Lake City High School band

Stadium sounds fill school gym

Oct 9, 2019

Commander Ashley Veronen directs the Lake City Tiger marching band Tuesday, Oct. 8, in the Lincoln High School gymnasium as they rehearse for their upcoming Sounds of the Stadium Concert. The concert will be on Friday, Oct. 25, beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the gym.

Tigers perform at homecoming game

Oct 2, 2019

The Lake City High School Tiger Band performed as pep band during the football team’s homecoming game against Cannon Falls on Sept. 27. At half-time the Tigers performed their field show. Above, from left, are Lizzi Keller, Hannah LaBonte, and McKenna Beltz. Below, the trombonists are (from left)...

Spring band concert rescheduled

Mar 6, 2019

The date and start time for the spring band concert has been changed to Tuesday, March 12, at 8 p.m. The change is to accommodate other school activities that conflicted with the original date. The spring concert will feature the Junior, Cadet and Senior Bands performing under the direction of...

Spring band concert to pay tribute to Steve Ritzenthaler

Mar 14, 2018

The Lincoln High School Concert Bands, under the direction of Paul Holland and Eric Stashek, welcome The Sheldon Brass Band to perform as a part of the spring instrumental concert on Thursday, March 22 at 7 p.m., in the Lincoln Auditorium. The evening’s music will begin with the Sheldon Band at 7...

Young musicians attend jazz festival

Mar 7, 2018

Lake City Jazz students participated in the Minnesota Band Directors Association mid-level Honors Jazz concert on Saturday, March 3, at Lakeville South High School. The students studied a set of music in advance and then met with Jazz students from 16 different schools to form two honors bands...

McKenzie, Johnson reunite for movie soundtrack

Mar 7, 2018

Two former Lake Citians joined forces in the United Kingdom to record the soundtrack to a Mexican film honoring a Polish priest tortured in a concentration camp during World War II. The soundtrack to the film “Max and Me” will be released Friday, March 9, by Sony Classical International. Lake City...

Letter: A farewell to a fellow traveler

Mar 16, 2017

To the editor: The gates of heaven swung open widely on Monday morning as Steve Ritzenthaler joined the ranks of musicians playing there. Stephen J. Ritzenthaler taught instrumental music in our Lake City School District for 32 years, starting in the fall of 1969 at the age of 24 years old. Under...

Updated: Band to premiere new composition

Mar 16, 2017

The Lake City High School bands’ spring concert March 28 will be many things: a birthday party, a celebration of the Lake Pepin area, a tribute to a departed band member and the premiere of a brand new piece of music that incorporates them all. Composer Lane Powell’s “Spiritual Reflections” will...

Tiger band is first in Foley, Rochester

Jun 29, 2016

The Lake City Tiger Band finished the Minnesota portion of their summer parade season with back to back first place finishes in Foley and Rochester, followed by a second place finish in Roseville on Monday night.The Tigers saw their highest score of the year in Rochester with a 78.4, on a 100 point...

Lake City Memorial Day message: Remember vets living with PTSD

Jun 2, 2016

In her keynote address at the Lake City Memorial Day observance on May 30, United States Marine Corps Veteran Catherine Gallenberger of Wabasha said that 22 veterans and one current service member take their own lives each day. “10,000 have died by their own hand in the last 10 years,” she said, a...