Fossil Ridge High School’s musical instrument and color guard programs continue to build on the school's success, sweeping state championship events March 29-30.
The school’s Winter Guard ensemble claimed its second straight Rocky Mountain Color Guard Association scholastic division championship with its performance of “In the Shadows,” earning a season-high score of 87.3 out of a possible 100. Cherry Creek was second at 85.07 in the competition at the Denver Coliseum, according to results posted online.
Fossil Ridge’s Winter Guard team capped a highly successful season that included posting the top score in both the preliminary competition and finals of a Winter Guard International competition in Bellevue, Nebraska.
Winter Guard International is a seasonal series of indoor color-guard, percussion and wind instrument competitions.
A new middle-school winter guard program for future Fossil Ridge High School students also won a Rocky Mountain Color Guard state title with a season-high score, earning an 89.9 for its performance of “My Snowman and Me.” Runner-up Westlake Middle School from Broomfield earned a score of 86.55 and third-place Lucile Erwin of Loveland earned a score of 83.61, according to results posted online.
The Fossil Ridge middle school team is made up of sixth through eighth graders from Kinard, Preston and Timnath middle schools and received coaching and mentoring from current and alumni members of the Fossil Ridge High School Winter Guard program.
Fossil Ridge’s Winter Percussion ensemble won the scholastic open division title of the Rocky Mountain Percussion Association state championships. The ensemble’s performance of “A Ghost Story” at the U.S. Air Force Academy’s Clune Arena earned a season-best score of 87.5. Loveland Indoor Percussion was second at 85.425, according to results posted online.
The state championship capped a season in which the Fossil Ridge Winter Percussion ensemble won every competition it entered, including a WGI regional championship it hosted March 15.
The Winter Guard and Winter Percussion success continued a strong tradition of championship performances for Fossil Ridge High School’s music program. The school’s marching band has won seven Colorado Class 5A state championships in the past 13 years, including a current string of three in a row.
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