***CONCERT LOCATION CHANGE TONIGHT***

Due to forecasted inclement weather, the August 1 concert by the Michigan City Municipal Band will take place in the Michigan City High School Auditorium, 8466 W. Pahs Road. The concert will start at 7:30p CDT.

AUDIENCE MEMBERS

· Enter via Door “O”.

· Auditorium doors will open at approximately 6:30p.

· There is no admission charge for the concert.

BAND MEMBERS

· I will bring the music folders.

· I will bring the music notebooks.

· Enter via Door “O”.

· The band room in the amphitheater will not be open.

· Tune and Talk Through still happens at 7:20p.

· I will bring my portable sound system with extension cords for Allen Smith to use.

· I will do my best to have the stage set up for you when you arrive, including percussion.

· The following percussion will be provided by MCHS:

• 4 timpani
• bass drum
• xylophone
• marimba
• vibraphone
• chimes
• Orchestra bells
• suspended cymbal
• crash cymbals
• hi hat
• gong

· If there is other equipment you would like me to bring from the amphitheater, please let me know.

Thursday, August 1, 2024 

The ninth concert of the 156th season of the Michigan City Municipal Band (MCMB) will be held Thursday, July 18, 7:30p, at the Guy F. Foreman Bicentennial Amphitheater in Washington Park. In case of inclement weather, the concert will take place in the Michigan City High School Auditorium, 8466 W. Pahs Road.

The concert will feature two premieres! Michigan City composer Dan Schaaf has written Remembering Naomi to honor Naomi Anderson, African-American suffragist and Michigan City native. Remembering Naomi will be narrated by Michigan City’s Carnessa Carnes.

On the same night, a new concerto by Dr. Kimberly Archer—titled Summer Nights at the Bandstand—will showcase the band with world-class euphonium soloist GySgt. Hiram Diaz, from the US Marine Band, “The President’s Own.”

The August 1 concert repertoire will be:

The Thunderer March by John Philip Sousa

Summer Nights at the Bandstand by Kimberly Archer

Hymn to the Dawn by Kimberly Archer

Blue Comet by Jorge Vargas

Prince in Concert arr. Paul Murtha

Pax by Catherine McMichael

Remembering Naomi by Dan Schaaf

George Washington Bicentennial March by John Philip Sousa

My America arr. Joyce Eilers

Remembering Naomi, by Michigan City composer Dan Schaaf, uses music, historical narrative, and the words of Naomi Anderson to tell the story of Michigan City’s important suffragist. Mr. Schaaf is the founder of Sudden Productions. For almost 25 years, his music, videos, and music theatre works have been acclaimed in performances throughout Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, and New York. The commissioned arranger for Remembering Naomi is Alexander Keim, a LaPorte native and Valparaiso University graduate. Mr. Keim is a professional percussionist. He is a former music teacher, who now specializes in information technology. Narrator Carnessa Carnes lives in Michigan City. She serves as a poetry workshop facilitator, and is the creator of Bless the Mic Open Mic Show.

Dr. Kimberly Archer teaches at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville. Her compositions have been played around the world, including the most recent national tour of the US Coast Guard Band. In Summer Nights at the Bandstand, Dr. Archer has brought the virtuosic turn-of-the-twentieth-century solo tradition into the 21st century. Dr. Archer’s composition showcases the world-class musicianship of euphoniumist GySgt. Hiram Diaz, and also gives a nod to the Olympics.

Gunnery Sergeant Hiram Diaz grew up in Miami. He graduated from Miami’s New World School of the Arts, then earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. He joined the US Marine Band, “The President’s Own,” in 2012. He is co-leader of the Marine Band’s Latin Jazz Ensemble.

All of the Michigan City Municipal Band concerts are free, and everyone is welcome. School band members and young children are especially encouraged to attend. Parking on Lake Shore Drive is prohibited. Parking is available in the lots closest to the amphitheater, as well as the Senior Center. Entrance to the park is free with a Michigan City Park sticker; otherwise, there is a parking fee of $4 for the band concert. (The $4 fee applies after 7:00p.)

Food trucks will be on site for the band concerts. Audience members are encouraged to patronize these local businesses.

