:10 pm Blessed Sacrament Cambridge, MA B 5:20 pm

Opus 10 Denver, CO Embracing Otherness

5:30 pm

Onyx Dayton, OH BIZARRE BAZAAR

5:40 pm

Fantasia Riverside, CA by any other name...

5:50 pm break

ROUND 3 8:00 pm Redemption Guard Houston, TX Burlesque 8:10 pm Emanon Hackettstown, NJ Emanating 8:20 pm

Lexis Lexington, KY Once Upon Another Time

8:30 pm USF Winterguard Tampa, FL Cold

ROUND 2

8:40 pm Black Watch Mount Laurel, NJ Infinty

6:05 pm Lake Area Independent Lake Charles, LA Awakening

8:50 pm

Alter Ego Trumbull, CT Blueprint 31

6:15 pm First Flight Cary, NC US

9:00 pm

Paramount Atlanta, GA To Think Is Enough

6:25 pm

Cypress Independent Houston, TX Dangerous Liaisons

9:10 pm CGT Dallas Dallas, TX Dual

6:35 pm

Field of View West Chester, PA Wonderful Madness

9:20 pm

Juxtaposition Westerville, OH The Miss Havisham Effect

6:45 pm

Interplay Grand Rapids, MI Catch and Release

9:30 pm

Pride of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH The Inevitable Direction Of My Life

9:40 pm independent world prelims conclude

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Friday

NUTTER CENTER

AT WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY ROUND 1

ROUND 5

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Friday

MILLETT HALL

AT MIAMI UNIVERSITY INDEPENDENT A ROUND 1

ROUND 3

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10:00 am ��

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UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON ARENA

MILLETT HALL

SCHOLASTIC OPEN

INDEPENDENT OPEN

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8:53 pm independent open semi-finals conclude

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AT MIAMI UNIVERSITY

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Friday SCHOLASTIC WORLD

INDEPENDENT WORLD

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7:40 pm Exhibition: Free Players Color Guard

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9:35 pm independent world semi-finals conclude

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NUTTER CENTER INDEPENDENT A

SCHOLASTIC A

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AT WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY

Saturday SCHOLASTIC OPEN

INDEPENDENT OPEN

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1:45 pm independent open finals conclude 2:15 OPEN CLASS FINALE

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Saturday

SCHOLASTIC WORLD

INDEPENDENT WORLD

5:15 pm Exhibition: Miamisburg Adaptive Color Guard

8:00 pm Exhibition: Free Players Color Guard

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11:00 pm independent world finals conclude

11:15 WORLD CLASS FINALE

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WGI Sport of the Arts would like to recognize and thank all of our volunteers and staff for their countless hours of hard work. Without their passion and commitment, these World Championships would not be possible. Mark Ackerson Allan Acosta Joe Adkins Adam Alonzo Scott Anderson Sheila Angalet Kelsey Armstrong Ginger Armstrong Michelle Ashmore Jon Aumann Rachel Aumann Sharon Baker Dave Baker Ken Baker Virginia Balcerek Gary Bartelt Eric Beastrom Matt Becker Tom Beresford Andrew Blankenship Alison Blankenship Joe Bloomer Judy Bollman Stephanie Bonebrake Tina Bowman James Branche Justin Brenneman Heather Brown Allen Buell Pam Cabanski Kenneth Calhoun John Capellupo Ann Cavin

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Shannon Hill Tammy Hobson Adam Hollingsworth Matt Hollingsworth Jim Hollis Gillian Huling Katie Isoda Brian Johnson Jen Karp Patricia Kauffman Heather Kaynes Sara King AJ Kise Richard Kramer Jeff Krywinski Tara Kunster Paula Lamb Sean Lampkin Josh Lasster Jay Leask Antares Leask Laine Lewis Jonathan Lewis Reyn Libed Jerry Link Lisa Litchko-Stunder Jenny Lyons Alton Major Danielle Marquardt Diane Martinez Irving Matchen Brittany Maurer Brianna McCain

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