RICHMOND, Ky. (FOX 56) — Hundreds of donations from across the state poured into western Kentucky right after December’s deadly twister outbreak.
And even though it is been 3 months, the help for those who have dropped every thing proceeds.
WoodSongs Outdated Time Radio Hour host, Michael Johnathon, put a call out over the airwaves for any all and devices to make their way to Kentucky.
Johnathon’s intention was to produce therapeutic to tornado victims via songs.
Monthly bill Hudson and Al Coffey were just two of the numerous who answered Johnathon’s simply call. The pair drove extra than 300 miles from Roanoke, Virginia, to Currier’s New music Environment in Richmond.
“What we’re performing is bringing instruments for individuals that have misplaced so substantially since of the twister,” Hudson mentioned.
They dropped off about 50 musical instruments.
Coffey included, “We’ve acquired two sets of drums, two accordions, three substantial keyboards, we have a hammered dulcimer of all factors.”
It’s their way of helping the hundreds of families nevertheless picking up the parts.
Cathy Currier, operator of Currier’s Audio World, wasted no time to sign up for in on Johnathon’s ask for. She’s been repairing the devices that have been donated to make certain they’re in fantastic form for the families they’re heading to.
“It’s terrifying. I indicate nonetheless have occasionally have a nightmare about a twister. I can’t think about what those people folks are dealing with. It is unreal. So, when Michael said let us do this, I mentioned yea it’s the least we can do,” Currier stated.
Johnathon reported this is the very best way musicians can aid. “We cannot rewire streetlights and we can’t fix roads, but we can restore the soundtrack of western Kentucky, that entrance porch audio.”
Far more than 400 devices from Rhode Island, Virginia, and even Alaska have been donated.
Guitars, pianos, drums, violins, and dozens of wind instruments will now have a new dwelling in western Kentucky.
Johnathon mentioned the message is “not even a tornado can rob the joy of the human spirit specifically when new music and music is nonetheless alive and very well.”
These instruments will be dispersed to family members in Dawson Springs, Mayfield, and Owensboro.
If you have devices to donate, WoodSongs will be in the parking good deal in entrance of Lexington’s Bryan Station Koger at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 17.