Título: Marching band
Seção: Auxiliaries
Background: A marching band is a group in which instrumental musicians perform while marching, often for entertainment or competition. Instrumentation typically includes brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. Most marching bands wear a uniform, often of a military style, that includes an associated school or organization's colors, name or symbol. Most high school marching bands, and some college marching bands, are accompanied by a color guard, a group of performers who add a visual interpretation to the music through the use of props, most often flags and rifles.

Conteúdo: Many bands have auxiliaries that add a visual component to the performance. For ceremonial bands, this could be a traditional color guard or honor guard. For drum & bugle corps and corps-style field bands, this could include Dance lines, majorettes, Auxiliary units may be collectively referred to as color guard or visual ensemble.  Auxiliaries may perform as independent groups. In the early 1970s, color guards began to hold their own competitions in the winter (after the American football season, and before the beginning of the summer drum and bugle corps season). These became known as winter guard. There are also numerous dance competitions in the off-season.  The color guard of a marching band or drum and bugle corps may contain sabers, mock rifles, and tall flags. In modern bands, other props are often used: flags of all sizes, horizontal banners, vertical banners, streamers, pom-poms, even tires, balls, and hula hoops or custom built props. The color guard may also employ stage dressing such as backdrops, portable flats, or other structures. These can be used simply as static scenery or moved to emphasize block drill, and are often used to create a "backstage" area to store equipment and hide personnel.  While military color guards were typically male, band color guards tend to be primarily female, though it is becoming more common for men to join as well. A few independent units are all-male. Guard members nearly always wear a special uniform or costume that is distincti

user: what auxillaries go with bands

assistant: Many bands have auxiliaries that add a visual component to the performance. For ceremonial bands, this could be a traditional color guard or honor guard.

user: What else could there be

assistant: Auxiliaries may perform as independent groups. In the early 1970s, color guards began to hold their own competitions in the winter (

user: is there anything else about color guards

assistant: These became known as winter guard. There are also numerous dance competitions in the off-season.

user: What are the dance competitions

assistant: The color guard of a marching band or drum and bugle corps may contain sabers, mock rifles, and tall flags. In modern bands, other props are often used:

user: what other props are used

assistant: flags of all sizes, horizontal banners, vertical banners, streamers, pom-poms, even tires, balls, and hula hoops or custom built props. The color guard may also employ stage dressing such as

user: what kind of stage dressing do they use

assistant: stage dressing such as backdrops, portable flats, or other structures. These can be used simply as static scenery or moved to emphasize block drill,

user: what is a color or honor guard

assistant: While military color guards were typically male, band color guards tend to be primarily female, though it is becoming more common for men to join as well.

user: what else do color guards do

assistant: Guard members nearly always wear a special uniform or costume that is distinctive from that of the band, not necessarily matching in design or color.