Inaugural music festival to honor legacy of Charleston’s historic Jenkins Orphanage Band

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Tammy McCottry, the executive director of Jenkins Youth and Family Village, shares the history of Jenkins Orphanage and its place in jazz music history.

Jenkins was founded in 1820 by Reverend Daniel Joseph Jenkins. He taught the first orphans to play brass instruments…

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