Blessed Sacrament World Guard

Blessed Sacrament Color Guard (affectionately referred to as “Sac”) is an organization more than 70 years strong. SAC traces its origin back to the 1930′s when a local parish all-female drill team formed in the Canbridgeport area of Cambridge, Massachusetts as a summer activity for young women in this urban neighborhood just outside of Boston. In the late 1960′s a winter competition unit was formed. By the late 1970′s focus shifted exclusively to winter guard competition when the drill team activity became dormant

Over the decades, Sac has proudly grown into a performance arts organization devoted to providing its

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Blessed Sacrament has provided the opportunity for hundreds of Boston area youth and young adults to be a part of the great activity known as winter colorguard for over 70 years! The Blessed Sacrament Color Guard organization is a not-for-profit, performance arts organization devoted to providing its members opportunities to develop their sense of self-confidence, communication skills, sense of team spirit, sense of responsibility, and sense of commitment through the arena of marching arts known as winter guard. When WGI was formed in 1978 for the purpose of bringing the winter color guard activity on a national (and now international) basis, it was only natural that Sac would join in — for the organization was already by that time one of the longest continuously competing color guards in the country.

By the 1980′s, Blessed Sacrament had becom financially independent of its namesake parish, but it was important to management, most notably the Zappala family, that Sac remain true to its roots by fielding several competitive units with members from the local Cambridge area. For year, and even today, Sac has several age-ranged groups out on the competition floor. As the Worlds Guard began to achieve success and popularity through WGI, Sac began to draw members from all over the United States and eventually boasted members from around the world including Japan and the United Kingdom. In 2001, Sac finally broke with one of its mainstay traditions -of having only femail performers – and welcomed male performers for the first time in its history.

Over the years, the Sac color guards have proudly acquired multiple Eastern Mass. Circuit championships and the World Guard, of course, has had great success in WGI, having been a World Class Championships competitor for 31 of WGI’s 32-year existence, an unprecedented and historical accomplishment in the winter guard activity. The World Guard proudly holds 33 WGI World Class Regional titles and is the recipient of six WGI World Class medals.

Sac has re-invented itself many times through the years, but producing 30 years of shows has certainly presented its challenges. If you questioned any of the staff (and most of the staff at Sac have been there for years) they would have it no other way. This creative ambition is what motivates them to continually improve and learn — while keeping in mind that winter guard, of course, is also a highly competitive arena.

Sac World Members 2012
Samatha Benefield
Julie Brown – Co Captain
Jessica Byrne
Steve Carr
Madison Clark
Kevin Couture – Scerra
Christina Doherty
Sheila Doherty
John Dooley
Taylor Dube
Joseph Fego
Jackie Gaffney
Stephen Girard
Andrew Giorgi
Rachel Godwin
Jamie Goldman
Yvette Gonzalez-Loya
Rachel Gora
Alyssa Grant
Sarah Heath
Erin Higgins
April Knapp
Janell Moore
Dawn Moran
Sarah Ogden
Rachel Osborn
Katie Racki
Frankie Salati
Carly Sheehan
Jessie Skinner-Simon
Maura Somerville
Evan Turner
Claudia Wigger
Sarah Zello – Captain