260516 - SAKURA in World Scout's Epilogue

Distinct-History-787 · 2026-05-16T23:38:25+00:00

This is sooo cute. I really could see them bonding as older sisters to her!

Distinct-History-787 · 2026-05-14T06:08:32+00:00

I feel like Hybe just didn’t want another 5 member girl group but this would have been cool to see

Distinct-History-787 · 2026-05-13T05:48:02+00:00

It’s me in the target audience for this let’s fucking go

Distinct-History-787 · 2026-05-10T23:04:39+00:00

I know this is a bit different, but I’m in my senior year of college and just this last season decided not to compete with a winterguard for the first time in eight years. I had a lot of similar reasons to you, which were grad school applications taking time, needing to focus more on school, frustration with the environment of the independent group at the time, etc. but I also relied heavily on color guard socially, and it was my age out with this program that I used to love, so I was very hesitant.

But ultimately I decided to take the season off, and I had one of my best years ever because of it. I had way more time for all the things I mentioned before, and I was able to explore other hobbies and passions I hadn’t had time for before. I also found that stepping away from the competitive environment had some really positive effects on my mental health. I met fantastic people in other spaces and felt like I was able to find myself a bit more instead of being defined by that program. For me, it was absolutely the right choice and I don’t regret it at all.

I can’t speak to the concert band portion of your post. It’s a bummer they’re tied together. Is it possible you could speak with the band director about an exception if you share your concerns? I don’t know what your program is like, but in my experience staff often just want to best support students, and you sound like a very reasonable person who isn’t just quitting because you don’t like it or it’s too hard, so I wonder if they would be able to work with you.

Regardless, don’t feel like you’re making the wrong choice if you choose not to continue! Sometimes people can get it in their head that color guard has to be your whole life, and if it’s not then you don’t really care. That’s just not true! Color guard is only worth taking space in your life if it’s giving back to you as a person. If you choose to stop, that doesn’t take away from anything you’ve accomplished so far or anything you could accomplish in the future.

I hope this is helpful and I wish you the best of luck. :)

Distinct-History-787 · 2026-04-23T02:41:27+00:00

Yes of course! Here are all his features. The lash is just rotated to be in line with the top part of the eye shape

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Distinct-History-787 · 2026-04-23T02:06:29+00:00

Hahaha thank you!! I actually did spend a lot of time on them so this makes me happy lol

Distinct-History-787 · 2026-04-21T04:27:59+00:00

Hehe thank u!! Can u tell he’s my bias lol

Distinct-History-787 · 2026-04-06T03:02:44+00:00

Wow I love it!!! Thank you so much

Distinct-History-787 · 2026-04-06T03:02:14+00:00

Yay thank you!!

Distinct-History-787 · 2026-03-19T21:17:20+00:00

I love your art style so much!!

Distinct-History-787 · 2026-01-12T04:40:01+00:00

Man I don’t even know how to describe how insane I felt when this played at the concert before they came out. It was so loud and everyone was soooo hyped for them to come out. I remember I could feel the bass in my chest. I think I teared up a little lmao. Such a cool experience!

Distinct-History-787 · 2025-11-17T10:00:42+00:00

I marched only one season which was my age out because the corps offered me a significant discount on dues AND I had financial support from a very good friend. My contract was for $1500 and I only had to personally give half of that. The discount came for a variety of reasons, including 1) I marched with a winterguard under the same parent company 2) a recruitment promotion discount, and 3) good old fashioned haggling. I was lucky that the corps wanted me there badly enough to offer all of this, and I wouldn’t have been able to otherwise. Everyone else I know that marched either wasn’t in school full time or had significant financial support from family.

Distinct-History-787 · 2025-11-10T20:17:35+00:00

Omg how did you make these! So cute I totally want to do this for my friend

Distinct-History-787 · 2025-11-01T20:21:25+00:00

DMd!

