11/21/09
Congratulations to Santaluces High School, Class 4-A Champions, and Stoneman Douglas High School, Class 3-A Champions, at the FMBC marching band Championships in St. Petersburg.

10/11/09
The FIU Performance Ensemble Open Class color guard auditions wil be held on Sunday, October 11th, from 9:30AM to 6:00PM. Auditions will be held at Top Gun Cheerleading Gym, 13135 SW 124 Ave #101, Miami. Cost is $30 to attend. Wear all black dance attire/clothes and bring your own weapons. Flags will be provided. Registration is at 9:30, auditions begin at 10:00. For information, email OneNiteAtMcCools@yahoo.com

10/03/09
The Falcon Sound Invitational Marching Band Festival will be held on Saturday October 3rd at Flanagan High School in Pembroke Pines. Thirty bands are expected to participate in this 7th annual festival.

9/25/09
The SFWGA is excited to announce we have partnered with Alliance Media to produce the DVD package for the SFWGA 30th Anniversary Championship Pageant to be held on March 27, 2010. In addition to the Championship performances, Alliance Media will be digitally remastering and making available on DVD, highlights from the full 30-year history of the SFWGA.

8/25/09
Pre-season letter to the Membership from SFWGA President, Kathy Porter.

8/23/09
The Summer Rules Caucus for the 2010 season was held on August 23rd at JP Taravella High School.

7/08/09
Premonition Summer Clinics will be held on July18th and August 1st at Gloria Dei in Davie. The clinics will be taught by Premonition staff members Amanda Rehn, Marcus Rankin, Brandin Stratman, Lisa Goitia, and Shannon Berkstresser. A special dance session at the July 18th Clinic will feature Amanda Brisbey from Northeast Independent. Cost is $20 per clinic and includes snacks and drinks. All skill levels are welcome. Classes will be offered in dance, flag, rifle, and sabre. Click here for directions. For more information, visit the Premonition Winterguard website.

6/20/09
MEDEA awarded South Florida Independent A Gold Medal. Due to the participation of an ineligible performer by FIU at the Championship contest, the former first place winner has been disqualified. The 2009 Gold Medal for Independent A Class has now been awarded to MEDEA. Gold medals for the MEDEA performers and staff have been ordered and will be presented to them soon. Congratulations to MEDEA on their performance!

5/13/09
Yamaha Sounds of Summer Percussion Symposium will be hosted by Palm Beach Central High School on July 13th through 14th. This two day camp is open to all 7th through 12th grade percussionists. Yamaha performing artist Brian Fronzaglia is the featured clinician. This promises to be a great event for all percussionists, and entire drum lines are encouraged to participate. The $75 fee includes lunch, camp t-shirt, lanyard, and percussion technique book.

5/04/09
The end-of-season General Membership Meeting was conducted Sunday evening, May 3rd, at J P Taravella High School. Elections of the Board of Directors were held, with Diane Hauck joining the Board as Secretary. Diane is currently with West Broward High School, and was previously with Stoneman Douglas High School. Jeanine Mielke was elected to the position of 3rd Vice President. Kathy Porter, Gene Remillet, Nancy Fine, and Louise Cannon will continue in their current roles of President, 1st and 2nd Vice Presidents, and Treasurer, respectively. Elections of the Advisory Board positions, including the County Representatives, were deferred until the October 2009 general meeting, pending discussion at the Summer Caucus on redefining these positions. Read the Minutes.

4/22/09
Congratulations to the South Florida teams who made Finals at WGI National Championships in Dayton Ohio: Spanish River SA Silver Medalist, Flanagan SW Bronze Medalist, Braddock Independent IW 8th Place, Premonition IW 14th Place, STRYKE Percussion Ensemble PIO 4th Place, Cooper City SO 14th Place, and FIU Performance Ensemble IA 4th Place. Great Performances, you make us proud!

