Members of the South Winneshiek band, which earned its second Division I rating in the past 50 years at the recent Large Group Festival, includes (front, l-r) Emmaleigh Ohrt, Leah Cullen, Tonya Schirmer, Scarlett Gansen, Mackenszie Schirmer; (second row) Celia Neuzil, Montanah Zweibohmer, Ashley Elsbernd, Brandon Frana, Hannah Franzen, Luke Knutson, Jillianne Wangsness; (third row) Jason Kuhn, Collin Hageman, Quentin Hageman, Ethan Maldonado, Isaiah Barness, Martin Hostman, Luke Davis; (back row) Brady Jaster, Isaiah Kruckman, Kyle Kuhn, Shaun Klimesh, and Jace Nahl. Missing from photo is Eryn Sabelka, Emma Houdek, Mariah Durham, Vanessa Hageman, and Logan Humpal. (Zakary Kriener photo)
South Winn band earns Division I rating
Zakary Kriener
News Writer
zkriener@fayettepublishing.com
The South Winneshiek High School band is doing big things!
At the 2019 Large Group Festival, held this spring at West Central in Maynard, the Warrior concert band earned a Division I rating and the highest scores that it has received since instructor Nathan Miller took over a decade ago.
“This is a very neat thing for our program,” said Miller. “In 2016, the band got its first Division I rating in over 50 years, so to do that twice in such a short period of time is a really great accomplishment. It is pretty hard to do!”