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Tyron playing at the Hungry for Crawfish fest in Virginia
We donated a 71-key keyboard to Tyron last year and have promised him a full-size 88-key if he keeps his grades up for a year. He composed the second piece himself (starts at 3:08.) Amazing kid.
HFM IN THE RUNNING FOR HUGE GRANT — VOTE NOW!
Please go to hungryformusic.com/vote.html to vote for Hungry for music!!
Hungry for Music has always relied on the support and generosity of our amazing community of friends. But seldom have we had a chance to benefit so much from so little effort on your part.
Last month, HFM entered the competition in the new Pepsi Refresh Project, which gives away $1.3 million per month to “good ideas” — that is, ideas that do good. Our project is called GET INSTRUMENTAL!, a year-long, ten-city plan to get 10,000 instruments to 10,000 kids. That’s far more than we’ve ever been able to reach before.
GET INSTRUMENTAL! is competing for one of two awards of $250,000. I don’t have to tell you how much that kind of funding could mean to our outreach efforts. The awards are made based strictly on the number of votes each plan receives. Voting just opened yesterday, and we are thrilled to be in the Top Ten ideas for the largest grants!
Voting is open to anyone, it’s completely free, and you can vote every day. Please, take the time to sign up and show your support for HFM. Your vote could make a huge difference in the lives of thousands of kids!
It’s easy to get voting:
1. Check us out at http://www.refresheverything.com/getinstrumental
2. Click “Vote for This Idea.”
3. Go through the quick, free signup (to prevent internet robots from voting a million times). If you’re signed into Facebook, you can just click the “Connect with Facebook” button.
4. Spread the word! The more people who help us out, the better our chances. Please consider posting on your website, sending to your email list, posting on facebook/twitter/myspace, etc.
5. Come back and vote every day this month. Maybe even make it a habit when you start at your computer each morning. At the end of February, votes will be tallied and we hope to be in the top two!
As always, THANK YOU SO MUCH! Hungry for Music could not do what we do without the support of people like you.
Second shipment of instruments for 2010: four more electric guitars to Rock N Roll Camp for Girls in Portland, OR (six total); four electric guitars to the Intonation Workshop in Chicago, IL; one accordian, various percussion instruments, three music stands to at the Casa Timateo orphanage of Sonora, Mexico; and three… trombones, four flutes, two clarinets, and two trumpets to Arizona school with no music budget.
Third Shipment: Third shipment of instruments for 2010 going out this week: 15 violins (some violas) to children in Austin, TX (donated in the memory of Amy Farris) and 6 acoustic guitars to JAMM (Junior Appalachian Musicians) Program in Sparta, NC.
Total year-to-date instrument donations: 58
Come out and enjoy an awesome chldren’s music show with Barry Louis Polisar and Robbie Schaefer!!
When? Saturday, February 13 at 2 pm
Where? University of Maryland’s Clarice Smith Center Gildenhorn Theatre
Who? Barry Louis Polisar and Robbie Schaefer
How Much? $15.00 (Tickets go on sale soon – check back for updated info)
Why? A fundraiser for Hungry for Music in celebration of our 15th anniversary
Polisar and Schaefer are teaming for the first time in a benefit show celebrating the 15th anniversary of Hungry for Music, a nonprofit that donates musical instruments to underprivileged kids. Polisar (“Sesame Street,” “Juno”) is a pioneer in the world of books and music for children and a four-time Parents’ Choice award winner. His fans just released a 60-song CD, “We’re Not Kidding! A Tribute to Barry Louis Polisar.” Schaefer, guitarist and songwriter for the indie folk/rock band Eddie From Ohio, recorded “Songs for Kids Like Us” in 2006, which led to co-hosting XM Radio’s Kids Place Live channel and his show, “Robbie Schaefer’s Stuck in a Real Tall Tree.”
The event is co-sponsored by the Beta Eta chapter of Tau Beta Sigma, National Honorary Band Sorority, which serves the University of Maryland’s Mighty Sound of Maryland marching band.
Web sites:
Barry Louis Polisar – www.barrylou.com
Robbie Schaefer – www.robbieschaefer.com
Hungry for Music – www.hungryformusic.org
Click here to view the Facebook event page
Video:
Hungry For Music Intro Video
Hungry for Music is very pleased to announce a very generous donation by the Vanguard Charitiable Endowment.
We are very grateful for this timely gift that will allow us to expand our outreach. Hungry for Music has supported our efforts for 15 years through benefit concerts, CD sales, membership/supporter donations, and raffles and we look forward to the opportunities that a grant award enables us to do. Our heartfelt thanks to the Vanguard Charitible Endowment Fund.
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For advance ticket sales: jamminjava.com
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