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Surf-Rocker Donavon Frankenreiter at Western HS!

9/13/2013

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Friday the 13th doesn't always mean bad luck. For us at Western High School it was our lucky day! Musician and professional surfer Donavon Frankenreiter came to make a special gift to our Music Department.  He and his sponsors 100.3 The Sound, Billabong and Subaru donated a guitar and $5000 to support music education in our school.  
     We are truly grateful and appreciate the kind gift.  We will put it to good use to replace the electric guitar and bass that were stolen from the band room.  We plan to also use the funds to repair our broken keyboard and bass amps.  It is truly a gift that can keep on giving as our students learn music and share their talents with others!
     At 9:00 AM on the morning of Friday, September 13th we had a ceremony with the presentation to the school.  Donavon and all sang "It Don't Matter" together accompanied by Mr. Wargo on piano and Jovanny Gonzalez on tuba. The choir performed a song from "Rent" and the band played our opener from this year's field show.  We got Donavon to sing his song "Free" for all of us, what a treat!  We took a group photo at the end, a real Sgt. Peppers moment.
     Thank you to all the administrators from the County, our district and Western High School for being there and your continued support of music education in our schools.  Thank you to our principal Mr. Daniel Lunt for writing in to help steer them our direction!  Please enjoy the pictures below from the event.

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