Former Palatine Drum Major Directs Band at the Women’s National Championship Game - Palatine native Ria Iyer was only a sophomore when she learned she had been selected to be part of the drum major team at UCLA. Having led her Palatine High School marching band as drum major, she had enough confidence…

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