Winter Guard to compete at World Championships

Penn High School’s Winter Guard will compete in the 2023 International World Championships April 13-15 in Dayton, Ohio.

Penn will compete at the World Level for the first time. There will be over 300 competing teams at this event. Penn competes in the Scholastic Open Class Division against 48 other teams in their classification this weekend. 

Competition is split up into three competitive performances that are judged by a panel of 10 judges. Preliminary competition for Penn is set for 11:03 a.m. Thursday, April 13.

The top 24 teams advance to semi-final competition on Friday, April 14.

The World Championships take place on Saturday, April 15.

Penn Winter Guard competed at two WGI national regionals – at Chicago and at Indianapolis – this season to qualify for the World Championships. Penn qualified by playing as a finalist at each regional, and earned the bronze medalist position at the Chicago Regional.

Set to the soundtrack of Guns N’ Roses “Patience”, the Winter Guard show is titled “Crossroads”.

Penn’s students in Winter Guard have been working on their competition routines since November, and even gave up their Spring Break to practice.