We PROUDLY perform with passion and pride in local, national and international events!

Sharing the JOY of music with the WORLD!

Check out LVG on the evening news for highlights on their St. Patrick's Day Parade performance for an estimated 670,000 spectators in Dublin, Ireland!

Lakeville Guard has perfomed in Ireland (2018, 2024), Rome (2023), Hawaii (2019, 2022) and is set to perform in California, Honolulu and at national WGI events in 2025/2026!

Next Event

Free Spring Training Clinics! 

Tuesday May 6th and Tuesday May 13th

 and

Thursday May 22nd and Thursday May 29th 

from 5:30-9:00 in LSHS Commons. 

PARENT MEETING Tuesday May 13th at 5 PM in the LSHS Band Room!

Newcomers, grades 4-11, interested in learning more about color guard are welcome to come and try it out! 

Open to ALL 4th-11th grade students who attend Lakeville ISD194! 

Register for spring training here and bring a friend! It's FREE! 

Official summer/fall registration links will be available in May!

*Cadets in 1st-3rd grade will join us this summer-registration info coming soon! 

*Lakeville ISD194 open-enrolled students are approved to join.

*Homeschool or online students who live within Lakeville ISD194 district boundaries are approved to join.

*For summer and fall color guard, we are unable to accommodate out of Lakeville ISD 194 district students. If out of district students are interested in summer/fall color guard, please contact us.

*If you have a Cadet student who does not attend school in Lakeville ISD194, please contact us-exceptions can be made at the Cadet level. 

That's a Wrap on Winter 2025!

On Saturday March 29th, our three guards wrapped their 2025 season at Northstar Circuit Championships with their most incredible performances of the season-these kids sure know how to execute the perfect curtain call!

Play Time Recap

Our Cadets team made their final performance one of playful joy and pure, childhood fun bringing out the loudest cheers and laughter from their audience all season! 

Thank you cadets cast for making us belly laugh at every show and showing us "Play Time" is important-adults need that sometimes!

Play Time Concept, Show Design and Choreography: Amy Reuvers and Brody Nielsen.

Snow Day Recap

Our SRA middle school team spread that feeling of absolute elation ALL Minnesotans know well! Snow Day had a perfect run at Championships earning them a clean sweep of the 2025 season and Northstar Circuit SRA Champions achieving the highest North Star Circuit score of the season! They are MIDDLE SCHOOLERS! 

Thank you Snow Day cast for bringing back that childhood feeling of pure joy as we remember the times WE got that 6 AM call to grant us OUR "Snow Day"!

Snow Day Staging: Mike Anderle

Snow Day Concept and Show Design: Melissa Nielsen

Snow Day Choreography: Melissa Nielsen, Jenn Schunk, Becky Zoellner, Bella Machinski, Ryleigh Papacek. 

Every Golden Step Recap

The words don't come as easily when speaking of our SA high school team. At their age, sometimes life throws challenges their way that can be hard to navigate. Our performers took their internal challenges and used those feelings to share their message of light to everyone who saw them perform-even when illness sidelined 25% off them on only their second show of the season! Our high school team made their final performance of "Every Golden Step" absolutely breathtaking with a perfect run coming away as Northstar Circuit SA Champions!

Thank you Every Golden Step cast for showing us how to find and spread the light even when we cannot see it. I hope we all continue to remind ourselves that with "Every Golden Step", we can make the choice to leave the darkness and step into the light. 

Every Golden Step Concept and Show Design: Mike Anderle

Every Golden Step Choreography: Mike Anderle, Jeff Olsen, Rian Mahoney.

It's Time To Say Goodbye 

With winter 2025 behind us, now comes the part we all dread-it is time to wish our seniors and departing members all the best on their future endeavors! With 4 graduating seniors and 1 performer moving on to her high school marching program, we are sad to see them leave our family but are ALWAYS here to support and cheer for them on their next adventures. 

A Special Thank You!

We have said this dozens of time, but we are so incredibly grateful that we have many professional photographers as part of our LVG family! All of the amazing photos we showcase here are gifted to us by these extraordinary and talented artists who often put so much time and energy into capturing our beautiful performers doing what they love, that they likely miss some special moments from their own children. 

Here are a few moments, captured by yourselves, of your own special humans leaving it all out on the floor!

GOOD LUCK AND HAVE A GREAT SHOW!

We, at Lakeville Guard, want to give a huge shout out to our Lakeville Guard alumni heading to Dayton, OH to compete at World Championships! This season, LVG alum are performing with River City Rhythm, MBI and Crossroads Winter Guard!

Best of luck and safe travels-We hope you can hear us screaming for you through our screens!

We also want to wish our own Lakeville Area Percussion the best of luck in MPA Circuit Champioships next weekend after which they ALSO head off to Dayton, OH for WGI Percussion World Championships!

Thank you cast members, staff, volunteers and super fans! 

We will see you in November for Winter Guard 2026 

(or in a month for summer marching band!)

We Have BIG News!

Congratulations To Our WGI-Regional "Scholastic A" Champions!

AND...

