Pride of Pearland Pearland High School Band

Pearland Color Guard

The visual
heart

Movement, expression, and precision. The guard performs with the marching band at football games, community events, and competitions all fall, then competes on its own all winter.

Winter guard

Fall season

We wear many hats

  • Dancers

    Technique and choreography drawn from ballet, jazz, and modern dance.

  • Performers

    Telling the story and carrying the emotion of each marching show so the music lands.

  • Equipment artists

    Flags, rifles, and sabers, mastered until the toss looks easy.

Together, athleticism, artistry, and teamwork make performances that stay with an audience and lift every marching band production.

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Winter and spring

Winter guard

From January through March, the Pearland Winter Guards compete as independent ensembles at local and statewide contests. Students audition onto the Varsity or Junior Varsity team.

Shows happen in gymnasiums and are set to recorded music, using the same dance, movement, and equipment skills built during marching season. Each show combines artistry, athleticism, and storytelling into a single indoor performance.

Contest dates
Winter guard performer on a gym floor
Pearland winter guard performing, photo 1
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Portrait of Jacoby Taylor

Color guard director

Jacoby Taylor

Jacoby Taylor’s marching arts career started at Klein Collins High School in Spring, Texas. After graduation he performed with independent guards and spent four summers with the Madison Scouts, three of them as captain of the color guard.

Jacoby has worked with programs across Texas as a director, designer, choreographer, and clinician. He is the founder and director of Undaunted, an independent open class color guard based in Houston, and serves as Movement Coordinator for the Blue Stars Drum and Bugle Corps.

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