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1 FINALS INFO

2 Sunday, April 23, Winter Guard Association of Southern California Championships, Bren Events Center, University of California in Irvine, California Winter Guard Association of Southern California (WGASC) ITINERARY TIME EVENT 6:45 AM Report (hair, makeup done and in costume! ) 7:00 AM Depart from Trabuco Hills High School 7:30 AM Arrive at University of California, Irvine 7:35 AM Check-in / Restroom / Eat a light snack 8:10 AM Depart for warm-up 8:15 AM Warm-Up 10:00 AM Depart from warm-up 10:10 AM Ready Door 10:26 AM Finals Performance 11:15 AM Lunch 2:25 PM Finals Awards (Full Retreat) 3:45 PM Depart from University of California, Irvine 4:30 PM Approximate Arrival at Trabuco Hills High School 4:35 PM Unload Equipment and Clean-Up 5:00 PM Approximate Dismissal * Contingent on our preliminary performance score and advancing to finals *** Please keep in mind, no schedule is sacred and always subject to change!!! Last Updated on 4/22/2017 at 5:34 PM

3 DIRECTIONS FROM TRABUCO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL Bren Events Center University of California, Irvine (UCI) Intersection of Mesa Road and West Peltason Drive Irvine, California Total Distance: 17.5 miles, Total Travel Time: 25 mins Take I-405 Freeway North Exit Culver Drive and turn left Turn right on University Drive Pass Campus Drive Turn left on Mesa Road Bren Events Center will be on your right-hand side Last Updated on 2/15/2017 at 9:29 PM

4 Sunday, April 23, Winter Guard Association of Southern California Championships, Bren Events Center, University of California in Irvine, California Winter Guard Association of Southern California (WGASC) Finals Performance Schedule (as of 04/22/17) CLASS SCHOOL PERFORM SAA Workman High School 9:30 AM SAA Los Osos High School #1 9:38 AM SAA Vista Murrieta High School JV 9:46 AM SAA Santa Ana High School 9:54 AM SAA Fallbrook High School 10:02 AM SAA Valencia High School 10:10 AM SAA La Canada High School 10:18 AM SAA Trabuco Hills High School 10:26 AM SAA San Marcos High School Varsity 10:34 AM SAA Kennedy High School #1 (La Palma) 10:42 AM SAA La Mirada High School 10:50 AM SAA Riverside King High School #1 10:58 AM SAA Etiwanda High School Varsity 11:06 AM SAA Highland High School 11:14 AM SAA Shadow Hills High School 11:22 AM Exhibition JHA Bronze Medalist 11:30 AM Exhibition JHA Silver Medalist 11:37 AM Exhibition JHA Gold Medalist 11:44 AM SA 11th Highest Score after Gold Medals 11:51 AM SA 10th Highest Score after Gold Medals 11:59 AM SA 9th Highest Score after Gold Medals 12:07 PM SA 8th Highest Score after Gold Medals 12:15 PM SA 7th Highest Score after Gold Medals 12:23 PM SA 6th Highest Score after Gold Medals 12:31 PM SA 5th Highest Score after Gold Medals 12:39 PM SA 4th Highest Score after Gold Medals 12:47 PM SA 3rd Highest Score after Gold Medals 12:55 PM SA 2nd Highest Score after Gold Medals 1:03 PM SA 1st Highest Score after Gold Medals 1:11 PM SA 4th Highest Score of Gold Medals 1:19 PM SA 3rd Highest Score of Gold Medals 1:27 PM SA 2nd Highest Score of Gold Medals 1:35 PM SA Highest Score of Gold Medals 1:43 PM Exhibition HSAA 2nd Highest Score 1:51 PM Exhibition HSAA Highest Score 1:58 PM Exhibition HSA 2nd Highest Score 2:05 PM Exhibition HSA Highest Score 2:12 PM SA / SAA FINALS AWARDS - FULL RETREAT 2:25 PM Last Updated on 4/22/2017 at 5:10 PM

