winter guard
Winter Guard is similar to Fall Color Guard, except the performances are indoors on gymnasium floors through the winter season. We begin our Winter Guard season in December with auditions and competitions begin in January. The traditional marching band music heard during fall season is replaced with a recording of various musical genres. A common theme in many shows is loss or something that conveys great emotion. The gymnasium floor typically is covered by an individually designed tarp (called a floor mat or floor by members) that generally reflects the show being performed on it. Occasionally the floor only acts as a backdrop so that the audience is drawn towards what the members are doing. There are several winter guard circuits for participating in competitions during indoor season.
Our Winter Guard is broken up into three groups:
Cadets, Scholastic Regional A, Scholastic Open and placement is based off of auditions. We use sabers, rifles, flags and other props to enhance our shows each season.
Winter Guard International (WGI) is the "Sport of the Arts", in which teams of highly skilled individuals work to create and perform complex sequences of dance, music, and use of special equipment, such as sabers, rifles, and flags, to compete by division. This organization refers to winter guard as the "Sport of the Arts" due to the equally athletic and artistic nature of the activity. The goal of WGI was to organize and standardize the activity by creating skill levels, scoring systems, venues, and competitions.
WGI hosts many regional competitions which lead up to the World Championships, a three-day event in which hundreds of winter guard groups come together to compete. WGI Championships is held in Dayton, Ohio.
The Southern Association for Performance Arts (SAPA) serves to provide pageantry organizations with fair and quality competitions that foster growth and enrich its members, participants, and spectators. These are Regional competition event held through the Southern Regional with Championships held in April of each year.

