WARTBURG COLLEGE WIND ENSEMBLE 2022 AMERICAN HERITAGE TOUR

After a quick hiatus from our tour to ensure that as many members as possible would be able to participate in tour, we hit the ground...

On Monday, May 9th, the Wind Ensemble departed the Wartburg campus at 8:30 am to start our two-week leg of the tour. As we ate our salads...

Yesterday we had a fun day in Davenport, going to the Putnam Museum, the Figge Art Museum, and the River Bandits baseball game, playing...

Today was our second day being in Davenport, and it was a free day! It started out normal, like any other day of tour, early breakfast,...

Today started out like most of our days have so far, by singing “The Lord Bless You” and the loyalty song. We then loaded the bus, and...

Today we continued our adventures at Effigy Mounds National Monument. This historic site is a two hour bus ride from Wartburg campus on...

Our adventures this afternoon took us to Backbone State Park! It is located in Delaware County, about three miles south of Strawberry...

Hey! Today the Wind Ensemble went to Iowa City, IA and Voxman Music Building, which is part of the University of Iowa School of Music....

Ahh Pella... Home of Central College, my father, the Dutch, and 1 or 2 Tulips. The first spot I went to today was the windmill. whereThe...

Today we spent the day in Pella, Iowa for tulip festival! Tulips are a huge part of the Netherlands and to the Dutch people’s culture and...

One of the first things we did in Pella was attend the Grandstand show at 1:00. The event showcased many traditions, several of which...

Today we headed off to Pella, IA for the first day of the Tulip Time festival. At the Grand Stage, a whole celebration of the town's...

Today, we went to Baxter High School. We got sack lunches provided by Wartburg, sang The Lord Bless You and Keep You and the Loyalty...

Today has been a wonderful day 6 of tour! We first went to the Clear Lake Middle and High School. We enjoyed an amazing clinic with the...

On May 2, the Wind Ensemble performed a concert at the Surf Ballroom, a significant icon in Iowa and American music history, in Clear...

Today we got to sleep in a little. We left Milwaukee around 9:45 and stopped en route to House on the Rock for lunch. I ate Jimmy Johns...

Today we loaded the bus and headed to the Amana Colonies for their Maifest! We got dropped off at about 11 and had the rest of the day to...

Hi everyone! Today, we stopped in the Amana Colonies in Iowa County. I had the opportunity to visit the Amana Heritage Museum and learn...

For day 4 of our American Heartland tour, we were able to go to House on the Rock in Spring Green, WI. If you've never been there before,...

For our evening activity in Milwaukee Wisconsin we are at a baseball game! The teams playing tonight are the Milwaukee Brewers and the...