Amro Celebrates 88 Years in Memphis

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Amro earns Arkansas
Band Supporter of Year honor

Celebrates business for aiding world's musicians

By Rachel Friedlander

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On July 31, Amro Music Stores Inc. was presented with the Arkansas Band Supporter of the Year award at the annual convention of the Arkansas Bandmasters Association in Little Rock. Conferred by Phi Beta Mu, the International Band Masters fraternity, the award celebrates an organization for their assistance to Phi Beta Mu's goal of developing better musicians in schools throughout the world, a goal shared by Amro.

At the convention's closing banquet, West Memphis Band director Cathy Williams presented a plaque for Outstanding Contributor to Arkansas Bands. The plaque was accepted by Amro's president, Pat Averwater, and chairman, Chip Averwater, accompanied by Amro educational representatives LaDonna Gibson, past band director at Bald Knob High School, and Phil Burns, past band director at West Memphis High School.

Amro Music, celebrating its 88th year in business, specializes in pianos, organs, electronic keyboards, school band instruments, sheet music and repairs. Based in Memphis, the company has eight educational representatives visiting and servicing more than 200 schools across Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama, Illinois and Kentucky, as well as 24 repair technicians who service more than 10,000 band instruments a year.

With 65 employees -- 12 of them former band directors -- Amro is the 28th largest music retailer in North America.