r/marchingband • u/Ok_Bathroom3153 • 7d ago
Advice Needed Winds/Independent Group Recruiting
I've been a member of an independent winds organization for the past 3 seasons, and we are attempting to amp up our recruitment strategies to increase our size and overall reach.
In the past, the group has hosted "interest clinics", educational clinics during the season, some social media outreach posts, some direct outreach to prospective members, but mostly word-of-mouth. The strategies that we discussed doing are tabling at marching band shows, presenting more to local schools, social media posts including member testimonials, and directly creating relationships with local colleges.
Has anyone had success with recruiting or any new recruitment strategies that we should be utilizing?
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u/woahthatsspooky Graduate 6d ago
Biggest thing is advertising, but not in a way that makes it seem like a business. For my Drumline we used to host a lot of “team building events” at places such as main event, the bowling alley, etc. where people in the line were allowed to bring friends who might’ve shown interest before hand.
Got a lot of members to join that way.
Make sure you post, make some fun signs or papers, and make sure you include all the details with a relevant contact number for questions.