1)Talk about you
instructor behind their back and complain to your friends about them or other
members2)Form cliques within your guard and purposely exclude other members from socializing with you
3)Rank a person's worth based on their piece of equipment or the number of years they've competed
4)Be loud and obnoxious during shows, especially during awards, a great thing to do is cheer when your rival group is announced in second place making you first, really classy stuff.
5)Purposely make a member feel bad about themselves just because they don't learn as quickly
6)Isolate yourself from the group and try to befriend as few members as possible
7)Make negative comments about another group during a show, this is a great idea if you're sitting in stands where parents or friends might be present
8)Act in an really inappropriate manner while in your uniform, some suggestions are be loud, make comments, cuss or swear alot, be or overly flirtatious, getting drunk or stoned after a show and making an idiot of yourself in the parking lot is also a great option.
9)Go after another member's boyfriend or friend, they'll really love spinning with you after that!
10)Argue with the instructor over why or why not you should be doing a certain set of work.
11)Disrespect the guard Captain in front of the group, this is a great way to undermine their authority and destroy the over-all unity of the team.
How to Decrease Drama
1)Be helpful not hurtful, if someone is having a hard time learning something maybe they need a little extra help or need it to be explained in a different way.
2)Make friend with as many members as possible and don't be fake with them, be yourself
3)When trying to tell someone how to do something use supportive and positive words and a friendly tone, don't say "You're still doing the angle wrong stupid", say "You're improving but your angle is still a little off, maybe if you tried this..."
4)Socialize with other guards! They're just a bunch of people like you and some of the best friendships come from guards mingling with each other.
5)Don't show off or boast about your position in the guard, remember that everyone has a part to play and no-one is less important than anyone else
6)Throw guard parties and invite EVERYONE, just hang out and watch guard tapes, get a pizza, have a sleep over, anything to increase the bond within a group!
7)Get to know your instructor, where they've marched, what they love about guard, what they do in their spare time, their favorite color and food, ANYTHING!
8)Start a tradition of buddying up freshmen with upper-class members, a "big sisters" sort of thing. This way new comers have someone they arent afraid to ask for help and upperclassmen are more considerate of the newbies.
9)Give presents to the seniors or instructors at the end of every season, your way of saying thank you for all the help and good times they've given you.
10)Have seniors write up "Freshmen Awards" for the new members. This can be as simple as a piece of paper that says something special about each member. They don't have to be all nice and cute as long they're not mean. (Examples) "Jackie: the Little Leader award" "Greg: Super Smile award" "Hanna: Most Talkative award" "Casey: Marches to a Different Drummer award" etc etc...