5 Sunday, April 23, Winter Guard Association of Southern California Championships, Bren Events Center, University of California in Irvine, California Winter Guard Association of Southern California (WGASC) Finals Performance Schedule (as of 04/11/17) CLASS SCHOOL PERFORM IA Genesis Ensemble 3:30 PM IA UNLV Winterguard 3:38 PM IA Emerald Winterguard 3:46 PM IA Icon Winter Guard 3:54 PM IA San Diego State University Aztec Winter Guard 4:02 PM BREAK 4:10 PM SO Marshall Fundamental High School 4:18 PM SO Sierra Vista High School (LV) A 4:27 PM SO Chino High School 4:36 PM SO El Dorado High School 4:45 PM SO Upland High School Varsity 4:54 PM SO Rowland High School 5:03 PM SO Hart High School 5:12 PM SO Stockdale High School 5:21 PM Valencia High School (OC) 5:30 PM Exhibition SAAA 2nd Highest Score Fountain Valley Site 5:39 PM Exhibition SAAA 2nd Highest Score Westminster Site 5:46 PM Exhibition SAAA Highest Score Fountain Valley Site 5:53 PM Exhibition SAAA Highest Score Westminster Site 6:00 PM IO Alchemy Independent 6:07 PM IO Vox Artium 6:16 PM IO (702) Independent Guard 6:25 PM SW Ayala High School 6:34 PM SW Arcadia High School 6:44 PM IW Diamante 6:54 PM IA / SO / IO / SW / IW AWARDS - FULL RETREAT 7:30 PM Individual Equipment 1 Jennifer Oswald Individual Equipment 1 Robert Solomon Individual Equipment 2 Amy Mack Individual Equipment 2 Gregory Llacer Individual Movement 1 Michael Turner Individual Movement 1 Kathy Whitcomb Individual Movement 2 Lorraine Kohagen Individual Movement 2 William Chumley Design Analysis 1 Jack Pursifull Design Analysis 1 Scott Pizani Design Analysis 2 Michael Gray Design Analysis 2 Tom Slaughter General Effect 1 Lee Carlson General Effect 1 Jonette Dangerfield General Effect 2 Mike Stone General Effect 2 Steve Abrams General Effect 3 James Goodrich General Effect 3 Kyle Miller General Effect 4 Mike Anderson General Effect 4 James Goodrich Timing & Penalties 1 Suzie Matyk Timing & Penalties 2 Robin Gin Chief Judge 1 Shirley Dorritie Chief Judge 2 Mike Stone Tech 1 Rhonda Choat Tech 2 Caryn Walls Announcer Richard Kramer Contest Director Carl Nelson Last Updated on 4/22/2017 at 5:10 PM