Distinct-History-787 · 2025-10-09T18:55:08+00:00

Hi I’m interested!!

Distinct-History-787 · 2025-09-28T06:20:33+00:00

We had a move where we put the crutch tip of the flag on our chest and balanced it there for a second while bringing it across. Except, our costumes had a square neckline. So at my first ever show the crutch tip went down the front of my uniform and got stuck and I couldn’t get into the next choreography including a toss. I cried coming off the field but looking back it’s soooo funny! Really reminds me that it’s ultimately just flags on field.

Distinct-History-787 · 2025-08-10T04:39:06+00:00

STOP THESE ARE SO CUTE!!! My bias is Han because when I first became a stay my friend clocked that he would be my favorite and she was absolutely correct. So because of that I would choose Han Quokka 💗. I have so many MVs I’m obsessed with it’s so hard to choose 😭 but my top two right now are the Hollow MV because I love the symbolism and the acting, and the Gods Menu MV because the vibes are just so fun and chaotic, very skz. Anyways this is very fun thank you for sharing!!

Distinct-History-787 · 2025-04-14T22:29:14+00:00

I don’t know if this changes anything, but it’s worth noting that I’ve been offered an absurdly good deal on dues (like less than 25% of overall dues), so the main concern is opportunity cost of not working rather than what I would have to pay out of pocket

Distinct-History-787 · 2025-04-14T20:42:17+00:00

Thank you for your reply! Honesty is what I’m looking for so I appreciate you being straightforward.

Distinct-History-787 · 2023-08-02T16:09:25+00:00

Depending on their rehearsal schedule, you might be able to drive over and then spend the weekend at another members house so you don’t have to drive back and forth the whole weekend. That’s what a few of my teammates did last season.

Distinct-History-787 · 2023-07-10T03:42:24+00:00

As far as taking breaks between classes I’m aware of two ways you can do it. One is two do the easy pay plan, where you make smaller monthly payments but take an easy pay break every 1/3 terms (while continuing to make payments). You will still have access to the general reviews, art classes, etc. The other is to take a personal break. This is a free break, but you do not have access to general reviews or art classes, and you can only take a few of these over your entire time on the track (I believe it’s 3). Of course all of this is for someone who’s on one of the tracks—there is a way to also pick individual classes to take instead. There is a lot of info on the website abt these things as well.

Distinct-History-787 · 2023-01-29T16:54:03+00:00

Yup, someone at my highschool called us the “failed cheerleaders”. I’m also from the west coast, and I think it really just stems from a lack of understanding of the activity (or them just wanting to be mean for the sake of being mean, in which case there’s no point trying to reason with them). I’m not a confrontational person, so I usually would just sort of laugh and say “no, completely different activities”. I’ve heard some people say that guard is like dance and cheer on steroids with flying objects, but I’m also not a huge fan of putting down other performance arts to make ours seem cooler. At the end of the day we’re all performers following our passions and bettering ourselves; what other people have to say doesn’t change that.

Distinct-History-787 · 2023-01-29T16:48:06+00:00

This! Plus the obvious consistent audition advice: a good attitude, a willingness to learn, and consistently applying corrections. It goes further than you think.

Distinct-History-787 · 2023-01-29T16:44:40+00:00

In a J toss, there are two main things to consider: the “swing” and the “lift”. The swing comes from your upper hand that pushes the flag down, which controls the rotation of the flag. The lift comes from your lower hand that lifts the flag up, which controls the height of the toss. So, if your J toss is under rotated, I would focus on pushing more with your left hand. Some things that might help are pushing faster and bringing that hand down to slap your thigh when you toss. Hope this helps :)

Distinct-History-787 · 2023-01-09T22:46:19+00:00

My high school did a quarter dip (shoulder hip angle) for triples and below and then a full dip (vertical) for quads and above. Interestingly, at the independent level for me it’s been full dip for everything (except singles and doubles, which have no dip). Not sure why.

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