Dollarhide's Music Center

Val Bernardo is the unofficial activities director at Blues Angel Music in Pensacola, Florida. Creating the Bamily Hall of Fame, a sticker program with a large display on the store wall, this fun employee program strives to recognize the heart of the store with creative stickers that celebrate an event or accomplishment. She also runs the pumpkin carving contest, a program called Starch Madness in which the staff vote for the best potato recipe through a series of eliminations, and a nacho cheese fountain! All this drives home the point that the Blues Angel staff is like a family.

Mike Clark has had a few stand-out customer experiences working in music retail since the early 1990s. He began at Dollarhide Music in Pensacola in 1994 in the store room and worked his way up to sales and store manager before moving over to Blues Angel Music where he focuses on instrument repairs. Along the way, Mike shook hands with Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane and sold guitar strings to Jimmy Buffet! During the 1990s, Mike was deeply involved in the local music scene, promoting everything from Punk bands to Operas and the symphony. If you need a repair, stop by Blues Ange

Donny Monk is the owner of Allen Organs of the Emerald Coast in Cantonment, Florida. His love of music and the organ began as a child where music seemed to be everywhere he went. He studied rather seriously with several top teachers, singing and playing throughout high school and college. His early aspiration was to become a music minister, however, his career as a contemporary Christian artist took off with a five-year touring gig that took him all the way to New Zealand, to name just one stop. He wrote several songs, one becoming somewhat of an anthem for the era entitled “New S