Oak Ridge Color Guard placed first in the Scholastic A competing class at the WGI (Winter Guard Internationals) Houston Regional at Dekaney High School on Saturday, Feb. 19. They also received the highest overall score of any competing class.
They were first among 33 teams in both preliminary competition with a score of 79.3 and in finals competition with a score of 81.8. The guard beat Claudia Taylor-Johnson HS from San Antonio by .1 in preliminary competition and by 1 point in finals.
Alexa Rush, 2010 ORHS graduate and former color guard captain, choreographed this season’s show entitled Never Sent. Music selection is Kate Nash’s “The Nicest Thing.”
Tom Harrington is Oak Ridge’s color guard director.
The guard will perform at The Winter Guard International competition in Dayton, OH on April 7-9.
