Weekend Recap: Paramount and Etude Open the 90s Club & More
Weekend Recap: Paramount and Etude Open the 90s Club & More
The 90s club is officially open for the 2024 WGI season. Etude & Paramount broke 90 in Charlotte, GMU rocked Richmond, more takeaways from Mar 9-10 weekend
It was a sizzling two days of WGI competition across the US, leaving fans even more excited for the upcoming weekend's Power Regional showdowns. Here's a recap of what you need to know from the March 9-10 weekend:
Charlotte Color Guard Regional
We may be a month away from the start of 2024 WGI World Championships, but Paramount and Etude are blazing a path forward after a spectacular weekend of performances. Both ensembles broke 90 after their respective Finals run, with Paramount having back-to-back 90+ scores after tallying the first 90+ score of the season at a WGI Color Guard Regional event.
JMU Nuance Open (IO) and Dobyns-Bennett HS (SO) also put up impressive scores this weekend, sitting just above the 80-point threshold. You'll want to keep an eye on both ensembles as they make their way to Power Regionals in the coming weeks, with JMU Nuance Open heading to Bethlehem for the WGI East Power Regional on March 16-17, and Dobyns-Bennett HS heading down to Atlanta for the Southwest Power Regional on March 23-24.
Independent World | |||
Score | Division | ||
1 | Paramount | 92.50 | n/a |
2 | Etude | 90.10 | n/a |
3 | First Flight | 77.80 | n/a |
4 | Reverie | 68.30 | n/a |
Check out the detailed breakdown of Finals and Prelims scores from the Charlotte Color Guard Regional on our results page here.
Richmond Percussion Regional
The small but mighty one-day Percussion Regional in Richmond brought together some of the Northeast's best talent across the Marching and Concert disciplines. Fan favorite ensemble, George Mason University, brought the heat tallying one of the highest score across the competition with their 2024 program titled, 'The Devil You Know.' Spectre Percussion (PIO), Thomas Jefferson HS (PSO), and Chantilly HS (PSA) had big wins in their respective categories, while Corinth Holders Combined Schools took home a massive win in the Scholastic Concert World class.
Independent Marching World | ||
1 | George Mason University | 86.25 |
Independent Marching Open | ||
1 | Spectre Percussion | 84.90 |
2 | Old Line Independent Percussion | 82.25 |
Scholastic Marching Open | ||
1 | Thomas Jefferson HS | 86.15 |
2 | South County HS | 85.55 |
3 | Panther Creek HS | 82.30 |
4 | Freedom HS (VA) | 80.15 |
Scholastic Concert World | ||
1 | Corinth Holders Combined Schools | 87.00 |
2 | Tunstall HS | 73.90 |
Check out the detailed breakdown of Finals and Prelims scores from the Richmond Percussion Regional on our results page here.
Jackson Percussion/Winds Regional
Finally, we turn our eyes to Mississippi and the weekend's one-day Percussion and Winds Regional. Lafourche Indoor Percussion (PIO) and Germantown HS (PSA) captured decisive victories in their respective classes. Pace HS scraped out a victory over Hernando HS in Scholastic Marching Open, while DeSoto Central High School held it down as the lone competitor in Scholastic Concert Open.
In the Winds classification, we saw close races in both Winds Scholastic Open and Winds Scholastic A, with South Jones HS and Brandon HS walking away with gold in their respective classes.
Independent Marching Open | ||
1 | Lafourche Indoor Percussion | 80.35 |
2 | Lotus Indoor Percussion | 75.30 |
Scholastic Marching Open | ||
1 | Pace HS | 87.075 |
2 | Hernando HS | 86.70 |
3 | Oak Grove HS | 83.575 |
4 | Gulfport HS | 83.15 |
5 | Harrison Central HS | 81.65 |
6 | DeSoto Central HS | 78.55 |
Scholastic Marching A | ||
1 | Germantown HS | 87.325 |
2 | Clinton HS | 84.45 |
3 | Pearl HS | 82.80 |
4 | Center Hill HS | 81.65 |
5 | West Harrison HS | 81.05 |
6 | Bryant HS | 78.40 |
7 | South Jones HS | 77.45 |
Scholastic Open Winds | ||
1 | South Jones HS | 77.85 |
2 | Hernando HS | 77.30 |
Scholastic A Winds | ||
1 | Brandon HS | 73.40 |
2 | Harrison Central HS | 73.00 |
3 | Warren Central HS | 69.80 |
4 | Gulfport HS | 68.55 |
5 | Center Hill HS | 65.70 |
Check out the detailed breakdown of Finals and Prelims scores from the Jackson Percussion/Winds Regional on our results page here.