WGI 2027 Waitlists, BOA Color Guard Judging & WGI Percussion Changes | OAWB S4EP39

<p><strong>WGI 2027: waitlists already?</strong> Color guard registration is already putting championship capacity in the spotlight. Whitney Stone, Jeremy Denzer, Sadie Wallace, Trish O’Shea and Garrett Lippie break down the early WGI waitlists, WGI percussion changes, European drum corps, whether BOA should judge color guard separately, and more. Garrett’s 60 Second Tech Block is all about why practice doesn’t make perfect — <em>Practice Makes Permanent</em>.</p><p><strong>CHAPTERS</strong><br>00:00 WGI 2027 Color Guard Tea<br>02:02 Welcome + Recent OAWB Releases<br>08:27 Quiet Spin Flagpole Test<br>11:28 Derek Phillips Family Thanks the Marching Community<br>16:15 Remembering Steve Vickers<br>19:00 WGI 2027 Color Guard Registration + Waitlists<br>25:15 WGI Percussion 2027: Quad Panel, Audio Theater + Regionals<br>29:59 Scholastic Open Registration Check<br>30:49 European Drum Corps Championships<br>32:58 Guard Closet<br>35:43 60 Second Tech Block<br>37:27 Practice Makes Permanent<br>43:46 Water We Doing?!<br>51:21 Circuit Sound Systems<br>53:48 Should BOA Judge Color Guard Separately?<br>57:59 What Are We Going to Do About It?<br>58:42 Who Actually Runs the Design?<br>59:41 Gush & Go<br>1:07:01 Bridgeland Wins BOA North Houston<br>1:08:11 Whitney Shares a Personal Loss<br>1:09:21 Closing Rehearsal</p><p><strong>ON THIS EPISODE</strong><br>Whitney Stone — @dancerwhit<br>Jeremy Denzer — @jeremydenzer<br>Sadie Wallace — @m.sadiewallace<br>Trish O’Shea — @trishdish1102<br>Garrett Lippie — @g_lippie27<br>Executive Producer: Jeremy Williams</p><p><strong>NEWS + RESOURCES</strong><br>Derek Phillips family/community support: https://www.kcci.com/article/family-of-derek-phillips-thanks-community-for-support/73859683<br>University of Iowa remembrance: https://hawkeyemarchingband.uiowa.edu/news/2026/09/message-hawkeye-marching-band-and-school-music<br>Steve Vickers remembrance: https://www.dci.org/news/steve-vickers-longtime-publisher-of-drum-corps-world-dies-at-77/<br>WGI July Board recap: https://www.wgi.org/26julyboardrecap/<br>WGI Color Guard current entries: https://www.wgi.org/currententries/cg-current-entries/<br>WGI Percussion calendar: https://www.wgi.org/percussion/p-calendar/<br>European Drum Corps Championships preview: https://www.dci.org/news/ensembles-from-five-countries-will-be-represented-at-2026-european-drum-corps-championships/</p><p><strong>MORE OAWB</strong><br>Website: https://www.onawaterbreak.com/<br>Listen everywhere: https://www.onawaterb