All-State nod sounds sweet in Sibley
By Tim Gallagher | Posted: Friday, October 31, 2008
Sibley-Ocheyedan High School senior Rachel Poss is a three-time all-stater in percussion. The straight-A student plans to attend the University of South Dakota. She's also Dorothy in the school's upcoming performance of "Wizard of Oz." (Photo by Tim Gallagher)
SIBLEY, Iowa -- Rachel Poss didn't sound confident. She didn't even stand to watch the all-state lists posted.
"We were putting the instruments and everything into the trailer," said Poss, a senior at Sibley-Ocheyedan High School.
"Then Mr. Carlson came up and told me I had made it," Poss said of her band instructor, Peter Carlson. "I gave him the biggest hug!"
Like hundreds of Iowa high school musicians, Saturday was HUGE in the life of percussionist Poss. She auditioned for a spot with the 62nd Annual Iowa High School All-State Music Festival. Seventeen percussionists auditioned in Northwest Iowa. Two earned a spot in the band.
This is Poss' third year as an all-stater. She'll be one of 10 Sibley-Ocheyedan musicians performing at the Nov. 22 festival in Ames, the most in at least 25 years for the Generals' band program. The event is broadcast twice over the Thanksgiving holiday on Iowa Public Television.
Poss described the day as nerve-racking. After loading instruments early Saturday morning, the crew traveled to Storm Lake High School for her 10:45 a.m. audition. She played snare drum, tympani and marimba for a judge, selecting a longer solo on the marimba, her favorite instrument.
She then headed outside the room and waited. And waited. And waited.
The judge asked six of the 17 to return for a recall performance. Like the initial audition, these second efforts took 20 minutes apiece.
"It was a very stressful day of waiting," said Poss, the daughter of Wayne Poss and Dan and Brenda Hoffman.
Unable to take the pressure, she began loading her instruments in a trailer for a long drive home. That's when Carlson emerged with the best of news. She had made it.
Whew!
"I wouldn't have been happy at all to be an alternate," said Poss, who intends to study music at the University of South Dakota. "People don't realize that just because you get in one year, you'll get in the next. Everybody you're competing against is getting better."
The all-state nod occurs during a busy stretch for this straight-A student. She's also Dorothy in the high school's "Wizard of Oz" production that shows Nov. 7-8.
Which is more difficult?
"The all-state audition was harder than being Dorothy so far," she said. "I'm not competing against anyone in playing Dorothy. Maybe I'll think differently about it next week when we perform."
Following is a list of Siouxland High School musicians who will play at the Iowa High School All-State Music Festival Nov. 22 at Hilton Coliseum in Ames. Sioux City Metro musicians were listed in Sunday's Journal.
Orchestra all-staters
JanelleBolkema, Unity Christian
Jacob Thiele, North
Ben Walding, North
Miles Boone, Sioux Center
Sam Leonard, Le Mars
Hannah Mcgarvey, MOC-Floyd Valley
Alexis Wiersma, Unity Christian
Greg Drilling, East
Lucy Macfarland, West
Katelyn Warburton, Okoboji
Marni Shoemaker, West Sioux
Alyssa Carlson, Spencer
Brandon Brockshus, Sibley-Ocheyedan
Tom Cullen, Storm Lake
Choir all-staters
Emily Bush, Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn
Elizabeth Chilton, East
Ceara Corden, East
Amanda Coury, Bishop Heelan
Ashley Den Hoed, Western Christian
Amber Harrington, East
Angela Jensen, West Harrison
Megan Kinney, Le Mars
Kayla Kjeldseth, North
Beth Korleski, Southern Cal, Lake City
Mia Kornelis, Unity Christian
Laura McDowell, Storm Lake
Julia Olson, Spencer
Magie Quail, Denison-Schleswig
Ali Trigg, Sioux Center
Jillian Daane, East
Lauren Davies, Logan-Magnolia
Kelsey Duhrkopf, Carroll
Katelyn Ewing, Le Mars
Rochelle Feldkamp, Sibley-Ocheyedan
Kelsie Hardison, West Monona
Jennifer Harvison, Bishop Heelan
Carley Hoogendoorn, Rock Valley
Allyson Howard, East
Bridget Hughes, Carroll
Natalie Keane, Bishop Heelan
Miranda Raymond, Carroll
Julia Schettler, Carroll
Emily Stansislav, West Monona
Anna Tecken, George-Little Rock
Sarah Webb, Spirit Lake
Tiara Wentz, Le Mars
Emily Brewer, Le Mars
Tori Chamberlain, West Harrison
Meghan Flannery, Bishop Heelan
Pam Fountoulakis, West
Tanna Henkelman, Carroll
Katelyn Hoff, West Harrison
Nicole Plueger, LeMars
Carolie Ramaekers, Carroll
Anna Robison, Spencer
Jackie Scott, Sioux Center
Melina Sherman, East
Renee Smith, East
Kari Strief, East Sac County
Kelsey Vetter, Denison-Schleswig
Shelby Book, East
Erica Doud, Carroll
Kayah Gausman, East
Allison Nash, East
Shelby O'Bannon, Storm Lake
Christina Riessen, Denison-Schleswig
Betty Stewart, North
Katherine Tindall, Akron-Westfield
Grace Vezeau, North
Madison Warder, West
Cathleen Watters, Southern Cal, Lake City
Sam Wempe, Carroll
Gregg Danner, Bishop Heelan
Dylan Hoekstra, Western Christian
Matthew Hugen, East
Connor O'Brien, Bishop Heelan
Palani Permeswaran, Le Mars
Daniel Poppen, East
David Puruolte, Unity Christian
Blair Remmers, Sioux Center
Anthony Schimek, Le Mars
Ryan Sitzmann, Le Mars
Kyle Bennett, Carroll
Sam Bonnecnoy, MOC-Floyd Valley
David Bruxvoort, Sioux Center
Alex Burtner, Bishop Heelan
Dalton Crocker, Carroll
Scott Cullen, Carroll
Carter Daniels, Le Mars
Jacob Fox, Sibley-Ocheyedan
AlexHoefling, West Harrison
Ben Holzrichter, North
Kristopher Johnson, East
Joel Kaldahl, Spencer
Judd Kirk, Boyer Valley
Austin Klett, Clay Central-Everly
Jordan Otto, Southern Cal, Lake City
Stephen Schager, East
Kyle Soat, Sibley-Ocheyedan
Ben Tecken, George-Little Rock
Trent Dahlin, Carroll
Spencer Darrow, Storm Lake
Nathan Davis, East
Peter Douglas, Storm Lake
Tyler Hoff, West Harrison
Jon Houswald, Sioux Center
David King, Le Mars
Ryan Rydberg, Odebolt-Arthur
Sam Schroeder, Le Mars
Jimmy Thelen, Bishop Heelan
Andrew Vereen, North
Nathan Young, Le Mars
Joel Barkel, Western Christian
Nick Brincks, Kuemper Catholic
James Glade, Sibley-Ocheyedan
John Graham, East
Tony Hansen, Westwood, Sloan
Nate Hettinger, Le Mars
Morgan Kremer, Spencer
Ethan Mcmanigal, West
Titus Wamala, Western Christian
Elijah Wolf, Denison-Schleswig
Band all-staters
Kieran Cullen, Storm Lake
Katy Shevel, Storm Lake
Mariah Meyers, West
Kiersten Vanwyhe, North
Katharine Robotham, Le Mars
Alexandra Gobell, Bishop Heelan
Erika Verburg, Sioux Center
Elizabeth Horneber, North
Katie Schulz, Storm Lake
Elise Burnham, Spencer
Justin Lo, Denison-Schleswig
Erin Safley, Sioux Central
Emily Wohlers, Denison-Schleswig
Janae Harlow, Denison-Schleswig
Kristi Davis, Storm Lake
Kayla Josephson, Laurens-Marathon
Courtney Sorensen, Denison-Schleswig
Sarah Chandler, Denison-Schleswig
Gabe Scheid, North
Rebecca Mataloni, Sibley-Ocheyedan
Devin Van Helsteijn, Spencer
Josh Tutje, Sibley-Ocheyedan
Emily Bradfield, Sibley-Ocheyedan
Tyler Gustafson, Spirit Lake
Kristen Ahlers, Le Mars
Matt Honken, Sibley-Ocheyedan
Spencer Cloud, East
Jordan Nothdurft, North
Sarah Mahnken, Denison-Schleswig
Mihael Seelely, Spencer
Kris Ohrlund, Le Mars
Emily Hutchins, Gehlen Catholic
Rachel Poss, Sibley-Ocheyedan
"We were putting the instruments and everything into the trailer," said Poss, a senior at Sibley-Ocheyedan High School.
