2026 WGI Color Guard - Flint Regional

2026 WGI Color Guard Flint Regional will be held at Grand Blanc High School, in Grand Blanc, Michigan USA on February 21, 2026.

WGI Sport of the Arts is the world’s premier organization producing indoor color guard, percussion, and winds competitions. As a non-profit youth organization, WGI also serves as the governing body for the indoor color guard, percussion, and winds activities. It is called the Sport of the Arts because it brings music to life through performance in a competitive format. Even with over 45 years of history, the sport continues to evolve and grow. There were more than 40,000 participants at the regional level, and more than 15,000 participants at the Sport of the Arts World Championships this past April.

The mission of WGI Sport of the Arts is to inspire and education young performers around the world with unparalleled competitions and events with the spirit of inclusion, personal development, and community.

WGI Sport of the Arts organizes high-energy and enjoyable events and experiences for color guards, percussion ensembles, and winds groups at the highest standard worldwide.

Winter guard is the sport of indoor color guard. Modern color guard is a combination of the use of flags, sabers, mock rifles, and other equipment, as well as dance and other interpretive movement. Most color guards can be found in, high schools, middle schools, and some universities, but independent organizations exist as well, affiliated more with a geographical location or drum corps, rather than a school system.

All WGI contests provide two divisions of competition:

Scholastic – units whose membership comes from the SAME High School or a school that feeds to that particular High School.

Independent – units whose members are not necessarily associated with a particular school.

The units are then further divided into classes:

A Class – Beginning programs and performers. Open Class – The intermediate developmental level of performers. World Class – The most advanced programs and performers.

The Percussion division also offers Scholastic Concert Classes for units that do not include marching in their programs.