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 Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 9:57 pm
Our teeny Guard is down to about 7 members. Nobody really notices us, or they just plain make fun of us. sad
Oy!
Does anyone have any tip son getting more members for us? We've only recruited about two people.
So please help! (I'm sorry for begging. But I really like doing what I do, and most of the other girls do too. We really don't want the to cancel the guard program!)
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Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 10:10 pm
Well hmm u could spread the word, ummm post fliers, ask the office to announce it at school, encourage friends and that's about it for me D:
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Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 8:22 am
Definately. Put posters up and ask for announcements. Tell EVERYONE about guard and don't limit guard to just females. Males can do a lot of stuff the females can't. =]
That's how our guard went from 12 members last year, to 36 members for next year.
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Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 12:05 pm
Kaye Kilowatt Definately. Put posters up and ask for announcements. Tell EVERYONE about guard and don't limit guard to just females. Males can do a lot of stuff the females can't. =]
That's how our guard went from 12 members last year, to 36 members for next year. Wow thats quite a jump!!!!
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Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 1:28 pm
when you post flyers, make sure you post them at lower schools. like if your a HS guard, put flyers up at MSs. we had almost the same problem (except we also had to figure out how to keep the actual guard class...yeah that was interesting) but we didn't let it faze us. you just have to take advantage of being small, and be beasty anyways smile
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 11:04 am
There are some really good ideas here!
The guard I was on last year was only 5 people. o.o
One of things they did to get members though was they occasionally performed at school pep rallies or assemblies of both the highschool and middle school.
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Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 1:17 pm
We have the opposite problem. sweatdrop I don't know the exact size of our guard, maybe 30-40 girls, but it's getting so big that drama and cliques are everywhere. Every year the incoming freshmen are almost doubling the guard and so there's always a big rift between the freshmen and the upperclassmen (or the varsity and junior varsity teams, really). So feel lucky that's not you're problem. But what we do (and you have to get permission) is during the end of the school year, our instructors and one of our band directors take some of the best girls on the guard and they visit a nearby middle school. I went last year and we stayed there all day, performing parts of our winterguard show to the 8th grade girls during their gym classes. Then we taught them how to do drop spins and took down names and emails of the girls who were interested. Ask your band director about it, especially if he wants the band to look good during marching season. biggrin
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Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 1:38 pm
im not in the guard,but the band all recruit 2gether
our gaurd is so small,last year we only had bout 5 members,but only 3 were vets.
at one performance only 1girl showed up,but she still got second ^^
so dont stress it so much if ur guard is small,just work on the ppl u hav,we dont well recruiting new guard either...
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Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 4:31 am
Being on a small guard isn't all that bad. my guard only has 3 people in it.
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Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 2:39 pm
get your friends to join. especially a guy. once there's a guy everyone seems to want to join
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Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 6:35 am
argella1300 Being on a small guard isn't all that bad. my guard only has 3 people in it. do you get alot of personal one on one time with your instructor?
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Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 8:06 am
We once had a guard of 8, and I loved it. We didn't even have a captain, so when it came retreat time, we just picked at random. Everyone loved our show, too.
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Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 8:53 am
Hey no hard feelings, my school just got CG back after about four years and we only have four members. (Me being the Captain) And you just need to prove that CG is more fun then people think it is! And they only make fun because they weren't cool enough to try out =P They are the losers!!
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Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 10:25 am
My guard dirctor recruits like crazy.
Here are some tips:
During tryout season make tons of posters.
Talk to your non-guard friends and ask if they'd be interested.
Go to the middle school that feeds into your high school to recruit the upcoming freshmen. In fact, my guard even has 7th and 8th graders.
Bring your little siblings to practice so they might want to join.
Try to get as much publicity as possible. Perform at the pep rallies, try to get in the school newspaper, etc.
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Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 10:30 am
argella1300 Being on a small guard isn't all that bad. my guard only has 3 people in it. Unless your school district is cutting jobs. Then your director is number one on the chopping block. And the lower your numbers, the more likely he/she will get cut. For example, they wouldn't cut a band or choir director, because that would effect so many kids, because there are a lot of people in band and choir.
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