Thursday, March 24, 2016

Guardie of the week- Miranda

This week's Guardie of the week is

 Miranda Gable

 from New Jersey 

Miranda is a great spinner on the Northern Burlington Varsity Winterguard. Besides spinning her favorite thing about guard is the people She perform with.

I mean just look at her squad holding her and holding on t

some of her favorite toss are any rifle tosses with an under the leg catch

 "I love guard because its brought me so many friendships and the ability to find myself"

Guardie of the week

Miranda 

 

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Why I Choose Colorguard

So the other day someone ask why guard and wanted to know deeply why I choose guard.

 

why colorguard?


Colorguard is different, its a unique experience that changes you for the best. It makes you go through changes you would never expect from yourself and find a new reality. Guard makes you form bonds with people you think you would never bonded with before. It reveals something inside of you that you would never expect. With guard, I overcame diversity, negativity,  and depression  of feeling lonely or by myself. I use to fight not being able to love myself, having to sit by myself looking and asking why and hoping and praying that I can find someone or find a friend that can be with me but also make me happy, I didn't know I would find more than just one. The things that happening today that were different from the past where all for the best and I'm glad that this little thing call colorguard change my life.

Corinthians 15:51

"We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed"


That's why I choose Guard.

                                      -Its A Guard Thing

Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Secrets In Guard

Guard itself, is a great community of art, bonding, friendship, and love. But, there are flaws in the community including rumors, allegations, and tales of bribery in guard . Tonight, I wanted to hit two of the biggest allegations in guard out there and give my opinion on them.





The race allegations

In today's society, racism is one of the biggest issues that is being brought to attention. There is a Allegations going  on that some of the independent guards are picking based on racial background. It's base on a chart or picking order that some people developed back in the day (around the beginning of DCI).
the order was rumored to be
  1. Caucasian
  2. Hispanic or Latino descent
  3. Asian descent
  4. African,  Caribbean, or African American descents( which is rumored to have started the j-sette auxiliaries movement)
my opinion-  I hope that this is true but, I do believe since a lot of the community is acceptance of lgbt spinners on their teams, they would have acceptance of any race wanting and willing to do colorguard but, we never know what the other state of mind may be.

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Bribery  in guard -

There are some a lot teams have been rumored to have bribe there judges to get them into or on top of the circuit. This rumor mostly stands from the Carolina Crowns vs Blue Devils Debauchery and the statements made by fans surrounding the issue that some of the shows that Carolina Crown have done was robbed of first place by the Blue Devils and it was to believed secretly that bribe the judges into winning

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my opinion- This is definitely not true. I mean, yea, Carolina Crown should have won but at the same time, The Blue devils also had really amazing shows as well. As fans, we should just appreciate the artistry and respect that both teams were truly amazing, but there are judges who are in some state circuits that are bribed and pushed into letting someone's team win. We should start appreciating colorguard more instead of trying to win a contest  and that's what it looks like sometimes coming down to.

I hope you all enjoyed reading this. If you have an opinion on this, any comment you want to make, or a post ideas, please share via Instagram: @__itsaguardthing__, kIK: itsaguardthingblog,  Or  Email me at Itsaguardthing72@gmail.com

 

Monday, March 21, 2016

Guard Confessions Pt.2

A lot of you guys wanted another guard confessions soo... Here it is, I hope you all enjoy these few confessions that was sent

"My guard team is like the "means girls" at the school. Like if a guy has a crush on one of us some how he goes through all 6 of us. It's quite funny but I'm scared of us, we're scary girls."

"It was my very first competition and we were setting our flags. so as I was setting my first flag we had to get low behind the prop and unroll it. little did my friend know I was behind him and he turned around so fast the pole smacked me in the nose. my guard coach came and took my flag and told me to go set my other ones so I did. I was in tears it hurt so bad. we had to smile during the show too and during the whole show I'm crying and smiling. prob a priceless face."

"So there's a guy on guard who originally liked one of my friends (also on the guard) and they weren't that cute together...tbh... and now we're dating and she still flirts with him. I just don't know what to do. Cause I feel like he still likes her a little bit and only moved onto me because she got a boyfriend (that wasn't him)."

"so last winter, we had a door prop and in the beginning of the show I had a solo flag toss over the door. once we has to practice in the cafeteria where we couldn't really toss. during a run, I wasn't thinking and I started to toss the flag over the door, and before I let go I realized and tried to stop it, but it got stuck above the door. my teammates still won't let me live it down. And one marching band season I had to throw a rifle quad with two snare drums shoulder to shoulder with me... let's just say I could apologize enough to them."

"Okay, so this one time we were practicing our third movement in our tiny band room. The whole band was spread around the band room so they could practice choreography. Our band director wanted the guard to do our choreography as well. So I was falling behind in our moves because I was so worried about hitting something because I didn't have a lot of room because our band room and so small and there were band kids everywhere. I decided I needed to hurry up and catch up, so I swung my flag really Fast and ended up smacking out trombone player in the head. 🤕🤕 we both laughed so hard we had to sit down to catch our breath and he had to go make sure he didn't have a concussion."

"okay so my flag is weighted top heavy and for some reason it would not throw a push double but I just thought I was maybe like messing up the toss with a different flag when I first got it but either way I was trying to get it to work and I was throwing rlly hard and really high so it could get around and when I was going to catch it a random wind gust came and there was like no wind before and that's why I could try it and it spun the wrong way and it hit me in the face really hard and I cut my face near my eye and got a fat lip and my mom had lunch plans and I had to go and I would like to mention that the cut was also bruised so I had to go out all cut and bruised up with a fat lip."

