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California Color Guard Circuit

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The California Color Guard Circuit (CCGC) is one of the many winter guard circuits that are part of Winter Guard International (WGI). Established in 1964, the CCGC was started by six (6) charter members: Sacramento Capitolaires, Stockton Police Cadets, Raleys Raiders, Richmond Hawks, Praetorians, and the Rhythmettes. CCGC membership represents many scholastic programs and independent programs throughout Northern California and Nevada. In 2016, the circuit had just over sixty guard units and around sixteen percussion units. Evaluations are typically held in January; guard units are evaluated in the beginning of January, whereas percussion groups are evaluated towards the end of January. The typical season goes from January to the end of March or beginning of April. Shows are generally held in the San Francisco Bay area and the Sacramento area, though the circuit is based out of Santa Clara County. Each year CCGC holds its own championships and sends many groups to the world championships at WGI. CCGC is the proud home of many WGI medalists including:

  • James Logan High School;
  • San Jose Raiders;
  • Blue Devils;
  • Dublin High School;
  • Santa Clara Vanguard;
  • Clayton Valley High School;
  • Amador Valley High School;
  • Johansen High School;
  • Freelancers;
  • Rhapsody;
  • Ventura; and
  • In Motion Performance Ensemble.

2024 CCGC Color Guard Members

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List of high schools and equivalent color guard groups who performed in Championship Guard and Percussion, Independence High School, San Jose, April 6, 2024:[1]

Scholastic Groups
Scholastic Middle School A Scholastic Regional AAA
IVC Middle School Color Guard Union City, CA Vacaville High School Color Guard Vacaville
Ida Price Middle School San Jose Amador Valley High School JV Winter Guard Pleasanton
Benicia Middle School Color Guard Benicia Prospect High School Color Guard Saratoga
Fisher Middle School Los Gatos Saint Francis High School Mountain View
Los Banos Jr. High School Los Banos Gilroy Unified Gilroy
Cesar Chavez Middle School Union City, CA Leigh High School Color Guard San Jose
Alisal Union School District Salinas Rancho San Juan Color Guard Salinas
San Leandro High School San Leandro
Scholastic AA Scholastic Regional A
Independence High School Color Guard San Jose South San Francisco High School Color Guard S. San Francisco
Saratoga High School Winter Guard JV Saratoga Mission San Jose High School Winter Guard Fremont
Sobrato High School Guard Morgan Hill Oak Grove High School Color Guard San Jose
Los Gatos High School Winter Guard Los Gatos Riverbank Winter Guard Riverbank
Roseville Winter Guard Roseville City of Livermore Guard[[California Color Guard Circuit#ref {{{1}}}|1]] Livermore
Westmont High School Color Guard San Jose Pacheco High School Los Banos
California Crosspoint Academy Hayward Hollister High School Color Guard Hollister
Capuchino High School Color Guard San Bruno
Scholastic National AA Scholastic National A
Lynbrook High School Color Guard San Jose Amador Valley High School Varsity Pleasanton
Monta Vista HS Winter Guard Cupertino Fremont High School Color Guard Sunnyvale
Santa Clara High School Color Guard Santa Clara Santa Teresa High School Color Guard Varsity San Jose
Dublin High School JV Winterguard Dublin Branham High School Color Guard San Jose
Concord High School Color Guard Concord Homestead High School Winter Guard Cupertino
The Kings Academy Sunnyvale Saratoga High School Winter Guard Varsity Saratoga
Benicia High School Color Guard Benicia West Campus Color Guard Sacramento
Milpitas High School Winter Guard Milpitas
Mountain View High School Color Guard Mountain View
Castro Valley Color Guard Castro Valley
Cupertino High School Cupertino
Scholastic Open Scholastic World
Dublin High School Varsity Winterguard Dublin Live Oak High School Color Guard Morgan Hill, CA
Granite Bay High School Color Guard Granite Bay James Logan Color Guard Union City, CA
Independent Groups
Independent Regional A Independent National A
Immortalis Guard Fremont Sacramento State Winter Guard Sacramento
AlisalCAN Independent Winter Guard Salinas Imperialis Color Guard Fremont
San Jose State University Spartan Winter Guard San Jose
Independent Open Independent World
ZEUS Independent Merced, CA In Motion Performance Ensemble Fairfield

