The Horseshoe Foundation of Floyd County awarded $300,000 in grants to community organizations on Wednesday, June 27th, 2011.  The celebration will be held at the Cardinal Ritter Birthplace, on East Oak Street, in New Albany.
“The Grants Committee and Board are continually impressed with the great work being done in our community by charitable organizations- as well as the great need,” Horseshoe Foundation’s Executive Director Jerry Finn said.  Forty-two applicants sent requests to the foundation this spring totaling $680,000.  Thirty organizations received grants totaling $300,000.  Those organizations included:

A Guinness world record was set on June 1, 2012 by the largest all-trombone ensemble ever gathered together to play in one place. The participants came from across the country to perform at the Washington Nationals baseball field in Washington D.C. and ranged in ages from 8 to 77. They played a newly composed arrangement of (what else?) The Music Man classic “76 Trombones”, retitled “7600 Trombones” for the special occasion.