6 WGASC Championships UCI Bren Events Center

7 WGASC CIRCUIT CHAMPIONSHIPS UCI Bren Events Center Unit Class Time Finalist #15 SAA 9:30 AM Finalist #14 SAA 9:38 AM Finalist #13 SAA 9:46 AM Finalist #12 SAA 9:54 AM Finalist #11 SAA 10:02 AM Finalist #10 SAA 10:10 AM Finalist #9 SAA 10:18 AM Finalist #8 SAA 10:26 AM Finalist #7 SAA 10:34 AM Finalist #6 SAA 10:42 AM Finalist #5 SAA 10:50 AM Finalist #4 SAA 10:58 AM Finalist #3 SAA 11:06 AM Finalist #2 SAA 11:14 AM Finalist #1 SAA 11:22 AM JHA Bronze Medalist EXH 11:30 AM JHA Silver Medalist EXH 11:37 AM JHA Gold Medalist EXH 11:44 AM Finalist #15 SA 11:51 AM Finalist #14 SA 11:59 AM Finalist #13 SA 12:07 PM Finalist #12 SA 12:15 PM Finalist #11 SA 12:23 PM Finalist #10 SA 12:31 PM Finalist #9 SA 12:39 PM Finalist #8 SA 12:47 PM Finalist #7 SA 12:55 PM Finalist #6 SA 1:03 PM Finalist #5 SA 1:11 PM Finalist #4 SA 1:19 PM Finalist #3 SA 1:27 PM Finalist #2 SA 1:35 PM Finalist #1 SA 1:43 PM WGASC HSAA 2nd Highest Score EXH 1:51 PM WGASC HSAA Highest Score EXH 1:58 PM WGASC HSA 2nd Highest Score EXH 2:05 PM WGASC HSA Highest Score EXH 2:12 PM Break 2:19 PM Full Guard Retreat 2:45 PM SO 3:45 PM SO 3:54 AM SO 4:03 PM SO 4:12 AM SO 4:21 PM SO 4:30 AM SO 4:39 PM SO 4:48 AM SAAA 3rd Highest Score EXH 4:57 PM SAAA 2nd Highest Score EXH 5:04 PM SAAA Highest Score EXH 5:11 PM IO 5:18 PM IO 5:27 PM IO 5:36 PM IO 5:45 PM IA Bronze Medalist EXH 5:54 PM IA Silver Medalist EXH 6:02 PM IA Gold Medalist EXH 6:10 PM SW 6:18 PM SW 6:28 PM SW 6:38 PM IW 6:48 PM Break 6:58 PM Full Guard Retreat 7:30 PM

8 ENTRANCE ACADEMY WAY University Research Park MACARTHUR BLVD. 73 CAMPUS DR. ENTRANCE UNIVERSITY DR. CALIFORNIA AVE. ACADEMY WAY MEDICAL PLAZA DR. 14A MESA RD. 80 Gottschalk Medical Plaza Health Sciences Medicine Mesa Court Housing Crawford Athletics Complex HT MPS Bren Events Center MESA RD. 6 Arts WEST PELTASON DR. HEALTH SCIENCES RD. ENTRANCE 5 83 BISON AVE. WEST PELTASON DR. Humanities Biological Sciences Science Library Biomedical Research Center WEST PELTASON DR. ENTRANCE SCPS Campus Village Housing EAST 16H PEREIRA DR. PELTASON CAMPUS DR. Administration (Aldrich Hall) Barclay Theatre Student Center 16 DR. Parking permit dispensers/ information booths Permits are required for all non-metered spaces. ALDRICH PARK 2 Physical Sciences 1 STANFORD Library Social Ecology Social Sciences 18B SSPS Engineering Information & Computer Sciences ENTRANCE Middle Earth Housing LOS TRANCOS BP Alumni House Business Education Extension Law o Fwy COSTA MESA FWY COSTA MESA FWY 1C PEREIRA DR. University Hills 55 EAST PELTASON APS 405 Orange County/ John Wayne Airport (SNA) Campus Dr. ENTRANCE DR. CAMPUS DR. East Campus Housing Verano Place Housing PALO ANTEATER MacArthur Blvd. 73 CALIFORNIA AVE. VERDE RD. Jamboree Rd. Jamboree Rd. DR. Palo Verde Housing N Arroyo Vista Housing SAN DIEGO FWY Campus Dr. North Campus University Dr. ECPS ARC East Campus Housing Anteater Recreation Center Anteater Dr. entrance accessed from Culver Dr./ Bonita Canyon Dr. Culver Dr. Culver Dr. 405 Campus Dr. Culver Dr. Jeffrey Rd. University Dr Irvine Ave. California Ave. California Ave. UC Irvine MacArthur Blvd. Bison Ave. Bonita Canyon Dr. SAN JOAQUIN HILLS TOLL ROAD Area mapped above

