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Color guard educator, choreographer and adjudicator Wanda Conway joins Whitney Stone, Sadie Wallace and Jeremy Svoboda / Drum Corps Today for a conversation connecting decades of color guard history to the activity today.

Wanda shares stories from growing up near George Zingali, Quasar and the 27th Lancers to teaching the Cavaliers as a teenager, working with the Cadets, teaching marching band in Indonesia, judging across the country and her current work with Onyx. The panel also digs into color guard fundamentals, writing choreography to music and drill, women in marching arts leadership, performer safety, physical preparation and the lifelong friendships built through the activity.

Marching Arts News: Southern University's Human Jukebox x Gap; BGSU's 600-member Falcon Marching Band; Barberton's Student Opportunity to Participate Fund; Cody Fry feat. The Blue Devils on “Magic in You.”

Chapters:
00:00 Meet Wanda Conway
02:06 Welcome
04:13 Human Jukebox x Gap
05:04 BGSU Hits 600
08:07 Barberton Participation Fund
09:33 Cody Fry x Blue Devils
13:14 Wanda's 32 Count Life Story
17:36 Teaching the Cavaliers
19:17 Teaching in Indonesia
24:17 Career Highlights
26:02 Choreography with Sadie
31:54 Fundamentals Still Matter
34:23 What Are We Doing?!
34:40 Women in Leadership
38:26 Writing to Music and Drill
40:54 Performer Safety
46:11 Physical Preparation
50:11 Gush & Go
54:40 Banana Ball Meets Marching Band
01:04:31 Closing Rehearsal

Panel: Whitney Stone @dancerwhit | Sadie Wallace @m.sadiewallace | Jeremy Svoboda / Drum Corps Today @drumcorpstoday

Guest: Wanda Conway

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