ANGIE CARNATHAN
Starkville music store Backstage Music is holding a unique event tomorrow to collect food for needy families in the area called Strings for Food.
Tomorrow, from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m., store owners, employees and a few volunteers will be on hand to clean and install free strings on any six-string guitar in exchange for a minimum of five non-perishable food items. There is no maximum to the amount of food one can donate. Co-owners of the store Allen McBroom, Jim Beaty and Tony Foster said the store participates in the event each November.
“The idea is that if a guitar owner will bring us a minimum of five non-perishable food items — food that keeps well and doesn’t have to be refrigerated, such as canned food, flour, rice, corn meal, Bisquik, etc. — we will take the old strings off their guitar, clean and oil the fretboard, polish the frets and restring with a high quality, name brand strings, such as Curt Mangan strings or D’Addario strings,” McBroom said. “We then return the guitar to the customer for no charge.”
McBroom said a customer usually spends between $20 and $25 for this quality of strings and this level of service.
Allen McBroom, Jim Beaty and Tony Foster are the owners of Backstage Music, a store that has been providing musical supplies to the Golden Triangle since 1978. McBroom said they love having the opportunity to give support back to a community that has always supported them.
“Backstage takes care of the cost of the strings and the labor, and all you need to do is bring us some food,” McBroom said. “We’ll take all of the food collected to local churches and food banks. It’s important for all of us to remember that we could be the ones in need one day.”
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