Katie serves in the United States Air Force. She requested to be stationed in Texas because she has a passion for cooking armadillo. Katie purchased a set of bagpipes to place on the picnic table at a campsite in order to scare other campers from taking the adjoining sites. She decided that, since she had them, she might as well learn how to play them. In her spare time Katie raises and breeds exotic strains of the Cavia porcellus (cuis).

ckground, but it wasn't until he watched Eric Rigler pipe at Ronald Reagan's funeral that he decided to play. He has performed for local funerals, parades, school sanctioned events, Abilene Art Walk and the 2005 De Leon Peach and Melon Festival.