Wanda Conway joins Whitney Stone, Sadie Wallace and Jeremy Svoboda for color guard history, fundamentals, performer safety and this week’s marching-arts news.

Is marching band a sport? Courtney Coffey joins Jeremy Denzer, Haley Harrington and Bill “Woody” Woodward for the USA TODAY debate, a vital Tech Block on teaching dance technique first, band-camp culture and this week’s marching-arts news.

Ashlee Amos, Bobbey Biddle and Haley Harrington recap Bluecoats' undefeated DCI championship, Spirit of Atlanta's Finals return, Rita Moreno's broadcast comeback and drill design that makes the color guard matter.

Chris Rutt and Whitney Stone break down Bluecoats’ record-tying 96.825 at the 2026 DCI Eastern Classic in Allentown, WGI’s July board decisions, Music for All’s Anne Fennell appointment, and the final competitive push into DCI World Championships week.

Whitney Stone, Ricardo Robinson-Shinall and Sadie Wallace discuss FloMarching camera angles, the Best College Marching Band vote and SCV’s jump-rope choreography—with Jeremy Williams offering a practical production solution for better drum corps broadcasts.

Marching band heat safety, the National Battle of the Bands move to AT&T Stadium, Boise Gems' regional DCI model, Fusion Winter Guard's pause, and Larry McCormick's legacy lead OAWB S4EP29.

Ashlee Amos and the OAWB panel cover Maria Rosales' ICE detention after travel to Boston, baton twirling's national championship season, DCI streaming, ensemble culture, educator burnout and performer treatment online.

Your All-Access Pass to the Marching Arts. Blue Devils transportation team member Greg Case gives a firsthand account of the 2026 bus fire, how everyone got to safety, what members lost, and how the Loveland community helped the corps keep moving. Trish O’Shea, Nicole Younger, and Jeremy Williams al

Your All-Access Pass to the Marching Arts. Color guard, winter guard, and marching band news are moving fast as DCI 2026 gets rolling and WGI 2027 starts coming into view. Nicole Younger hosts Stephen McCarrick and Jeremy Svoboda for a Water Break Weekly episode covering Walnut Hills High School mar