Davenport High School Blue Devil Band Staff

Ted Reicher

Ted Reicher, band/music director.

Kathy Mc Millen

Kathy McMillen, assistant band director. Primary responsibilities include director of the sophomore band and the Jazz II. I teach woodwind sectionals in the freshman and junior/senior band and assist with the marching band. I also teach a music fundamentals (theory) class during the second term. During solo/ensemble term I direct the woodwind choirs, clarinet choirs and the flute choir.

I graduated from the University of Iowa in 1976 with a Bachelor of Music Eduacation degree. I earned my Masters of Education degree from Drake University in 1991. I started my teaching career in a suburb of Minneapolis. In 1980 I started teaching in the Davenport Schools. I spent 5 years at Smart Intermediate, 16 years at Walcott Intermediate and the last 2 years at Central High School.

I have one son who is a sophomore at the University of Iowa, majoring in Creative Writing.

Kevin Price

Kevin Price, orchestra instructor.

Scott Stulir

Scott Stulir, percussion instructor.

Sara Neumann

Sara Neumann, colorguard instructor. Sara was a former student of Davenport Central High School's music program where she was involved in marching band as a drum major in her senior year and as an assistant in her sophmore and junior year. In both band and orchestra, Sara was a member of the clarinet section. SHe was also involved with jazz band, pep band, and musical and show choir pits.

The past 3 summer seasons, Sara has marched in the colorguard of two drum and bugle corps. She marched with Capital Sound from Madison, WI in the summer of 2000 and 2001. From 2002, she marched in Colts Drum and Bugle Corps' colorguard in Dubuque, Iowa.

The past two fall and winter season were instructing Davenport Central's colorguard. The winter of 2001-2002 marked the Inaugural Year for the winterguard.

Sara looks forward to future seasons' with Davenport Central's guard program and building the program along with Lynn Theobald.

Lynn Theobald

Lynn Theobald, colorguard instructor. I have been doing colorguard since I was 9 years old. I marched with the Dubuque, Iowa Colt Cadets from 1988-1993, and with the Dubuque, Iowa Colts from 1994-1999. I guess you could say it's a family tradition: my uncle, sisters, and brother all marched (one of my sisters is still marching!).

I went to the University of Iowa and graduated in May of 2000 with a BS in Computer Science and a minor in business. Currently, I work at John Deere in Moline doing web application development. In my free time, I enjoy running and have done several of the local races like the Bix and relays in the QC Marathon.