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                           An explanation for all those things you hear about guard
                             
                           One More Time – code for a dozen more times
  Air Flag – doing routine without equipment
  Drop
                           Spins – fundamental flag work
  Flagling
                           – new recruit to the color guard 
  Flagget – nickname
                           for color guard member
  Silk – material on the pole;
                           the actual flag
  Band Geek – one who lives in the band
                           hall; is obsessed with band
  Brain Sucker – one who
                           has not memorized the routine and watches others to know what comes next
  Car Wash
                           – when flag work is not together
  Veterans – have
                           previous guard experience; hopefully know what they’re doing
  Helicopter
                           – parallel toss
  Spaceburger – when free hands
                           are holding an imaginary hamburger
  Color Guard
                           – people who swing flags and toss rifles to distract the audience’s attention away from the band
  Drill – physical placement of band members and color guard members
                           on the football field
  Football - pregame/opener for the halftime
                           show 
                            
                         
                        
                        
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