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Ruoff Music Center attendence provides lift to local businesses

By Elissa Maudlin elissa@youarecurrent.com Ruoff Music Center in Noblesville led the world in concert attendance this season, according to Pollstar’s ECONOMY year-end issue of amphitheater attendance. Not surprisingly, the venue’s success in drawing large crowds provides a lift to some nearby businesses.

The Ruoff Music Center recently announced via social media that it ranked first out of 100 amphitheaters worldwide for tickets sold and ranked third for amphitheaters for gross sales in Pollstar’s yearend issue. Pollstar is a trade publication for the concert and live music industry.

Managers of nearby businesses said Ruoff Music Center’s success each year is good for business.

Jason Boyer, senior manager of BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse in Noblesville, said the staff looks forward to the concert season because of an anticipated boost in customer traffic. The restaurant is five minutes from the music center.

“I track when the (concert) contracts get announced and when they’re coming and I get a file together (to be best prepared to provide service),” Boyer said.

Boyer said more people visit the brewhouse prior to shows than they did in 2018 when he started working there. He said business is especially brisk when high-profile artists perform at Ruoff Music Center.

Jeff Troyer, general manager for Ford’s Garage Noblesville, said the concert season also gives his restaurant a boost, including in alcohol sales. The restaurant, which is five minutes away from the music center, has seen business increase since 2021.

“We honestly didn’t know until 2022 what a full-on concert season was going to look like in 2022, 2023, which is awesome,” Troyer said. “They always are (awesome) for us. We plan our summers around

Ruoff Music Center is at 12880 E 146th St. (Photo courtesy of Live Nation)

the concerts we have.”

Troyer also said Ruoff Music Center is good for Noblesville as a whole.

“Ruoff brings notoriety to Noblesville, in this area,” Troyer said. “I mean, Ruoff is known nationally, it just won the amphitheater award, but they’ve been known for a while, back since (when) they were Deer Creek. People travel to come to Ruoff.

It’s something amazing that we have right here in this little area.”

Kelly Sujka is the regional director of sales for Sun Development and Management and has responsibility for managing hotels, including the Embassy Suites by Hilton Noblesville Indianapolis Conference Center, which is five minutes from the amphitheater.

Sujka said the hotel always rents more rooms during the concert season.

“We’ve seen some record numbers of sell dates during those concerts during the concert schedule,” Sujka said. “And then it also drives revenue for our hotel, for our restaurants, our bar.”

Occupancy for the hotel is driven by the popularity of the performers, Sujka said.

In 2023, the hotel established a post-show menu for guests at its restaurants and

bars.

Sujka said when Ruoff Music Center releases its schedule, the hotel establishes rates to protect its inventory during the summer.

Sujka said she and Andrew Newport, regional vice president of operations at Live Nation, speak on a regular basis and arrange for crews and VIPs from Live Nation venues to sometimes stay at the hotel.

“I think just the overall partnership that we’ve built not only for the concert goers but for the artists and the crews that stay here, you know, that’s a tremendous revenue generator as well,” Sujka said. “Sometimes we’ll get the crews that will come in a day or two before the concert, and they need to do sound checks and stage setups and things like that. So, just having that partnership with Ruoff has been extremely beneficial and we’ll continue to have that moving forward.”

Thirteen performances are currently scheduled for Ruoff Music Center in 2024, including Niall Horan; the Red Hot Chili Peppers; Earth, Wind & Fire and Chicago; and Creed, among others.

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McGinnis remembered for powerful game, gentle nature

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Billy Shepherd had a standing joke with George McGinnis whenever he saw him.

“I’d say ‘Man, I alIN MEMORIAM ways thank my mom that I wasn’t born a year later because no one would have ever heard of me,’” Shepherd said. “He’d always just laugh and say, ‘C’mon Shep.’”

Carmel resident Billy Shepherd was named the 1968 Indiana Mr. Basketball from Carmel High School. McGinnis captured the 1969 Mr. Basketball title in dominating fashion. Billy’s brother, Dave Shepherd, also a CHS graduate, won the honor in 1970.

McGinnis, a Geist-area resident, died Dec. 14 of complications from cardiac arrest at age 73 at Community North Hospital in Indianapolis.

“George might be gone but he will never be forgotten,” said Billy, who played at Butler University and in the ABA. “His stories will live on forever in the lore of Indiana high school basketball, let alone what he did one year in college and the professional ranks.”

McGinnis, who played with the Indiana Pacers, Philadelphia 76ers and Denver Nuggets, was named to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2017. He was a six-time All-Star, three times each in the ABA and NBA. “He was rough-and-tumble and a (bad man) on the court, but off the court he was just a big teddy bear,” former Indiana Pacers teammate Bob Netolicky said.