Jeffrey Scott Doebler is the conductor for the MCMB, and Quincy Ford is the assistant conductor. Dr. Doebler serves as director of music education and bands at Valparaiso University. Mr. Ford, principal saxophone in the MCMB, is retired director of bands and music department chair from Michigan City High School.

The band’s announcer is Rick Carlson.

The seventh concert of the 156th season of the Michigan City Municipal Band (MCMB) will be held Thursday, July 18, 7:30p, at the Guy F. Foreman Bicentennial Amphitheater in Washington Park.

The July 18 concert repertoire will be:

Bonnie Annie Laurie March by John Philip Sousa

A Hymn of Peace by Daniel Chisam

Annie Laurie Scottish Air

The Sound of Music by Ricahrd Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein

Big Band Favorites arr. Robert Lowden

O Ye That Love the Lord by Samuel Coleridge Taylor

America the Beautiful arr. Carmen Dragon

Selections from the Music Man by Meredith Willson

God Bless America by Irving Berlin

Special guest artist will be soprano soloist Lauren Hartman. Dr. Hartman serves at Westminster Christian School in Palmetto Bay, Florida, where she teaches choir for grades four through twelve. She holds three degrees in voice performance: University of Miami (D.M.A.), University of Northern Iowa (M.M.), and Simpson College (B.M.). Dr. Hartman is active as a professional vocalist and church musician (vocalist, pianist, children’s choir director). She has been a frequent vocal soloist with the Miami Sousa Band and Windiana Concert Band, including Windiana tours in China and Italy. In 2022, Dr. Hartman served as a guest conductor, vocalist, and pianist with Windiana at Carnegie Hall. This month, Dr. Hartman is in residence at Valparaiso University, serving as Operations Manager for Lutheran Summer Music, the national high school music academy and festival.

In addition to being outstanding performers, many of the Michigan City Municipal Band members are also successful conductors. On five concerts this season, conductors from within the band are being featured, each leading one composition. On July 18, the Honorable Kathleen Lang will conduct Carmen Dragon’s stirring arrangement of America, the Beautiful. Kathleen Lang serves Indiana as a Senior Judge. She is also an adjunct professor of law at the University of Notre Dame and Chicago-Kent College of Law. Judge Lang earned the Juris Doctor degree from the Chicago-Kent College of Law, and the Bachelor of Music Education degree from Northern Illinois University. In addition to the Michigan City Municipal Band, she plays horn in the LaPorte County Symphony Orchestra and Windiana Concert Band. She also plays bagpipes and alphorn!

We’re playing Big Band Favorites to honor active member trombonist Steve Watson for his 56 years of service to the Michigan City Municipal Band. The medley includes I’m Getting’ Sentimental Over You, Here’s that Rainy Day, Stompin’ at the Savoy, In the Mood, and Woodchopper’s Ball.

Another fun medley on the program will be Selections from the Music Man by Meredith Willson. This compilation contains The Wells Fargo Wagon, Lida Rose, Marian the Librarian, and Seventy-six Trombones.

The MCMB will continue its tradition of closing each concert with a patriotic audience sing-along. Irving Berlin’s God Bless America allows us to enthusiastically honor our great nation.

All of the concerts are free, and everyone is welcome. School band members and young children are especially encouraged to attend. Parking on Lake Shore Drive is prohibited. Parking is available in the lots closest to the amphitheater, as well as the Senior Center. Entrance to the park is free with a Michigan City Park sticker; otherwise, there is a parking fee of $4 for the band concert.

Jeffrey Scott Doebler is the conductor for the MCMB, and Quincy Ford is the assistant conductor. Dr. Doebler serves as director of music education and bands at Valparaiso University. Mr. Ford, principal saxophone in the MCMB, is retired director of bands and music department chair from Michigan City High School.

The band’s announcer is Rick Carlson.

The second concert of the 156th season of the Michigan City Municipal Band (MCMB) will be held Thursday, June 13, 7:30p, at the Guy F. Foreman Bicentennial Amphitheater in Washington Park.

