Le Mars, Iowa — (as reported by the Lyon County News): The Northwest Iowa Bandmasters Association held its jazz band festival for over 50 bands from 33 northwest Iowa schools at Le Mars on Monday.
They were split up into six divisions and started competing at 8:00 a.m. on Monday morning. The top two high school bands from their division will be selected and will compete in the Iowa Jazz Championships next month.
Here are the results:
Class 1A:
5th place Gehlen Catholic
4th place Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn
3rd place (Wild Card Eligible) Woodbury Central
2nd place Newell-Fonda
1st place Kingsley-Pierson
Class 2A:
5th place Central Lyon
4th place Sibley-Ocheyedan
3rd place (Wild Card Eligible) Sioux Center I
2nd place West Lyon
1st place Okoboji
Class 3A:
5th place Spirit Lake
4th place Spencer
3rd place (Wild Card Eligible) MOC-Floyd Valley I
2nd place Bishop Heelan
1st place Le Mars Community
Class 4A
5th place Sioux City East II
4th place Sioux City West
3rd place (Wild Card Eligible) Storm Lake
2nd place Sioux City East I
1st place Sioux City North I
Story courtesy of our news partner, the Lyon County News newspaper in George, Iowa.
