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October 26, 2016

Musical instrument drive for students

Getting an unused musical instrument into the hands of a deserving student couldn’t be easier than giving to the Friends of WRR Instrument Drive.

Music lovers are invited to bring their gently-used orchestra and band instruments (no over-sized instruments, please) to the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center on Saturday, Oct. 29, from 10 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. Musical instrument donations can also be taken to any of Sewell Automotive Companies’ nine Dallas-Fort Worth locations and the Dallas Sam Ash Music store until Oct. 29.

This year’s beneficiaries — Fine Arts Chamber Players, DSO Young Strings, Dallas Winds, Fort Worth Classic Guitar Society, and Allegro Guitar Society of Dallas — then distribute the instruments to students in their respective education programs. Friends of WRR will pay for minor refurbishment of instruments that need it.

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