Talk:Color guard (flag spinning)

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Proposed page title change
Summing up some stale discussion below about the distinction between military color guard and the marching band auxiliary (topic of this page), I'd like to propose a title change to better align this page with what I (as a naive observer) think is a more common (and accurate) term for this sport/activity: Flag Corps. In fact, this page is already the first to come up on a Google search "define flag corps." "Auxiliary (Marching Band)" could work too, but I think that's a more jargony title that would be more difficult to find. Any thoughts? Data8504 (talk) 07:36, 11 June 2017 (UTC)


 * The activity has always been known as color guard, as it grew out of the color guards/honor guards that marched ahead of drum and bugle corps and marching bands. The guard was usually made up of members who could not play an instrument. Guard equipment includes: rifle, saber, flag, and at times baton (drum major maces and majorette batons). The basic spinning motions taught to color guard members today (drop, push, present, lance, flat, slam, etc.) originated from the rotations guard members from long ago would complete to raise or lower their equipment. If the name of the article were to be changed it should to be to Color guard (modern). Regardless, the article could use improving. Rdzogschen (talk) 04:08, 12 September 2018 (UTC)

Article separation
This article was separated from the Color Guard article in accordance with the consensus reached on that article's talk pages. I've moved the appropriate talk page comments from there to here. Cacetudo 16:17, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

My belief, as a guard member, is that it may be better if we can change the name color guard to simply auxilary to avoid confusion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.3.172.160 (talk) 03:14, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

What on earth is Color guard
As an English person trying to find out what this activity is, I am no better off after reading this article. All I know is that it started a long time ago and involves flags. Suddenly in the third sentence a marching band is introduced. What marching band? The article assumes that the reader already knows what the activity is. It needs an opening sentence / paragraph defining the activity. Rachel Pearce (talk) 21:17, 20 July 2013 (UTC)

Article Editing
I edited this article for my English 101 class. I edited some grammar and spelling mistakes. I also added a section on techniques for people interested in color guard. Also, I added some extra information in different sections.I am hoping to add better photos that better express color guard. This article still needs revising, but I hope that I was able to make it better. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Elaina65 (talk • contribs) 15:34, 4 April 2019 (UTC)

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 * The Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders "Marching Stars" (Austin, Texas)
 * Trabuco Hills High School’s Thundering Mustangs Marching Unit (Mission Viejo, California)
 * Union High School Renegade Regiment (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
 * Lincoln-Way High School Marching Band (New Lenox, Frankfort, Illinois)
 * Sound of Brownsburg Marching Band (Brownsburg, Indiana)
 * Centerville High School Jazz Band (Centerville, Ohio)
 * Hampton University Marching Force (Hampton, Virginia)
 * University of Alabama Million Dollar Band (Tuscaloosa, Alabama) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1017:B829:634C:B884:24DE:AF54:4906 (talk) 17:43, 22 December 2019 (UTC)