Pella High School seniors were recognized for their efforts during their four years with the band program.

Giovy Eekhoff and Sam Beukelman, senior drum majors of the Marching Dutch, were the 2022 Director’s Choice Award winners, while Dora Roorda, trumpet player with Pella Jazz I and the Marching Dutch, won the Arion Award at the end of the academic year concert Monday. The Arion Award was established in 1948 to give national recognition to junior and senior class members chosen by their schools for outstanding achievement in band, orchestra or chorus. Students who receive Arion Awards attain both academic and community standing.

Riley Sorheim was the Dick Redman Jazz Award recipient, awarded to the most outstanding senior in the program annually.