Hello everyone and welcome to the FMCG Prelims Report! Tonight was an excellent night for multiple groups! Many of the scores are close and the race for the top 12 will be very competitive for each division!

In Division 1 30 groups competed and 15 made prelims.. this will leave 3 groups out of finals.. so it'll be very competitive for the top 12 spots.

The groups that made semi-finals are...

1 Perception Winterguard (79.415)
2 V (78.415)
3 Southmore Hill Royal Guard (78.025)
4 Darkness Guard (77.985)
5 Marching Bureaucrats (77.970)
6 SoW Corn Puffs (72.160)
7 Nobles of Grace (69.195)
8 Republic Venue (67.260)
9 Angelus Winter Guard (66.525)
10 Wonder Girls (64.600)
11 Citrus Guard (64.210)
12 Maple Leaf (63.620)
13 X-Factor (62.865)
14 Dynasty Colorguard (62.360)
15 The Tullahoma City Spinners (62.345)

It seems as Perception has the gold secured, however 2nd and 3rd place could easily go to either V or Southmore Hill Royal Guard... However Darkness or the Marching Bureaucrats may push their way into the top 3... anything is possible. For the last final spot, it seems as if Maple has a one point lead on the other three groups.. However that could easily change.

In Division 2 35 groups competed and 18 groups made semis.. those groups are..

1 Mystery (69.005)
2 Infinity Winterguard ( 67.975)
3 Phantom's Crown (67.290)
4 GM Guard (66.945)
5 Aurora Color Guard (66.485)
6 W. C. Color Guard (64.090)
7 Imperial Sound Guard (63.625)
8 Richland HS World Guard (61.905)
9 Golden Colorguard (61.820)
10 Saint Charles Independent (61.285)
11 Layers (60.125)
12 Darklaw Guard (60.050)
13 The Spirit (59.035)
14 Cherubim (58.300)
15 Purple Rhapsody Visual Ensemble (58.060)
16 John Hughes H.S. Winter Guard (57.385)
17 The Dragon Rabbits (57.145)
18 Hanover Scoutettes (55.860)

Right now, it seems like Mystery will take the gold. Infinity or Phantoms crown will be competing for the silver and bronze. However GM Guard and Aurora Colorguard could easily take those medals right from them. Darklaw is currently the cut off for finals, which The Spirit is a point under them.. So we'll see how that turns out tomorrow.


In Division 3, 110 groups competed.. Leaving 55 groups advancing to semifinals..

1 Silkettes 76.180
2 The Color Cadets 73.710
3 Skyline 69.710
4 Guarding Guarders 67.110
5 Exhale 67.015
6 Trojanettes 66.955
7 Color of Carolina 64.990
8 The Knight Guard 64.925
9 Wildcat Color Guard 64.495
10 Gigators 64.355
11 Rainbow Mafia 62.865
12 The Popular Girls 62.045
13 The Pride of the Texas Hill Country 61.900
14 Winged Angels 61.875
15 Jester Fester 61.745
16 High Altitude 60.480
17 Static Guard 59.605
18 Green Glory Guard 59.555
19 Vis X 59.440
20 The Flag Cadets 59.325
21 North Shore POW 59.305
22 Magnum 57.630
23 Zinc 57.035
24 Blue Spinners 56.940
25 Queen Of Hearts 56.205
26 Vieux Carré 56.090
27 Synechdoche Motif 55.920
28 Chimera 55.770
29 Swagga like Us 55.425
30 Expression 54.700
31 New Directions 54.105
32 Bethune Cookman University Sophistcats 54.060
33 Tidal Force 53.955
34 OLD SCHOOL VANGUARD 53.860
35 Allure 53.760
36 The Goku's 53.685
37 Blue Shades 53.270
38 Lux 53.050
39 Quilt High School Indoor Color Guard 52.950
40 StarGuard 52.735
41 Solidarity 52.645
42 Visual Splendor 52.515
43 X 52.205
44 Fwoof 51.885
45 Red & Blue Guard 51.860
46 Flower child 51.535
47 Lunar Anomaly 51.475
48 Wolfetts 51.245
49 Umpire 51.155
50 Spinning Dragons 50.775
51 Eclipse 50.420
52 SuperFlags 50.245
53 Rayguard 49.930
54 Trojan Twirlers 49.685
55 Trantasia 49.650

It seems that the top 3 seems very secure, The Silkettes getting first, Color Cadets getting 2nd and Skyline in 3rd. The Pride of Texas Hill Country maybe be able to beat out the Popular Girls for the last final position.


Congrats to all the groups who advanced tonight as well as all the groups who competed tonight. I'll be back tomorrow will the semi-finals report!

Also, It would be great if you would post your finals predictions! I'd like to see who you think will make it! If you'd like to be interviewed please send me a pm and I'll post your interview!

- Kat.

My Predicitions: (Numbers in parentheses are the predicted change from prelims.)

Division I
1. Perception Winterguard (+0)
2. V (+0)
3. Darkness Guard (+1)
4. Southmore Hill Royal Guard (-1)
5. Marching Bureaucrats (+0)
6. SoW Corn Puffs (+0)
7. Nobles of Grace (+0)
8. Republic Venue (+0)
9. Angelus Winter Guard (+0)
10. Wonder Girls (+0)
11. Citrus Guard (+0)
12. Maple Leaf (+0)
- - - - - - - - - -
13. X-Factor (+0)

Division II
1. Mystery (+0)
2. Infinity Winterguard (+0)
3. Phantom's Crown (+0)
4. GM Guard (+0)
5. Aurora Color Guard (+0)
6. W. C. Color Guard (+0)
7. Imperial Sound Guard (+0)
8. Golden Colorguard (+1)
9. Richland HS World Guard (-1)
10. Saint Charles Independent (+0)
11. Darklaw Guard (+1)
12. Layers (-1)
- - - - - - - - -
13. The Spirit (+0)

Division III
1. Silkettes (+0)
2. The Color Cadets (+0)
3. Skyline (+0)
4. Guarding Guarders (+0)
5. Exhale (+0)
6. Trojanettes (+0)
7. The Knight Guard (+1)
8. Color of Carolina (-1)
9. Wildcat Color Guard (+0)
10. Gigators (+0)
11. Rainbow Mafia (+0)
12. Winged Angels (+2)
- - - - - - - - - -
13. The Popular Girls (-1)
14. The Pride of the Texas Hill Country (-1)
15. Jester Fester (+0)

Um, better update those predictions. I am going to Allentown for the weekend.

don't doubt phantom my friend

Those darn Silkettes. Oh well I guess I can't have it all :)