Statewide Color Guard Show At Newtown High School

On Saturday, January 27, the Newtown High School Winter Guard and the Newtown High School Band and Color Guard parents will host the fourth annual Winter Guard Festival at NHS.

The festival is a competition among color guard groups from schools and organizations in Connecticut and neighboring states. Each group performs a rigorous, graceful five to eight minute program, which is a combination of choreography and flag, rifle, and/or saber drills performed to recorded music that, along with costumed performers, backdrops, and other props set the theme for each performance.

Each group will be judged by professional adjudicators, who assess several critical categories of their performance, including visual effect and precision.

Newtown’s show is the first of the season to be held in Connecticut.

The show will be at the gym in Newtown High School. Start time of the show is 5 pm. Admission is $6 for adults and $4 for seniors and students.

For more information, please call Ellen Hopkins at 426-1341.