California Color Guard Circuit

The California Color Guard Circuit (CCGC) is one of the many winter guard circuits that are part of Winter Guard International (WGI). Established in 1964, the CCGC was started by six (6) charter members: Sacramento Capitolaires, Stockton Police Cadets, Raleys Raiders, Richmond Hawks, Praetorians, and the Rhythmettes. CCGC membership represents many scholastic programs and independent programs throughout Northern California and Nevada. In 2016, the circuit had just over sixty guard units and around sixteen percussion units. Evaluations are typically held in January; guard units are evaluated in the beginning of January, whereas percussion groups are evaluated towards the end of January. The typical season goes from January to the end of March or beginning of April. Shows are generally held in the San Francisco Bay area and the Sacramento area, though the circuit is based out of Santa Clara County. Each year CCGC holds its own championships and sends many groups to the world championships at WGI. CCGC is the proud home of many WGI medalists including:

• James Logan High School;
• San Jose Raiders;
• Blue Devils;
• Dublin High School;
• Santa Clara Vanguard;
• Clayton Valley High School;
• Amador Valley High School;
• Johansen High School;
• Freelancers;
• Rhapsody;
• Ventura; and
• In Motion Performance Ensemble.

2024 CCGC Color Guard Members

List of high schools and equivalent color guard groups who performed in Championship Guard and Percussion, Independence High School, San Jose, April 6, 2024:

Scholastic Groups

Scholastic Middle School A		Scholastic Regional AAA
IVC Middle School Color Guard	Union City, CA	Vacaville High School Color Guard	Vacaville
Ida Price Middle School	San Jose	Amador Valley High School JV Winter Guard	Pleasanton
Benicia Middle School Color Guard	Benicia	Prospect High School Color Guard	Saratoga
Fisher Middle School	Los Gatos	Saint Francis High School	Mountain View
Los Banos Jr. High School	Los Banos	Gilroy Unified	Gilroy
Cesar Chavez Middle School	Union City, CA	Leigh High School Color Guard	San Jose
Alisal Union School District	Salinas	Rancho San Juan Color Guard	Salinas
		San Leandro High School	San Leandro
Scholastic AA		Scholastic Regional A
Independence High School Color Guard	San Jose	South San Francisco High School Color Guard	S. San Francisco
Saratoga High School Winter Guard JV	Saratoga	Mission San Jose High School Winter Guard	Fremont
Sobrato High School Guard	Morgan Hill	Oak Grove High School Color Guard	San Jose
Los Gatos High School Winter Guard	Los Gatos	Riverbank Winter Guard	Riverbank
Roseville Winter Guard	Roseville	City of Livermore Guard[[California Color Guard Circuit#ref {{{1}}}|1]]	Livermore
Westmont High School Color Guard	San Jose	Pacheco High School	Los Banos
California Crosspoint Academy	Hayward	Hollister High School Color Guard	Hollister
Capuchino High School Color Guard	San Bruno
Scholastic National AA		Scholastic National A
Lynbrook High School Color Guard	San Jose	Amador Valley High School Varsity	Pleasanton
Monta Vista HS Winter Guard	Cupertino	Fremont High School Color Guard	Sunnyvale
Santa Clara High School Color Guard	Santa Clara	Santa Teresa High School Color Guard Varsity	San Jose
Dublin High School JV Winterguard	Dublin	Branham High School Color Guard	San Jose
Concord High School Color Guard	Concord	Homestead High School Winter Guard	Cupertino
The Kings Academy	Sunnyvale	Saratoga High School Winter Guard Varsity	Saratoga
Benicia High School Color Guard	Benicia	West Campus Color Guard	Sacramento
Milpitas High School Winter Guard	Milpitas
Mountain View High School Color Guard	Mountain View
Castro Valley Color Guard	Castro Valley
Cupertino High School	Cupertino
Scholastic Open		Scholastic World
Dublin High School Varsity Winterguard	Dublin	Live Oak High School Color Guard	Morgan Hill, CA
Granite Bay High School Color Guard	Granite Bay	James Logan Color Guard	Union City, CA

Independent Groups

Independent Regional A		Independent National A
Immortalis Guard	Fremont	Sacramento State Winter Guard	Sacramento
AlisalCAN Independent Winter Guard	Salinas	Imperialis Color Guard	Fremont
		San Jose State University Spartan Winter Guard	San Jose
Independent Open		Independent World
ZEUS Independent	Merced, CA	In Motion Performance Ensemble	Fairfield

