Pipe Band Startup
Pipe Band Startup
Melissa founded the Lander Pipe Band in 2001. She has taught all of the pipers in the band and had mentored and trained the drummers in the band to produce a prize-winning ensemble performance at the Grade 5 level. All this has been accomplished in a town with a population of 7,000. Melissa can provide guidance to your band on how to build a band in a small town setting.
Band Startup
All bands start somewhere – SMALL. However, you don’t have to sacrifice quality of the music to do this. Melissa can provide guidance to band leaders on starting a band from “scratch”. Her strategies are geared toward groups who may already be affiliated with a fire department or other public entity but want to raise the level of the playing ability among the band members.
Recruitment in a Small Town
Things that hit home. For Melissa’s band it was the September 11th attacks in 2001 that was the impetus for the band. Immediately after 9/11, there was an effort among all the pipe bands in North America to recognize the lives lost and the heroism of those who died in the September 11th attacks on the United States. The answer to this call for Melissa Bautz started in the town of Lander, WY with a population of 7,000 on October 11, 2001. Piping students of Melissa’s gathered to perform in City Park. They were scarcely ready for the task, but their performance to honor the sacrifices of those who died and the sacrifices of their families sparked a community interest in piping and also connected our group directly with the local Fire Department. The Lander Pipe Band was born.
