Medina kicks off new winterguard season
Provided photos: The varsity winterguard involves includes 14 students in grades 9 to 12 and their show is “Dreams.”
Courtesy of Medina Mustang Boosters
Medina opened its winterguard season on Jan 17th with a competition at Marcus Whitman HS in Rushville, Ontario County.
Winterguard is a hybrid art form that combines elements of music, dance and military-like precision marching in a competitive arena for a total entertainment package. WG started about 30 years ago and involves the manipulation (spins, tosses, flips) of equipment (flags, rifles, sabers) while moving around the performance space.
Medina is sponsoring 2 guard units this season – junior varsity and varsity.
Both guards competed at Marcus Whitman on Saturday. The JV guard came in 1st in the cadet class. The varsity guard came in 2nd out of 3 in the A1 class.
Both will compete again on Saturday, Jan 24th at Orchard Park.
The junior varsity winterguard includes 14 members from 5th to 8th grade who started practicing in mid-November. Three students have joined for the first time. Their show is “The Big Cheese” about a day at the races.
