Gene Marrano
Hunter Hayes and David Stewart Wiley shoot a selfie
More than $500,000 from VH1’s “Save the Music Foundation” over the past 5 years has helped bolster music education programs and provided instruments for Roanoke City Public School students. They held a celebration concert last night. More from WFIR’s Gene Marrano:
Hunter Hayes (center) with Roanoke City high school students
Roanoke City Schools celebrates 5 years of partnership with VH-1’s “Save the Music Foundation,” at a special concert tonight. Save the Music has issued $510,000 in grants to Roanoke City for music education and instruments. Country Music star Hunter Hayes will be on hand to mark the occasion … the 23-year-old Hayes is a VH1 Save the Music Foundation ambassador … He was also at an event this morning. He spoke with WFIR’s Gene Marrano:
Mill Mountain Garden Club at work
They call it a “modified lasagna garden,” … piles of leaves and newspapers being spread out in deep layers today on Mill Mountain Garden Club plots near the zoo – an effort to keep invasive species out of the area until its replanted in the spring. A grant from Garden Club of America helped pay for the removal of invasive plants earlier this Fall – and today’s “modified lasagna” composting. Kay Bolling is a garden club member. She spoke with WFIR’s Gene Marrano:
