The Ron and Sheilah Gates Department of Music at Dakota Wesleyan University will sponsor a tour of upper midwest communities in early March.

As part of DWU’s spring break, the Highlanders vocal chorus and the Wesleyan Bells will perform in eight communities March 1-6.

They will perform in the Ipswich School Theatre on Tuesday, March 5 at 1 p.m.

Recent Ipswich grads Emily Knoll and Kamryn Boettcher are chorus members.

Other stops on the tour include:

• Stillwater, Minn. First United Methodist Church on Friday, March 1 at 7 p.m.

• Elk Mound, Wis. Trinity United Methodist Church on Saturday, Marc...