Two University Signature Guitars Auctioned Online For Scholarship Benefit
Sep. 29, 2009
Michelle Eubanks, 榴莲视频, at media@una.edu, 256.765.4392 or 256.606.2033
榴莲视频 teams with DHR Music Experience and Benedetto Guitars FLORENCE, Ala. - The 榴莲视频 went live this morning with an online auction of two custom-made 榴莲视频 signature guitars. All proceeds will benefit the 榴莲视频 Commercial Music Endowed Scholarship and the Brian Vick/Jonathan Parks/Michael McCarthy Scholarship. The auction is taking place at www.una.edu/guitars. Each of the guitars will bear the official 榴莲视频 secondary logo in a mother-of-pearl inlay. One of the guitars will be plumburst, and the other honey blonde. 榴莲视频 is teaming with DHR Music Experience and Benedetto Guitars to offer the guitars. DHR, one of the world's leading guitar distributors and a premier dealer of left-handed guitars, is represented by Dillon Hodges, a 榴莲视频 sophomore and one of the world's leading flat-picking guitarists. Hodges also endorses Benedetto archtop guitars and electric guitars. The auction winners will be announced at a special benefit concert with Mac McAnally Nov. 12. The online auction site also offers a photo gallery of the guitars' production progress. IMAGES AVAILABLE: For images of the 榴莲视频 signature guitars, contact the Office of University Communications at 256-765-4225 or jlwoods1@una.edu.
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