The world is running out of names, especially names that are worth $$$. Funny, but that's never been the case in color guard, where names proliferate and spread just as quickly as units come and go on the scene.
Just looking at this year's list of independent color guard entrants in San Diego proves that there is no lacking in our nameland:
Aloha Independent (Let us come to YOUR regional. Phooey, it's a misnomer!)
Ars Nova (Not "Arts," not "Arch," not "Arsenal," not even "Artistic.")
ComplXity (could be a hot new way to name guards, demolish the English language, spelling, and the alphabet in one word. Clever.)
Corona (Presently this unit is court with a trademark suit coming from the brewsky maker by the same name.)
Exaltation (Momentum) (That's what the judges say!)
Full Circle of the Sound (Always loved that name, especially the year the guard grunted its way through its performance)
Innuendo (Can't just hint at things in this activity and expect to get anywhere)
Juxtaposition (Art versus guard versus the judges)
Men with a Vision (Queer Eye for the Guard Guy?)
Fusion / Japan (To succeed on this side of the world, you have to fuse your identity with the limited view of the judges and their vocabulary. Good luck.)
Lealta (With the tag line, "Loyalty to the guard, friendships, and family," nice name. What does it mean, though?)
Millennia (When this group will win WGI)
Moxie Visual Theatre (Suppose it's better than chutzpah)
Regenesis IV the Ressurection (Passion of the color guard)
Sarajevo (Politicizing color guard, what a novel idea!)
Saturday Matinee (Does that mean they only perform in prelims?)
So. Cal Co-op (A merger between members, trainers, and styles?)
Third Edition (Numbers One and Two were good, too!)
Top Hats (As odd as it sounds, it harks to unit names, both in color guard and drum corps, from years ago. Wonderful ... and I continue to show my vintage.)
Urban Expressions (Just another word for ethnic)
Windswept (Their flags practice outside)
XSNRG (This one "just ain't right!")
Another time, another blog: Percussion line names!