And this year's music recipients are...
Bluffton High School music department presented 2016-17 awards to seniors during a music banquet earlier this week.
Here are the award winners:
Semper Fi Award -
ELI BOURASSA
Nelson M. Hauenstein Award -
KRISTEN YOST
Marching Band Award -
JAYME SIEFER and JARET GEISER
Director’s Award for Band -
NOAH WOODRUFF and KRISTEN YOST
Director’s Award for Choir -
KRISTEN YOST
Eloise Caskey Memorial Award -
No recipient this year
John Philip Sousa Award for Band -
MEGAN SYCKS
Robert Shaw Award for Choir -
MEGAN SYCKS
Show Choir Award -
MEGAN SYCKS, KRISTEN YOST and MARLEY RUNK
Drama Award -
MARLEY RUNK and MEGAN SYCKS
Director’s Award for Orchestra -
TAD STEINER
Mullenhour Award -
JARET GEISER
Louis Armstrong Jazz Award -
TAD STEINER
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