Color Guard Clinic
The Color Guard Clinic is designed to meet the needs of beginning to advanced members. Individuals, groups, or entire auxiliary ensembles may participate. Innovative teaching techniques and creative design strategies are tailored to meet the needs of the individual and to enhance performance excellence. Leadership seminars and strategies for designing routines will prepare participants to develop effective visual presentations.
Graduates of the color guard clinic have gone on to perform with hundreds of high school bands throughout the region, college marching bands, drum and bugle corps, and winter guards.
Color Guard members develop skills and knowledge in the following areas:
- Equipment work focuses on flag technique; rifle / saber instruction available upon request
- Musical interpretation and routine design
- Field placement and staging
- Choreography, dance, and costuming
- Marching and field movement technique
- Leadership and management theory
2024 Color Guard Schedule
*Schedule may be subject to change based on weather and facility availability
Day 1 - Tuesday June 18, 2024
8:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Registration in Brody Hall Auditorium11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon Camp Intro & MSU Housing/Safety
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch (Brody Cafeteria)
1:00 pm - Guard PAC Attendees to meet at the bottom of Brody Cafeteria stairs after all meals to walk over to Dem Hall together.
1:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Afternoon Block (Ballroom, Demonstration Hall)
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Dinner (Brody Cafeteria)
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Evening Block - (Dem Field or Ballroom, Demonstration Hall)
8:15 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Film session (Brody) - SMBCG Q & A
9:00 p.m. Dismiss (Brody)
Day 2 - Wednesday June 19, 2024
7:30 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. Breakfast (Brody Cafeteria)8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Morning Block (Demonstration Hall)
12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Lunch (Brody Cafeteria)
1:15-1:30 Walk to Demonstration Hall
1:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. Afternoon Block (Demonstration Hall)
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Dinner (Brody Cafeteria)
6:30 p.m. – 8:15 p.m. Evening Block (Demonstration Hall)
8:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Film session - Q & A w/ members - (Brody Classrooms)
Day 3 - Thursday June 20, 2024
7:30 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. Breakfast (Brody Cafeteria)8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Morning Block (Demonstration Hall)
11:30: a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Lunch (Brody Cafeteria)
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm - Afternoon Block & Final Performance (Demonstration Hall or Munn Field)
