December 11, 2015
In three hours Emily Lawton will be at Dulles Airport waiting for a plane to take her back to England. For the last four years she has come to Alexandria to volunteer with the Salvation Army for several weeks playing her alto horn beside the “big red donation kettle.”
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People at Work: Lawton ‘Plays the Kettle’
Emily Lawton pushes down the three piston valves in different combinations on her alto horn, pitched in E-flat and used in British style bands. She is "playing the kettle" as the glass doors automatically swing open but customers stop for a minute to listen before grocery shopping.
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