2024 CCGC Percussion Members

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List of high schools and equivalent color guard groups who performed in Championship Guard and Percussion, Independence High School, San Jose, April 6, 2024:[1]

Marching
Scholastic A Scholastic World
Roakville Winter Percussion Roseville James Logan Percussion Union City, CA
Hollister High School Percussion Hollister
South San Francisco Percussion S. San Francisco
Fremont HS Indoor Percussion Sunnyvale & Mountain View
Westmont High School Percussion San Jose
Concert
Middle School Scholastic A
Alisal Union School District Percussion Salinas Price Charter Percussion San Jose

Past Class Champions - Color Guard

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Independent Scholastic
A National Regional Middle School
Year World Open Nat Reg World Open A AA A AA AAA A
2024

4.6 (60)

In Motion Performance Ensemble

-85.600

ZEUS Independent

-87.600

Sacramento State Winter Guard

-79.950

Immortalis Guard

-72.440

Live Oak High School Color Guard

-83.900

Dublin High School Varsity Winterguard-85.400 Amador Valley High School Varsity

-90.430

Lynbrook High School Color Guard

-83.610

South San Francisco High School Color Guard

-91.870

Independence High School Color Guard

-84.770

Vacaville High School Color Guard

-82.650

IVC Middle School Color Guard

-85.650

2023

(59)

In Motion Performance Ensemble

-87.600

ZEUS Independent

-84.500

Imperialis Color Guard

-70.910

Immortalis Guard

-69.240

James Logan Color Guard -83.800 Live Oak High School Color Guard-83.500 Amador Valley High School Varsity

-87.700

Fremont High School Color Guard

-82.380

Santa Clara High School Color Guard

-87.390

City of Livermore Guard

-84.330

Mountain View High School Color Guard

-80.100

Cesar Chavez Middle School

-76.460

2022

(58)

In Motion Performance Ensemble

-85.900

N/A Mare Island Color Guard (Sacramento)

-75.270

Immortal Regiment Guard (Fremont)

-63.880

James Logan Color Guard -82.500 Laguna Creek High School Guard (Elk Grove)

- 86.900

Amador Valley High School Varsity

-87.220

Morgan Hill Unified Varsity

-79.550

South San Francisco High School Color Guard

-83.740

Branham High School Color Guard

-79.730

Capuchino High School Color Guard

-71.430

Ida Price Middle School

-79.440

2021

(57)

Championships canceled due to the Corona virus pandemic
2020

(56)

Championships canceled due to the Corona virus pandemic
2019

(55)

In Motion Performance Ensemble

-82.30

Tri-City

-72.80

Spreckels

-71.69

N/A James Logan Color Guard -91.20 Saratoga High School Winter Guard Varsity

-84.90

Live Oak High School Color Guard

-86.54

N/A Vanden High School

-81.17

The Kings Academy

-89.40

Irvington High School

-86.04

Ida Price Middle School

-74.90

2018

(54)

In Motion Performance Ensemble

-85.60

Blue Devils

-88.80

Eternal Regiment

-61.19

N/A James Logan Color Guard -94.40 Jesse Bethel High School

-79.20

Laguna Creek High School Guard (Elk Grove)

-87.84

N/A West Campus Color Guard

-79.08

Santa Clara High School Color Guard

-83.34

N/A Wells Middle School (Dublin)

-67.51

Scholastic AA Scholastic A
2017

(53)

Infinitus

-68.70

In Motion Performance Ensemble

-89.40

Blue Devils

-78.18

Tri-City

-62.33

James Logan Color Guard -92.50 Oak Grove High School Color Guard-84.60 Granite Bay High School Color Guard

-82.48

Dublin High School Varsity Winterguard-78.25 N/A Monta Vista HS Winter Guard

-83.31

N/A Hogan Middle School

- 69.66

2016

(52)

Infinitus

-68.10

Dynasty

-68.20

In Motion Performance Ensemble

-87.92

N/A James Logan Color Guard World-90.70 Homestead High School

-88.00

Armijo High School

-85.56

Live Oak High School Color Guard-78.48 Westmont High school

-76.59

West Campus High School

-79.84

N/A Falon

-69.34

2015

3.28 (51)

Infinitus

-72.10

Dynasty

-65.70

In Motion Performance Ensemble

-80.72

Irvington

-61.77

James Logan Color Guard World-90.60 Oak Grove High School Color Guard-82.30 Amador Valley High School A

