Winter Guard; a term used to describe performances using dance and acrobatic features. The performers
use several main pieces of equipment including flags, rifles, and sabers which flew with perfection
when they received ninth place out of 122 teams in the Winter Guard World Championships.

On Wednesday April 2, 10 students headed to Dayton, Ohio to compete in the championship.
There were 122 schools that attended the championship, and four of the schools were from Missouri.
All schools qualified to go to the championship by participating in a W.G.I. (Winter Guard International)
competition.
“I’m really excited that we did so good,” junior Deanna Wohldmann said. “The trip was fun because we are almost like a family.”
The Winter Guard season began January 31 to start rehearsals for competition. The students practiced Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays from 6 to 9:30 p.m.
“We worked really hard [this year],” Williams said.
The performance they did at the championship was choreographed by the Winter Guard Director, Duane Williams who has been directing for 20 years. This is by far his most successful year as they received a score of 90.3 percent in semifinals which is the highest score ever in the state of Missouri.
“Making it to finals was a very big honor because only two schools from Missouri have made it that far,” Williams said.
After a very honorable season for the Winter Guard, they were very happy about ending their season on a high note.
“We were so excited to go and perform,” senior Megan Moore said. “ I think the best part was right after the performance and we felt like we did a great job and all the hard work paid off.”