9 Absolutely NO BALLOONS inside the Bren Events Center 122 PROP Storage PROP Storage Judges

10 CHAMPIONSHIPS Junior High, WGASC A/AA and Scholastic AA/AAA units must compete in at least three (3) WGASC sanctioned events each year in order to qualify for Circuit Championships. A unit located more than one hundred (100) miles from the four level intersection of freeways in downtown Los Angeles is required to attend only two (2) WGASC sanctioned events in order to qualify for Circuit Championships. Scholastic A, Independent A, Open and World Classes must attend at least one (1) WGASC sanctioned event each year in order to qualify for Circuit Championships. The Championship contest may be held on a preliminary and finals basis, if necessary, or may be held on one or more days at multiple locations. In the event of a tie in prelims in the lowest position eligible for finals, the tied units will perform in the finals contest. In the event of a tie in finals competition, the tie will stand as a tie. Requests for early or late performance times must be into the office four (4) weeks before Championships. Units will be seeded into rounds and then a unit will be switched with the next closest seed in another round to accommodate the request. Requests for backside seating for a Varsity or Junior Varsity color guard on the day they are not performing should be made through the WGASC office up to fourteen (14) days before the contest. The same policy applies to independent guards who have two or more units. For Junior High WGASC A/AA/AAA & HS WGASC A/AA and Scholastic AA/AAA units the order of appearance at Circuit Championships will be determined by averaging the two highest scores that are received by the guard through the weekend three (3) weeks prior to the Championships weekend. 70% of the highest season score as well as 30% of the second highest season score will determine the total average score of the unit. The class will then be divided to determine performance order through a random scramble of the top 50% of units in the round and bottom 50% scramble of units in the round. This system would allow units to appear within five (5) guards of their nearest competitor, for example of the class were divided into fifths, but no suggested placement. The highest scoring color guards at each Scholastic AAA site will be invited to perform in Exhibition on Sunday for Championships. For Scholastic and Independent A, Open and World units, preliminary rounds will be based on the most recent circuit show score increased by one and one-half (1.5) points per week through the month of February and one (1.0) point per week beginning in March until two (2) weeks before circuit championships. Once a class on the A, Open or World sheets has over fourteen (14) units, it will have a preliminary contest and be split into two rounds, at over eighteen (18) units, they will have a preliminary contest split into three (3) rounds and at over twenty-seven (27) units, they will have a preliminary contest split into four (4) rounds. There will be no more than four (4) preliminary rounds in the Junior High through Scholastic AA classes. These prelims will be seeded by taking 70% of the unit s highest score and 30% of the unit s next highest score. 16

11 Once the units are seeded, the rounds are structured as follows: 3 ROUNDS 4 ROUNDS Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round etc etc. Medals will be awarded to every member plus five additional medals, or units placing first (1 st ), second (2 nd ) and third (3 rd ) in their respective class. In the event of a tie, the tie will stand. Patches for members will be awarded to all participating units at Circuit Championships. Qualifying for Finals The Highest scores from each round will advance to finals plus the next highest scores regardless of rounds to the maximum listed above. They will compete in the following order: 15 FINALISTS EXAMPLE - 4 ROUNDS 11th Highest Score after Gold Medals 10th Highest Score after Gold Medals 9th Highest Score after Gold Medals 8th Highest Score after Gold Medals 7th Highest Score after Gold Medals 6th Highest Score after Gold Medals 5th Highest Score after Gold Medals 4th Highest Score after Gold Medals 3rd Highest Score after Gold Medals 2nd Highest Score after Gold Medals 1st Highest Score after Gold Medals 4th Highest Score of Gold Medals 3rd Highest Score of Gold Medals 2nd Highest Score of Gold Medals Highest Score of Gold Medals 17

