A new season is about to begin for one of Iowa’s best marching bands. Drum Majors Stephen Gaul, Elisabeth Pumphrey, and Tess Hopkins are leading the Pella Marching Dutch into another competitive season that starts in September. The trio says this year’s show centers around the group’s participation in the esteemed Rose Parade on January 2nd, an invitation that’s considered the highest honor a high school marching band can receive in the United States. The first public performance of the Pella Marching Dutch comes at the opening football game vs. Norwalk on Friday, August 26th, and the complete show will be unveiled on Saturday, September 17th as part of a fundraiser to support the upcoming trip to California. A mattress fundraiser to support the effort is returning on Saturday, August 20th from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.