-84.48

Independence High School Color Guard

-80.72

Gonzales High School

-81.15

N/A N/A Ida Price Middle School

-74.38

2014

3.29 (50)

Santa Clara Vanguard

-95.4

Dynasty

-76.6

In Motion Performance Ensemble

-82.88

Pleasanton Unified

-66.83

James Logan Color Guard World

-95.2

Oak Grove High School Color Guard-83.9 Vanden High School

-88.20

Valley Christian

-84.14

California High School

-80.02

N/A N/A Cesar Chavez Middle School

-77.12

2013

4.6 (49)

Santa Clara Vanguard

-93.2

N/A Oak Grove Too

-71.99

Pleasanton Unified

-66.20

James Logan Color Guard World

-92.7

James Logan Color Guard Open

-83.3

Amador Valley High School A

-85.78

Lynbrook High School

-80.51

Santa Teresa High School

-72.88

San Benito High School

-76.12

N/A N/A
2012

3.31 (48)

Santa Clara Vanguard

-94.7

Blue Devils

-84.5

Tri Valley

-79.9

Blue Devils

-77.3

James Logan Color Guard World

-95.3

Oak Grove High School Color Guard-83.9 Granite Bay High School

-85.7

Gilroy High School

-78.0

Fremont High School

-79.5

Independence High School Color Guard

-82.6

N/A N/A
2011

4.2 (47)

Santa Clara Vanguard

-93.1

Blue Devils

-82.3

Tri Valley

-76.9

Blue Devils

-80.1

James Logan Color Guard World

-93.1

James Logan Color Guard Open

-87.6

Jesse Bethel High School

-87.5

Benicia Middle School

-76.4

Kings Academy

-80.9

N/A N/A N/A
2010

4.3 (46)

Santa Clara Vanguard

-96.0

Blue Devils

-88.0

Tri Valley

-74.7

N/A James Logan Color Guard World

-94.5

Homestead High School

-87.2

Jesse Bethel High School

-84.7

Alvarado

-78.0

Benicia Middle School

-83.8

N/A N/A N/A
2009

3.28 (45)

Santa Clara Vanguard

-95.2

Blue Devils

-82.5

Of Essence

-65.3

Tri Valley -80.5 James Logan Color Guard World

-93.2

Oak Grove High School Color Guard-83.3 Homestead

High School -86.6

San Benito A

-77.8

San Benito B

-76.1

N/A N/A N/A
2008

4.5 (44)

Santa Clara Vanguard

-93.1

Rhapsody

-86.5

A2A

-77.5

N/A James Logan Color Guard World

-95.1

Oak Grove High School Color Guard-84.6 Homestead High School

-87.1

San Benito

-75.0

Cesar Chavez Middle School

-80.7

N/A N/A N/A
2007

4.1 (43)

San Jose Raiders

-95.3

Blue Devils

-83.9

Rhapsody

-92.1

N/A James Logan Color Guard World

-97.3

Fairfield High School

-90.3

Homestead

High School -89.8

San Benito

-82.2

Cesar Chavez Middle School

-84.3

N/A N/A N/A
2006

4.1 (42)

Santa Clara Vanguard

-91.0

San Jose Raiders

-94.1

Rhapsody

-?

Alvaradro Independent

-78.6

James Logan Color Guard World

-96.5

Oak Grove High School Color Guard-88.9 Homestead

High School -?

Lynbrook High School

-?

Evergreen Valley

-80.3

N/A N/A N/A

WGI Gold Medalists from CCGC

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  • James Logan High School (1998*tie, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010)
  • San Jose Raiders (1990*tie, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2003)
  • Blue Devils (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998)
  • Johansen High School Percussion (1998 Scholastic A)
  • Abraham Lincoln (1988 scholastic "A")
  • Santa Clara Vanguard 2009, 2011

Executive board

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As of August 2024[2]

  • President: Jamie Hjeltness
  • Vice President: Trish Andrews
  • Treasurer: Shawn Gongwer
  • Secretary & Contest Coordinator: Jubilee Hardwick
  • Members at large: Wes Adams, Russell Crow, Rebekah Mendoza

Notes

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^1 City of Livermore Guard is a unified winter guard with members from Livermore High School and Granada High School

References

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  1. ^ a b "CompetitionSuite". recaps.competitionsuite.com. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
  2. ^ https://www.theccgc.com/executive-board
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