The Blessed Sacrament World Guard is an 11-time Eastern Massachusetts and 8-time New England Scholastic Band Association World Class champion. SAC has been a Winter Guard International (WGI) World Class competitor for 39 of WGI's 41-year existence. The World Guard entered the elite top-15 of WGI World Championships Finalists in 1980 and has maintained that distinction for the last 39 consecutive years -- an unprecedented, unmatched and historical accomplishment in the winter guard activity.
SAC has placed in the top-ten of WGI World Championships World Class Finalists 35 of the last 39 years (scoring a 90 or above 30 times), has been in the renowned WGI "top-six" 27 times and is an eight-time Independent World Class medalist; earning World Class Bronze Medals in 1988, 2005 and 2007, 2017 and 2018, Silver Medals in 1989 and 1996 and the Gold Medal and WGI World Championship in 1990.
Blessed Sacrament and Inspire Arts & Music operate under an operating agreement. Blessed Sacrament is an independent 501(c)3 organization with a separate Board of Directors and Executive Director. Two members of the Blessed Sacrament Board sit on the IAM Board at large. Neither IAM nor Blessed Sacrament makes any representations or warranties for each other and assumes no liability for each other.