BEST FLOOR OF THE DECADE

All next week. Right here. Field&Floor's top 50.

Conservatively, there have been 3000 color guards that have competed in Winter Guard International World Championships over the past ten years. Conservatively, I watched just over half of them, some 1800.

I've parsed guards, I've grouped guards, I've rated guards, I've ranked guards, and I've written extensively about those guards.

Earlier this month I posted the second half of the decade's best, while referencing the group from the first half.

Decade's done; time to take the long view and to review Field&Floor's Top 50 color guards from 2000-2009. No better time to do it than next week, leading into the big Memorial Day weekend, and summer, and that FIELD season that is fast approaching!

Join me, right here, for the six-day recitative:
-- Monday, May 18: The decade's 15 SIGNATURE PERFORMANCES, numbers 50-36;
-- Tuesday, May 19: The decade's 15 SIGNATURE SHOWS, numbers 35-21;
-- Wednesday, May 20: The decade's 10 LEADING EDGE units, numbers 20-11;
-- Thursday, May 21: Numbers 10-6, SETTING INDUSTRY STANDARDS;
-- Friday, May 22: Field&Floor's Top 5 color guards from 2000-2009; and then
-- Saturday, May 23: a first here -- and a once-in-a-decade ranking -- Field&Floor's Top 5 color guards of 2000-2009, BY CLASS! Yes, I will acquiesce to time and give every class its individual due.

Love it. Hate it. Disagree intensely. But read it; it's been a marvelous ten years in the activity. On that, I think we all agree.