Netolicky and his Pacers teammates watched as McGinnis led Indianapolis Washington High School to an unbeaten state championship in 1969. He scored 53 points and grabbed 30 rebounds for the Indiana All-Stars in a victory over the Kentucky All-Stars in Louisville.

“We watched him in high school when we were playing and he was tearing up the whole state,” Netolicky said.

When McGinnis came to the Pacers after playing the 1970-71 season at Indiana University because of his hardship status, he was signed by the Pacers. McGinnis’ father had died in a construction accident in July 1969.

Netolicky said even though McGinnis played the same power forward position as he did, the team blended well.

Netolicky, who moved to Austin, Texas,

From left, former Indiana Mr. Basketballs winners Dave Shepherd, George McGinnis and Billy Shepherd. (Courtesy of Dave Shepherd)

four years ago, previously lived in Carmel and Noblesville.

“We would get together once or twice a week with “Slick” (former Pacers coach Bobby Leonard) and (the late) Mel Daniels to have lunch or coffee,” Netolicky said. “We were a close-knit team. When George was in his prime, I don’t know if there was a better player in the world. George was like a 6-foot-8 guard. He was that fast. He could jump and he was seriously strong.”

Geist resident Bill Benner, who covered McGinnis for The Indianapolis Star and later became friends, said McGinnis led what he believed was the greatest high school team in state history.

“He embodied Indiana basketball,” Benner said. “He was absolutely dominant in high school and dominant at Indiana University (29.9 points per game) the one year he was there and then had an immediate impact on the Indiana Pacers and led them to two championships and almost a third championship in 1974-75. He was a magnificent athlete that I got to watch from the very beginning. When he retired, I got to know George the person and what a wonderful personality he had.

“He was kind, generous and giving. He made other people feel they were the big deal and not him.”

Freshmen weren’t eligible to play in college in that era, so Dave Shepherd never got to play alongside McGinnis at IU. Dave, who began his career with the Hoosiers before transferring to the University of Mississippi as a sophomore, played against McGinnis mostly in pickup games on campus.

“You couldn’t find a better guy than George. It was never about him. It was always about somebody else,” Dave said.

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“There’s really cool things going on here,” Starsiak Hawk said. “The balance between old and new seems done very well. Everything seems under budget and ahead of schedule, and there was just kind of like open arms to come.”

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“Everything just kind of fell into place because the biggest piece that needed to fit was the neighborhood wanting it, and that seemed very, very evident,” Starsiak Hawk said. “Everyone I met, there was not a single person that wasn’t so excited at just the possibility of the store there or some renovations there or me and my family moving there.”

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Mina Starsiak Hawk from Two Chicks and a Hammer, Inc. and the HGTV show “Good Bones,” is relocating her BUSINESS store, Two Chicks District Co., to Noblesville. Her original store opened more than three years ago in Indianapolis.

Two Chicks and a Hammer is a neighborhood-revitalization company focused on the Indianapolis area. Starsiak Hawk, who lives in Indianapolis, plans to open the Noblesville store in March 2024. It will double as an online store. She wants to have small quantities of products and have staff available to special order for customers, she said.

“I think it’s really exciting to be able to have just picked (running the store) again, have chosen to (run the store) again, having that opportunity and having a clean slate to do it with,” Starsiak Hawk said.

Starsiak Hawk said she started the Indianapolis store because she wanted customers to be able to find affordable items from her show. She wanted people from the neighborhood to use it as a regular shopping spot, but that turned out not to be the case. She said 85 percent of customers were out-of-state travelers.

“Those people aren’t the ones that are going to keep the store alive,” Starsiak Hawk said. “That’s the people in the neighborhood who are going to come buy their white elephant present there and their candles for their house there and their pillows for their sofa there.”

Starsiak Hawk said the owner of Moonshot Games, Jayson Manship, encouraged her to open some kind of business or do

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Carmel High School runner treasures experience in national race

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com For Carmel High School senior Tony Provenzano, competing in the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships National Finals was a memorable experience.

“It was so special,” he said. “Just being there was an honor. Competing there was amazing. You know everyone works so hard to get there. When you are there, I just want to run to the best of my ability.”

Provenzano finished 14th in 15 minutes, 37.5 seconds Dec. 9 in the 5,000-kilometer race in San Diego.

“It was actually my slowest time of the season,” said Provenzano, whose best time is 15 minutes, which he posted in the Flashrock Invitational Sept. 16 at the Northview Church course in Carmel. “It was a very hard course. There is a very steep uphill run about 1 mile in the race and we run up that hill twice.”