Congratulations To Our WGI-Regional "Scholastic Regional A" Champions!

STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

On Saturday Oct 12th, The Lakeville South Marching Cougars competed in their 6th Youth in Music Minnesota State Championship. 

After being notified that The Cougars were being promoted to Class AAA on the state level earleir in the season, a larger and more competitive class, The Cougars got to work this season striving to bring their talent and dedication to the next level. 

Lakeville South earned Class AAA 2nd place in STATE and advanced to Grande Championships where they placed 7th overall out of all 34 bands across all classes. 

Our guard has faced many challenges this season including performing in 30 INCH HAIR EXTENSIONS!

Lakeville Guard won the Class AAA Outstanding Color Guard caption (in their first year as a AAA guard) and 2nd place overall across all class levels just behind the iconic Rosemount Color Guard!

In fact, Lakeville Guard earned their competition class Outstanding Color Guard caption award in EVERY field competition they entered this season demonstrating their continued passion, pride and dedication to excellence we have all come to know and love!

Congratulations Lakeville South Marching Cougars and Lakeville Guard!

BOCO!!

When The Marching Cougars started competing in 2016, one unanticipated complication arose: they frequently miss the HOMECOMING dance because they are at a competition. Not wanting the kids to miss out on this important right of passage, past students and parents organized a special formal dance just for band members called BOCO (Band Homecoming) and a tradition was born!

2024 BOCO was held this past Saturday 10/5 and as you can see, The Marching Cougars were NOT disappointed!

The Waseca Marching Classic!

The Panther Band and The Marching Cougars both hit the streets in The Waseca Marching Classic! 

Do you remember the 21st night of September? We sure do!

In their DEBUT competition, The Panther Band earned Class AAA 3rd place and Peoples' Choice Award!!

The Marching Cougars earned Class AAA 1st place and Parade Sweepstakes Award (high score)!!

The Marching Cougars then hit the field for the field show competition (while the Panther Band cheered them on from the stands) earning the...

-Outstanding Color Guard Caption

-Class AAA 1st place 

-Field Sweepstakes Award (high score)

and

-Butch Default Sweepstakes Award (Waseca Marching Classic Grand Champions)

Representing Lakeville with PRIDE at U of MN Band Day!

They may be two teams but they are always united!

Lakeville Guard Alumni March DCI!

Coach Melissa was able to visit with two Lakeville Guard Alum during their tour with Madison Scouts

LAKEVILLE SOUTH COLOR GUARD MARCHES ST. PATRICKS DAY IN IRELAND!

The Lakeville South Marching Cougars had the incredible experience of marching in the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Dublin, Ireland entertaining over 670,000 spectators from across the World! 

They also perfomred for thousands of spectators at Kilkenny Castle before marching the streets of Kilkenny celebrating St. Patrick's Day across Ireland!

AND

They competed in Limerick's International Band Competition winning BEST international band & Overall Parade GRANDE CHAMPIONS!

LAKEVILLE NORTH WENT TO ITALY!!

The Lakeville North Color Guard traveled with the Panther Band internationally, for the first time ever, to ITALY where they had the incredible experience of performing for over 100,000 spectators at The Rome New Year's Day Parade!

CONGRATS PANTHER COLOR GUARD ON AN AMAZING 2023 SEASON!

Questions? 

Visit the "About" page at the top for an overview of Lakeville Guard and meet our staff!

Visit the "Our Guards" tab at the top for information on all of our color guard programs!

Visit our "FAQ" page under the "more info" tab at the top!

Contact Us Directly!

We proudly feature photos and videos taken by our amazing parents and volunteers shared within our program messaging apps and program social media pages. If you would like credit for a specific photograph you shared, please email us at Lakevilleguard@gmail.com and indicate which photograph you would like credit for. We are so appreciative of the incredible artists who show the beauty of our Lakeville Guard!

We are very blessed to have a talented group of parent professional photographers as a part of our guard family! 

Laura Miller Photography, Dan Hotchkiss Photography, C.M. Twigg Photography, Alice Carlson Photography, Jim and Ruth Lindquist Photography,, Rose Krogstad Photography, and Carlton McMillan Photography all provide the beautiful art that showcases our guards' talent! Follow the links below to view their websites!

Innovative Graphics, thank you so much for your talented logo creations that give Lakeville Guard our brand!

We want to give a huge shout out to Ryleigh Papacek for managing our social media image!

Lastly, thank you to all our parents, families, and fans who constantly take video and post photos of our guards entertaining our community!

You just might see some of your talents proudly displayed on this site.

Forever Grateful!

Image Rights

As stated, our parent volunteer/professional photographers gift their images to our program to be used on this site to showcase the incredible work our performers put in to this amazing sport. All image rights are owned by these talented artists, and unauthorized use of images from this site is strictly prohibited. 

Images are frequently shared by our photographers via our private group apps for use on personal, performer/parent social media accounts at the discretion of our photographers. Generally, if images are shared via our private group apps, they have been authorized for PERSONAL use only. Images for personal use must be accessed from an official program private group app and not from this website.