Students perform at HIT

IRONWOOD - Eighty-one area high school band students gathered for a day full of music at the Historic Ironwood Theatre Tuesday.

Students from six area high school band programs participated in the annual Gogebic Range Honors Band under the direction of Nicholas Enz, assistant professor and director of bands at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa.

It was a long day, but a great day, according to Bessemer band director Dan Pitrone.

"They rehearsed from 8 until 3 and then put on a show," he said. "There was some very challenging, standard band repertoire. They did an excellent job."

Among t...