2024 CCGC Percussion Members

List of high schools and equivalent color guard groups who performed in Championship Guard and Percussion, Independence High School, San Jose, April 6, 2024:

Marching

Scholastic A		Scholastic World
Roakville Winter Percussion	Roseville	James Logan Percussion	Union City, CA
Hollister High School Percussion	Hollister
South San Francisco Percussion	S. San Francisco
Fremont HS Indoor Percussion	Sunnyvale & Mountain View
Westmont High School Percussion	San Jose

Concert

Middle School		Scholastic A
Alisal Union School District Percussion	Salinas	Price Charter Percussion	San Jose

Past Class Champions - Color Guard

	Independent				Scholastic
			A				National		Regional			Middle School
Year	World	Open	Nat	Reg	World	Open	A	AA	A	AA	AAA	A
2024 4.6 (60)	In Motion Performance Ensemble -85.600	ZEUS Independent -87.600	Sacramento State Winter Guard -79.950	Immortalis Guard -72.440	Live Oak High School Color Guard -83.900	Dublin High School Varsity Winterguard-85.400	Amador Valley High School Varsity -90.430	Lynbrook High School Color Guard -83.610	South San Francisco High School Color Guard -91.870	Independence High School Color Guard -84.770	Vacaville High School Color Guard -82.650	IVC Middle School Color Guard -85.650
2023 (59)	In Motion Performance Ensemble -87.600	ZEUS Independent -84.500	Imperialis Color Guard -70.910	Immortalis Guard -69.240	James Logan Color Guard -83.800	Live Oak High School Color Guard-83.500	Amador Valley High School Varsity -87.700	Fremont High School Color Guard -82.380	Santa Clara High School Color Guard -87.390	City of Livermore Guard -84.330	Mountain View High School Color Guard -80.100	Cesar Chavez Middle School -76.460
2022 (58)	In Motion Performance Ensemble -85.900	N/A	Mare Island Color Guard (Sacramento) -75.270	Immortal Regiment Guard (Fremont) -63.880	James Logan Color Guard -82.500	Laguna Creek High School Guard (Elk Grove) - 86.900	Amador Valley High School Varsity -87.220	Morgan Hill Unified Varsity -79.550	South San Francisco High School Color Guard -83.740	Branham High School Color Guard -79.730	Capuchino High School Color Guard -71.430	Ida Price Middle School -79.440
2021 (57)	Championships canceled due to the Corona virus pandemic
2020 (56)	Championships canceled due to the Corona virus pandemic
2019 (55)	In Motion Performance Ensemble -82.30	Tri-City -72.80	Spreckels -71.69	N/A	James Logan Color Guard -91.20	Saratoga High School Winter Guard Varsity -84.90	Live Oak High School Color Guard -86.54	N/A	Vanden High School -81.17	The Kings Academy -89.40	Irvington High School -86.04	Ida Price Middle School -74.90
2018 (54)	In Motion Performance Ensemble -85.60	Blue Devils -88.80	Eternal Regiment -61.19	N/A	James Logan Color Guard -94.40	Jesse Bethel High School -79.20	Laguna Creek High School Guard (Elk Grove) -87.84	N/A	West Campus Color Guard -79.08	Santa Clara High School Color Guard -83.34	N/A	Wells Middle School (Dublin) -67.51
							Scholastic AA	Scholastic A
2017 (53)	Infinitus -68.70	In Motion Performance Ensemble -89.40	Blue Devils -78.18	Tri-City -62.33	James Logan Color Guard -92.50	Oak Grove High School Color Guard-84.60	Granite Bay High School Color Guard -82.48	Dublin High School Varsity Winterguard-78.25	N/A	Monta Vista HS Winter Guard -83.31	N/A	Hogan Middle School - 69.66
2016 (52)	Infinitus -68.10	Dynasty -68.20	In Motion Performance Ensemble -87.92	N/A	James Logan Color Guard World-90.70	Homestead High School -88.00	Armijo High School -85.56	Live Oak High School Color Guard-78.48	Westmont High school -76.59	West Campus High School -79.84	N/A	Falon -69.34
