ROBERTSDALE, Alabama — The Robertsdale High School "Golden Bear" Marching Band will be hosting its Fifth annual "Golden Bear" Classic Indoor Percussion and Winter Guard Competition on Saturday Jan. 21.

A winter guard is a group of color guard (flag twirlers) that get together and create a short performance that includes dance, flag twirling, acrobatic moves, and drama. Winter Guard and Indoor Percussion Ensemble competitions are held each winter all over the world.

The competition at RHS is run by Gulf Coast Color Guard & Percussion Circuit (gcgc.org) which is a member of World Guard International (wgi.org). There will be two exhibition percussion ensembles and 16 competing Winter Guard's performing from two states.

The first performance will be Daphne High School's Indoor Percussion Ensemble at 5:15 p.m. with Robertsdale High School's Indoor Percussion Ensemble performing at 5:25 p.m. in the gym on the campus of Robertsdale High School.

Tickets are $6 each with children 5 and under and seniors 65 and up are admitted for free. Doors will be open at 4 p.m. and the first guard competing will be at 5:45 with final performance at 8:09. Awards will be held at 8:40.

Participants in the competition include West Florida High School, Gulf Shores High School, Saraland High School, Baldwin County High School, Foley Cadets (High School), Enterprise High School, Jay (FL) High School, Robertsdale High School, Murphy High School, Daphne High School, Foley High School, Choctawhatchee (Florida) A High School, Fairhope High School, Northview High School, Tate (Florida) High School, and Choctawhatchee (Florida) World High School.