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The Stevenson High School Color Guard is a co-curricular group which performs with the Stevenson Bands as a featured part of the Marching Patriots , providing added color and visual impact to every halftime performance.
The members of the Stevenson Color Guard are very active beyond the fall marching season. Each winter they compete with their Tall Flag & Short Flag routines in the TeamDance Illinois Competitions held throughout the area. Since 1995, the Stevenson Color Guard has Ranked in the top 6 In Illinois, and earned the First Place Trophy in 2009 & 2008 for Short Flag through TeamDance Illinois, and the Championship Trophy in 1998 for Flag Show through the Illinois Drill Team Association.
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WANT TO LEARN HOW?!?! Stevenson Color Guard will be teaching basic flag moves to any interested current 8th, 9th, or 10th grade students who will attend Stevenson in 10-11! These learning sessions are FREE and FUN!!! Check back in spring for more infomation.
Auditions are held each May for the following year. Auditions are open to any interested Stevenson students. No experience
is required, but a background in Dance, Music or both is very helpful.
Students interested in registering for the auditions (3 after-school
sessions
in 1 week), should contact the Band Office by phone or e-mail
.
Full Description:
Color Guard provides an intensive, challenging, disciplined, and
creative
experience in which the squad will rehearse, perform, and compete with
a variety of color guard routines. In the fall season, the Color Guard
will be featured performers with the Stevenson High School Marching
Patriots
at half-time performances for football games. During the winter season,
the Color Guard will travel and perform/compete as members of TeamDance Illinois (TDI).
Eligibility Requirements
The Color Guard is open to all students interested in performing
precision
routines, interpreting music through dance, tall flag, short flag, and rifle handling.
Time Commitment
Color Guard is a co-curricular activity which will meet 2-3 days per
week after school from August through March. An additional rehearsal
may
be added during the week immediately proceeding each performance or
competition.
The Winter Competitive Color Guard season (Nov.-March) will include
monthly
weekend rehearsals, TDI competitions (on weekends) as well as other
performances
and contests. Specific times and dates will be published in the fall.
Only those able to attend all rehearsals and performances should
audition-
attendance policies are strict.
* A schedule of once-per-week summer practices will be announced at tryouts.
Ideal Candidates...
...exhibit good physical coordination skills; have good "stage
presence";
have musical background and/or dance experience; can exhibit facility
in
moving with music; have good leadership skills; demonstrate
punctuality,
reliability, consideration for others, maturity, self-motivation; have
a willingness to work hard and practice routines repetitively to
achieve
polished performance levels; are in excellent physical condition. No
flag
handling experience is necessary.
Band Members & Color Guard
Members of Stevenson’s Bands are invited to audition for Color Guard
on a “Marching Season Only” basis. These members will attend all
after-school
Color Guard rehearsals and perform with the Color Guard during Marching
Season, while fully participating in Band class. While Band members may
choose to continue Color Guard in the Winter Competition Season, we
hope
to dramatically increase the number of Guard on field for the halftime
shows by encouraging band members to join Color Guard.
Monetary Obligations
All Color Guard members will be required to deposit money with the
school for the purchase of the equipment and uniforms. A $50 deposit will be required on the final day of tryouts
from
those students who are selected to the team.
Procedure for Joining
Auditions are held over a 3-day process, 3:45-6:00 p.m. May 18, 20,
and 22 (Mon-Wed-Fri) 2009 in room 2104 (by the Patriot Lobby in the West Building). No experience is necessary, though a
background
in music and/or dance is desired. You MUST attend all 3 tryout sessions
to be considered for membership. We are looking for LOTS of new members in 2009-2010!
Pick up an information packet and Parent Permission Form in the Stevenson Fine Arts Office or Student Activities Office. Current 8th graders get packets from your school’s Main Office (or contact the SHS Band Office)* *(Available May 1st.)
P.E. Waiver
Color Guard members are eligible for a P.E.Waiver, eliminating the
P.E. requirement during First Semester.
Jeff Slepak, Director of Bands
•847-415-4778
•jslepak@d125.org