Blessed Sacrament Open, 2019 NESBA ChampionIndependent Open Winter Guard Over the weekend, the NESBA circuit had their Finals competition at Salem High School in Salem, Massachusetts. Getting to this point in the season took a lot of time and dedication from both the members and staff. One of the most important things that is always… Continue reading Love, Trust, and Commitment

The whole goal of putting on a show is to put on a performance. To give a performance does not mean a full 5 minute show while you spin a piece of equipment or dance, but to put your heart and soul into what you are doing. As you continue on with your season, you… Continue reading Performance

Blessed Sacrament Open and Blessed Sacrament A Over this past weekend, Blessed Sacrament Open and Blessed Sacrament A team traveled to Pennsylvania for the 2019 WGI East Power Regional. We took a bus to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The bus ride for most was 5 hours, for me and a few others the ride was 4 hours.… Continue reading Traveling Check List

Blessed Sacrament Open, 2019 One thing that is important when putting together a show besides having music, a uniform, a routine, is make-up. I come from a home where using some simple make-up to make you look professional, is okay.  In color guard, if your make-up can’t be seen from the top of the Dayton… Continue reading Make-up

One of our instructors takes the time out of her week to figure out a theme for the weekend.  One of the most important themed weekends that we have had is Breathing Weekend. A quote that she accompanied with her post that introduced the weekend’s theme was, "Breathing, emotions and movement are normally strongly interwoven,… Continue reading Breathing

When at Color Guard, music is used for almost everything that we do.  Every song that is used has a particular reason for being used.  Yes we have our show music, which we need to know every single count of. We learn through practice, how to count the music and apply it to our work.… Continue reading Music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiGULgVY32I In Color Guard, there are three main pieces of equipment that are used; Rifle, Saber, and Flag Rifle I began my Color Guard career spinning a saber, but then changed to a rifle.  I have always loved spinning a rifle, however this is something that took a lot of time and effort to learn… Continue reading Equipment

When I began my Color Guard career, I was only 13 years old. I joined my local High School's Color Guard group and spun with them for 8 seasons before considering a competitive Color Guard atmosphere. I joined Blessed Sacrament Open Color Guard in 2014-2015, there was a lot of new things to experience. I… Continue reading Dedication