College Credits: Arlington Heights Student Joins Iowa Marching Band

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Arlington Heights's Ella Boesen Plays For Hawkeye Marching Band

Ella Boesen, of Arlington Heights, is one of more than 260 University of Iowa students who are members of the 2022 Hawkeye Marching Band, one of the "top ten college marching bands in the nation," according to CNN Headline News and one of the Big Ten Conference's marching bands whose halftime show is "worth the watch," according to Sports Illustrated. Boesen plays the piccolo. This is Ella's first year as a member of the Hawkeye Marching Band.

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