12 Qualifying for Finals The Highest scores from each round will advance to finals plus the next highest scores regardless of rounds to the maximum listed above. They shall compete in the following order: 15 Finalist Example- 4 round 11th Highest Score after Gold Medals 10th Highest Score after Gold Medals 9th Highest Score after Gold Medals 8th Highest Score after Gold Medals 7th Highest Score after Gold Medals 6th Highest Score after Gold Medals 5th Highest Score after Gold Medals 4th Highest Score after Gold Medals 3rd Highest Score after Gold Medals 2nd Highest Score after Gold Medals 1st Highest Score after Gold Medals 4th Highest Score of Gold Medals 3rd Highest Score of Gold Medals 2nd Highest Score of Gold Medals Highest Score of Gold Medals Revised June

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14 Saturday, April 22, Winter Guard Association of Southern California Championships, Westminster High School in Westminster, California Winter Guard Association of Southern California (WGASC) ITINERARY TIME EVENT 7:45 AM Report 8:00 AM Load Equipment / Change into Costume 9:00 AM Depart from Trabuco Hills High School 10:00 AM Arrive at Westminster High School 10:05 AM Check-in / Restroom / Eat a light snack 10:55 AM Depart for warm-up 11:00 AM Warm-Up 12:45 PM Depart from warm-up 12:55 PM Ready Door 1:08 PM Prelims Performance 1:55 PM Prelims Awards 3:00 PM Depart from Westminster High School 4:00 PM Approximate Arrival at Trabuco Hills High School 4:05 PM Unload Equipment and Clean-Up 4:30 PM Approximate Dismissal *** Please keep in mind, no schedule is sacred and always subject to change!!! Last Updated on 4/22/2017 at 5:34 PM

15 DIRECTIONS FROM TRABUCO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL Westminster High School Goldenwest Street Westminster, California Distance: 28.2 miles Approximate Travel Time: 32 mins Take I-405 Freeway North Exit Goldenwest Street Turn right onto Goldenwest Street Turn right on Main Street The Westminster High School Stadium will be on your left-hand side Last Updated on 4/4/2017 at 3:12 PM

16 Saturday, April 22, Winter Guard Association of Southern California Championships, Westminster High School in Westminster, California Winter Guard Association of Southern California (WGASC) Prelims Performance Schedule (as of 04/07/17) CLASS SCHOOL PERFORM SAA - Round 1 Glendora High School 9:00 AM SAA - Round 1 Los Osos High School #1 9:08 AM SAA - Round 1 Citrus Hill High School 9:16 AM SAA - Round 1 Fallbrook High School 9:24 AM SAA - Round 1 Vista Murrieta High School JV 9:32 AM SAA - Round 1 Etiwanda High School Varsity 9:40 AM SAA - Round 1 Riverside Poly High School 9:48 AM SAA - Round 1 Valencia High School 9:56 AM BREAK 10:04 AM SAA - Round 2 Arroyo High School Varsity 10:12 AM SAA - Round 2 West High School 10:20 AM SAA - Round 2 San Marcos High School (SB) 10:28 AM SAA - Round 2 Montgomery High School #1 10:36 AM SAA - Round 2 Granada Hills Charter High School #1 10:44 AM SAA - Round 2 Riverside King High School #1 10:52 AM SAA - Round 2 Cypress High School 11:00 AM BREAK 11:08 AM SAA - Round 3 Great Oak High School Varsity 11:24 AM SAA - Round 3 Montclair High School 11:32 AM SAA - Round 3 Glen A. Wilson High School 11:40 AM SAA - Round 3 Santa Ana High School 11:48 AM SAA - Round 3 La Mirada High School 11:56 AM SAA - Round 3 Kennedy High Schol #1 (La Palma) 12:04 PM SAA - Round 3 Shadow Hills High School 12:12 PM BREAK 12:20 PM SAA - Round 4 Magnolia High School 12:28 PM SAA - Round 4 La Canada High School 12:36 PM SAA - Round 4 Workman High School 12:44 PM SAA - Round 4 South Hills High School 12:52 PM SAA - Round 4 Centennial High School Varsity 1:00 PM SAA - Round 4 Trabuco Hills High School 1:08 PM SAA - Round 4 Highland High School 1:16 PM SAA - Round 4 San Marcos High School Varsity 1:24 PM AWARDS 1:55 PM Last Updated on 4/22/2017 at 5:10 PM

