COLORGUARD DICTIONARY

An explanation for all those things you hear about guard




One More Time - code for a dozen more times

Air Flag
- doing routine without equipment

Drop Spins
- fundamental flag work

Flagling
- new recruit to the color guard

Flagget
- nickname for color guard member

Silk - material on the pole; the actual flag

Band Geek
- one who lives in the band hall; is obsessed with band

Brain Sucker
- one who has not memorized the routine and watches others to know what comes next

Car Wash - when flag work is not together

Veteran
s - have previous guard experience; hopefully know what they're doing

Helicopter
- parallel toss

Spaceburger
- when free hands are holding an imaginary hamburger

Color Guard
- people who swing flags and toss rifles to distract the audience's attention away from the band

Drill
- physical placement of band members and color guard members on the football field

Football
- pregame/opener for the halftime show

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