Scholarships
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Scholarship Mission Statement
The purpose of the MCGC scholarship program is to provide students, staff, and judges the opportunity to further develop their skills. It is our hope that they will bring back new ideas, experiences and knowledge that will benefit the future growth of the Michigan Color Guard Circuit. It is our further hope that the Scholarship Program will encourage student recipients to become future instructors, designers, judges, and administrators of the Michigan Color Guard Circuit.
Instructors and judges may apply to the Scholarship Program for fees to attend judges’ training clinics, instructor workshops, or other developmental activities related to pageantry arts.
A maximum of 5 memorial scholarships of up to $600 each and a maximum of 20 honorary scholarships of up to $300 each will be awarded.
General Scholarship Information
Applications are due March 1, 2026 (Including recommendation letter)
The Michigan Color Guard Circuit will only provide scholarships for the following performance activities:
Drum and Bugle Corps dues and other similar programs such as touring music ensembles.
Winter guard
Color guard clinic fees
Music camps such as Interlochen Arts Academy and Blue Lakes Fine Arts camps.
Judges clinics.
Fees for other marching activities.
The Michigan Color Guard Circuit will not award scholarships for the following:
Private instruction.
Current or past unit dues.
All scholarship monies not claimed within one calendar year shall be forfeited and the money shall be returned to the scholarship fund.
Scholarships are not transferable from person to person.
The Scholarship Committee must approve awarded scholarships being transferred to a different organization than originally requested.
Applications are due March 1, 2026. (Including recommendation letter)
Incomplete or falsified applications will be disqualified.
For questions please email scholarshipmcgc@gmail.com.