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Red Kettle Bell Ringer Prefers Accordion
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Darryl Bain performs his accordion in front of the SaveMart-Manteca (Main Street) during his years of work with the Salvation Army Red Kettle drive.
By VINCE REMBULAT 209 staff reporter Darryl Bain looks forward to this time of year. After Thanksgiving, he becomes one of the many bell ringers for the Salvation Army Red Kettle campaign. But rather than a bell, the Manteca volunteer plays his accordion, violin and trombone.