4/13/09
The end-of-season General Membership Meeting has been scheduled for Sunday, May 3rd at 6:00 PM. The meeting will be held in the J P Taravella Band Room. Elections of the Board of Directors and Officers will take place at this meeting. The Summer Caucus to discuss rules and policy changes for the 2010 Season has been scheduled for Sunday, August 23rd at 2:00 PM, also in the J P Taravella Band Room.


4/04/09
Spanish River takes the Silver Medal in WGI Scholastic A Finals with a score of 95.7, and Flanagan takes the Bronze Medal in WGI Scholastic World Finals with a score of 93.8. Congratulations to both South Florida Guards!

3/04/09
Braddock Independent will be holding a Boutique/Garage sale on Sunday, March 15th, starting at 8:00 AM. All kinds of items to suit everyone's needs. All donations are tax deductable. Please come out and support Braddock Ind in their last fundraiser of the season. 209 SW 159 Lane, Weston, FL 33326 (Hampton Lakes).

2/25/09
Pagentry Arts Concepts, parent organization of STRYKE, AQUARIUS, and MEDEA, announced it will merge with Teal Sound. The new organization will field performing units in both the DCI and WGI venues.

1/25/09
The 2009 South Florida Premier took place last Saturday at Santaluces High School in Lantana. Standing ovations from the audience went to Flanagan's "Hopelandic" and Premonition's "Illusion" performances. Once again, the Special Needs Color Guard of America stole the hearts of the audience with their performance of "Coming to America" featuring live instrumentation as well as costumes and flags the performers designed themselves.

1/05/09
All Color Guard and Percussion Judges commentaries will be digitally recorded and provided to Instructors and Directors in a digial audio format. Cassette tapes will no longer be used. To obtain your performance commentaries, show your Instructor ID badge at the Sound and Tabulation table. The Judges commentaries will be conveniently loaded into your MP3 player, iPOD, USB flash drive or memory stick. This will make it easy to listen to commentaries prior to attending Critique, copy and share commentaries with your entire instructional staff, and even email commentaries to out of town designers.

12/14/08
The annual Membership Meeting was held Sunday December 14th at the Westin Hotel in Fort Lauderdale. If you did not bring in your membership paperwork, you may still join for the 2009 season by mailing in the Membership Packet. The packet may be downloaded from the Forms Page. Draw numbers will be posted soon.
Read the Minutes

12/12/08
The Flanagan High School Falcon Sound band and color guard will be featured in the Walt Disney World Christmas Day parade. The parade will air nationally on ABC on Christmas morning.

12/09/08
The J P Taravella High School Trojan marching band has been selected to participate in President Obama's Inauguration Day Parade in Washington DC this coming January. Selected out of over 1,400 high schools, Taravella is the only high school chosen to participate in the parade

11/10/08
The SFWGA has released the 2009 Contest Dates and locations. Our upcoming season includes a West Coast contest at a super-size gym at Palmetto Ridge High School in Naples. See the the full contest line up on the Contest Info page. 10/20/08
The WGI Boca Raton Percussion Regional will be hosted by STRYKE at Boca Raton High School on March 14th. Registration is now open.

10/16/08
SFWGA President Kathy Porter announced that the SFWGA will sponsor New Judges Training for both Color Guard and Percussion beginning in December, leading to FFJA Certification.

10/12/08
The Pre-Season General Membership Meeting was held at Taravella High School on 10/12/08.10/12/08
The date and location of the 2009 South Florida Championships has been set. The grand finale of the South Florida Winter Guard and Percussion season will take place on Saturday, March 28th, at Barbara Goleman High School in Miami. 10/10/08
New Date for 2009 Premier! Our Premier Contest will be held on Saturday, January 24th, at Santaluces High School in Lantana.

9/23/08
The 2009 WGI Fort Lauderdale Regional will be hosted by Flanagan High School. The Regional will be held on February 7th at Krop High School.