On December 10th, the WGI community was shocked by the news out of Avon High School: the five-time WGI Scholastic World Guard Champion, and defending 2024 gold medalist, was moving to be inactive for the 2025 WGI season.

Check out this photo gallery from the 2024 WGI Color Guard World Championships on April 11-13 in Dayton, OH. This gallery features the Avon High School Winter Guard (SW).

It’s September, and the 2023 Bands of America season is officially underway. Fall marching band is back, and week No. 1 brought a glimpse of exciting things in store for the 2023 slate.

Every Wednesday leading up to the first weekend of 2023 WGI competition, we'll be sharing photo galleries of performances from last year's 2022 WGI World Championships. Check back every week to see who gets featured! All photos were taken by Tony McCrackin.

Every Wednesday leading up to the first weekend of 2023 WGI competition, we'll be sharing photo galleries of performances from last year's 2022 WGI World Championships. Check back every week to see who gets featured! All photos were taken by Tony McCrackin.

If you know anything about marching band, winter guard, or indoor percussion, you know Avon High School is closely associated with excellence. The Indiana-based high school has won dozens of championship medals over the years, and the 2022 WGI season was no different. After the conclusion of this past weekend's percussion and winds competition, Avon HS managed to bring home not one, not two, but three gold medals. Let's take a look at the shows that were crowned best-in-class this season:

Jeff Griffith is a writer and columnist for FloMarching, and any perspective presented in this article represents his own only.