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A design by a Luverne High School junior will be used on this year’s Tri-State Band Festival button.
Katharine Kelm’s design features four band members, two musical notes and words noting the upcoming event. The band members include a drum major, instrumentalist, drummer and a color guard member.
“I like that the image had a flag girl,” she said. “A lot of images didn’t include them.”
Kelm and the other students in Bill Thompson’s graphic design class this spring were challenged to create a button design, practicing skills learned working with a computer program.
“We got to be more creative instead of being told what to do (in the design program),” Kelm said.
The students searched for suitable graphics and works to position the necessary verbiage on the round button. Kelm kept her design simple, easily readable and chose only three colors: Red, white and black.
“I liked the cleanness of the straight lines,” she said.
Band festival committee members thought so, too, awarding Kelm the $50 for the winning design.
“I was surprised,” said Kelm, who is not a band student. “I didn’t think I would win.”
Kelm is the daughter of Joel and Sandra Kelm of Luverne.
The band festival is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 25.
Parade competition begins at 9:30 a.m. on Main Street Luverne, and the field competition begins at 12:30 p.m. at the Luverne High School football field.
One button costs $10 and is necessary for entrance to the field competition. A $2 coupon is included with the button, redeemable at the Luverne Music Boosters’ concession stand at the field competition.
The price is an increase from previous years.
“Button prices haven’t increased in over 20 years,” said Jane Wildung-Lanphere, Luverne Area Chamber director and band festival committee member. “The committee needs to generate revenue to cover the increasing costs of the competition.”
This is the 70th year of the band festival.
The festival was canceled in 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Buttons are available at the Luverne Area Chamber office.