Color Guard Research Paper

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“You need to get it together” the same few words I heard after every show, every rehearsal, and every run. Color Guard was a nightmare that haunted me throughout my freshman year. What is color guard? Well as my coach eloquently explained, “imagine ballet, plus gymnastics plus drill team, plus cheerleading. Multiply that by the marching band. Now add flying swords” (Dickens). Trying to do all of that was nearly impossible for me, it seemed like I could never do anything right, no matter how hard and how much I tried; somehow I could not catch a huge flag, that was six feet of pole with three feet of silk, I could never remember nor get to my spot, and I could not even do my hair and makeup, unless the goal was to look like shark. During every