Kingsley Band Programs

Kingsley offers a dynamic courseload of award-winning instrumental music programs.

For the past 11 years, Kingsley bands have qualified for the State competition. In 2022, The “Marching Stags” were invited to perform alongside the Northern Michigan University marching band at their annual “Band Day” in late October. Kingsley was the only band from the lower peninsula to be invited this year.

2025-26 Schedule of Events

Two band students holding their instruments in uniform

Band instructor Lance Dubay stands in front of his students

Meet Band Director Lance Dubay

Lance Dubay has been with Kingsley Area Schools since 2018. In 2025, he won the MSBOA Teacher of the Year award for District II. He has been nominated five years in a row. He also became a member of the prestigious American School Band Director Association.

Mr. Dubay has created a legacy of excellence in the Kingsley band program. Most recently, his middle and high school programs earned straight first division ratings at District Festival in the Spring of 2025, with adjudicators noting their maturity in tone and technical precision.

That competition marked the 14th consecutive year the high school has qualified for State competition and the 16th consecutive year for the middle school.

Mr. Dubay has a B.S. in instrumental music education from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. He also studied music at Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan, and is completing a Masters in Education at NMU. While at NMU, he served as principal tuba player in the Symphonic Band, Marching Band, and Orchestra. He has also taken on the role of a guest instructor of NMU's marching band.

He also served as Drum Major in the "Pride of the North" marching band for two seasons. Prior to moving to Roseau, he served as director of the Alger County Community Band in Munising Michigan, and also director of the Superior Shores Chorale, an SSA group also based in Munising.

Mr. Dubay has served as an instructor throughout Michigan working with the award-winning Petoskey Marching band as well as band programs in Charlevoix, Portland, Ellsworth, East Jordan, Mancelona, Munising, and Detroit. Mr. Dubay is an active performer with the Northern Symphonic Winds, and the Northern Michigan Brass Band.