Barry Manilow is Giving Instruments to Local California Schools

Barry Manilow is pledging over $250,000 worth of musical instruments to the public middle and high schools surrounding Palm Springs in a bid to give students the same opportunities he received in his high school music class.
The Copacabana King said in a public statement in January, “When I got into high school, I really didn't know what I wanted to do. Then I hit the music class and I felt like I was on solid ground. I made friends… I learned how to work with other students and my grades went up in all the other classes because I had more confidence. It was the music class that did it for me.”