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 current North Star Color Guard Circuit President and 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.

Bill Sucha (pronounced sooch-ha) is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, River Falls with a BME in Music Education. His primary instruments are saxophone and voice. He has been instructing bands, orchestras, or choirs with the Mounds View District music staff since 1996—his primary location has been at Irondale High School. He has been the Director of the Marching Knights since his arrival at Irondale and supervises all marching activities. He has been the recipient of several awards and honors including: marching band adjudicator for the Fiesta Bowl, the 2001 Minnesota representative for the “50 Directors Who Make a Difference” feature in the School Band and Orchestra magazine, presenter for the Nebraska Band Directors Association Convention, and a 2000 WCCO Radio Good Neighbor. He has been on the North Star Color Guard Circuit, Minnesota Percussion Association, Royal Guard Drum and Bugle Corp, and Minnesota Brass Senior Drum and Bugle Corp executive boards in addition to many years of colorguard experience. He was corps director of the Blue Stars Drum and Bugle Corps from 2003 to 2006.