The idea of donating individual pieces of equipment may be a good one. Only Dave knows. Whe he was here, I gave him, partly as a joke, a Morrell lap steel that I bought but never used. He tells me the kids are using and enjoying it. Maby he can post a list of incidentals...mikes, cables, music stands, mike stands, etc. needed to round things out.

Personally, your early response is a BIG thing to me...reaffirmation that there are caring people out there who will step up and help. It means so much to me that people I feel a kindship with are ready to support what I believe to be a wonderful joint project. It brings a whole new meaning to the concept of sharing the gift of music.

Dave will be posting details and progress as we define how things will work next week.

It's a really GOOD thing we're doing.

Russ