17 Saturday, April 22, Winter Guard Association of Southern California Championships, Westminster High School in Westminster, California Winter Guard Association of Southern California (WGASC) Prelims Performance Schedule (as of 04/07/17) CLASS SCHOOL PERFORM SAAA - Round 1 Fontana Miller High School 2:50 PM SAAA - Round 1 Valley View High School 2:57 PM SAAA - Round 1 Great Oak High School JV 3:04 PM SAAA - Round 1 Ramona High School (Riverside) 3:11 PM SAAA - Round 1 El Camino High School #1 3:18 PM SAAA - Round 1 San Pedro High School 3:25 PM SAAA - Round 1 Murrieta Valley High School 3:32 PM SAAA - Round 1 Savanna High School #1 3:39 PM SAAA - Round 1 Bonita High School 3:46 PM BREAK 3:53 PM SAAA - Round 2 Garden Grove High School 4:07 PM SAAA - Round 2 Montebello High School 4:14 PM SAAA - Round 2 Poway High School 4:21 PM SAAA - Round 2 Schurr High School 4:28 PM SAAA - Round 2 Santiago High School Varsity (Corona) 4:35 PM SAAA - Round 2 Paramount High School 4:42 PM SAAA - Round 2 University City High School 4:49 PM SAAA - Round 2 Saugus High School 4:56 PM SAAA - Round 2 Rancho Cucamonga High School JV 5:03 PM SAAA - Round 2 Simi Valley High School 5:03 PM AWARDS 5:40 PM SAAA - Round 3 Glendale High School 6:35 PM SAAA - Round 3 Santa Monica High School 6:42 PM SAAA - Round 3 El Segundo High School 6:49 PM SAAA - Round 3 Westview High School 6:56 PM SAAA - Round 3 Royal High School 7:03 PM SAAA - Round 3 Canyon High School (OC) 7:10 PM SAAA - Round 3 Mater Dei High School 7:17 PM SAAA - Round 3 Arlington High School 7:24 PM SAAA - Round 3 Temescal Canyon High School 7:31 PM BREAK 7:38 PM SAAA - Round 4 Nogales High School #2 7:52 PM SAAA - Round 4 Helix Charter High School 7:59 PM SAAA - Round 4 Bell High School 8:06 PM SAAA - Round 4 La Habra High School 8:13 PM SAAA - Round 4 Mayfair High School #2 8:20 PM SAAA - Round 4 Westminster High School Varsity 8:27 PM SAAA - Round 4 El Toro High School 8:34 PM SAAA - Round 4 Temple City High School 8:41 PM SAAA - Round 4 Oceanside High School 8:48 PM AWARDS 9:15 PM Individual Equipment Amy Mack Individual Movement Michael Turner Design Analysis Jack Pursifull General Effect 1 Mike Anderson General Effect 2 James Goodrich Timing & Penalties Jonathan Chang Chief Judge George Oliviero Tech Cathy Royal Announcer Christine Brady Contest Director Shalena Gonzales Last Updated on 4/22/2017 at 5:10 PM

18 SAAA/SAA WGASC Championships Westminster HS

19 Westminster HS TYPES OF PRACTICE AREAS AVAILABLE: basketball courts TIME PRACTICE AREAS AVAILABLE: 2 hours before TIME CONCESSIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE: 30 minutes before/all day PRIMARY CONTACT: John Whatley CONTACT: jwhatley@hbuhsd.edu PERFORMER Re-Entry ENTRANCE TIMING LINE SPECTATOR Entrance/Exit EXIT AUDIENCE

