The Pella High Marching Dutch are hosting the 7th annual Marching Dutch Invitational next weekend.
Area bands will come and compete on Saturday, September 24th at the Pella High School Football Stadium. Twenty-two of the area’s best high school marching bands will compete for top honors in three classes, including Knoxville and PCM. The Marching Dutch will also provide a special exhibition performance of their 2016 fall program “¡España!”. Competition will start at 4:30 p.m. with gates open to the general public starting at 3:30 p.m. Cost for the event is $7.00 for Adults, $4.00 for Students, and children 5 and under are free.
Participating schools (classification) in order of appearance include:
Newton (4A), Bondurant-Farrar (3A), Knoxville (3A), Belle Plaine (2A), Prairie City-Monroe (2A), Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont (2A), South Tama (3A), Carlisle (3A), Williamsburg (3A), North Polk (3A), Humboldt (3A), Winterset (3A), Oskaloosa (3A), Dallas Center-Grimes (3A), Indianola (3A), Roosevelt (4A), Ottumwa (4A), Marshalltown (4A), Ankeny Centennial (4A), Dowling Catholic (4A), Cedar Rapids John F. Kennedy (4A), Pella (3A Exhibition).