Colorguard Help!!!!!!?

Question:Ok, I'm going to be auditioning for Colroguard at my highschool soon and i need to pratice. Well that's kind of hard considering i dont have any equipment. I need a wooden flag pole, a saber and a rifle. DO any of you have any idea where i can get on online of a store that sells this equipment? DOnt's suggest Ebay either because I checked.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Ok, I'm going to be auditioning for Colroguard at my highschool soon and i need to pratice. Well that's kind of hard considering i dont have any equipment. I need a wooden flag pole, a saber and a rifle. DO any of you have any idea where i can get on online of a store that sells this equipment? DOnt's suggest Ebay either because I checked.

There are plenty of websites and catalogs but unfortunately they can be very slow. I ordered a rifle and it took months for me to get it!

You can use a broom handle to improvise a flag pole, but there's no way to really improvise a rifle or saber. I never had to audition, so I don't really understand how they expect people who have never done it to have a couple hundred dollars worth of equipment and know how to use it.

My best advice is to either borrow from a friend in the guard, or approach the captain or instructor, explain your interest and your lack of equipment, and hopefully they will let you borrow something or even show you some basic moves.