AWARDS & ACCOLADES

WINTER GUARD

2022 - 2023
  • WGI Regional, Atlanta Scholastic Regional A 3rd Place
  • WGI Regional Atlanta Scholastic Open 3rd Place
  • SAPA Championships,
    • Cadets Gold Medalists
    • Scholastic Regional A 4th Place
    • Scholastic Open Silver Medalists
  • SAPA Regionals, Lambert
    • Cadets Gold Medalists
    • Scholastic Regional A 7th Place
    • Scholastic Open Gold Medalists 
  • SAPA Regionals, Harrison
    • Cadets Gold Medalists
    • Scholastic Regional A 5th Place
    • Scholastic Open Silver Medalists
  • SAPA Regionals, Mill Creek
    • Cadets Gold Medalists
    • Scholastic Regional A 7th Place
    • Scholastic Open Silver Medalists
2021 - 2022
  • WGI Regional, Atlanta Scholastic Regional A 2nd place
  • WGI Regional Atlanta Scholastic Open 3rd place
  • SAPA Championships,
    • Cadets 6th Place
    • Scholastic Regional A 4th Place
    • Scholastic Open Gold Medalists
  • SAPA Regional, Etowa
    • Cadets Gold Medalists
    • Scholastic Regional A Bronze Medalists
    • Scholastic Open Gold Medalists
  • SAPA Regional, Creekview
    • Cadets Gold Medalists
    • Scholastic Regional A Bronze Medalists
    • Scholastic Open Gold Medalists
  • SAPA Regional, Kennesaw Mountain
    • Cadets Silver Medalists
    • Scholastic Regional A 6th Place
    • Scholastic Open Gold Medalists
  • SAPA Regional, Mill Creek
    • Cadets Gold Medalists
    • Scholastic Regional A 5th Place
    • Scholastic Open Gold Medalists
2020 - 2021
  • COVID - no competitions
2019 - 2020
  • WGI Regionals Atlanta, Scholastic Open 1st Place
  • WGI Regionals Atlanta, Scholastic Regional A 7th Place
  • SAPA Championships, Scholastic Open Gold Medalists
  • SAPA Championships, Scholastic Regional A Silver Medalists
  • SAPA Championships, Cadet Gold Medalists
2018 - 2019
  • SAPA Championships, Scholastic Open Silver Medalists
  • SAPA Championships, Scholastic A Silver Medalists
  • SAPA Championships, Cadet Gold Medalists
  • WGI Knoxville Regional, Scholastic Open Champions
  • WGI Atlanta Regional, Scholastic Open 2nd place
  • WGI World Championships Scholastic Open Semi-Finalist​​
2017 - 2018
  • SAPA Championships, Scholastic Open Gold Medalists
  • SAPA Championships, Scholastic AAA Bronze Medalists
  • SAPA Championships, Cadet Gold Medalists
  • WGI World Championships Scholastic Open Semi-Finalist
2016 - 2017
  • SAPA Championships, Cadet Silver Medalists
  • SAPA Championships, Scholastic AAA Gold Medalists
  • SAPA Championships, Scholastic Open Gold Medalists
  • WGI Atlanta Regional, Scholastic Open Finalists, 2nd Place
  • WGI Atlanta Regional, Scholastic Regional A Champions
  • WGI Mid-Atlantic Power Regional, Scholastic Open Finalists, 2nd Place
  • WGI World Championships, Scholastic Open Finalists, 4th Place
2015 - 2016
  • SAPA Championships, Scholastic Open Silver Medalists
  • SAPA Championships, Regional A Gold Medalists
  • WGI Atlanta Regional, Scholastic Open Finalists
  • WGI Nashville Regional, Scholastic Open Finalists
  • WGI World Championships, Scholastic Open Finalists
2014 - 2015
  • WGI Nashville Regional Championships, 4th Place
  • WGI Atlanta Regional Championships, Bronze Medalist
  • 1st Place, SAPA Championships, Class A
  • WGI World Championships Class A Finalist, 14th Place
  • Promoted to Open Class
2013 - 2014
  • WGI Nashville Regional Championships, Gold Medalist
  • WGI Atlanta Regional Championships, Silver Medalist
  • 1st Place, SAPA Championships, Class A
  • WGI World Championships Class A Finalist, 15th Place
2012 - 2013
  • WGI Mid-South Championships, Bronze Medalist
  • 1st Place, SAPA Championships, Class A
  • WGI World Championships Class A Finalist, 14th Place
2011 - 2012
  • Milton High School, 1st place class A, 3rd place class SRA
  • Mill Creek High School, 2nd Place Class A, 3rd place FD class
  • WGI Nashville Regional finalist, 5th place finish
  • WGI Atlanta Regional finalist, 6th place finish
  • 5th Place, SAPA Championships, Class A
  • Semi-Finalist at WGI World Championships
2010 - 2011
  • South Forsyth High School, 2nd Place Class A
  • Mill Creek High School, 1st Place Class A
  • SAPA Championships, 5th Place Class A
  • WGI Nashville Regional finalist
  • WGI Atlanta Regional finalist
  • WGI World Championships, Semi-Finalist
2009 - 2010
  • Forsyth Central High School, 2nd Place Novice Class
  • SAPA Championships, Novice Class Silver Medalist
  • SAPA Championships, 7th Place Class A
2008 - 2009
  • Forsyth Central High School, 2nd Place Class AA
  • Forsyth Central High School, 3rd Place Novice Class
  • Kennesaw Mountain High School, 1st Place Class A
  • SAPA Championships, 5th Place Novice Class
  • SAPA Championships, 6th Place Class A
2007 - 2008
  • Chattahoochee High School, 2nd Place Class AAA
  • Kennesaw Mountain High School, 1st Place Class AAA
2006 - 2007
  • Whitewater High School, 2nd Place Novice Class
  • Kennesaw Mountain High School, 3rd Place Novice Class
  • SAPA Championships, Silver Medalist

Winter WINDS

Winter Winds was a Program offered 2015-2018 at Mill Creek HS. It is no longer offered at this time.
2018
  • North Gwinnett Open Class- 2nd place
  • Lambert Open Class- 2nd place
  • GIPA Championships- Silver Medalists
  • WGI World Championships Scholastic Open- Silver Medalists​
2016
  • Mill Creek Class A- 2nd place
  • Flowery Branch Class A- 2nd place
  • WGI Atlanta Regional Finalist- 2nd place
  • SAPA Championships- Silver Medalists
  • WGI World Championships- Silver Medalists
2015
  • Mill Creek Class A- 2nd place
  • Flowery Branch Class A-2nd place
  • WGI Atlanta Regional Finalist- 3rd place
  • Alpharetta Class A- 1st place
  • SAPA Class A Championships- 1st place