2015 3.28 (51)	Infinitus -72.10	Dynasty -65.70	In Motion Performance Ensemble -80.72	Irvington -61.77	James Logan Color Guard World-90.60	Oak Grove High School Color Guard-82.30	Amador Valley High School A -84.48	Independence High School Color Guard -80.72	Gonzales High School -81.15	N/A	N/A	Ida Price Middle School -74.38
2014 3.29 (50)	Santa Clara Vanguard -95.4	Dynasty -76.6	In Motion Performance Ensemble -82.88	Pleasanton Unified -66.83	James Logan Color Guard World -95.2	Oak Grove High School Color Guard-83.9	Vanden High School -88.20	Valley Christian -84.14	California High School -80.02	N/A	N/A	Cesar Chavez Middle School -77.12
2013 4.6 (49)	Santa Clara Vanguard -93.2	N/A	Oak Grove Too -71.99	Pleasanton Unified -66.20	James Logan Color Guard World -92.7	James Logan Color Guard Open -83.3	Amador Valley High School A -85.78	Lynbrook High School -80.51	Santa Teresa High School -72.88	San Benito High School -76.12	N/A	N/A
2012 3.31 (48)	Santa Clara Vanguard -94.7	Blue Devils -84.5	Tri Valley -79.9	Blue Devils -77.3	James Logan Color Guard World -95.3	Oak Grove High School Color Guard-83.9	Granite Bay High School -85.7	Gilroy High School -78.0	Fremont High School -79.5	Independence High School Color Guard -82.6	N/A	N/A
2011 4.2 (47)	Santa Clara Vanguard -93.1	Blue Devils -82.3	Tri Valley -76.9	Blue Devils -80.1	James Logan Color Guard World -93.1	James Logan Color Guard Open -87.6	Jesse Bethel High School -87.5	Benicia Middle School -76.4	Kings Academy -80.9	N/A	N/A	N/A
2010 4.3 (46)	Santa Clara Vanguard -96.0	Blue Devils -88.0	Tri Valley -74.7	N/A	James Logan Color Guard World -94.5	Homestead High School -87.2	Jesse Bethel High School -84.7	Alvarado -78.0	Benicia Middle School -83.8	N/A	N/A	N/A
2009 3.28 (45)	Santa Clara Vanguard -95.2	Blue Devils -82.5	Of Essence -65.3	Tri Valley -80.5	James Logan Color Guard World -93.2	Oak Grove High School Color Guard-83.3	Homestead High School -86.6	San Benito A -77.8	San Benito B -76.1	N/A	N/A	N/A
2008 4.5 (44)	Santa Clara Vanguard -93.1	Rhapsody -86.5	A2A -77.5	N/A	James Logan Color Guard World -95.1	Oak Grove High School Color Guard-84.6	Homestead High School -87.1	San Benito -75.0	Cesar Chavez Middle School -80.7	N/A	N/A	N/A
2007 4.1 (43)	San Jose Raiders -95.3	Blue Devils -83.9	Rhapsody -92.1	N/A	James Logan Color Guard World -97.3	Fairfield High School -90.3	Homestead High School -89.8	San Benito -82.2	Cesar Chavez Middle School -84.3	N/A	N/A	N/A
2006 4.1 (42)	Santa Clara Vanguard -91.0	San Jose Raiders -94.1	Rhapsody -?	Alvaradro Independent -78.6	James Logan Color Guard World -96.5	Oak Grove High School Color Guard-88.9	Homestead High School -?	Lynbrook High School -?	Evergreen Valley -80.3	N/A	N/A	N/A

WGI Gold Medalists from CCGC

• James Logan High School (1998*tie, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010)
• San Jose Raiders (1990*tie, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2003)
• Blue Devils (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998)
• Johansen High School Percussion (1998 Scholastic A)
• Abraham Lincoln (1988 scholastic "A")
• Santa Clara Vanguard 2009, 2011

Executive board

As of August 2024

• President: Jamie Hjeltness
• Vice President: Trish Andrews
• Treasurer: Shawn Gongwer
• Secretary & Contest Coordinator: Jubilee Hardwick
• Members at large: Wes Adams, Russell Crow, Rebekah Mendoza

Notes

^1 City of Livermore Guard is a unified winter guard with members from Livermore High School and Granada High School

External links

• Official website
  • CCGC Site (archive)