The June 13 concert repertoire will be:

West Point March by Philip Egner
Let There Be Peace on Earth by Sy Miller and Jill Jackson
Poor Wayfaring Stranger arranged by Herbert Fred
Oblivion by Astor Piazzola
Phoenix by Tyler Arcari
Cloud Nine by Lauren Bernofsky
Nostalgia in the Air by Kelijah Dunton, with Bridget Flory, conductor
Mancini! By Henry Mancini
America, the Beautiful arr. Warren Barker

Guest soprano soloist, Anne Marie Bice, will sing two meaningful and well-known songs: the popular Let There Be Peace on Earth and the haunting folksong Poor Wayfaring Stranger. Ms. Bice is a voice professor from Valparaiso University. She has extensive performance experience, sings in a wide variety of styles, and has been soloing with the Michigan City Municipal Band since 2015.

West Point March was composed by military bandsman Lt. Philip Egner. It contains snippets of more than a half dozen famous military tunes. West Point March is an example of a composition that was requested last summer by one of our audience members.

Astor Piazzola was an Argentine composer who was famous for tangos. Oblivion is a tango that demonstrates the stylistic versatility of our band members. We’re playing Oblivion to honor active Michigan City Municipal Band members oboist Susan Smith and clarinetist Roger Smith, for their many decades of service to the band. Between the two in this wife and husband team, they have played in the Michigan City Municipal Band for 126 years!

Composer Tyler Arcari is Instrumental Music Editor for Excelcia Music Publishing. He wrote Phoenix to depict the fiery bird from Greek mythology.

Lauren Bernofsky is an acclaimed musician who earned a doctoral degree in composition from Boston University. Cloud Nine was written to share joyfulness and exuberance. Dr. Bernofsky achieved this by alternating rhythms between groups of three and groups of two.

Conducting Nostalgia in the Air by Kelijah Dunton will be Bridget Flory. Ms. Flory plays saxophone in the Michigan City Municipal Band and Windiana Concert Band. She serves as director of bands for the River Forest Schools. A native of Valparaiso, Ms. Flory earned her bachelor’s degree in music education from Ball State University. Kelijah Dunton is an African-American composer, based in New York City. He’s been creating music since he was a high school student and already has nearly 20 publications. Nostalgia in the Air is a lyrical and gentle selection. Mr. Dunton’s notes on Nostalgia in the Air describe the work as conveying “the feeling we all share when remembering the fondest of memories—a day or a time where we most enjoyed being alive.”

Henry Mancini was one of America’s most successful composers, having had countless hits, and winning four Academy Awards and 20 Grammy Awards. Stephen Bulla’s Mancini! arrangement includes several of Henry Mancini’s most recognizable hits: The Pink Panther, Moon River, Baby Elephant Walk, and Peter Gunn.

Continuing its tradition of concluding each concert with a patriotic audience sing-along, the Michigan City Municipal Band will close with Warren Barker’s stirring arrangement of America, the Beautiful.

All of the Michigan City Municipal Band concerts are free, and everyone is welcome. School band members and young children are especially encouraged to attend. Parking on Lake Shore Drive is prohibited. Parking is available in the lots closest to the amphitheater, as well as the Senior Center. Entrance to the park is free with a Michigan City Park sticker; otherwise, there is a parking fee of $4 for the band concert. (The $4 fee applies after 7:00p.)

Food trucks will be on site for the band concerts. Audience members are encouraged to patronize these local businesses.

Jeffrey Scott Doebler is the conductor for the MCMB, and Quincy Ford is the assistant conductor. Dr. Doebler serves as director of music education and bands at Valparaiso University. Mr. Ford, principal saxophone in the MCMB, is retired director of bands and music department chair from Michigan City High School.

The band’s announcer is Rick Carlson.

The tenth and final concert of the 155th season of the Michigan City Municipal Band (MCMB) will be held Thursday, August 10, 7:30p, at the Guy F. Foreman Bicentennial Amphitheater in Washington Park. The concert will feature a great variety of music, including compositions by Guy Foreman and John Philip Sousa.

