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Quarrier Marching Band 3rd at Menno Band Days

September 30, 2014 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

The 8th Annual Menno Band Day was held on Friday, September 26th, in Menno. Both the Dell Rapids Quarrier and Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal marching bands participated in the event. 18 high school and middle school bands participated in the event broken into three different divisions.

Estelline, Tripp-Delmont, Scotland, Parker, Howard and Marion competed in the “C” Division. Howard won the division with Scotland placing second.

Freeman, Woonsocket/Sanborn Central, Dell Rapids St Mary, Platte-Geddes, and Chester competed in the “B” Division. Platte-Geddes placed first, and Chester finished second.

Dell Rapids, Dakota Valley, Tea Area, Tri-Valley, and West Central competed in the “A” Division. West Central placed first. Tea Area was second, and Dell Rapids finished third. Tea Area also picked up the “Outstanding Drum Major” Award, but Dell Rapids Drum Major Josh Benda was just one point away from winning the award for himself and Dell Rapids.

Host band Menno also performed in the Menno Band Day, and the featured college band for this year was the Northern State University Marching Wolves from Aberdeen.

Quarrier Marching Band 2nd at Hobo Days

October 7, 2013 by Matt Larson, Big Sioux Media

Mikaela Stofferahn
**Photo by Alexis Damm**

The Dell Rapids Marching Band participated in the Hobo Day parade on Saturday, October 5th, in Brookings. The Dell Rapids band received second place in Class A. Milbank received first place. The other bands in Class A were Sioux Valley, Miller, and Flandreau

The Dell Rapids Marching Band had to overcome some big obstacles in Brookings. First of all four students were missing due to injury or prior family commitments. When the students arrived in Brookings, another student had forgotten a knee brace, but manage to march through the entire parade, playing through the pain. To go along with those obstacles, the band had to also overcome several instrument malfunctions and a

Jayme Damm
**Photo by Alexis Damm**

missing group banner.

Band Director Brian Smith said, “As our time to enter the parade was quickly approaching, I could sense that the group was not focused on the long parade ahead. After a quick ‘motivational’ speech, the band seemed to pull it together. I was very happy with their efforts on Saturday. I received many compliments about the band’s performance from both strangers and colleagues I spoke with during the parade.”

Congratulations to the Dell Rapids Marching Band on their second place finish at Hobo Days!

Braeden Lightner
**Photo by Alexis Damm**