Positive Impact of Extra-Curricular Activities
Color guard is a part of the marching band and it is just as much a sport as football. Marching band has evolved over the years. In 1956 the VFW (Veteran of Foreign Wars) Post 342 corps became the first recognized competitive drum corps called the Phantom Regiment, with an all-girl color guard called the Phantomettes. By 1970 the group included a 24-person color guard. As color guard continued to evolve, color guards looked for ways to outdo each other, which lead to competitions. Increasing competitiveness between guards led to the 1971 creation of Drum Corps International to establish the rules for competitions. Color guard eventually trickled its way into high school marching band. Music, parental …show more content…
In different extracurricular activities students learn about group work, and sometimes they end up having less conformity to gender stereotypes (Francisco). Most times the people that students meet are students that they would never talk to or become friends with on a normal basis. A 2001 survey of more than 50,000 high school students in Minnesota published in the March 2003 issue of the Journal of School Health found that those who participated in extracurricular activities had higher levels of social, emotional, and healthy behavior than students who did not participate (Francisco). Color guard is just an example of a sport that makes everlasting friends for the students who participate in the sport. Sometimes students are just looking for some friends but they aren’t looking in the right places. Strong bonds form between the performers in the color guard. Ms. Maughon says, “I have made many close friendships through color guard over the years, and I can say that they have remained since I graduated high school and they stopped performing (because I am still spinning) Color guard is an activity where the team becomes a family and bonds like that never really go away”. Having that amount of support and friendship in a person’s life can change how their whole outlook of
Color guard is a part of the marching band and it is just as much a sport as football. Marching band has evolved over the years. In 1956 the VFW (Veteran of Foreign Wars) Post 342 corps became the first recognized competitive drum corps called the Phantom Regiment, with an all-girl color guard called the Phantomettes. By 1970 the group included a 24-person color guard. As color guard continued to evolve, color guards looked for ways to outdo each other, which lead to competitions. Increasing competitiveness between guards led to the 1971 creation of Drum Corps International to establish the rules for competitions. Color guard eventually trickled its way into high school marching band. Music, parental …show more content…
In different extracurricular activities students learn about group work, and sometimes they end up having less conformity to gender stereotypes (Francisco). Most times the people that students meet are students that they would never talk to or become friends with on a normal basis. A 2001 survey of more than 50,000 high school students in Minnesota published in the March 2003 issue of the Journal of School Health found that those who participated in extracurricular activities had higher levels of social, emotional, and healthy behavior than students who did not participate (Francisco). Color guard is just an example of a sport that makes everlasting friends for the students who participate in the sport. Sometimes students are just looking for some friends but they aren’t looking in the right places. Strong bonds form between the performers in the color guard. Ms. Maughon says, “I have made many close friendships through color guard over the years, and I can say that they have remained since I graduated high school and they stopped performing (because I am still spinning) Color guard is an activity where the team becomes a family and bonds like that never really go away”. Having that amount of support and friendship in a person’s life can change how their whole outlook of