Things are not status quo with the Irondale Winter Guards this season. First of all the word is now Guards not Guard as we have had 3 Winter Color Guards this winter for the first time ever!

2010 Irondale Winter Color Guard to expand programs!!!!!!

3 Guards for 2010!

If you’ve thought about
doing guard this is the season
for you!!!!!!

The 2010 edition of the Irondale Winter Guard is taking shape.  This year we are trying something we haven’t done in a while but feel the need to do again.   We are planning on having multiple color guards for this winter.  What does that mean?  There seems to be increased interest in marching this winter.  We are doing something different this season to accommodate the potential increase in membership. Because of the large freshman class this fall and the additional interest of the middle schoolers at massed band; we are planning 3 Winter Guards this year!

The Irondale Winter Color Guard, in its 20th year of competition, won Minnesota State Championships in the Scholastic Open Class on March 28, 2009.
 
The Irondale Winter Color Guard traveled to Dayton, Ohio to compete in the WGI (Winter Guard International) Color Guard World Championships for the second time after taking a three year hiatus on April 2-4. The guard had a respectable showing placing 25th in Scholastic Open Class.

 
Winter Color Guard is an indoor performance art activity that is similar to theatrical dance productions, but utilizes flags, and other twirling apparatuses to take the performance art aspect to a more visually intense level. Winter Color Guard is an intensely physical activity, and is called "Sport of the Arts" by its governing organization, WGI (Winter Guard International).
 

After the fall marching band season, all students have the option of joining the Irondale Winterguard. This group is open to any student registered at Irondale or Mounds View High Schools; music membership not required. The winterguard develops an exciting production to taped music, which enables the members to further their Colorguard experience in this unique indoor pageantry art. The winterguard will compete in eight to ten shows during the months of January through late March or early April

Depending on the number of students interested each year, Irondale may open auditions to students from surrounding communities.

The Irondale Winterguard is an activity associated with the North Star Color Guard Circuit in Minnesota and Winter Guard International (WGI) nationally. They were the Scholastic Open division Gold Medalists at the 2002 Winter Guard International (WGI) World Championships!!

Here is a list of all the great things the guard did prior to the 2008 season. This should show up on the "About the show" page for the 2008 winter guard.

The 2008 winter color guard staff list goes here:

Gary
Lisa
Callie
Bob
Suzy
Timmy

Spiel for the 2008 Winter Color Guard show goes here.

Gary is a graduate of the University of Minnesota with a B.S. in Apparel Design. He has been the director of Irondale's extensive colorguard programs since 1990. His credits include colorguard instruction not only at many scholastic levels but also with the Blue Stars Drum and Bugle Corps and Minnesota Brass, Inc. Drum and Bugle Corps. He is the Past President of the North Star Color Guard Circuit and is affiliated with WGI. Gary is also involved in adjudication, consulting, and special event choreography both locally and nationally for the pageantry arts. Gary was a one of seven choreographers for the 1992 Super Bowl Halftime. Gary marched with Minnesota Brass, Inc. Drum and Bugle Corps, Minnesota Brass Winter Guard, Crosstown Hwy Winter Guard, and the University of Minnesota Marching Band. Gary works at FamilyMeans, a nonprofit, family service organization in Stillwater, MN.