Provenzano, who has signed a National Letter of Intent to compete in cross country and track and field at Indiana University, qualified Nov. 25 with a fifth-place finish in

MEET TONY PROVENZANO

Favorite subject: English Favorite athlete: Garrett Wilson Favorite TV show: “The Last Dance” Favorite vacation spot: Hawaii 15:07.6 at the Midwest Regional in Kenosha, Wis. Provenzano, who moved from Hopkins, Minn., before his junior season, finished second in the IHSAA state cross country finals as a junior and was fourth at the Oct. 28 state finals. The Greyhounds won the state team championship both years.

“Tony was instantly one of the best distance runners in the state after moving from Minnesota, and he improved tremendously these last two years,” CHS cross

Carmel High School senior Tony Provenzano finished 14th Dec. 9 in the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships National Finals. (Photo courtesy of Josh Cale / Doubletakeig)

country coach Colin Altevogt said. “The best athletes also make their teammates better, and Tony definitely did that, even in such an individual sport as running.”

Provenzano said Indiana has way more competition than Minnesota.

“There are a ton of good runners, and it

just makes it all worthwhile,” Provenzano said.

Provenzano finished 11th in the Minnesota state high school meet.

“I feel like trusting what coach Altevogt is saying is important,” he said. “Staying consistent and challenging yourself makes yourself better.”

Provenzano said the team had a close bond.

“I feel like we all have that goal to win the state meet,” he said. “When you and your teammates have the same approach mentally, you grow together and form a bond. It is very hard to beat a team that is like that and so disciplined.”

Provenzano said the runners can build on that for track season.

Provenzano finished second in the 3,200 meters last spring in the IHSAA state track and field finals.

Provenzano will use his final high school season to get ready for IU. “The coaches are amazing,” he said of his IU commitment. “I feel they love the sport like I do. The guys on the team are great. I just kind of knew I was going to go there the first time I went there.”

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JANUARY NOBLESVILLE COMMUNITY CALENDAR ICE SKATING RINK CONTINUES SERVICES Noblesville Federal Hill Commons’ Holidays at the Hill ice-skating rink is open until Jan. 9. It is open daily from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Sunday. There are different hours for News Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. For ages 12 and younger, admission is $11. For ages 13 and older, admission is $13. Punch passes are also available. Skate Aid rental is $3.

KOTEEWI SNOW TUBING Koteewi Run Seasonal Slopes, 11800 Koteewi Dr. opened at the end of December. For a weekday full session, which is four hours, admission is $25. For a two-hour weekend session or holiday session, the cost is $30 for ages 13 to 59 and $25 for children under 12 and seniors 60 and older. Season passes are also available from December to February, or March if conditions allow. It is open 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 5 to 10 p.m. Friday, 12 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday. There are different hours for holidays.

PIRATES AND PRINCESSES TRAIN RIDE SET Nickel Plate Express at 701 Cicero Rd. is hosting a Pirates and Princesses Train Ride Jan. 27 at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. It is 75 minutes

and during the ride, passengers can interact with pirates and princesses. Passengers will get a snack and drink. Diamond child tickets for people ages 12 and under are $28 while Diamond Adult Tickets for people aged 13 and older are $32.

BASEBALL LEAGUE LOOKING FOR PLAYERS A League of Our Own Midwest Independent Baseball League will be holding state-wide tryouts for the 2024 season. The tryouts will be held at the Mojo-Up Sports indoor Complex in Noblesville. The tryout is at 10:30 a.m. Jan. 30 at 16289 Boden Rd. The league is open to local, national and international players.

Players must be 17 years old or older. The season starts Labor Day weekend on August 31, 2024, and runs through Oct. 19, 2024.

PENGUIN MUG CLASS SCHEDULED At Kiln Creations, located at 60 N. 9th St., people can attend a step-by-step class to paint on stoneware mugs. The event is from 6 to 8 p.m. Jan 26. Registration is $38 and includes one custom mug and the tools/tips needed to create the look. Mug shapes are available between 22 to 26 oz. There will be instruction to walk attendees through the basics of the design. Tickets are nonrefundable and nontransferable.

Nordstrom Rack to open news@currentnoblesville.com A new Nordstrom Rack is coming to Noblesville in fall 2024, Nordstrom, Inc. announced Dec. 14. The store BUSINESS will be in Hamilton Town Center.

Nordstrom Rack is the off-price retail division of Nordstrom, Inc. and is the largest source of new customers to Nordstrom, according to the company.

