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The Waukon High School Music Department returned from its Iowa High School Music Association Large Group Music Festival Saturday, May 5 in Osage with a quartet of the highest ratings that can be achieved at such an event. A combined total of five vocal and band ensembles represented Waukon High School with their performances in the Class 2A division of the event that featured a dozen other similar-sized schools, with four of those five Waukon groups bringing home a Division I rating for their efforts.
The Waukon High School Concert Band, under the direction of Jo Ann Sherman, was the lone instrumental ensemble representing Waukon High School and received one of just five Division I ratings awarded at the Festival among 13 performing band ensembles. Likewise, the Waukon High School Mixed Chorus, under the direction of Sarah Palmer, also received one of just six Division I ratings awarded among 15 performances in that competition.
Also under the direction of Palmer, Waukon’s female vocal musicians claimed two of four Division I ratings among seven performances in the Treble Clef Chorus division, including the Waukon High School Women’s Choir and JV Women’s Choir. The Waukon Men’s Choir also received a Divison II rating at the event among five performances in the Bass Clef Chorus division.