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Winter guard is the fastest growing activity of the performing arts today.  It combines the
equipment, tools and training of our summer color guard, takes place in gymnasiums or arenas,
performed to pre-recorded music and provides students and audiences an experience unlike
anything else around.

About
 The St. Cloud Winter Guard was founded in 1999 as a tool to train students of the summer
marching band and performed at area basketball games.  In 2000, the group took on the name
"Eclipse Winter Guard" as well as joined the North Star Circuit, the governing body of the color
guard activity for Minnesota and surrounding states.  The following two seasons of 2001 & 2002
earned Eclipse the Championship title of Scholastic A Division II and Gold Medals.  In the 2003
season, Eclipse was promoted mid-season to Division I where they earned 3rd place honors and
the Bronze Medal and another bronze in 2004 & 2005. In 2006, Eclipse Winter Guard earned the
North Star Circuit gold medal, Minneapolis Regional Independent A Champion title and was a WGI
Independent A class semi-finalist. In 2007, Eclipse once again won the NSC Scholastic A
Championship was promoted to Scholastic Open, was the  St. Louis Regional IA Champion and
WGI IA semi-finalist. In 2008, Eclipse was promoted in the North Star Circuit to Scholastic Open where they finished 2nd, defended their Regional title as the Kansas City IA Champion and edged closer to their goal of WGI IA finalist as they placed 18th overall. 

The 2009 season will bring the Eclipse Winter Guard back to the St. Louis Regional, WGI Championships and their first year in Independent A Class classification in the North Star Circuit.
Links
WGI
DCI

2009 Members
 Samantha Baune
Courtney Buerman
Rochelle Buerman*
Katie Cashman*
Mariah Cordie
Sarah Erickson
Charlotte Farleo
Rachel Geertsema
Steph Lamoreaux
Bethany Meyer
Gabby Meyer
Candace Pflipsen
Kimi Schillinger
Ashley Schindele
Jennie Schneider*
Lora Wolf
* denotes captain

2009 Staff
 Wil Furnstahl
 Zoe Kulick Norrgard
Ronley Aviles
Emily Merriman
Hayden Rhodes

2009 Schedule
 Download - Updated 1/12/09


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Show History

2009 Show "Not Quite Sleeping"
Music by Sufjan Stevens

2008 Show "Variations on a Circle"
Set to the epic music from the movie "Great Expectations", more than 125 circles provided the
foundation and concept for this stunning production of nuance and sophistication.
Placement at Circuit Finals: 2nd Place Scholastic Open, Kansas City Regional Champion and
WGI IA Semi-Finalist

2007 Show  "Rejoice"
The historic coronation song "Zadok The Priest" by Amici Forever, with a fresh and modern twist
staged against a giant brown and blue swirl was simply heavenly.
Placement at Circuit Finals: 1st Place Scholastic A Class, St. Louis Regional Champion and
WGI IA Semi-Finalist

2006 Show  "From Now On"
Set to the music from the movies "Cider House Rules" and "Love Actually", the Eclipse Winter Guard
took their audiences through the journey of self discovery.  Placement at Circuit Finals: 1st Place
Scholastic A Class, North Star Regional Champion and WGI IA Semi-Finalist

2005 Show  "No Strings Attached"
With a distinctive violin blueprint floor and 10 foot tall triangle props, the Eclipse Winterguard
performed to a soundtrack compilation of various string instrumented musical pieces ranging from
Bach to Jimi Hendrix.  Placement at Finals: 3rd Place Division I

2004 Show  "Love & Sacrifice"
The show was a visual interpretation to the reading of the famous Civil War Letter written by soldier
Sullivan Ballou from the battlefield to his wife Sarah in Smithfield, RI on July 14, 1861.
Placement at Finals: 3rd Place Division I & North Star Regional Champion

2003 Show "Square Cubed"
The show staged 19 members and 9 four foot cubes on a green square painted floor. Music titled
"Who Do You Think You Are"  was written and originally performed by the 70's rock group Tower of
Power. The version Eclipse used was a string instrumentation performed by the Turtle Island String
Quartet.  Placement at Finals: 3rd Place Division I & North Star Regional Champion

2002 Show "World Without Color"
Abstract shapes of greys with vertical orange pipes brought to life the music "Piano Concerto No 1
Mvmt 3" by Emerson, Lake & Palmer.  Placement at Finals: 1st Place Division II

2001 Show "Ride Forever"
Crossing and weaving tan colored lines and brilliant lime green uniforms were the visual
interpretation of the musical piece titled "Ghost Train" by Eric Whittacre.
Placement at Finals: 1st Place Division II

2000 Show "The Mask Of Zorro"
The first competitive season of the Eclipse Winterguard brought to the floor the music from the major
motion picture "The Mask of Zorro".
Placement at Finals: 6th Place Division II

Eclipse Wins 2009 Regionals
In St. Louis!

Eclipse Winter Guard has earned their third straight consecutive win at the St. Louis/Kansas City WGI Regional. After placing second in prelims, the color guard pushed themselves even harder to achieve a first place win and protect their title of Independent A Class Champion. Immediately upon leaving the performance floor, the guard was both excited and emotional as they knew they had their best show to date. Eclipse will continue to push themselves and refine their program in prepartion for their fifth appearance at the WGI Championships held in Dayton, OH April 2-4.