"Then Mr. Carlson came up and told me I had made it," Poss said of her band instructor, Peter Carlson. "I gave him the biggest hug!"
Like hundreds of Iowa high school musicians, Saturday was HUGE in the life of percussionist Poss. She auditioned for a spot with the 62nd Annual Iowa High School All-State Music Festival. Seventeen percussionists auditioned in Northwest Iowa. Two earned a spot in the band.
This is Poss' third year as an all-stater. She'll be one of 10 Sibley-Ocheyedan musicians performing at the Nov. 22 festival in Ames, the most in at least 25 years for the Generals' band program. The event is broadcast twice over the Thanksgiving holiday on Iowa Public Television.
Poss described the day as nerve-racking. After loading instruments early Saturday morning, the crew traveled to Storm Lake High School for her 10:45 a.m. audition. She played snare drum, tympani and marimba for a judge, selecting a longer solo on the marimba, her favorite instrument.
She then headed outside the room and waited. And waited. And waited.
The judge asked six of the 17 to return for a recall performance. Like the initial audition, these second efforts took 20 minutes apiece.
"It was a very stressful day of waiting," said Poss, the daughter of Wayne Poss and Dan and Brenda Hoffman.
Unable to take the pressure, she began loading her instruments in a trailer for a long drive home. That's when Carlson emerged with the best of news. She had made it.
Whew!
"I wouldn't have been happy at all to be an alternate," said Poss, who intends to study music at the University of South Dakota. "People don't realize that just because you get in one year, you'll get in the next. Everybody you're competing against is getting better."
The all-state nod occurs during a busy stretch for this straight-A student. She's also Dorothy in the high school's "Wizard of Oz" production that shows Nov. 7-8.
Which is more difficult?
"The all-state audition was harder than being Dorothy so far," she said. "I'm not competing against anyone in playing Dorothy. Maybe I'll think differently about it next week when we perform."
Following is a list of Siouxland High School musicians who will play at the Iowa High School All-State Music Festival Nov. 22 at Hilton Coliseum in Ames. Sioux City Metro musicians were listed in Sunday's Journal.
Orchestra all-staters
JanelleBolkema, Unity Christian
Jacob Thiele, North
Ben Walding, North
Miles Boone, Sioux Center
Sam Leonard, Le Mars
Hannah Mcgarvey, MOC-Floyd Valley
Alexis Wiersma, Unity Christian
Greg Drilling, East
Lucy Macfarland, West
Katelyn Warburton, Okoboji
Marni Shoemaker, West Sioux
Alyssa Carlson, Spencer
Brandon Brockshus, Sibley-Ocheyedan
Tom Cullen, Storm Lake
Choir all-staters
Emily Bush, Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn
Elizabeth Chilton, East
Ceara Corden, East
Amanda Coury, Bishop Heelan
Ashley Den Hoed, Western Christian
Amber Harrington, East
Angela Jensen, West Harrison
Megan Kinney, Le Mars
Kayla Kjeldseth, North
Beth Korleski, Southern Cal, Lake City
Mia Kornelis, Unity Christian
Laura McDowell, Storm Lake
Julia Olson, Spencer
Magie Quail, Denison-Schleswig
Ali Trigg, Sioux Center
Jillian Daane, East
Lauren Davies, Logan-Magnolia
Kelsey Duhrkopf, Carroll
Katelyn Ewing, Le Mars
Rochelle Feldkamp, Sibley-Ocheyedan
