Edmunds County Tribune -

The 31st Annual South Dakota North Area Honor Band will present their concert on Saturday, December 3, 2022 at 4 p.m. at the Johnson Fine Arts Center on the campus of Northern State University.

Dr. Haley Armstrong, director of Bands and Coordinator of Musical Activities at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, is the director for this year’s event.

Three Ipswich students, Hannah Beyers, Lawson Santema and Gavin Wollman, have been selected to participate in the Honor Band.

The South Dakota North Area Honor Band was created when area band directors began expressing an interest in providing a regional opportunity for their experienced instrumental musicians. Upon nomination by their band director, students who auditioned for the 2022 South Dakota All-State Band are seated first in the ensemble, and additional students of high caliber complete the sections. It remains the goal of the directors to increase the interest in instrumental performance and to provide a top-level learning experience for the more advanced high school band students of this area.

Representing 24 schools, approximately one hundred students have been selected to participate in the Honor Band. The 31st Annual South Dakota North Area Honor Band will present their concert on Saturday, December 3, 2022 at 4 p.m. at the Johnson Fine Arts Center on the campus of Northern State University.