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I have to apologise I have been very bad at keeping everyone up to date on where all your kind donations, subscriptions and Yardsale payments go. Sadly the income is on the decline a bit due to one thing and another but we are still making some money after costs and an idea occurred to me.
Normally the money goes to special needs music education, and most of the recent years this has been SOCO
This year I thought it might be nice to sponsor a saxophone company to find a needy musician to help buy supplying saxophone. Years ago a prominent Taiwanese company were doing this and asked me to help find suitable needy aspiring and talented young musicians. They did not seek publicity they just wanted to help, not as a sales or marketing ploy. I have profound respect for what was refreshingly altruistic, so am still not naming them publicly (but I can tell you via PM.
This year maybe we can do something like that.
Much as I appreciate the aforementioned anonymous generous company (whose name I will only disclose via PM) I see no harm in making this public so will be looking to saxophone or accessory manufacturers, wholesalers or retailers if they would take part in a scheme whereby they matchfund us.
This means we put in $1000 and then they match it so put in $1000 - so the recipient gets a $2000 (wholesale price) horn/mouthpiece/ligature.
What you all think?
EDIT: actually I've decided not to disclose the Taiwanese company who were so generous as to donate saxophones anonymously, so won't be discussing via PM.
Normally the money goes to special needs music education, and most of the recent years this has been SOCO
This year I thought it might be nice to sponsor a saxophone company to find a needy musician to help buy supplying saxophone. Years ago a prominent Taiwanese company were doing this and asked me to help find suitable needy aspiring and talented young musicians. They did not seek publicity they just wanted to help, not as a sales or marketing ploy. I have profound respect for what was refreshingly altruistic, so am still not naming them publicly (but I can tell you via PM.
This year maybe we can do something like that.
Much as I appreciate the aforementioned anonymous generous company (whose name I will only disclose via PM) I see no harm in making this public so will be looking to saxophone or accessory manufacturers, wholesalers or retailers if they would take part in a scheme whereby they matchfund us.
This means we put in $1000 and then they match it so put in $1000 - so the recipient gets a $2000 (wholesale price) horn/mouthpiece/ligature.
What you all think?
EDIT: actually I've decided not to disclose the Taiwanese company who were so generous as to donate saxophones anonymously, so won't be discussing via PM.
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