“Hamilton Town Center is pleased to welcome Nordstrom Rack to our bustling outdoor shopping destination,” General Manager of Hamilton Town Center Megan Earnest stated. “We remain committed to providing the Indianapolis community with a stand-out shopping experience featuring the best selection of name-brand retailers, and the addition of Nordstrom Rack further solidifies our dedication to our shoppers.”

With the new location, Nordstrom will expand its footprint and economic impact in Indiana, the retailer stated. The company has a Nordstrom store at The Fashion Mall at Keystone in Indianapolis; a Nordstrom

Nordstrom Rack in Indianapolis at 4036 E. 82nd St. (Photo courtesy of Nordstrom Rack)

Rack store at the Rivers Edge Shopping Center in Indianapolis; and a Nordstrom Rack in Schererville.

“We look forward to being a part of the Noblesville community and serving our customers with an amazing offering of great brands at great prices,” stated Gemma Lionello, president of Nordstrom Rack Stores.

“We’re excited to grow our footprint in the region and introduce new customers to the Nordstrom experience.”

The company, founded as a shoe store in 1901, has more than 350 Nordstrom, Nordstrom Local and Nordstrom Rack locations.

It also has Nordstrom and Nordstrom Rack apps and websites.

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VISION QUEST Noblesville Mayor Chris Jensen focuses on future heading into term

By Elissa Maudlin elissa@youarecurrent.com Although Mayor Chris Jensen said he and his team worked at warp speed his first term, he doesn’t plan to slow down in his second.

Jensen, a Republican, was reelected Nov. 7. He was unopposed in his race.

“We came in kind of focused on four key areas: downtown, infrastructure, workforce development and public safety,” Jensen said. “And the nice thing is, I think those four pillars will continue to be what we strive for in a second term. It’s just kind of peeling back the layers on that.”

Jensen said the largest project Noblesvile has ever undertaken is the Reimagine Pleasant Street project, which is designed to improve east-west connectivity. Phase 1 is complete and Phases 2 and 3 will begin construction next year.

“I think that can be transformational in a very positive way for our community,” Jensen said. “And again, I’m not sure we fully appreciate how big of a lift a project like that is to put a new corridor through an authentic community to really be aimed at relieving traffic in downtown to support small business.”

Jensen also said he is excited about Innovation Mile, a business and technology hub that he thinks will start bearing fruit in the next couple of years. He said he wants to focus on continuing the Ind. 37 project north through Ind. 32 and Ind. 38 and work with the state as Ind. 32 becomes four lanes from Westfield to downtown Noblesville.

“I think we did a good job of executing projects that we’ve talked about for a long time but also listening to the public as we’ve gone through that process and ensuring that we had the support to get those big projects done,” Noblesville City Council President Aaron Smith said.

Smith said Jensen and the council have “a great dynamic” and have collaborated effectively on important projects.

As for downtown, Jensen said the city is entering Phase 2 of expanding residential opportunities. Several residential options, such as The Lofts on Tenth and Nexus Apartments, have already opened, and oth-

(Below) Mayor Chris Jensen speaks at a groundbreaking for Innovation Mile.

(Above) Mayor Chris Jensen being sworn into office for his second term. (Photos courtesy of the City of Noblesville)

ers are in progress.

Moreover, through the city’s facade grant program, Jensen said his administration has tried to incentivize business owners who want to “do some face-lifting” outside their building, which he said needs to be done, anyway.

With regard to affordable housing, Jensen said Noblesville has about 60 percent of the county’s federally subsidized housing.

“I feel very strongly that Noblesville is doing its part to continue to diversify its housing stock,” Jensen said. “This has to be a regional conversation. Other communities have to step up to that plate and be a part of that conversation. I think you’re seeing us develop future neighborhoods, for example, that are pretty diverse in terms of they have single-family, they have empty-nester ranch homes, they have townhomes, they have stacked flats — all within one neighborhood.”

Jensen said the city’s goal is to continue adding business and industry to help diversify the tax base. He said one of the

biggest objectives “is to make sure there is a diverse subset of economic opportunities, so that if one sector is down, another sector will be up and we can weather those storms together.”

Jensen said the goal the past five years was — and is — maintaining a balanced budget that holds tax rates steady. The city’s police and fire departments represent 50.1 percent of the 2024 operating budget because Jensen said the most important part of his job is keeping Noblesville safe.

Within the police and fire departments, Jensen’s administration implemented No-

bleACT, a paramedicine program that he would like to see implemented in municipalities across the state.

“I think we are leading the way in Noblesville around community-based paramedicine and proactive paramedicine with NobleACT,” Jensen said. “We have three of the state’s probably 20-some mental health therapy dogs, so we’re certainly leading the way in that space.”

