Kanable in North Area Honor Band

The 28th Annual South Dakota North Area Honor Band will present their concert on Saturday, December 1, 2018 at 7 p.m. at the Johnson Fine Arts Center on the campus of Northern State University.

Kari Kanable, IHS baritone player, will be part of the band.

Dale Fiedler, retired longtime Redfield band director, will be the guest conductor at this year's 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 2018 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.

Musicians representing 26 schools, approximately one hundred students have been selected to participate in the Honor Band.

Participating schools are Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen Christian, Aberdeen Roncalli, Castlewood, Clark, Doland, Eureka, Gettysburg, Great Plains Lutheran, Groton Area, Henry, Hoven, Howard, Huron, Ipswich, Iroquois, Langford, Leola, Milbank, Northwestern, Redfield, Selby Area, Warner, Webster Area, Wilmot, and Wolsey-Wessington.