Hello Everyone, I'm Kat your new color guard staff writer. I'm very excited for this experience and I plan on delivering you with the latest on FMA's color guard circuit!

Today, there were four colorguard events. One of those being the Southwest Regional with an audience of 8,000 and 50 competing groups!

Event: Southwest Regional
Audience: 8,000
Competing Groups: 50
Div 1: 7
Div 2: 4
Div 3: 39

In division one the highest score was by the group V with a score of 74.480, followed very close by Darkness Guard who's score was 74.230. In third place came the Wonder Girls with a score of 63.095.

In division two Layers took first place with a score of 58.65, Devils Guard took second place with a score of 55.215 and in third place with a score of 53.375 was Rainbow Brite.

Division 3 was a very competitive class at this event with 39 competing groups. However, the Guarding Guarders took first place with a score of 64.155 which is actually higher then the highest division 2 score. Following the Guarding Guarders was Color of Carolina who took second place with a score of 62.820. In third place was The Knight Guard with 62.285.

Event: Spinning Along the River
Audience: 212
Attending Groups: 5
Div 2: 3
Div 3: 2

Division 2

1: W.C. Colorguard- 60.145
2: Saint Charles Independent- 59.990
3: John Hughes HS Winter Guard- 55.570

Division 3

1: Exhale- 63.805
2: Chimera- 54.715

Event: Spin for the Crown
Audience: 545
Groups: 10
Div 1: 10

Division 1

1: Perception Winterguard- 76.685
2: Southmore Hill Royal Guard- 74.430
3: SoW Corn Puffs- 69.295

Event: Money
Audience: 750
Groups: 15
Div 1: 3
Div 2: 10
Div 3: 2

Division 1

1: Marching Bureaucrats- 74.305
2: Republic Venue- 67.260
3: wirewomen- 59.770

Division 2

1: GM Guard- 65.820
2: Infinity Winterguard- 65.080
3: Phantom's Crown- 63.965

Division 3

1: Static Guard- 58.385
2: Expression- 53. 945


Overall for Division 1, Perception Winterguard currently ranks first with almost a 2 point lead. Perception is followed by V in second place, Southmore Hill Royal Guard in third place, Marching Bureaucrats in 4th and Darkness Guard in 5th.

Top 12 Rankings

1 Perception Winterguard- 76.685
2 V- 74.480
3 Southmore Hill Royal Guard- 74.430
4 Marching Bureaucrats- 74.305
5 Darkness Guard- 74.230
6 SoW Corn Puffs- 69.295
7 Republic Venue- 67.260
8 Nobles of Grace- 65.475
9 Angelus Winter Guard- 63.505
10 Wonder Girls- 63.095
11 Citrus Guard- 62.085
12 Dynasty Colorguard- 61.660

Division 2 is a very close race with GM Guard in first and Infinity Winterguard with less then .2 behind them. Only a point behind Infinity lies Mystery who previously had been swapping places for first and second with Infinity for the past couple of days. After Mystery , Phantoms Crown has 4th place and in 5th Place Aurora Colorguard.

1 GM Guard- 65.280
2 Infinity Winterguard- 65.080
3 Mystery- 64.350
4 Phantom's Crown- 63.965
5 Aurora Color Guard- 62.035
6 Imperial Sound Guard- 61.960
7 Richland HS World Guard - 61.710
8 Golden Colorguard- 61.145
9 W. C. Color Guard- 60.145
10 Saint Charles Independent- 59.990
11 Layers- 58.865
12 Darklaw Guard- 58.500

Division 3's rankings look very close for the top 2 with Silkettes in first and The Color Cadets in second. Following them is Skyline in third, Guarding Guarders in fourth and Exhale in 5th place.

1 Silkettes - 67.835
2 The Color Cadets- 67.090
3 Skyline- 65.905
4 Guarding Guarders- 64.155
5 Exhale- 63.805
6 Trojanettes- 63.385
7 Color of Carolina - 62.820
8 The Knight Guard- 62.285
9 Wildcat Color Guard- 61.820
10 Gigators- 61.275
11 The Pride of the Texas Hill Country- 60.105
12 Winged Angels- 59.575



I hope you guys enjoyed my first guard report. In the future I plan on covering the biggest event followed by the next 4 biggest with a review of those events. I always plan on posting the to 12 guards in each division. I also would like to post the top equipment, movement, ensemble, and general effect.

Please post some suggestions on how I could make this report more exciting!

- Kat.

Mystery hasn't competed in 2 days, watch out!

Congrats on your staff writer position!

Thank you! :]