The August 10 concert repertoire will be:

Castle House Rag by James Reese Europe
The Bonsai Tree by Julie Giroux
Take on Me arr. Paul Murtha
Singing Sands Overture by Guy Foreman
Mars and Venus from Looking Upward Suite by John Philip Sousa
Mi Nata by Jose Quesada
The Golden Mustang Concert March by Michael Boo
Motown Revue arr. Paul Murtha
Audience sing-along: America, the Beautiful arr. Carmen Dragon
The Stars and Stars and Stripes Forever by John Philip Sousa

James Reese Europe was the first African American bandmaster in the US Army. Before World War I, Mr. Europe was a successful band leader and composer in the USA, earning the nickname “The King of Jazz”, and he led the first concert by African Americans at Carnegie Hall in 1912. Maestro Europe went on to lead a renowned military band in Europe during World War I. Upon his death in 1919, Lieutenant Europe was the first African American in New York City to have a public funeral, and he was then laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. Castle House Rag showcases the Ragtime style. The United States military band of Lieutenant James Reese Europe is believed to have played the first Ragtime music in France.

The Bonsai Tree honors a 500-year-old Bonsai tree that is considered one of Japan’s treasures. Composer Julie Giroux received her formal education from Louisiana State University and Boston University. In 1985, she began composing, orchestrating, and conducting music for television and films. When Ms. Giroux won her first Emmy Award, she was the first woman, and the youngest person ever, to win the award in that category. The Bonsai Tree demonstrates the beautiful blended tones of the concert band.

Take on Me is the classic 1984 pop tune by the Norwegian synth-pop band A-ha. It accompanied a ground-breaking music video.

Guy Forrest Foreman was perhaps the most important part of the legacy of the Michigan City Municipal Band. He conducted the band for 60 of its first 133 years. Singing Sands Overture was written in 1955, and was the fifth of Dr. Foreman’s seven works to be published by Belwin. Maestro Foreman wrote that Singing Sands Overture was “named for the famous singing sands to be found on the beaches of the Indiana Dunes at the foot of Lake Michigan. The term singing sands comes from the musical murmuring of the countless grains of sand as they are continuously being shifted about by the lake breezes.”

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The ninth concert of the 155th season of the Michigan City Municipal Band (MCMB) will be held Thursday, August 3, 7:30p, at the Guy F. Foreman Bicentennial Amphitheater in Washington Park. The concert will feature euphonium soloist Hiram Diaz, and will also present the premiere of the MCMB’s 2023 commission, Blue Water, Blue Sky by Catherine McMichael.

In the case of inclement weather, the concert will be held in the auditorium of Michigan City High School, 8466 W. Pahs Road.

The August 3 concert repertoire will be:

Pride of the Marines March by Austyn R. Edwards
Concerto for Euphonium and Band by Tom Davoren
Sobre Las Ojas (Over the Waves) by Juventino Rosas
The Basses are Loaded by Kelly Bennette
Tripwire by JaRod Hall
Blue Water, Blue Sky by Catherine McMichael (premiere)
Pax by Catherine McMichael
Born to Be Wild by Mars Bonfire, arr. Johnnie Vinson
Audience sing-along: My America arr. Joyce Eilers

Hiram Diaz grew up in Miami. He graduated from Miami’s New World School of the Arts, then earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. He joined the US Marine Band, “The President’s Own,” in 2012. He is co-leader of the Marine Band’s Latin Jazz Ensemble. GySgt. Diaz will be playing Concerto for Euphonium and Band by award-winning composer Tom Davoren. The Michigan City Municipal Band commissioned Mr. Davoren to write this three-movement composition.

Catherine McMichael lives in Saginaw, Michigan. She earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music from the University of Michigan. Mrs. McMichael teaches at Saginaw Valley State University and also leads the handbell choir at First United Methodist Church in Saginaw. She is an active composer of music for band, choir, orchestra, handbells, individual instruments, and chamber ensembles. A few of her recent commissions include The Canadian Brass, Saginaw Bay Orchestra, Chautauqua Institution, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and the New England Conservatory.

Blue Water, Blue Sky contains beautiful themes that represent Lake Michigan, the blue sky at Washington Park, and even an original sea shanty for the band. Pax is a gentle and reflective composition that allows us to envision peaceful sounds and a peaceful world.

