Hot Times at Old Town

Appearing below are selections from the hard copy Hot Times. The objective is to highlight activities at the School and in the larger community, especially those featuring or of special interest to teachers and staff. Your suggestions are welcome. Enter a comment (under any item); it will come to me rather than automatically appearing.

You missed Fender day?

Ouch! But it should be a reminder: keep checking the School’s website!

One Saturday earlier this year, the Different Strummer (the School’s store) had staff from Fender come in to do free bench checks on electric guitars. No Fender? That was ok too, they didn’t discriminate.

By the end of the afternoon, 90 folks had received FREE restrings and and set ups. And those who bought Feder or Squier products got 10% back in cash, on top of the already discounted prices. But this wasn’t a standard sales offer.

Here’s how it worked — and it’s a nice idea! To receive the discount, the Different Strummer asked that folks bring in $5 or more worth of canned food to benefit the Greater Chicago Food Depository. The result: 13 boxes, about 550 pounds of canned goods. Wow! What a fine concept: doing good both for their customers and the broader community.

Think about stopping by the store. Tim and his staff are good folks, and that extends to their business practices. They’ll answer your questions — and if they’re not busy, that’ll include musical questions unrelated to selling merchandise.

Filed under: Interesting at Old Town by Skip | April 27, 2009 | Comments (0)


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