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Bob Carlson

Mr. Bob Carlson graduated in 1965, with the Regents diploma, from Lake Shore Central High School in Angola, New York. He took various courses from the State University of New York at Fredonia before enrolling at Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, South Dakota. There, he received his Bachelor of Music Education Degree in 1969. In 1977, Carlson received his Master of Music Education degree from the University of South Dakota in Vermillion. Since then, he has completed forty-nine additional graduate hours toward his Doctorate from various universities throughout the Midwest.

In the fall of 1969, Carlson began teaching with the Parkston, South Dakota schools. He taught there for nine years until 1978. In 1978, he began teaching in the Pipestone, Minnesota schools. Over his twenty-one years, he built that organization into one of Minnesota’s premier bands. In August, 2009 Mr. Carlson will began his twelfth year at Lincoln High School.

Carlson directs the Symphonic and Varsity Bands, Jazz I and Jazz III, as well as the Pep Band.

Dan Carlson

Mr. Dan Carlson graduated in 1994 from Pipestone High School in Pipestone, Minnesota. In 1999, he received his Bachelor of Music Education degree from South Dakota State University in Brookings. Prior to his graduation from SDSU, he student-taught in Luverne, Minnesota. He also received his Masters of Music Education from the American Band College of Southern Oregon University during the summers of 2002 through 2004.

Carlson was a Drum Major for the Pride of the Dakotas marching band at SDSU from 1995 through 1998. In 1992 and 1997 he was a member of Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps. With his older brother, Kevin, Mr. C wrote the drills for Lincoln’s 1999-2001 fall marching shows. He also writes drills for many high school and college marching bands around the United States. Mr. C, is beginning his eleventh year (2009) at Lincoln this August, and directs the Concert and Freshman Bands, as well as Jazz Band II.