Spin Club and Winter Guard

Spin Club and Winter Guard are opportunities for students to get exposed to Color Guard and expand their skills without having to commit to a full season of Color Guard. Color Guard is a fine art activity where you dance while spinning flags and mock weapons to either live or pre-recorded music. The Color Guard work with the marching band in the summer and fall to add color and dance to their competitive shows. 

Spin Club is completely free to join, and those who do are allowed to borrow the equipment. On the other hand, Winter Guard has associated fees, and is open to grades 8-12. Spin Club sign ups will start near the end of the third quarter. Meeting times are not yet finalized, but those in Spin Club have met on Mondays and Tuesdays in the past from 5:30-7:30 pm. You will meet for about a month, and then audition for Color Guard if you want to join it. Winter Guard auditions will be the week before Thanksgiving Break, and the season will run from around Thanksgiving to Easter. You will meet two to three times a week with competitions on the weekends, where you will compete locally in the MEPA circuit. Winter Guard has plans to compete nationally in the future. No prior experience is needed to join either of them. Melissa Gouge is the advisor for Spin Club, so if you have any questions about Spin Club or Winter Guard you can contact her via email at [email protected].

“My favorite part of Spin Club is introducing people to Color Guard,” says Melissa. “This is a super fun fine art activity that a lot of people don’t know about and it’s amazing to watch students fall in love with an activity they previously didn’t know existed”.