Auditioning for the Color Guard

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Students with fundamental color guard skills who are interested in auditioning for the Pride Color Guard should contact John Sullivan (417-836-8352).

Some of the technical skills that will be taught include:

(Remember: These skills will be developed over the course of the summer camps.)

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  • Drop Spin Exercise (right and left side)
  • Peggy Spins (right and left side)
  • Carve sequence (right and left side)
  • Slam Sequence (right and left side)
  • 27 Points of Space Exercise
  • Port Spins (right and left side)
  • Single Tosses (right and left side)
  • Double Tosses
  • J Tosses
  • Parallel Tosses
  • Series of 45 tosses

Rifle

  • Spin Exercise
  • Flourish Exercise
  • Port Spins
  • 4/8/16 Double Time Exercise
  • 45 Spin Exercise
  • Vertical Tosses (Triples, Quads, Quints)
  • Parallel and 45 tosses

Sabre

  • Spin Exercise
  • Flourish Exercise
  • 45 Spin Exercise
  • Hilt Triples
  • Hilt Quads
  • Hilt Fives
  • Blade Triples
  • Blade Quads
  • Blade Fives

Movement

  • Jazz Walk (en coupe)
  • Jazz Run
  • Chasse Combination (front and side chasses)
  • Saute Combination
  • Chaine Turn Combination
  • Pique/Pirouette Exercise
  • Tour Jete Combination
  • Passe‘ Exercise
  • Grande Jete‘ Combination
  • Jazz Run / Ground Roll Combination
  • Space / Expressive Combination
  • Plie‘ Exercise
  • Degage Exercise
  • Tendu / Rond de Jambe Exercise