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Winter Guard International

Governing body for competitive winter guard, indoor percussion, and indoor wind ensembles.

Winter Guard International (WGI) is an American governing body that sanctions championship events for three competitive performing arts activities: winter guard, percussion ensembles, and indoor wind ensembles. WGI was founded in 1977 in response to inconsistent adjudication and rules of competition which made it difficult for color guards to compete nationally.[2][3] Today, WGI publishes and maintains an adjudication handbook, with an accompanying "Rules & Regulations", that has been widely adopted.[4][5]

WGI championship events are hosted from January to March and conclude with WGI World Championships in April.[6][3][7] The first World Championship was hosted at Conant High School in Hoffman Estates, Illinois on April 15, 1978.[8] World championships for percussion ensembles began in 1992, and indoor marching bands, called winds, in 2015. A series of field band competitio

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The DCI.org interview: Scott Chandler

Blue Devils program coordinator/choreographer Scott Chandler, whose challenging choreography catapulted that corps to a championship this past summer, is truly one of the great minds of 21st century drum corps. The California resident (you can read a full bio of Chandler HERE)sat down recently for a wide-ranging DCI.org interview. "I work in every season now, so my entire year is marching band into winter guard into drum corps (including the Japanese drum corps season). Playing the piano is my therapy," Chandler said.

Scott Chandler and pooch Bogie

DCI.org:How did you get your start choreographing drum corps? Do you have any anecdotes about how you got started? Did you have any other career aspirations at any point?

 

Chandler: I was a theatre major at Jacksonville State University although, to be honest, I think I actually went there just to be in the marching band. At that time there were members from many of the top DCI corps involved with the Marching Southerners, including the Madison Scouts. After watching the PBS broad

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