About the Cavalier Colorguard
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FALL GUARD
The Lake Travis Cavalier Color Guard is part of the Lake Travis High School Band organization. The Color Guard, sometimes referred to simply as the "Guard", works to enhance the music that the band plays through visual performance. The Color Guard is the primary visual component of the Marching Band in the fall as part of its competitive show. They dance using Jazz, Ballet, Modern, & Contemporary techniques and we spin flags, rifles, and sabres in combination with these dance styles. (See video)
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WINTERGUARD
In the winter and early spring, the team splits into 2 teams (JV and Varsity) to prepare competitive indoor productions on their own. They have their own set and a large tarp that covers the gym floor, as a stage, & they have their own recorded music (usually a popular song), and much more intricate choreography. These shows are performed inside on the basketball court. This activity is known as Winter Guard (see www.wgi.org) The Winter Guard competes from late January to early April.
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS
The Colorguard groups have had many successes over the past school year, some of which include:
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MARCH and APRIL 2022- The Lake Travis Winterguard made World Virtual Finals for the second year in a row! The wintergaurd also made finals at the WGI Austin Regional and WGI Dallas Regional for the first time in school history!
OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2021- The Lake Travis Marching Band was honored to qualify for UIL State 6A competition and they were finalists at the BOA Houston Regional (6th place).
APRIL 2021- The Lake Travis Colorguard made World Finals (www.wgi.org) for the first time in school history! This is also the first time a colorguard at LT has made ANY World-wide recognition.
DECEMBER 2020- The marching band & color guard received a superior rating and 1st place at the regional competition & (for the first time in the 6A classification) they were one of 20 bands across Texas to make State Finals!
MARCH 2020- The CavCadets (middle school team from combined BCMS, LTMS, and HS students) team is the defending 2020 Regional/Area Cadet Class Champion and the highest scoring Cadet team in the entire State of Texas.
MARCH 2020- The Cavalries (high school team) recently received the team’s highest score in recorded school history.
OCTOBER 2020- The Cavalries were ranked first overall across ALL auxiliary groups (dance teams, colorguards, & drill teams) at the Vista Ridge Marching Invitational.
Clinics Info
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We are excited to announce that we are hosting open-house clinics for the 2022-2023 LT Cavalier Colorguard Team. These on-campus clinics will be conducted so that you can try the activity out before you decide if the group/activity is a good fit for you and if you'd like to audition. NO EXPERIENCE IS NECESSARY TO JOIN THIS GROUP. If you are a hard worker, we can teach you!
Watch the videos below for more information about the team and come back to this document to read more.
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Tentative Timeline
Before Clinics- Completion of this FORM
Clinics/Auditions May 2,3,9 and Auditions on May 9th and 10th from 5:30p-7:30p.
May 11th- Announcement of 2022-2023 Colorguard Team
First Spring Training sessions- May 16th-18th from 5p-7:30pm w/parent preview on 5/18 at 8pm
May 11th- Parent Meeting @7pm (online or in person)
May 31st-June 3rd- Required Fundamentals Camp for HS (grades 9-12, '22-'23 school year from 9-5pm AND 9-12 for middle school grades 6-8, '22-'23 school year)
Please contact okainj@ltisdschools.org for more information or fill out the interest form.
