Elegant transfer by 49 Winchester.
The rocking nation band hailing from Castlewood, Virginia lately selected to make use of their platform to assist foster the expansion and curiosity in music of their hometown. Bassist Chase Chafin, together with the remainder of the band, got here collectively to donate 50 Fender guitars to seventh graders at Castlewood Elementary Faculty. They apparently selected that particular grade as a result of that’s when lots of the 49 Winchester members began enjoying music themselves.
Their donation was met with a number of enthusiasm from the scholars, and immense gratefulness from the varsity’s employees. Principal Adam Pagett was extremely grateful for the band’s generosity, and offered this assertion to WCYB 5:
“It’s superb to have a bunch like 49 Winchester come again and wish to give again to the neighborhood that they got here from, and we’re very grateful for them.”
Not solely are the members of 49 Winchester from the Russell County neighborhood… they attended the very elementary college that they visited and gifted with the guitars. That undoubtedly provided the nation music group a full circle second, and their donation of fifty guitars might very properly spark one other “49 Winchester” to come back out of Castlewood.
Pupil Alexia Leighton was over the moon concerning the Fender guitar that she was given by 49 Winchester:
“We had some guitars however they don’t have the strings, and my mother’s been attempting to get the strings, so to have a guitar that has all of the strings is what I needed.”
You possibly can hear extra on the story on the hyperlink under from WCYB 5, which first reported the story of 49 Winchester giving again to their former elementary college:
Such a cool story, and an effective way to supply encouragement and provides again to the neighborhood 49 Winchester calls residence.
This isn’t the primary time that the Virginia band determined to make use of their platform to assist others. 49 Winchester responded to the disaster that was attributable to Hurricane Helene by asserting a profit present. The band placed on the live performance after Thanksgiving on the East Tennessee State College Martin Middle for the Arts, and all the proceeds from their efficiency (and people tuned in for the present’s livestream), which totaled over $35,000, went to the Second Harvest of Northeast Tennessee.
49 Winchester’s bassist, Chase Chafin, additionally lately launched FOLK Ware, and donated the proceeds from the primary design drop to the Appalachian Aid Fund:
“Not how we envisioned the launch of FOLK Ware, nevertheless it feels extra necessary than ever to advertise unity and normal positivity throughout the area. Proceeds at launch will immediately profit Appalachian Flood aid packages and native efforts. It is going to actually be a protracted highway forward & we are going to keep lively in studying the perfect methods to assist in the approaching weeks and months.”
The “C” in 49 Winchester should stand for “charitable.”
They’re one of the vital likable bands on the market proper now, and with the whole lot they’re doing outdoors of music, 49 Winchester is actually deserving of their success. We really caught up with them simply final 12 months, as band members Isaac Gibson and Chase Chafin joined the Whiskey Riff Raff podcast.
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