Members"I look at this as a rebuilding and renewal of the city," Domino's daughter, Andrea Brimmer, told a crowd at the Old U.S. Mint in the French Quarter Thursday afternoon.
Her statement followed the unveiling of her father's white grand piano which was nearly destroyed by Katrina's flooding.
"The morning of Hurricane Katrina, the first thing you saw when the water came in was the piano turned over. It flipped over," daughter Andonica Domino told WGNO News while standing in front of a photograph that showed the damaged piano.
Repairs costs $30,000 and the money came from several sources including retired music producer Allan Slaight and Sir Paul McCartney (yes, the former Beatle) as well as the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and
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CECILY CUMMINGS/SPECIAL TO THE SUN HERALD Detail of the Dentzel Carousel at the sneak preview of the Waveland Ground Zero Museum on Friday, May 3, 2013.
WAVELAND -- Laughter and music filled the Waveland Civic Center on Friday night as the city's Ground Zero Museum offered a sneak preview of its first exhibit.
The atmosphere was reminiscent of an old-fashioned carnival, as the featured exhibit was a hand-carved carousel on which children and adults alike took rides.
The carousel, named The Carousel of the Olympic Sea, was donated to the city by the Port Townsend (Wash.) Carousel Association after Hurricane Katrina.
"It's a work of art," said Tish Williams, executive director of the Hancock Chamber of Commerce. "It's an invaluable gift to the Coast. It can never be duplicated."
Craftsman Bill Dentzel of Dentzel Carousel Manufacturing presented the carousel. He'd come all the way from Washington on Friday
...Thousands of people given assistance after Hurricane Katrina are now finding out that the federal government is taking some of that money back.
Rae Stampley is one of the people who survived Hurricane Katrina in 2005, but now owes money.
“We lost everything in the house. We got about 3 feet of water,” Stampley told Channel 2’s Wendy Corona.
Money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency helped him start over in Atlanta.
“They gave everyone $2,000 who applied and qualified,” he said.
Stampley received $4,400 more through an appeal.
A letter dated February 2013 was his first sign that the government wanted its money back.
“Never in a million years did I think that they’d come back after me because I knew that I was doing everything by the book,” he said.
Stampley said his tax return of about $5,000 was withheld to pay his debt. According to the FEMA
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FILE - In this March 14, 2006 file photo, workers with the Louisiana State Museum slowly roll out one of Fats Domino's pianos out of his gutted house in the Lower 9th Ward on Tuesday. The white Steinway grand piano salvaged after Hurricane Katrina has been restored and will be the centerpiece of an exhibit in New Orleans' French Quarter. (AP Photo/Times-Picayune, Chris Granger, File)
NEW ORLEANS -- A white Steinway grand piano salvaged from musician Fats Domino's home after Hurricane Katrina has been restored and will be the centerpiece of an exhibit in New Orleans' French Quarter.The piano was damaged after water poured through a broken levee during the August 2005 storm, flooding Domino's home in the Lower 9th Ward.
Its restoration came through $30,000 donated to the Louisiana Museum Foundation.
The largest gift of $18,000 came from Allan Slaight, a retired music producer...
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NEW ORLEANS – A white Steinway grand piano salvaged from legendary musician Fats Domino’s home after Hurricane Katrina has had its classic looks restored and will be the centerpiece of an exhibit in New Orleans’ French Quarter.
The piano was damaged after water poured through a broken levee during the August 2005 storm, flooding Domino’s home in the Lower 9th Ward, which was devastated by Katrina’s floodwaters.
The piano was unveiled Thursday at the Old U.S. Mint, now a museum in the French Quarter.
Katrina tore into Louisiana and Mississippi on Aug. 29, 2005. Flooding from storm surge and broken levees washed over an estimated 80 per cent of New Orleans.
Domino, born in New Orleans in 1928, sold more than 65 million records between 1950 and 1963, making Billboard’s pop chart 77 times and its rhythm and blues chart 61 times. The pianist, singer and songwriter is regarded as
...A white Steinway grand piano salvaged from musician Fats Domino’s home after hurricane Katrina has been restored and will be the centrepiece of an exhibit in New Orleans’ French Quarter.
The piano was damaged after water poured through a broken levee during the August 2005 storm, flooding Domino’s home in the Lower 9th Ward.
Its restoration came through $30,000 donated to the Louisiana Museum Foundation.
Initial reports that the largest single donation ($18,000) was made by Toronto media mogul and jazz aficionado Allan Slaight were incorrect. The gift, Mr. Slaight told The Globe and Mail , was actually made by his daughter, Marie.
Now based in Sydney, Australia, Ms. Slaight is a writer, performer and producer of film, theatre and music. She lived for a time in New Orleans.
Other donations came from Sir Paul McCartney, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the
...NEW ORLEANS - A white Steinway grand piano salvaged from musician Fats Domino's home after Hurricane Katrina has been restored and will be the centerpiece of an exhibit in New Orleans' French Quarter.
The piano was damaged after water poured through a broken levee during the August 2005 storm, flooding Domino's home in the Lower 9th Ward.
Its restoration came through $30,000 donated to the Louisiana Museum Foundation.
The largest gift of $18,000 came from Allan Slaight, a retired music producer in Miami. Other donations came from Sir Paul McCartney, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Tipitina's Foundation.
The piano was to be unveiled Thursday at the Old U.S. Mint, now a museum in the French Quarter.
It will be part of the Louisiana State Museum's music exhibition opening in 2014 but separately will go on display at the Mint in June.
A second Steinway piano belonging
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