CrownGUARD announces Magical Charters from Tampa, Florida as the official transportation provider for the 2009 Winter Guard season.

Jimmy Newman (Magical Charters) and Adam Sage (CrownGUARD, Director) have known one another since 1987.  Newman was the percussion instructor at Cape Coral High School, where Sage attended high school.

Both are excited to work together in this partnership with the winter guard. "I have always been a fan of Crown and to be able to be a part of the organization with Adam is very exciting. I am pleased to be able to help support the Carolina Crown organization and Kevin Smith, Executive Director. This is a very well run group that continues to grow each year", Newman says.

Magical Charters and Tours has continued to grow as a motor coach operator with its fleet of 14 coaches providing ground transportation for DCI and WGI past and current groups listed below:

• Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps
• Fahrenheit Winter Guard
• Blessed Sac Winter Guard
• Teal Sound Drum and Bugle Corps
• The Crossmen Drum and Bugle Corps
• Magic of Orlando Drum and Bugle Corps
• Heat Wave Drum and Bugle Corps
• Memphis Sound Drum and Bugle Corps
• Revolution Drum and Bugle Corps
• CrownGUARD