Tecumseh Band Students Find Inspiration on Pikes Peak
Tecumseh Band Director John Outon poses by the “America the Beautiful” monument at Pike’s Peak in Colorado recently. Outon took his band students on the trip, and they played a concert at the America The Beautiful Park. Photo provided.
The pieces have been percolating in the mind of Tecumseh Band Director John Outon for a long time, and everything finally came together over Labor Day weekend.
About 10 years ago, on a mission trip to Colorado Springs, CO, Outon learned that Pikes Peak helped inspire the song “America the Beautiful.”
In 1893, Katharine Lee Bates wrote the poem after seeing the view from the summit. According to Wiki…
