Poems_and_Quotes

We Are The Show
-Author Unknown

The time between seasons drags
And the days click by like dominoes
One by one they tumble over
Countdown to begin the show.

Then finally the season starts
The date is set, the time, the place
We organize another year
The calendars fill with practice dates.

Tosses, spins, amazing grace
The music haunts us day and night
Foot here, hand there, the flag in place
Practice, practice to make it right.

Performance faces, focused eyes
The music fills our hearts once more
Just like in practice all those times
We dance across the wooden floor.

A show well done fills up our hearts
The end result of hours strained
We burst with pride when we know it's good
And when it's not, we burn with shame.

All our shows improve by bounds
The season moves on faithfully
And all too soon it has to end
When it's all over, where will we be?

A little wiser, a little sad
To see another season go
But knowing we'll always treasure the time
When together, we were the show.

Here are some random poems and quotes that I've found. If you have any please e-mail me by

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*That which brings you greatest pain will also bring you greatest pleasure*

*Guard members are like family*

*Colorguard takes a lot of strength and time and no one respects that*

*Some people dream of worthy accomplishments: others stay awake and do them*

* When you put your heart into something it can take you anywhere*

*Colorguard...to those who understand no explanation needed....To those who don't no explanation possible*

*You can never possibly catch a flag/rifle/ sabre if you are always thinking of ways to drop it*

*Share what you know, learn what you don't*

*Practice does not make perfect... only perfect practice makes perfect*

*Rehearse the same way you plan to perform, that way when you perform its just like rehersal*

*Education will broaden a narrow mind, but there is no cure for a big head!*

*SMILE!!! It's good for ya!!*

*Is the guard ready?*

*An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it*

*The harder you work the harder it is to surrender*

*The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary*

*The judges want to see your beautiful flag work but they also want to see your beautiful faces too. Smile!*

*You can dooooo it*

*Once a guardie, always a guardie*

*A guard that counts together stays together*

*The most important thing you'll wear today is your expression*

*smile....it improves your face value*

*Is there life after practice?*

*If you can't handle guard try cheerleading*

*If it wasn't going to be hard, everyone would do it*

*What's the point of going out there if they can't see your pretty faces?*

*No one said it would be easy, they just said it would be worth it*

*If you're gonna hit 'em, hit 'em hard, and if it's the band director, hit 'em harder*

*Work it ladies*

*Ya know something? Marching band is like coffee- it's great as long as it's not too hot or too cold*

*I'd rather be in a guard with no life, than in a life with no guard*

* If it's gonna hurt, it better leave a mark*

*Colorguard is a halftime show w/ a band that won't sit
still*

*Colorguard: Sweet little girls...With big metal sticks*

*Don't cry because it is over Smile because it happened*

*Toss high, dance hard, color guard!*

*You'll soon forget the practices, but you will always remember the performances*

*Born to toss....hope to catch*

*If colorguard was easy, it would be called cheerleading*

*Whats the football team doing on the marching field?*

*T's ladies!*

*Point those toes*

*ONE MORE TIME*

*What was that?*

*COUNT!*

*How exactly do you expect me to toss while I'm in between the bass drums?*

*There isn't enough space to go through that line and do the work you wrote*

~instructor's reply *If they're in the way -hit them- I guarantee there will plenty of space for you after that*

*You have 6 feet of pole and 48 inches of silk... you better catch SOMETHING!!!*

*Success is for people who have found nothing noble enough at which to fail.*

*I love color guard counting - if i remember right we were taught to count in school-you know 1.2.3.4.5.ect - in guard they messed us up with 1 - e - and - a - 2- e - and - a gotta love it!*

This is something we always say with our instructor at warm-ups before competitions:
"If you count together, you start together; if you start together, you spin together; if you spin together, you win together!"

*Award-Winning Cleburne High School Color Guard, Cleburne, TX

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