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Donate used, but still playable, musical instrument to Hawaii’s young musicians through the Music for Life Foundation.
The foundation will be collecting instruments at Hard Rock Cafe in Waikiki and at Ala Moana Center until Monday. The Waianae High School marching band will be performing at Ala Moana during the collection time there.
The Music for Life Foundation is a nonprofit organization founded in 2010 to promote music throughout the community.
The foundation receives old instruments, puts them in playable condition, and distributes them on a case-by-case basis, said Leo Daquioag, founder of the organization.
“At times we’ll get an ukulele that was a family heirloom, but they wanted to donate it, so (what we) do is put it up for a special auction and then we’ll use that money to buy new instruments,” he said.
The Waianae High School band program was dissolved in 2008 over budget issues, but was resurrected this year with the help of donated instruments and support from Music for Life.
The foundation provided the school with some percussion and brass instruments for the band, as well as about 30 ukuleles for a class. “They can now get credit for that,” Daquioag said.
Hard Rock Cafe Honolulu, at 280 Beach Walk Ave., will accept instruments from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. until Monday. Instruments may be also donated at the Ala Moana Centerstage from 7 to 7:45 p.m. on Monday.
Ukulele master Jake Shimabukuro is scheduled to be on hand to receive instruments. Donations are tax deductible.
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