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Fri Dec 5, 8:55 AM ET |
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ASBURY PARK, N.J. - Bruce Springsteen (news) is providing some season's greetings for a high school marching band.
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Springsteen and other musicians performing three benefit shows at Convention Hall this weekend will donate some of the proceeds to the Asbury Park High School band. The money will go toward buying uniforms and instruments for the band, which was resurrected two years ago with seven members and now boasts a lineup of 25 musicians.
The band also has been told that Springsteen — who earned his reputation playing clubs in Asbury Park — will donate 30 instruments. That has band members excited because the instruments they now play are in constant need of repair, the Asbury Park Press of Neptune reported Friday.
Officials said each band member also will get a complimentary ticket for either Saturday or Sunday's show, and the band will be allowed to set up a table to collect contributions from concertgoers at all three shows.
Springsteen and his fellow performers are not the only ones showing their holiday spirit. Many city residents, business owners and high school alumni also plan to provide money and other support for the band. School district officials had planned to spend $16,000 on band uniforms, but they stopped the order after learning that the district would not receive an expected boost in state aid.
Besides the band, another beneficiary of the concerts will be the Asbury Park Blue Bishops Junior Pee Wee football team. They are raising money to play in a national championship tournament in Florida next week and team members, who range in age from 8 to 11, will be able to collect donations at the shows.
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