Winter Guard
The Winter guard at WJHS is another extracurricular activity. They have performed in many local, regional, and national competitions, with both WGI and AIA. The winter guard is split into varsity and junior varsity. The varsity guard has been in the Scholastic World Class division of Winter guard since 2010, and therefore is commonly known within the school as the "World Guard". For a similar reason, the junior varsity group is commonly known as the "A Guard".
Both of these groups have performed excellent shows. In 2008, the Open guard placed 2nd and the A guard placed 7th at the Atlantic Power Regional. The Open guard went on to compete in the WGI World Championships, placing 6th in finals.
Also, in 2009, Wind was formed. Wind (West Independent) is composed of West Johnston alumni and friends. At the 2009 WGI World Championships in Dayton, Ohio, they placed 9th in finals with a score of 87.4
On April 10, 2010, the Open Guard was named 2010 WGI World Championships Scholastic Open Class Champions with a score of 97.05 and was awarded the Gold Medal. The Guard's program ("Crossing Over") utilized a 8 ft high metal beam stretched from back right corner to front left corner that one member of the group walked upon for a large portion of the program. This is West Johnston's second WGI medal—in 2004, the Guard (then in A Class) scored 95.6 in the Scholastic A Class Finals and was awarded the Silver medal.
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