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Help build Menzies Instruments community school

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Menzies instruments is asking for your help to establish a property that will greatly assist in giving back to one of the roots of where the banjo developed. Jamaica would highly benefit from a community instrument making school that is open to teaching any interested citizens, no matter which community they may live. We intend to achieve this by setting up a school in the heart of Kingston's Inner City, which will teach members of the community the art of instrument making, while honing incidental skills that will, for it's benefit, market the Jamaican heritage of the banjo and other musical instruments under the covetted 'Brand Jamaica.' 

The school will have a strong interest in banjo making yet by no means limited to, offering instrument making education within a wide range of instruments from across the globe. Students will learn the history, tools, materials and processes including how to market themselves and the various contexts in which they can place their instruments internationally.




Your generous donations will go towards securing a building and the renovations associated with preparing the space to become a nurturing/learning/working environment.

Violent crimes are at a high in Jamaica as jobs and covid restrictions are affecting an alarming amount of people, especially those that live hand to mouth and day to day.



Thank you for your generosity in helping us to give back to Jamaica, a nation with rich musical history. Jamaican music and culture has had an incredible influence on musical genres worldwide. Your financial contribution will be specifically used to secure the tenure of the proposed school. We invite you to share our vision for a kinder Jamaica and a more progressive future for it’s Inner Cities

Sincerely,

Jeff Menzies
Menzies Instruments


Organizer

Jeffrey Menzies
Organizer
Toronto, ON

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