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| First Street Music and Sound Company owner Steve Briscoe (from left), First Street Music and Sound Company manager Danny Garbett and Southside Recreation Center supervisor Wayne Jernigan test musical instruments Monday at Southside Recreation Center. The instruments pictured were donated to the center by First Street Music and Sound Company for the facility’s after school program. TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter |
Owner of First Street Music donates several instruments.
By TONY BRITT
tbritt@lakecityreporter.com
The Southside Recreation Center facility may soon be known as a house of music.
Earlier this week First Street Music and Sound Company owner Steve Briscoe donated several musical instruments to the facility. The donation included a drum set and cymbals, keyboard, a bass guitar and lead guitar with amplifiers and an acoustic guitar. The instruments will be used in the Southside Recreation Center’s after school program.
Southside Recreation Center supervisor Wayne Jernigan said the center added more programs to its after school activities and he felt music instruction would help the children.
“This is just a start to get the program up and going,” Briscoe said. “For the last several months Wayne (Jernigan) has been talking about his goals and what he wants to achieve and said he wanted to have a music room for the kids with an interest and have an opportunity for them to explore their talents.”
Jernigan said he was pleased to get the musical instruments.
“It feels great to know that you have someone who is concerned about the kids and willing to donate instruments to the program so the kids can have a wonderful and better time here at the center,” he said.
Jernigan said he and Briscoe are working on plans where a musical tutor would be able to teach the children the proper way to play the instruments and read music as part of the program.
Briscoe said the tutoring sessions could be called music camps.
“This is going to give the children more than a place to go to after school, but a chance to learn something, too,” he said. “I hope this gives some kids who may have never had an opportunity to explore their musical talent a chance and possibly sway some kids to surrounding themselves with music instead of surrounding
themselves with mischief.”
Earlier this week First Street Music and Sound Company owner Steve Briscoe donated several musical instruments to the facility. The donation included a drum set and cymbals, keyboard, a bass guitar and lead guitar with amplifiers and an acoustic guitar. The instruments will be used in the Southside Recreation Center’s after school program.
Southside Recreation Center supervisor Wayne Jernigan said the center added more programs to its after school activities and he felt music instruction would help the children.
“This is just a start to get the program up and going,” Briscoe said. “For the last several months Wayne (Jernigan) has been talking about his goals and what he wants to achieve and said he wanted to have a music room for the kids with an interest and have an opportunity for them to explore their talents.”
Jernigan said he was pleased to get the musical instruments.
“It feels great to know that you have someone who is concerned about the kids and willing to donate instruments to the program so the kids can have a wonderful and better time here at the center,” he said.
Jernigan said he and Briscoe are working on plans where a musical tutor would be able to teach the children the proper way to play the instruments and read music as part of the program.
Briscoe said the tutoring sessions could be called music camps.
“This is going to give the children more than a place to go to after school, but a chance to learn something, too,” he said. “I hope this gives some kids who may have never had an opportunity to explore their musical talent a chance and possibly sway some kids to surrounding themselves with music instead of surrounding
themselves with mischief.”
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