Proceeds from Jennifer Nettles Concert Bolster Museum School Music Program

How much music education can $6,000 provide? Enough to leave 140 children wild with enthusiasm, according to the Museum School of Avondale Estates.

Patch has just learned that Attic Community Playground, an Avondale Estates nonprofit that supports music arts and education, has donated $6,186 for the Museum School's music program. 

The money was generated by a solo, acoustic benefit concert by  in Texas in January. A Georgia native and former Decatur resident, Nettles is an Attic Community Playground board member and half of the grammy-winning country music duo Sugarland. Ponder High School in Texas also received proceeds from this concert. 

The donation was presented by Nettles and other Attic Community Playground board members: Jennifer Joyner, an Avondale Estates resident and upcoming Museum School parent; Robert Denning, a Texas businessman and music enthusiast; and Eddie Owen, founder of Eddie’s Attic in Decatur, according to a release.

As a thank you, Museum School first graders wrote and presented thank you cards to the board, and second and third graders sang to the visitors. As part of the festivities, Nettles participated in the second graders' music lesson earlier in the day, the release said.