KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— A Lake Region support group is asking residents to locate musical instruments they no longer play for a second life with the Keystone Heights High School Band.
Friends of KHHS was founded in 2020 to help support various programs at the school.
Spokesperson Tina Bullock said that currently, the nonprofit is assisting the fine arts department.
“We’re putting out an all call for those with musical instruments that may have been stashed away in that back closet,” she said, “hoping someday they will play again.”
Bullock added that those instruments can live a second life with the KHHS band.
“Even if the instrument has some wear-and-tear, it can be refurbished by the band director or used for needed parts,” she said. “Pull out those instruments and bring them back to life by donating them to KHHS.”
Bullock said instruments may be dropped off at the school’s front office on Orchid Avenue. Donors should put the name of Band Director Justin Coker somewhere on it.
Bullock added that another way the public can support the band is by attending the band’s dinner and silent auction on Oct. 15 in the school’s cafeteria. The dinner features pulled pork, costs $8 and begins at 5 p.m.
“You can bid on the many fantastic silent auction items,” Bullock said, adding that the band will perform after the dinner.
Anyone interested in helping the Friends of KHHS may contact Bullock at [email protected].
