Color Guard
Pride of the South Color Guard members add color, movement, and excitement to the Ole Miss Marching Band’s performances.
The Pride of the South Color Guard was formed in 1981 with 22 members. Today, the Guard consists of around 30 talented individuals who use a variety of equipment to add color, movement, and excitement to the Ole Miss Marching Band’s performances. Members work diligently throughout the fall semester to perfect challenging pre-game and halftime routines using modern dance, flag, and rifle choreography.
They perform in front of thousands of Ole Miss fans at home, as well as select away games and bowl games. In addition to performing on the field, the members of the Color Guard also cheer on the Rebel football team with a variety of cheer and pom routines in the stands alongside their fellow band members. Color guard members are selected through auditions held each spring. Auditioning for the color guard requires performing a brief routine and a few basic technique demonstrations.
Audition Information
AUDITIONS FOR COLOR GUARD FOR THE 2025–2026 SEASON WILL BE HELD ON APRIL 12
2025 Ole Miss Color Guard Registration
Schedule
8:00am-9:00am Registration
9:00am-9:30am Warm-up/Stretch
9:30am-10:30am Group work on audition routine and required movements
10:30am-12:00pm Auditions
Flags
You may bring your own flag, but we can provide flags to all individuals
There will be no weapons auditions at this time
Attire
- White t-shirt or tank top
- Black shorts
- Jazz shoes or tennis shoes
- Hair pulled back
- Numbers assigned for fair and unbiased assessment
Audition Components
- Across-the-floors: jazz walk; jazz run; chasse; sauté
- Flag basics and tosses: stir double; pop toss; single 45; other 45 tosses
- Audition routine
- Flag work
- Dance work
2025 Color Guard Audition Video
2025 Color Guard Audition Information and Videos
Please direct any questions you may have to madelinemck@gmail.com or lerawinders1@gmail.com.