Fall Color Guard Information

We are glad you are interested in auditioning for the UNT Green Brigade Color Guard section and look forward to meeting you! To register for Color Guard, you must completer two forms. Please complete your Green Brigade registration here and register for your Color Guard audition here.

NEW IN 2025: All new and returning members are required to submit video auditions. Video submissions will open on May 16 and are due by May 30 at 11:59pm. Following auditions, callback invitations will be sent out via email by June 1. Callbacks will occur during Green Brigade Summer Band Camp on August 8–9.

For the most up-to-date information, visit @unt_cg on Instagram.

Audition Information

Students must be familiar with movement and flag basic techniques, have overall coordination, and feel comfortable performing in front of large audiences. Auditions will be based only on movement and flag skills; auditioning for the rifle line is optional.

Skill Requirements

Movement/Dance

First and second positions
Tendus
Pliés
Jazz runs/walks
Chassé
Sauté
Rolling into and out of the ground
Short dance improvisation

Flag

Right shoulder
Right- and left-handed drop spins
Right- and left-handed double time drop spins
Carves
Right- and left-handed thumb flips/palm rolls
Pull Hits
Right-handed tosses (singles and doubles)
45 angle tosses
UNT Fight Song routine (will learn at callbacks)

Rifle

Right and left flat
Right and left drop spins
Right and left singles
Right doubles, triples, and quads.
Flourish exercises (will learn at auditions)
Backhands and waterfalls

Attire

Any green, black, or white clothing that is fitted and easy to move in can be worn to the auditions. No jeans or baggy clothing will be allowed. Dance attire is preferred. Appropriate footwear is barefoot or jazz shoes.

Equipment

FOR CALLBACKS: You will be provided with a 6-foot flag pole and silk. If you wish to audition for the rifle line, you are required to provide your own. We may or may not have a rifle line depending on the season. It is preferred that members use a 39” white rifle with a black strap and black bolt.

Other Information

If accepted into the group, you will be required to attend Summer Band Camp before class begins (August 8–16). You must also register for the class (MULB 1812, section 502). Please visit this page for more information about move-in and Summer Band Camp.

GBCG FAQs

What will auditions look like?

Video audition information will be released by the time auditions open on May 16. Follow @unt_cg on Instagram for the most up-to-date information.

Callback auditions will occur over the course of two full days with about three blocks each day. Activities may include stretching, dance fundamentals (across-the-floors), flag warm-ups and technical skills, a choreographed flag routine, and a choreographed dance routine. Most time will be spent learning and practicing choreography. At the end of the second day, there will be a final showcase of the flag warm-up routine, choreographed flag routine, and choreographed dance routine.

There are lunch and dinner breaks each day. Meals are not provided.

What does it cost to participate in Color Guard?

If accepted into the group, Color Guard members need to purchase black jazz shoes, body tights, black jazz pants, color guard jacket, color guard bag, 6-foot silver pole and green practice flag, and performance make up. The estimated cost is approximately $150. Fortunately, once you buy these items, you will use them every season. Some fall seasons members will also need to procure a custom show-based uniform. The Directors will provide information about this when it is the case.

Do I have to spin rifle/sabre?

No, auditioning for the rifle line is optional.

If you would like to audition for the rifle line, please bring your own rifle to auditions. Whether or not we have a rifle line depends on the season, but if we have one the line will be set during Summer Band Camp. The sabre line, if we have one, is created from members of the rifle line at the director's discretion.

If I am accepted into Color Guard, what does the time commitment look like?

Immediately after auditions, we begin our Summer Band Camp during the week before classes start. Rehearsals generally occur in three blocks between 8am and 9pm during this week, with various breaks and activities in between.

Once classes start, rehearsals occur at DATCU Stadium every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 4:30 to 6:30pm. Please plan to attend sectionals that may be called on Wednesdays from 6:30 to 7:30pm at the discretion of the director.

The Color Guard attends all home football games and exhibition performances with the Green Brigade Marching Band. Please see the full Green Brigade calendar here.

General questions about the Green Brigade?

Visit the Green Brigade FAQ page here.