Kelsie Hardison, West Monona
Jennifer Harvison, Bishop Heelan
Carley Hoogendoorn, Rock Valley
Allyson Howard, East
Bridget Hughes, Carroll
Natalie Keane, Bishop Heelan
Miranda Raymond, Carroll
Julia Schettler, Carroll
Emily Stansislav, West Monona
Anna Tecken, George-Little Rock
Sarah Webb, Spirit Lake
Tiara Wentz, Le Mars
Emily Brewer, Le Mars
Tori Chamberlain, West Harrison
Meghan Flannery, Bishop Heelan
Pam Fountoulakis, West
Tanna Henkelman, Carroll
Katelyn Hoff, West Harrison
Nicole Plueger, LeMars
Carolie Ramaekers, Carroll
Anna Robison, Spencer
Jackie Scott, Sioux Center
Melina Sherman, East
Renee Smith, East
Kari Strief, East Sac County
Kelsey Vetter, Denison-Schleswig
Shelby Book, East
Erica Doud, Carroll
Kayah Gausman, East
Allison Nash, East
Shelby O'Bannon, Storm Lake
Christina Riessen, Denison-Schleswig
Betty Stewart, North
Katherine Tindall, Akron-Westfield
Grace Vezeau, North
Madison Warder, West
Cathleen Watters, Southern Cal, Lake City
Sam Wempe, Carroll
Gregg Danner, Bishop Heelan
Dylan Hoekstra, Western Christian
Matthew Hugen, East
Connor O'Brien, Bishop Heelan
Palani Permeswaran, Le Mars
Daniel Poppen, East
David Puruolte, Unity Christian
Blair Remmers, Sioux Center
Anthony Schimek, Le Mars
Ryan Sitzmann, Le Mars
Kyle Bennett, Carroll
Sam Bonnecnoy, MOC-Floyd Valley
David Bruxvoort, Sioux Center
Alex Burtner, Bishop Heelan
Dalton Crocker, Carroll
Scott Cullen, Carroll
Carter Daniels, Le Mars
Jacob Fox, Sibley-Ocheyedan
AlexHoefling, West Harrison
Ben Holzrichter, North
Kristopher Johnson, East
Joel Kaldahl, Spencer
Judd Kirk, Boyer Valley
Austin Klett, Clay Central-Everly
Jordan Otto, Southern Cal, Lake City
Stephen Schager, East
Kyle Soat, Sibley-Ocheyedan
Ben Tecken, George-Little Rock
Trent Dahlin, Carroll
Spencer Darrow, Storm Lake
Nathan Davis, East
Peter Douglas, Storm Lake
Tyler Hoff, West Harrison
Jon Houswald, Sioux Center
David King, Le Mars
Ryan Rydberg, Odebolt-Arthur
Sam Schroeder, Le Mars
Jimmy Thelen, Bishop Heelan
Andrew Vereen, North
Nathan Young, Le Mars
Joel Barkel, Western Christian
Nick Brincks, Kuemper Catholic
James Glade, Sibley-Ocheyedan
John Graham, East
Tony Hansen, Westwood, Sloan
Nate Hettinger, Le Mars
Morgan Kremer, Spencer
Ethan Mcmanigal, West
Titus Wamala, Western Christian
Elijah Wolf, Denison-Schleswig
Band all-staters
Kieran Cullen, Storm Lake
Katy Shevel, Storm Lake
Mariah Meyers, West
Kiersten Vanwyhe, North
Katharine Robotham, Le Mars
Alexandra Gobell, Bishop Heelan
Erika Verburg, Sioux Center
Elizabeth Horneber, North
Katie Schulz, Storm Lake
Elise Burnham, Spencer
Justin Lo, Denison-Schleswig
Erin Safley, Sioux Central
Emily Wohlers, Denison-Schleswig
Janae Harlow, Denison-Schleswig
Kristi Davis, Storm Lake
Kayla Josephson, Laurens-Marathon
Courtney Sorensen, Denison-Schleswig
Sarah Chandler, Denison-Schleswig
Gabe Scheid, North
Rebecca Mataloni, Sibley-Ocheyedan
Devin Van Helsteijn, Spencer
Josh Tutje, Sibley-Ocheyedan
Emily Bradfield, Sibley-Ocheyedan
Tyler Gustafson, Spirit Lake
Kristen Ahlers, Le Mars
Matt Honken, Sibley-Ocheyedan
Spencer Cloud, East
Jordan Nothdurft, North
Sarah Mahnken, Denison-Schleswig
Mihael Seelely, Spencer
Kris Ohrlund, Le Mars
Emily Hutchins, Gehlen Catholic
Rachel Poss, Sibley-Ocheyedan
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