Oakdale High – Color Guard 2

Mar 2026 · 2nd Semester

Students study a variety of skills designed to make them more effective performers as part of the color guard for the marching band at their high school during the fall marching band season. The composition of the color guard varies from school to school and may include the color guard, flag line, dance line, or other similar ancillary performing groups that appear with, and support, the marching band. Students study and practice appropriate dance and theatrical performance skills, as well as marching and maneuvering skills; study appropriate musical terminology and concepts and their impact on their performance as members of the color guard, including a variety of rhythms, tempi, and dynamics; and learn and apply a variety of choreographic skills in individual and small-group projects. Students must perform with the marching band at all required school and community activities, as well as required marching band competitions, according to the schedule established by the band director.