Categories: CommentaryHonor Guard

Honor Guard Competitions: What I’d Like to See

Here is how a color team is currently required to post the colors in a competition:

 

I don’t understand the reasoning behind the current competition procedure. When will a team see this type of setup in an actual ceremony? Why not make each phase of a competition relevant? The other phases (flag fold, casket watch) mimic the same conditions required during the actual ceremonies. The following illustration shows how color teams typically post/present the colors. This is what we should see at all honor guard competitions:

Just like cadet drill competitions, relevance is a big plus for all regulation and ceremonial drill phases and the World Drill Association Adjudication System has everything already built into it. Check it out!

DrillMaster

Author, drill designer, marching instructor, trainer for honor guard units, military drill teams, marching bands and drum and bugle corps.

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