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hi guys- this is what i was talking about in senate tonight. i got it from a fellow last night. note to sheila: he calls friends "buddies" at the end of the e-mail! :-) thanks- chris a. From: [log in to unmask] >Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1999 21:41:47 EST >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Not Politics, But Music >Sender: [log in to unmask] >Reply-To: [log in to unmask] > > >But, I wanted to ask your help on a new effort I'm working on--THE GUITAR >PROJECT. > >We've just started this spring. We gather old guitars from many places, fix >them up, and then loan them out for youth guitar classes. > >Our first 10-week course for middle school-aged boys and girls starts >Wednesday April 7 in Winooski. We're targeting kids not in sports or other >more traditional music programs. Kids that need a positive outlet for their >creative energies. > >ADVANCE MUSIC CENTER on Maple Street in Burlington has generously offered to >fix the guitars for free. > >We're trying to refurbish 50 guitars this year for courses in three towns. >(Burlington's next...in the fall, I think.) The kids pay $2 a week for a >1-hour group lesson and get to use the guitar for the 10 weeks. Then we get >the guitar back for more lessons, and help them get one of their own if they >want to keep playing. > >Please call me at 654-7560 or e-mail me at [log in to unmask] if you have a guitar >that's been sitting in a closet for too long that you want to liberate. (If >you want to support the effort with a small financial donation, send it to: >Winooski Youth Commission, 27 West Allen St., Winooski, VT 05404. Tax >deductible.) > >Remember: Free the guitars!! > >There's boys and girls waiting to get their hands on them. > >Thanks! > >(Feel free to pass this message on to your e-mail buddies in the area. > I'd appreciate it.) > >