@dgnbands Uniform Day! #WeAreDGN #99Learns

Despite an electrical storm that took out our computer servers, and slowed down our ability to move students through the fitting process, the parents and students of the DGN Bands were incredible today as we worked to put nearly 200 students into our new uniforms!

Heartfelt thanks are extended to our incredible parent volunteers for their tireless work today.

Star Wars Night #WeAreDGN #99Learns #TheseArentTheDroidsYoureLookingFor

Band Camp Day 2 #WeAreDGN #99Learns

Our students are working efficiently with great spirit and musicianship. The 2016 Trojan Marching Band is showing early promise!

Marching Band Section Colors Night

2016 Band Camp Opens for Class of 2020

Today we welcomed the Class of 2020 to our @dgnbands family. Our newcomers did a great job learning marching fundamentals this morning, and we enjoyed hearing from Principal Janice Schwarze.

The full 200+ member band was in music rehearsal this afternoon and will hit the practice field after dinner tonight.

@dgnbands #DGNForceAwakens Begins Today! #WeAreDGN

200+ members of the DGN Trojan Marching Band report to campus today to begin a new musical journey!

Percussion & Color Guard Mini Camps #WeAreDGN #99Learns

The Trojan Marching Band Color Guard and Percussion sections opened 2016 Mini Camps this morning and are already hard at work learning material for the 2016 season.

Leaders Prep For Band Camp 2016 #WeAreDGN #99Learns

The DGN Band's Drum Majors and Section Captains are hard at work this week reviewing marching techniques while studying communication strategies and the traits of successful leadership.

Leaders Welcome DGN Bands Class of 2020! #WeAreDGN

Many thanks are extended to the DGN Marching Band Leadership Team for hosting a welcome-party for the Class of 2020!  We are really looking forward to having these students with us as they join the DGN Band in our 89th year!

DGN Band Student Leaders Learn The Ropes #WeAreDGN #99Learns

The 2016 DGN Marching Band Student Leadership Team spent the day at the Lincoln Marsh High Ropes and Teams Course. It's clear that this group of students will be effective and dedicated leaders!

DGN Visual Artist Honored at National Scholastic Awards / Carnegie Hall #99Learns #WeAreDGN @Dist_99

The most advanced visual artists and writers from around the nation were celebrated at Carnegie Hall this past June.  Aubrey Saha, earning a National Gold Medal, traveled to New York to receive her national medal.  In addition to Saha's accomplishment, DGN students Jessica Novotny, Olivia Wojciak and Angela Wong each earned National Silver Medals this year.

Since 1923, the Scholastic Art and Writing Writing Awards are the nation’s longest-running and most prestigious award and recognition program for creative teens. This year the Scholastic Awards received 320,000  submissions for the 2016 program year. Receiving a National Medal from the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards places these student artists within the top 1% of all submissions from a national pool of art work.

Watch the entire National Awards Ceremony by CLICKING HERE.

Congratulations to Aubrey Saha, and her mentor teacher Marty Voelker. Well done!