Austyn R. Edwards (1891-1977) was a professional trumpet player who taught brass instruments at Valparaiso University, and was conductor of the band at the Kingsbury Ordnance Plant in LaPorte County. In addition to 55 marches, including Pride of the Marines, Mr. Edwards was the author of two important method books for trumpet.

Juventino Rosas (1868-1894) was a Mexican composer and violinst. His composition, Sobre Las Ojas (Over the Waves), is a smooth waltz that audience members will recognize from its frequent use as background music for trapeze artists in the circus.

Kelly Bennette’s composition The Basses are Loaded is a comical way to proclaim that the lowest voices in the band have the melody. Mr. Bennette is professional tuba player and retired music educator with nearly 100 compositions to his credit.

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El Capitan by John Philip Sousa, arr. Keith Brion and Loras Schissel

Marche Militaire Francaise by Camille Saint-Saens, arr. M. L. Lake

Ancient Flower by Yukiko Nishimura

Sondheim! by Stephen Sondheim, arr. Stephen Bulla

Best of the West!, arr. Michael Story

American Barndance by Richard Saucedo

Enter Sandman by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich and Kirk Hammett, arr. Paul Murtha

Armed Forces Salute arr. Bob Lowden

Block M (Concert March) by Jerry Bilik

This Is My Country by Don Raye and Al Jacobs, arr. Hawley Ades

𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟐𝟐!
Join us on Saturday, July 22 at 10:45AM – 4:00PM CT at Michigan City’s Old Lighthouse Museum as we celebrate our 50th anniversary!
The day will begin with a fanfare performed by the Michigan City Municipal Band followed by a memorial service and the laying of a wreath in Trail Creek, by members of the Michigan City US Coast Guard Station, to honor the 844 lives lost on the S.S. Eastland when it capsized in the Chicago River on July 24, 1915.
Guest speakers will tell the story of the Eastland and recount the history of the old lighthouse at the mouth of Trail Creek. After a short program honoring those who maintained the light for many years and the volunteers who have preserved the lighthouse for over 50 years, the Old Lighthouse Museum will be open free of charge until 4pm. Light refreshments will be served.
This event will be held on the Old Lighthouse Museum grounds located at 100 Heisman Harbor Road and is open to the public with no entry fee. Limited parking is available at the Old Lighthouse Museum & Millennium Plaza. Additional parking is available at Washington Park Beach with a $15 entry fee unless you have a park sticker.
Come see our newly remodeled Eastland Memorial. Each anchor chain link represents the 844 passengers who lost their lives on the Eastland. The Old Lighthouse Museum Michigan City Historical Society would like to thank the Stimley family & crew for their contributions towards the remodel of the Eastland Memorial.
For more information, please email us at contact@mchistorical.org or by phone at (219) 872-6133.

The sixth concert of the 155th season of the Michigan City Municipal Band (MCMB) will be held Thursday, July 13, 7:30p, at the Guy F. Foreman Bicentennial Amphitheater in Washington Park. The concert will feature soprano soloist Anne Bice, and will honor retired MCMB horn player and secretary/treasurer JoFran Bendix.

The July 13 concert repertoire will be:

Indiana Folks March by Hale A. VanderCook
American Overture Band by Joseph Willcox Jenkins
How Far I’ll Go by Lin Manuel Miranda
Pocahontas Medley arr. John Moss
Be Still My Soul arr. Robert W. Smith
Alleluia! Laudamus Te by Alfred Reed
Cupid Shuffle by Cupid (Bryson Bernard)
Pickles and Peppers by Adaline Shepherd
Beyond the Lighted Tower by Roger Cichy
Audience sing-along: God Bless America by Irving Berlin

In addition to being outstanding performers, many of the Michigan City Municipal Band members are successful conductors. On five concerts this season, conductors from within the band are being featured, each leading one composition. On July 13, Phil Hahn will conduct Pickles and Peppers by Adaline Shepherd. A retired music educator, Mr. Hahn served as director of bands in the Boone Grove schools. Mr. Hahn plays horn in the Michigan City Municipal Band, Windiana Concert Band, South Shore Brass Band, German Band, and Valparaiso Community/University Concert Band. He is a frequent conductor of the Valparaiso Community/University Concert Band. Mr. Hahn earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Valparaiso University. Composer Adaline Shepherd Olson was born in Iowa, then spent most of her life in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Mrs. Olson was a pianist and a self-taught composer. Her most famous work was a ragtime selection, Pickles and Peppers. The composition sold over two million copies, and was used as the theme song in the 1908 unsuccessful presidential bid of William Jennings Bryan.

