The High School District Honor Band Clinic will be on Dec. 2. They auditioned in person on Nov. 4.
The Middle School District Honor Band Clinic is on Jan. 27. They competed by submitting an audio recording, that was considered Oct. 30-Nov. 3.
Students receive audition material during the summer, then spend weeks practicing before the performance in front of a judge, Bethany Miller explained.
“You have excerpts and you sit down and work through it the best you can,” Madeleine Wanker added.
Being selected for District Band is quite an honor, Jillian Ward said, because “only a select few make it.”
The number of Iola band students named to District Band has increased in recent years.
Students named to District Band are:
Middle school
Kevon Loving, alto saxophone, first chair
Isaiah Geisler, snare drum, second chair
Raiden Stowell, trombone, third chair
Cruz Ross, marimba, third chair