20 Westminster High School WGASC Championships April 25, 2015 Bus & Truck Overflow Parking Truck/bus Overflow Warm Up Warm Up Girls/Boys Locker Rooms Perf. Exit Pre-stage Perf. Enter Floor Folding Spectator Entrance & Performer Re-entry Vendors Truck/Bus Parking Off Limits Judge Room/Parking + First Aid Food Truck/Bus Parking Spectator Parking Check-in Restrooms Warm Up Spectator Parking Truck/Bus Parking Warm Up Spectator Parking

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28 CHAMPIONSHIPS Junior High, WGASC A/AA and Scholastic AA/AAA units must compete in at least three (3) WGASC sanctioned events each year in order to qualify for Circuit Championships. A unit located more than one hundred (100) miles from the four level intersection of freeways in downtown Los Angeles is required to attend only two (2) WGASC sanctioned events in order to qualify for Circuit Championships. Scholastic A, Independent A, Open and World Classes must attend at least one (1) WGASC sanctioned event each year in order to qualify for Circuit Championships. The Championship contest may be held on a preliminary and finals basis, if necessary, or may be held on one or more days at multiple locations. In the event of a tie in prelims in the lowest position eligible for finals, the tied units will perform in the finals contest. In the event of a tie in finals competition, the tie will stand as a tie. Requests for early or late performance times must be into the office four (4) weeks before Championships. Units will be seeded into rounds and then a unit will be switched with the next closest seed in another round to accommodate the request. Requests for backside seating for a Varsity or Junior Varsity color guard on the day they are not performing should be made through the WGASC office up to fourteen (14) days before the contest. The same policy applies to independent guards who have two or more units. For Junior High WGASC A/AA/AAA & HS WGASC A/AA and Scholastic AA/AAA units the order of appearance at Circuit Championships will be determined by averaging the two highest scores that are received by the guard through the weekend three (3) weeks prior to the Championships weekend. 70% of the highest season score as well as 30% of the second highest season score will determine the total average score of the unit. The class will then be divided to determine performance order through a random scramble of the top 50% of units in the round and bottom 50% scramble of units in the round. This system would allow units to appear within five (5) guards of their nearest competitor, for example of the class were divided into fifths, but no suggested placement. The highest scoring color guards at each Scholastic AAA site will be invited to perform in Exhibition on Sunday for Championships. For Scholastic and Independent A, Open and World units, preliminary rounds will be based on the most recent circuit show score increased by one and one-half (1.5) points per week through the month of February and one (1.0) point per week beginning in March until two (2) weeks before circuit championships. Once a class on the A, Open or World sheets has over fourteen (14) units, it will have a preliminary contest and be split into two rounds, at over eighteen (18) units, they will have a preliminary contest split into three (3) rounds and at over twenty-seven (27) units, they will have a preliminary contest split into four (4) rounds. There will be no more than four (4) preliminary rounds in the Junior High through Scholastic AA classes. These prelims will be seeded by taking 70% of the unit s highest score and 30% of the unit s next highest score. 16

29 Once the units are seeded, the rounds are structured as follows: 3 ROUNDS 4 ROUNDS Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round etc etc. Medals will be awarded to every member plus five additional medals, or units placing first (1 st ), second (2 nd ) and third (3 rd ) in their respective class. In the event of a tie, the tie will stand. Patches for members will be awarded to all participating units at Circuit Championships. Qualifying for Finals The Highest scores from each round will advance to finals plus the next highest scores regardless of rounds to the maximum listed above. They will compete in the following order: 15 FINALISTS EXAMPLE - 4 ROUNDS 11th Highest Score after Gold Medals 10th Highest Score after Gold Medals 9th Highest Score after Gold Medals 8th Highest Score after Gold Medals 7th Highest Score after Gold Medals 6th Highest Score after Gold Medals 5th Highest Score after Gold Medals 4th Highest Score after Gold Medals 3rd Highest Score after Gold Medals 2nd Highest Score after Gold Medals 1st Highest Score after Gold Medals 4th Highest Score of Gold Medals 3rd Highest Score of Gold Medals 2nd Highest Score of Gold Medals Highest Score of Gold Medals 17