While most everyone else was on the stands on Friday night, I, and the rest of the West Iredell Color Guard Team was down on the track. We were dancing, chanting and performing the flag routine for our fight song every time our football team scored a touchdown.
For the last two years of my high school career, I was on the color guard team which accompanies the marching band. Our team was never very large but we were the ones performing, with various flags, rifles, and other props at every half time show, competition, and parade every chance we got. Competitions were some of the best experiences where we got to share our show with other school and brought home numerous first place Color Guard trophies and plenty of memories. Many high school students don’t commonly care much for the marching band of know much about it so questions such as “You’re the ones who twirl the flags” and “Are y’all just fancy pole dancers?” were not unheard.
A band is not proud because it performs well; it performs well because it is proud. -George Parks.
Aside from the physical aspects of guard, spinning and performing, the girls and I had plenty of sleepovers and bonding experiences. Color guard strengthened my physically, gave me a new skill, and a new passion. Guard also allowed me to make the most out of high school life but built friendships that have outlasted high school. Color guard may not interest everyone, but for me, it was quite the catch!
Simply Sigmon 
Lindsey, “No, I’m Not a Pole Dancer”—great title, by the way—offers a thoughtful look at the important role that the color guard team played in your life as a high school student at West Iredell. I recommend reading your writing aloud. Noting where you pause may indicate where you need to add a comma. Were you able to change the stock text on the photograph on your home page? (It appears that you changed it to “Welcome” with a smile emoticon.) If that’s the case, please share with your classmates how you did that. Some of them would probably like to change theirs as well.
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I personally love the title of your post. I think it’s funny and draws the readers attention. I like how you talked bout color guard and how it works.
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