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The Dakota Valley Jazz Band brought home first place honors from the University of South Dakota’s Jazz Band Festival in Vermillion March 19. Pictured are, from front left, Nate Rathgeber, Eli Honner, Bailey Hermes, Stella Carlson, Ashley Phillips and Emma Barnett; middle, Shia Deanda Dietrich, David Thieman, Michael Daniels, James Wakeland, Max Bolter, Kaleb Haiar, JaeLyn Bacan, Lauren Messersmith and Chloe Strawn; and back, Daryl Jessen, Ian Greene, Joey Furlong, Landon Greene, Ben Phillips, Isaac Klemme,
Jazz band members for the Panthers brought home first place honors from the University of South Dakota Jazz Band Festival in Vermillion on Tuesday, March 19.“This was a very tough contest as some of the top Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota jazz bands were there,” detailed DV band director Daryl Jessen. “One of the Iowa schools finished as the top in Northwest Iowa while the Nebraska school…
