West Music, in partnership with D’Addario Strings, will be offering a one day school supply donation and free restring event for electric guitars and acoustic six-string guitars. Participants only need to bring in school supplies donations for underprivileged students or a $5 donation. Staff will be on hand to help with restrings, and will also be available to provide advice on any additional repairs or setups.
Six-string electric guitars will be restrung with choice of D’Addario NYXL0942 or NYXL1046 strings and six-string acoustic guitars will be restrung with choice of D’Addario EXP16 or EXP17 coated strings. Customers are limited to a free restring of one of these instruments.
This exciting event will take place during store hours 10am – 5pm on Saturday, September 19, 2015 at the following West Music locations:
West Music Coralville
1212 5th Street
Coralville, Iowa 52241
319-351-2000
School supplies and proceeds will be donated to the Crisis Center of Johnson County.
West Music Cedar Falls
6322 University Avenue
Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613
319-277-1000
School supplies and proceeds will be donated to the Waterloo Community School District.
West Music Cedar Rapids/Marion
1398 Twixt Town Road
Marion, Iowa 52302
319-377-9100
School supplies and proceeds will be donated to Streamline Kids.
West Music Quad Cities/Moline
4305 44th Avenue
Moline, Illinois 61265
309-764-9300
$5.00 donation only. Proceeds will be donated to the Illinois Special Olympics.
For more information on this event please contact Kyle Ware, West Music Combo Merchandise Manager, at 319-351-2000 or at kware@westmusic.com.
About D’Addario & Company
D’Addario & Company, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets complete lines of strings for fretted and bowed musical instruments, drumheads, drumsticks, drum practice pads, and guitar and woodwind accessories under the proprietary brand names D’Addario, Planet Waves, Rico, Evans Drumheads, Pro-Mark Drumsticks, and PureSound Percussion. The company also runs theLessonroom.com and Guitar.com. D’Addario products are marketed in approximately 120 countries. Connect with D’Addario on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube and at daddario.com.
Aaron Hansen is an experienced K-6 General Music educator, passionate about bringing music to life through the Orff Approach. He holds both a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Music Education from the University of Northern Iowa. Aaron has completed comprehensive Orff Teacher Training, including three levels at the University of St. Thomas and an Orff Master Class. His dedication to the Orff method took him to the Summer International Course at the Orff Institute in Salzburg, Austria. Aaron also shares his expertise by teaching movement at various Orff Teacher Training Courses and conducting workshops for local Orff Chapters.