"We have this one very bitchy guard member (who is the only child so she usually gets what she wants) well she likes to pretend that she is a perfect angel and that she is "so amazing" at guard. Well no one likes her and it kills me because she is so oblivious to the whole fact but she doesn't know how much dirt I have on her! Also she has been getting away with "feeling light headed" right before every practice then all she does is sit there and play on her phone! I really hope I get put next to her in a show and "accidentally" hit her with my flag or rifle next year!"

"I am the drum major of my band and everyday my color guard instructor tells me I should have done marching guard because I would make a better captain."

"I'm in winter guard and so is this other girl who has liked my boyfriend for a while now. She's been giving me dirty looks since me and him started dating. We were taking a full run of the show and since I'm 4'9 I have a small pole, but I toss a double with someother girl and we catch each other's so I end up with a tall flag. It was our first time taking a full run of the show  all together and when I was putting my flag down the girl who doesn't like me was in the way so my pole hit her. She Fell and got so mad and tried saying I was jealous. And it wasn't my day so I was getting annoyed of her and I told her "it's not my fault you couldn't make your move in time, he obviously chose the better one"  her face got red and she started to cry. She's a senior and so is my boyfriend I'm only a sophomore she had her time and lost it. She ended up telling her mom and her mom got mad. And since I'm captain the coach was kinda mad but thought it was funny so she didn't care."

"Once in the 9th grade, u got stuck under the tarp and it was honestly the funniest thing in the world"

Friday, March 18, 2016

Guard of the week -The Woodlands High School

This week's guard of the week is.....
 
 

 The Woodlands High School

From The Woodlands, TX

One of the biggest teams in the US known for excellent marching season shows and there many awards including:
  • 33 time BOA regional finalist
  •  8 time grand national finalist
  •  2013 Grand National Champion
  •  6th place in finals of BOA grand nationals of 2015
As a unit without band, they've developed a strong, powerful, talented, and internationally rank winterguard. with many accomplishment during winterguard season including:
  • Winter Guard- 2004 WGI World Champion
  • 11th place in 2015 WGI World Championship
  •  Undefeated season so far in TCGC this year
  •  1st place at WGI regionals
  •  2nd place at WGI southeastern championship
And to top all of this, they were one of the teams promoted in the first week with a few others (not in their division). this guard really shows what hard work in guard looks like and they are on the rise to becoming one of the biggest teams to hit the WGI arena. keep your eye out for this group and their excellence
Guard of the Week

The Woodlands High School

here is some of their work in action


 

Thursday, March 17, 2016

GUARD LOVE

Some one sent this to me yesterday
 
 
 
"When all is said and done, it is NOT about what 5 strangers with a tape recorder and a score sheet think about you. You are worth so much more than that. It is about working together to achieve something you weren't sure was possible. It is about lifting each other up to build something you can be proud of together. It is about facing pressure with fierceness. Conquering fears with grace. Being there for each other.   Whatever trophies you win, they will sit on the shelf in the band hall long after you graduate and move on. The experiences and the memories are what you will take with you and keep close to your heart forever.  You cannot control the outcome but you can control the experience. Make the most of our rehearsal time on Friday so we can enjoy our experience on Saturday. Love and enjoy each other and make happy memories that you can look back on with happiness as you move forward. "
 
 

How this speaks so much Volume!!!!! this literally needs to be told to a lot of guards out there . Yes, winning does feel great but, its not about winning. Guard brings us together for better or for worse, whether your team wins o lose, its about just getting out there and telling the story with your teammates, not winning. This needs to be shared with every guard group out there.

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

New Projects this year

Since I hit 5000 today and I'm feeling happy and I think I'm ready to introduce two of my newest projects



Guardie of the Week



just like guard of the week but, its only dedicated to getting to know one guardie. I will post all the requirements and details tomorrow on the page


Guard art


I have so much clipart edits on my laptop and phone that I thought why not let you guys share some of yours!!!! Not only That I want to start selling and sharing these things that I work on to other people so I'm trying find a good ay to distribute my pieces.

Hopefully you guys are as excited as I am but, I still need support from you guys. If you can, share this blog with your friends and fellow Guardies and help me get this movement out there!! I really want to dedicate all my time to this so I can share more content do more things and even start meeting you guys in different states, I have more and more things that I have been working on that I really want to reveal and with you guys, Anything is possible, And again.....
 

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

reality tv and Guard

you ever wonder what would guard be like if there were celebrities? I did, Like I could Picture it now, all the drama and messiness on guard wrapped into to one TV show like 
 
 And I already know who would be who..
 
 

Captain:

Captain can not just be anybody, they have to really show HBIC material and also be amazing , funny and wild, just like Nene Leaks
 


she can not only serve it, but dish it and clean up the table too
 

Co Captain :

Co Captains are more settling than the Captain and would most likely play more of the back bone of the group like Cynthia Bailey
 
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but don't let the calmness fool you they will bite back
 

Seniors:

As seniors , you then to have the, I don't care, I'm too old for this, and I've already done this vibe. Most of  don't like drama, or BS with guard just like Kandi Burress Tucker
 

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they are always in between the calm and rambunctious officers
 
 

Juniors and Sophomore:

Now, they are some what of the same person but are two different of people one thinks they could be better , while the other wants to be better, but at the same time, they  both know there worth like Phaedra Parks and Kenya Moore
 
 
Image result for Phaedra and kenya rhoa quotesImage result for Phaedra and kenya rhoa quotes          Both are so classy and so true but both are also so nasty and so rude!!!
 

Freshmen:

Freshmen are more of the curious and in denial they make so many mistakes but its ok because they are freshmen they don't know any better just like Porsha Williams



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mined you they don't take issues well either
 
I hope this post helps you as much as it helped me
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