As the fall guard season comes to a close, winter guard is looking forward to the upcoming season and new members that will be joining the team.
“I’m feeling great about this season, we have a lot of freshmen coming in this year which I haven’t seen much since I started,” junior Esther Lin said.
Lin has been in guard for a total of five seasons, including both fall and winter teams.
This past fall season, there were 12 people on the team, three of those being current freshmen.
“I’m really excited because the incoming freshmen are really excited to learn the show, and passion is a big part of guard,” Lin said.
Fall guard consists of marching on football fields with the marching band during football games and at marching band competitions. Winter guard is a little different, with the competitions being indoors and choreography set to recorded music, so the show only involves the guard.
“The audience at winter guard competitions, they know the sport, and so they know when something cool happens, so the cheers are extra loud,” Lin said.
