Winter Guard is an indoor Color Guard activity that stems from the summer and fall marching band season. Instead of performing outdoors on a football field with the Marching Band, Winter Guard takes place indoors in a gym and it is divided into Junior Varsity and Varsity teams. Winter Guard performs to music using dance and employs various pieces of equipment such as flags, rifles, and sabres. Grand Oaks Winter Guard competes under the Texas Color Guard Circuit and at Winter Guard International.

Winter Guard charges a second fee, separate from that paid for Marching Season.  These fees will be determined by the Color Guard Director and will be billed in an installment plan similar to the one offered in the Fall.  Winter Guard fees for the 2024 season are listed below.

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2024 Winter Guard Fees Cheat Sheet

Winter Guard fees for the 2024 season are based on which Guard you are in and what trips you chose to attend (when trips are optional).  Please read this chart carefully before making any payments for your student's Winter Guard Fees, to ensure that you are paying  the correct fee.  

How to Pay:

1. Find the appropriate team and trip involvement, and locate the month that you are paying for.

2. Click on the link for the payment you wish to make to access our QuickBooks Online portal and make a payment via Credit Card (QuickBooks Online, an ~3% charge will be added to all payments made via these links to cover processing fees).  

BE SURE TO ENTER YOUR STUDENT'S NAME IN THE NAME FIELD, NOT YOURS!!!

3. Alternatively, you can pay the amount listed below (no additional fees added) via Zelle to finance@grandoaksband.org.

4. If you wish to pay the entire season in full, you can click on the bolded links below, where available to pay via Credit Card (also subject to the ~3% service charge).  At amounts higher than $1000, we have not provided these links and would encourage you to submit payment via Zelle using the instructions above, as the 3% service charge becomes quite expensive at higher amounts paid.

5. If paying via these methods is not possible, please send a check in and deposit in the Band Hall safe payable to GOHSBBA or contact finance@grandoaksband.org or cotreasurer@grandoaksband.org for alternatives.

Please put your student's name, guard and payment date in all memos to ensure proper credit is given  (i.e.  Susy Guardmember, JV attending Dallas and World, November payment).  Thank you!

Junior Varsity Alts

Junior Varsity

Varsity & Chaperones

Meal Plan Payment

Meal Plans for the 2024 Winter Guard season are available, covering one meal at each local Houston area competition  (not including College Station, Dallas and OH). Please send in $40 either via Zelle to finance@grandoaksband.org or using this link ($2 added to cover the cost of credit card processing fees).  

Visit the link in the QR Codebelow to see our 2023 Winter Guard Shows