The Iowa High School marching band competition season has ended, and area schools celebrated another special fall of performances across central Iowa.

For the 49th consecutive season, the Pella Marching Dutch earned a Division I “Superior” score at the Iowa High School Music Association state festival, one of the longest ongoing streaks in Iowa. In the evening, Pella claimed 1st place in Class 3A and overall at the Mid Iowa Band Championships in Ankeny with a score of 85.3. The Marching Dutch also won best percussion and color guard.

At Pella High School, several area bands competed at the Iowa High School Music Association festival, including Knoxville in Class 3A, who has had several seasons of earning a Division I score now recently and did so again Saturday, as did PCM in Class 2A.

Pleasantville made their competitive debut, scoring a Division II mark at their first appearance at the event in Class 2A.