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The Dell Rapids band and choir held a unique concert on Thursday, October 8th. The musicians held an outdoor concert at the band shell at Dell Rapids City Park at 11:00 a.m. Audience members were encouraged to bring a lawn chair or blanket to enjoy the outdoor concert.

Dell Rapids High School band director Karla Pulscher said, “Not having marching band this year due to all our contests being cancelled, I wanted to have a performance sometime this fall. And being outdoors, everyone can be socially distant, and we can also play some of the songs that we started on last year but was unable to due to the shutdown.”

Putting together an outdoor concert was not without challenges. Pulscher said that there was always a worry about weather. The weather cooperated very well for the event. The students had to battle a little bit of wind, which required the use of clothes pins to keep the music from flying away. Pulscher also said the guitar players had to find battery-operated amps.

With the quick plan of having the outdoor concert and holding it in the middle of the day, Pulscher was happy with the turnout. “I think there was about 50 people there. I think it was a good turnout for a daytime event that we just put together in a few weeks of school,” she said.

The Dell Rapids School Board made the decision to purchase new uniforms for the Dell Rapids High School marching band at its regular meeting held on Monday, March 10th. Band Director Brian Smith requested the purchase of new band uniforms in November. The request was to purchase 80 uniforms for a total cost of just under $25,000, and the estimated time of order fulfillment is between 120 and 150 days. Edie Hinricher, Music Booster President, was on hand during the school board meeting and said that the Music Boosters would donate $5,000 towards the purchase of the new uniforms.

During the discussion, school board members Steve Stofferahn and Matt Weiland asked if the decision to purchase the new band uniforms should wait another month since the financial budget for FY2015 is still in the early stages of finalization. But Tom Morris, school board President, said, “I just think because of the time constraint, I would hate to wait another month, knowing that we need these uniforms, and then not have them available for next year.”

Morris then made the motion to approve the request of the purchase of new band uniforms for FY2015, with a $5,000 donation toward the purchase to come from the Music Boosters. The motion was seconded by Stofferahn. The motion passed with all member voting yes.

The full discussion can be seen on the archived video. The band uniform discussion starts at the 15:26 mark and ends at the 31:50 mark of the video “DRHS School Board 3-10-14” on the webcasts page.

Dell Rapids Band and Choir Hold Outdoor Concert

New Band Uniforms for Dell Rapids