PIERRE, (KCCR) — One of the oldest municipal bands in the state is preparing for a full 2026 at the Steamboat Park Amphitheater. Rod Bauck, Mike Vassel and Gage Ruhlman are starting their second year guiding the Capital City Band and Bauck says they are starting a little later this year…
The final performance will be July 29th. Bauck says the schedule will see one change around the Fourth of July…
Georgia Morse Middle School Band Director Mike Vassel credits his T-F Riggs counterpart Gage Ruhlman for getting more youth performers involved in the band…
This history of the Capital City Band dates back to 1882, seven years prior to the establishment of Pierre as South Dakota’s state capitol.
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