• The Dakota Valley Jazz Band consists of, front row from left, Jordyn Newman, Nathan Rathgeber, David Thieman, Logan Miller, Owen Norby, Titus Chartier and Director Daryl Jessen; second row, James Wakeland, Max Boelter, Jayden Axtell, Asher Johnson, Nathan Romero-Coda, Owen Oberg and Pat Phisitkul; and back, Eli Honner, Kaleb Haiar, Ashley Phillips, Jaylen Bacan, Stella Carlson, Allyson Williams, Emily Kurtz, Nick Hanson, Lewis Pick, Lauren Messersmith, Michael Daniels and Landon Green. Submitted photo
    The Dakota Valley Jazz Band consists of, front row from left, Jordyn Newman, Nathan Rathgeber, David Thieman, Logan Miller, Owen Norby, Titus Chartier and Director Daryl Jessen; second row, James Wakeland, Max Boelter, Jayden Axtell, Asher Johnson, Nathan Romero-Coda, Owen Oberg and Pat Phisitkul; and back, Eli Honner, Kaleb Haiar, Ashley Phillips, Jaylen Bacan, Stella Carlson, Allyson Williams, Emily Kurtz, Nick Hanson, Lewis Pick, Lauren Messersmith, Michael Daniels and Landon Green. Submitted photo
On Tuesday, March 28, members of the Panther jazz band visited Norfolk, NE for the Northeast Community College Jazz Band Festival. “Jazz Band received a superior plus rating from one judge and high superiors from the other two judges and finished in 4th place,” Dakota Valley Band Director Daryl Jessen detailed. “The bands that finished ahead of us finished 1st (and) 2nd at the Nebraska State…

 

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