THE UNIVERSITY DARY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 2009
NEWS
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McCollum said that after teaching Hannemann for about a year, Hannemann told him how much he
thing he had been taught.
"I told him to promise me something," McCollum said. "Teach someone else, just like the way I taught you. To keep the music alive."
For two and a
"I was playing and everyone, even tough generals, started crying. It's a very powerful instrument."
half years, Hannemann has played on Massachusetts street with a tip jar and business cards.
CHRIS HANNEMANN Wichita junior
To advertise his business, Hannemann is on Craigslist, and gets hired most often at funerals and weddings.
"I advertise because a lot of people don't even know it's there and available to them," Hannenn said.
Josh Connor, Lawrence resident ran into Hannemann in February when they were both advertising their instruments at the Lawrence Arts Center.
"Chris called me about my drum lessons, told me about his bagpiping, and we started playing and listening
to Zeppelin together," Connor said.
On St. Patrick's Day, Connor saw Hannemann playing near The Replay on Massachusetts Street and told him he would love to play his drums with him sometime. The first time the two practiced together a
neighbor called the police on them, Connor said.
"I looked back, and there was an officer standing there," Connor said. "He said, 'Well boys, you sound good, but we do have noise complaints."
Hannemann said he has played at about 10 events in the last year, and his most memorable was a military funeral.
"I was playing and everyone, even tough generals, started crying," Hannemann said. "It's a really powerful instrument."
Although Hannemann said that business was sometimes hard to come by, and that it was a spur of the moment kind of thing, he said he loved doing it.
"I will have two gigs in a month, then none for another four months." Hannemann said. "It always comes in waves."
Hannemann said that his audience ranged from 6-year-olds to 60-year-olds, and that his outfit caught many eyes.
Seeing how people react to his outfit is a highlight to Hannemann's job, he said. However, the technical side of his job is not.
Bagpiper Chris Hanneman, Wichita junior, performs inside the Campanile Sunday evening.
"I get asked from women more than any other question 'Are you wearing underwear under there.' Hannemann said. "I say, 'You wear skirts with underwear; I wear a kilt with underwear.'"
"It takes a lot of work to keep it sounding good," Hannemann said. "Bagpipes are a very technical instrument."
Chance Dibben/KANSAN
Hannemann said that when the nice weather came this summer, he began playing on the hill by the
After hearing Hannemann play from across campus and around town, J.R. Harper, Lawrence resident, decided to stop and listen.
"People say they've heard me from like a mile and a half away." Hannemann said. "Younger people come see what it is, hide behind bushes, then run away."
Campanile every Sunday at 8 p.m.
Harper said he became interested in bag pipes because of a bag pipe
marching band back in his hometown.
Harper said that last weekend was the second time he had gone to the Campanile to hear Hannemann play, but that it wouldn't be his last.
"He plays really well," Harper said as he listened to Hannemann play. "I've heard him a lot of different places. It's awesome."
Edited by Hannah DeClerk
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