In May 2019 the Tune In Foundation expanded its borders and touched down on African soil for the first time! Through a parternship with Global Youth Groove, our Executive Director Dejehan Hamilton spoke at two schools in Nairobi, Kenya and a school in Kakamega, Kenya. During the two-week tour, Dejehan also worked with the Global Youth Groove youth band preparing them for a concert that he had the opportunity to headline. In addition, Dejehan led a music workshop that was open to the public and saw attendance from many local musicians within the Kakamega community. This was a ground breaking moment for the Tune In Foundation and was a great opportunity to pour into youth on a global scale. We look forward to continuing this relationship and expanding into new global communities!

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Last year we expanded our program's reach from one city, Hamilton, to a total three cities across Ontario. This year we saw significant growth in these two additional cities: Ottawa and Oakville. We are so proud to have brought the Musica Palooza Camp programming to 76 Ontarian youth this year, with Oakville housing our largest attendance in Musica Palooza history with 48 campers.

We had an amazing summer of growth and forging new relationships and partnerships. We are grateful for the continued support of Long & McQuade who provided assistance with rental instruments in each city, $100 worth of gift cards for each city, 3 instrument giveaways for each city and lots of swag for the kids' take home bags at the end of camp. We also formed a new relationship with ARC Recording studio and were able to bring our budding musicians into a professional recording studio to cut their first record as a band. Needless to say the results were amazing, the kids were blown away by the final results, and each of them had the opportunity to go home with a copy of their work.

We look forward to fostering our new relationships while continuing to make new connections with other community partners. Musica Palooza 2019 was one for the books!

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