The Minuteman Marching
Band is fund raising for a much-needed facility to house one of the best marching bands in the country. Preliminary plans for a new home, near the Mullins Center, include administrative offices; instrument and uniform storage; a locker room; separate rehearsal areas for percussion, brass, and wind players; and a homey building comparable to the Old Chapel.

“We need a place for 350 band members to congregate, study, rehearse, network, and become a cohesive unit,” says band alumnus Barry Pilson ’81.

Pilson and 3,000 fellow band alumni will be key players in funding the new facility, says George Parks. “To realize this dream, we need their help. We are kicking off the ‘Thousand for a Thousand’ campaign to raise the first million dollars. I am looking for 1,000 friends and alumni who will pledge $1,000 apiece for this most deserving venue.”

For all those ever touched by our much ballyhooed marching band, the time has come to help bring it back home.

• For more information, or to make a donation, contact Carol-Ann Batchelder at carolann@hfa.umass.edu.