06/14/2026
Happy Flag Day from the Marching Illini Color Guard!
The official Color Guard for the Nation's Premier College Marching Band Our team consists of 26-30 members, with new auditions happening each season.
As part of Marching Illini, we perform at most MI events, including home football games during pre-game and halftime, parades, and community events. We practice with the band 5 times per week, as well as sectionals on our own 2-4 times per week. Throughout the season, we put on new routines for each halftime show, as well as the performance of many Marching Illini traditional routines. We are coac
06/14/2026
Happy Flag Day from the Marching Illini Color Guard!
05/10/2026
Happy Mother’s Day from our famILLy to yours! 💙🧡Today, we celebrate the moms of MICG for all their support and all that they do!
05/10/2026
Happy Mother’s Day from our famILLy to yours! 💙🧡 Today, we celebrate the moms of MICG for all their support and all that they do!
04/01/2026
Today’s the day!!! Video auditions are due today at 11:59 pm. If you’re still on the fence, hear some stories about why some of our #157 members love our team! 💙🧡
03/30/2026
Last Clinic of the year💙🧡 On Saturday, we had so much fun learning choreography from this past season and working on audition material! Video auditions for Band 158 are due April 1st! Contact [email protected] for any audition questions! Thank you so much for a fantastic clinic season!!!
03/25/2026
We are officially ONE WEEK out!!! We are so excited to see your auditions🧡💙 Audition details can be found in the link in our bio. Please reach out to [email protected] with any questions regarding MICG and our audition process! Happy auditioning!!
03/05/2026
We heard that text posts have all the tea these days ✨🧡💙
Your donations, no matter how small, give our team opportunities we could never imagine. Go to the link below to find out how you can make an impact in our organization. Thank you for being !!!
https://payment.giving.illinois.edu/schools/UniversityofIllinoisUrbanaChampaign/orange-blue-days-2026/pages/MarchForth2026/?a=1&utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio
03/01/2026
Congratulations to our 2026-27 MICG Captains Jessica Ryoo and Lily Lapan! We are so excited to have these two talented and passionate individuals as our student staff for ! 🧡💙
01/31/2026
It’s clinic season! Last Saturday the MICG hosted our first of three clinics with current members teaching technique and choreography! Join us for our February and March clinics- info can be found in our pinned post! 🧡💙🙌
01/16/2026
The MICG in 2016 💙🧡 Want to join the tradition? Check out our clinic and audition dates:
January Clinic 01/24/26 12-3pm
February Clinic 02/28/26 12-3pm
March Clinic 03/28/26 12-3pm
Video Auditons Due 04/01/25 at 11:59pm
Find more info in our pinned post or at https://www.marchingillini.com/join/marching-illini-auditions/color-guard