Join us on Saturday December 19th at 2:00 PM at Wheeler Concert Hall at Casper College for our 10th Annual Christmas Concert supporting Wyoming’s veterans and first responders!
10 years ago, Dr. Matt Mitchell played his bagpipes in the lobby of Summit Medical Center to bring Scottish cheer to the Christmas season. What began as a solo Christmas performance has grown into a yearly tradition with the Lander Pipe Band, now featuring thirty bagpipers and drummers.
Over the years, as our band’s presence in the community grew and the concert’s popularity increased, our event space has grown with us. That small Summit Medical Center lobby soon changed to the Highland Park Community Church and eventually to Wheeler Concert Hall. Last year, we almost filled the concert hall with a record crowd of 400 people!
This year promises to be another wonderful afternoon of Christmas music, featuring more than just bagpipes! We are proud to welcome more than ten different instruments, bringing together the sounds of bagpipes, strings, and brass instruments. We are especially excited to feature the traditional Irish Uilleann pipes, adding a distinctive Celtic sound to our performance.
A tradition with heart
This concert is more than just Christmas music. It is an opportunity for our community to come together and show our appreciation for the men and women who have served our country and protected our communities. Since the beginning, our concert has served as an important fundraiser and opportunity to raise awareness for Wyoming for Heroes (formerly the Jerry Behrens Foundation). As a nonprofit, our mission is to support Wyoming veterans and first responders facing personal or medical crises.
We would like to extend a special thank you to Casper College for generously hosting our concert over the years. Together, we established the Jerry Behrens Foundation Scholarship, which supports Wyoming resident veterans, active-duty military personnel, and current first responders pursuing their education at Casper College. For more information about the scholarship, please contact the office of Veterans Services at Casper College.
Admission is completely FREE, and no tickets required! We simply invite you to join us for an afternoon of Christmas music and community. For those who wish to contribute, we will be accepting donations throughout the event and, for the first time this year, selling Wyoming for Heroes merchandise! All proceeds go back to Wyoming for Heroes as well as the Jerry Behrens Foundation Scholarship.
We can’t wait to celebrate with you!
This year we welcome Jake Carlson and Val Reed as our special MCs! We also want to give a special shoutout to Matt, president of Wyoming for Heroes, whose one-man bagpipe show 10 years ago inspired a community tradition in our hometown and our volunteers who make this special event possible.
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