LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — WoodSongs, a broadcast firm, and folksinger Michael Johnathon have teamed up to restore tunes to Appalachia immediately after the floods.
Tunes instruments of all varieties are staying gathered now until finally Friday, Sept. 30. Right after the devices are inspected, polished and refurbished, they’ll be distributed to any person or organization afflicted by the floods for free.
“I believe that adore is the greatest transaction of the arts, it drives every thing we do, anything we build and every thing we sense,” Johnathon said in a push release. “This is a time to place our politics, opinions and divisions apart and be loving neighbors to all those in genuine, actual need. Let us not underestimate the consolation audio and art can provide to households and neighbors in a time of great loss. When the time is correct, we will be there.”
WoodSongs is asking for donations of trumpets, trombones, flutes, drums, clarinets, guitars, banjos, fiddles, mandolins, keyboards, upright basses, electric devices, amps or a lot more. You can convey your donated instrument to any of the locations outlined underneath, or ship right to Currier’s Music World in Richmond by Friday, Sep. 30:
Major drop-off and transport place:
- CURRIER’S Songs Planet
292 S 2nd St.
Richmond, KY 40475
Phone: (859) 623-6010
*incorporate ‘WoodSongs Flood Relief’ on bundle
Further fall-off locations:
- KENTUCKY Audio Hall OF FAME & MUSEUM
2590 Richmond St
Mount Vernon, KY 40456
Mobile phone: (606) 256-1000
- KENTUCKY Heart FOR Conventional Audio
Morehead Condition College
186 East Initial Road
Morehead, KY 40351
Cellphone: (606) 783-9001 - KENTUCKY Faculty OF BLUEGRASS & Common Tunes
Hazard Group Higher education
One Group Faculty Drive
Hazard, KY 41701
Phone (606) 4387-3630 - LEXINGTON General public LIBRARY
1733 Russell Cave Rd.
Lexington, KY 40505
Cellular phone: (859) 231-500 - MOUNTAIN Songs Exchange
5171 N Mayo Path
Pikeville, KY 41501
Telephone: (606) 437-5551 - MOUNTAIN Health and fitness ARENA
1 Civic, Centre Plaza
Huntington, WV 25701
Phone: (304) 696-5990 - MOUNTAIN ARTS Heart
50 Hal Rogers Dr
Prestonsburg, KY 41653
Telephone: (606) 886-2623
The day to provide instruments has been organized for Saturday, Oct. 29 at the Knott County Central Large University parking lot from 1 to 5 p.m. Any resident of the flooded parts in Knott, Letcher, Johnson, Pike, Perry or Breathitt counties can show up at and get totally free alternative devices when materials previous.