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MFLA
AND STARBUCKS ONCE AGAIN DOUBLE CONTRIBUTIONS DURING
THIRD ANNUAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT DONATION DRIVE
MFLA teamed up with St. Louis Starbucks Coffee locations
for the third consecutive year in 2005 for a musical
instrument donation drive. The drive kicked off Friday,
Sept. 9 and ran through Sunday, Oct. 16, 2005. 27
Starbucks locations in the city of St. Louis and the
surrounding counties of St. Louis, St. Charles and
Jefferson accepted donations of used or new musical
instruments from customers. More than 200 instruments
and musical accessories were collected – once
again more than doubling the total collected in the
2004 Starbucks drive.
Each Starbucks customer donating an instrument received
a free beverage – and the first 100 persons
donating an instrument also received a $5 Starbucks
gift card. Donors received a tax deduction from MFLA
for the value of each donated instrument. All instruments
collected during the drive will be refurbished as
needed, are being placed in local school and community
music programs serving disadvantaged kids.
MFLA AND STARBUCKS AIM TO DOUBLE CONTRIBUTIONS DURING
THIRD
ANNUAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT DONATION DRIVE
Music
For Lifelong Achievement is teaming up with St. Louis
Starbucks Coffee locations for the third consecutive
year for a musical instrument donation drive. The
drive kicks off Friday, Sept. 9 and runs through Sunday,
Oct. 16, 2005. 27 Starbucks locations in the city
of St. Louis and surrounding counties of St. Louis,
St. Charles and Jefferson will accept donations of
used or new musical instruments from customers. All
instruments collected during the drive will be donated
to school and community music programs serving disadvantaged
kids.
Each Starbucks customer donating an instrument will
receive a free beverage – and the first 100
persons donating an instrument will receive a $5
Starbucks gift card. Donors will also get a tax
deduction from MFLA for the value of the donated
instrument. All instruments collected during the
drive will be refurbished as needed, then donated
to local school and community music programs.
“St.
Louis Starbucks Coffee Company is proud to again
partner with Music for Lifelong Achievement’s
annual instrument donation drive,” adds David
Wall, District Manager, Starbucks St. Louis. Giving
young people the opportunity to learn how to play
an instrument can impact many other areas of their
lives.”
Those who do not have a musical instrument to donate
can still help by making a tax-deductible monetary
contribution. Funds will be used to refurbish donated
instruments and purchase needed accessories such
as reeds, strings and sheet music. Donation forms
will be available at all local Starbucks locations.
PONCHO
SANCHEZ JOINS MFLA ADVISORY BOARD
Poncho Sanchez, widely acclaimed as one of the top
percussionists in the Latin jazz world, recently agreed
to join the MFLA Advisory Board. Born in Laredo, Texas
and raised in the Los Angeles area, Sanchez rose to
prominence playing percussion with noted vibes player
Cal Tjader in San Francisco in the 1970s. Sanchez
has led his own group since 1979 and has nearly 30
albums as a leader to his credit. Welcome to MFLA,
Poncho!
MFLA ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER VASSAR CLEMENTS PASSES
ON
Vassar
Clements, one of the most respected fiddle players
in American music and a member of the MFLA Advisory
Board, passed away at the age of 77 on August 2,
2005. Clements, who played on more than 2,000 recordings
during his career with the everyone from Bill Monroe,
Doc Watson and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and to
Paul McCartney, Jimmy Buffet and the Grateful Dead.
He got his start playing bluegrass with Monroe,
but his wide-ranging technique encompassed jazz,
country, rock and almost every other genre in American
music. He will be missed.
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