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.: Guard :.At the age of 4, young Jason began his journey into performing arts. He was introduced to the world of twirling by his cousins. Jason began to attend the lessons and quickly joined in on the fun. It quickly became a passion. By the following year, the instructors decided to put him into the rifle class where he could be a little more masculine in the sport. That lead to short pole(sabre) work. Jason kept taking lessons for another year, but the classes closed. The little boy kept spinning. Every chance he had was spent spinning a rifle or a baton. It wasn't accepted for boys to participate, so Jason had to just do it on his own. His cousins would show him what they had learned, and he'd mimic the moves. Jason had always enjoyed watching the marching bands and flag corps. The fall color guards were basic, but were amazing to him. He wasn't ever allowed to participate because it wasn't accepted in the small town for boys to be interested in what girls were into. Young Jason decided to join the band as his outlet for performing arts desires. If you're interested in that story, check out the music page. To make this a shorter story, we'll jump to where Jason actually participated in a guard. After a long desire to be in a guard finally pushed him to try, Jason forced his college to allow him to be a member of their color guard. It was one of the most enjoyable outlets of performance that he had. Jason began teaching for high schools throughout the Midwest. His connections from his college classmates lead him to a lot of experience teaching for high school color guards. This experience even lead to a few opportunities with some theatre troupes for elaborate productions. It wasn't enough to just teach for some high schools. That's when Jason looked into finding organizations that did it more on a competitive level. He quickly found out about WGI. It was too late for his chance to perform with any novice organizations. He quickly joined up with an organization called Art101 as a staff member. It was a great opportunity for him to keep learning and to hone his skills and teach what he had already learned throughout his life. Some High Schools Jason Geldmacher worked with: Westerville North High
School - Fall 2005 Instructor Winter Guards Jason Geldmacher worked with: Art101
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