Hale VanderCook was probably the second most famous conductor of the Michigan City Municipal Band—second only to Dr. Guy Foreman, who led the band for an astonishing 60 years. Mr. VanderCook conducted the Michigan City Municipal Band, known then as the Ames Union Band, for several seasons around the turn of the 20th century. He went on to found the VanderCook College of Music in Chicago, which remains well-known for training music teachers. Maestro VanderCook was also a successful composer. Among the works that he wrote while leading Ames Union Band was Indiana Folks.

American Overture for Band by Joseph Willcox Jenkins was composed in 1953 for the US Army Field Band and its commander, Colonel Chester Whiting. Mr. Jenkins was a staff arranger for the US Army Field Band and the US Army Chorus. He later taught at Duquesne University.

Anne Marie Bice is a voice professor from Valparaiso University. She has extensive performance experience, sings in a wide variety of styles, and has been soloing with the Michigan City Municipal Band since 2015. In her final appearance with the MCMB this summer, Prof. Bice will sing music from two movies: Moana and Pocahontas.

Robert W. Smith’s setting of Be Still My Soul is a gentle lyrical selection that allows the band to demonstrate the beautiful and blended tone of the ensemble. The melody is known to many as a hymn and because it is the main theme from the composition Finlandia by Jean Sibelius. Robert W. Smith teaches at Troy University in Alabama, and has published over 600 compositions and arrangements.

Alleluia! Laudamus Te is a canticle of praise by Alfred Reed. Dr. Reed was one of the most successful composers of band music in the second half of the 20th Century, and was one of the first leaders in the creation of collegiate academic degree programs to prepare students for the music industry.

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The fifth concert of the 155th season of the Michigan City Municipal Band (MCMB) will be held on Thursday, July 6, 7:30p, at the Guy F. Foreman Bicentennial Amphitheater in Washington Park. The band plays a variety of music to entertain audience members of all ages. All concerts are free and everyone is welcome. Jeffrey Scott Doebler is the conductor for MCMB and Quincy Ford is the assistant conductor. Dr. Doebler serves as director of music education at Valparaiso University. Mr. Ford, principal saxophone in the MCMB, is retired director of bands and Music Department chair at Michigan City High School. Quincy Ford will lead the band this week.

The July 6 concert program will include:

You’re a Grand Old Flag by George M. Cohan, arr. Bill Holcombe
Sabre and Spurs by John Philip Sousa
The Phantom of the Opera Medley by Andrew Lloyd Weber, arr. Johnnie Vinson
The Irish Regiment March by Larry Clark
The Battle Pavane by Tielman Susato, arr. Robert Margolis
Pax by Catherine McMichael
Raiders of the Lost Ark by John Williams, arr. Michael Sweeney
Theme from Jurassic Park by John Williams, arr. Jack Bullock
Bombasto March by Orion Farrar
Our America ( Audience sing-along to “Yankee Doodle”, “Yankee Doodle Boy”, “You’re A Grand Old Flag”, “This Land Is Your Land” “God Bless the U.S.A.”, arr. John Higgins

Our tradition is to invite the audience to sing at the beginning and ending of each concert. After the opening fanfare, the audience will sing along on the Star-Spangled Banner. Each concert ends with a familiar patriotic song for the audience to sing. The lyrics to each song are posted on the MCMB’s Facebook page and can be accessed on your smartphone.

The MCMB 155th season consists of ten free Thursday concerts, ending August 10. All concerts begin at 7:30p and last about an hour. Parking is available in the lots closest to the amphitheater, as well as the Michigan City Senior Center. Entrance to the park is free with a Michigan City Park sticker, otherwise there is a small fee.

Rick Carlson, principal trumpet for MCMB, will be the announcer.