Guard Props

[kks_x]

This year our gaurd is using umbrellas, derby hats, skirt/flag things (hard to explain), and of course the usual flags.

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we never really have gaurd props.

just flags.

[color guardie 12]

  crazyjakeup said:

someone told me that marcus spent $80,000 on props this year...

 

 

well, 80 grand is highly unlikely for any band to spend on props alone, even though it's said they get a whole lot of money from the state for winning twice, they definitly don't spent that much. I do wonder how much the colorful uniforms cost though...

[color guardie 12]

marcus reuses their props every year, they get new ones every other year for state of course. the clams were used also as the flower things in their 2007 shows.

[Xenon]

And their props are all made by parents. Those huge harps this year? Styrofoam. Cheap and extremely effective.

[Mistrix]

This is all I have to say:

 

Eyes.

 

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[treblemaker]

  Mistrix said:

This is all I have to say:

 

Eyes.

 

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If I were a Senior in your band I would ask to keep one. But then again I wouldn't want to wake up in the middle of the night with that thing staring at me...

[kayleigh]

Well in Marcus' show last year they had all the cool props and for winterguard they ended up reusing them!

 

But in the colorguard im in we used millions of flags/rifles/sabres... butterfly wings.... "coccoons" (spelling??) and did a complete outfit change in the middle of the show but this year we have a bit less! ha

[radchad]

Curious to see how Marcus manages after the loss of the Guard Director that has taken them through the past few years.

 

 

Also, adding on to a previous discussion...

 

There is a major difference between swing flags and regular flags.

Regular flags are usually between 6 and 7 feet. I believe the normal pole averages around 6.

 

Swing flags are half that size and usually have shorter silks (if longer, it's usually silks that are more flowy and elegant). 95% of the time we see swing flags in ballads. Swing flags are also normally seen with two being used at once.

 

Not much more of an explanation, but for a visual explanation..

Check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlOdr0gRCrs

 

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[radchad]

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[ryan_albert52]

  radchad said:

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I'M SO GLAD THERE'S STILL A FULL RECORDING OF THIS!!!!! :D

 

YAY!

[kayleigh]

Those were both really pretty... but yeah swing flags are usually very dramatic but fun

[radchad]

  ryan_albert52 said:

I'M SO GLAD THERE'S STILL A FULL RECORDING OF THIS!!!!! :D

 

YAY!

 

I was very surprised when I found it.

It's a good show. I don't care what people say.

[radchad]

  kayleigh said:

Those were both really pretty... but yeah swing flags are usually very dramatic but fun

 

Wakeland?

Is Chris Kichline still teaching there?

[KatyLeigh]

Swing flags

One of my guard friends using her swing flags as wings x] We're using them for our middler, and my rough guess is there's somewhere between 4 and 6 inches of pole out the bottom of the silk for a handle. One of the lieutenants also uses a set of metallic-ish swing flags with square silks to highlight a soloist in the closer.

 

Weapons line includes both rifles and sabres this year, and we've got regular flags for the opener and closer... Though the silks on the opener flags turned out to be smaller than they expected, so they've got them on 5 1/2 foot poles as opposed to the regular 6 footers.

 

There's also a dance feature in the closer during the solo. It was hard to tell from the press box what the dancers were supposed to be doing, so now they've got these big blue and silver orb things with a stick out the bottom for a handle and 5 points around it to make it look like a star to make their movements more obvious. We've fondly dubbed them "the huge-a** Christmas ornaments." :]

 

Also, I would just like to tell you all that if your director ever starts talking about using particularly huge props, TALK THEM THE HECK OUT OF IT. Marcus' stuff was a right pain to maneuver at our invitational last year. Those stupid grapes didn't fit in the tunnel leading to the field, so they brought them up over the chain link fence, down the little hill on the other side, and pushed them on-field from there... It was absolutely terrible to deal with.

[guard191]

This year we spin staves (plural word for a staff, we've debated this multiple times in our section ) to go with our theme but the judges usually call them "orbs". Oh and we have these foam balls with fabric inside for the ballad. And of course we have flags, swing flags, rifles, and sabers.

[anonymous11]

  guard191 said:

This year we spin staves (plural word for a staff, we've debated this multiple times in our section ) to go with our theme but the judges usually call them "orbs". Oh and we have these foam balls with fabric inside for the ballad. And of course we have flags, swing flags, rifles, and sabers.

 

 

i love those! do you actually spin them or do you walk/dance with them?

Edited November 9, 2009 by catchme2011