ON THE COVER: Mayor Chris Jensen speaks at the State of the City address. (Photo courtesy of the City of Noblesville)

THE JENSEN FILE Mayor Chris Jensen was Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels’ adelected to office in 2019, after ministration as a special assisserving on the city council and tant to Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman working in business developand the director of intergovernment for a civil engineering mental affairs. He has called Jensen firm.

Noblesville home his entire life, Jensen previously served in former according to his website.

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Cheers to Dad’s memory Commentary by Terry Anker Much of life has been lived in these past three decades or so since Dad passed away. Grandkids were born; ESSAY they’ve been raised; and they’ve launched independently into the world. Even as he may be watching them from the afterlife, content with their many accomplishments, that generation is only reminded of his very real contribution to their lives as we prompt and inform them of it.

A young man just diagnosed with the esophageal cancer that would take his life a few months later, Dad confronted a new reality — namely, surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. Like him, we leaned into any good we could find in a not-so-good situation. If there was to be one meal before a long road of a liquid diet of tasteless sustenance, what would it be? Without hesitation, he declared St. Elmo Steak House. Early Christian martyr Erasmus of Formia became the patron saint of sailors and, ironically, abdominal pain. Dad picking the namesake restaurant seemed odd at the time. Why

didn’t he ask for his grandma’s tasty apple salad served at the family farm, now long gone? It seemed he wanted us to sit with him in a familiar and, perhaps, unchanging accommodation. With the choice, he hoped to imprint a vivid memory that could and would be relived many times over.

Each year, his progeny treks to a large round table in the back of the iconic restaurant to be reminded of the sinus-opening power of the famed shrimp cocktail and toast a person who the majority of those now gathered never knew. There is comfort to be found among the countless photos and wood-paneled rooms. In its vibrancy, the place itself directs us to imagine what might be even as we are surrounded by what has come before.

Cheers, Dad. And thank you.

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Not losing sleep over lost sleep Commentary by Danielle Wilson Friends, it’s taken me 50-plus years to realize that sometimes, despite my best efforts, I’m not going to sleep HUMOR a wink. And that’s OK. The other night is a prime example. I climbed into bed at my usual 8:30 p.m., read a few chapters of my latest YA fantasy book (a pre-erotica Sarah J. Maas that I am luv-ing), snuggled under my weighted blanket, turned on the sound machine, donned my mask and hit the lights. And lay there, body tired but mind racing: Grading assignments; kids; COVID-19; student loans; a weird leg mole; 2024; Dad in heaven; laundry; 2023; menopause; global warming; pie; assassins; “The Great British Bake Off”; pandas; hair dye … nooooooo!

After a few hours of this, I got up to use the bathroom, practiced some deep breathing and returned to my happy place, only to continue to toss and turn. On my back, then on my stomach. On my right side, then on my left. Count backward

from 99, mentally scan my body from scalp to big toe, name the presidents in order. Ugh. Nothing. All while my husband Doo snored away, the traitor.

Normally at this point, I would start to panic, but I kept calm with the mantra “You’re all right. You might be tired tomorrow, but you’ll survive.” Let’s use the bathroom again.

More slow breathwork. Return to bed, rinse and repeat all the tricks and positions. Doze – DANIELLE WILSON a little. Resist the urge to look at the clock. “You’re all right. You. Are. All. Right.”

Did I feel terrible the next day? Absolutely. But I got through it. Some nights I just won’t be able to sleep. And that’s OK. Peace out.

“Did I feel terrible the next day? Absolutely.

But I got through it.”

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Thanks for the memories Commentary by Dick Wolfsie

“Wasn’t it closer to 40?”

MISTAKEN IDENTITY? Each year, I devote two columns to a Mary Ellen started to worry that somereview of what I wrote about during the one might steal one of our identities. Now previous 11 months. when I call her, she gives me a little quiz to HUMOR For example, last winter I be sure it’s me, like what’s your brother’s wrote about a cruise we took name? What was the name of your first to Puerto Rico. Getting on the ship’s eledog? She still wasn’t convinced. vator required us “OK, Mary Ellen, to scan our room you may ask one card. I kept swiping “I had booked a hotel in Washington, more question. but the elevator Make it a good door didn’t open. A all right. In Seattle, Wash.” one.” fellow passenger – DICK WOLFSIE “OK, Dick, or walked by. “You’re whoever you are, scanning the hand when we got married, we stayed in a magsanitizer,” he told me. nificent vacation spot in Big Sur, Calif. You One night, I carried the TV remote onto said it was the most romantic, glorious the veranda outside our room that overhotel you had ever been in, and it was a looked the ocean. The device slipped out weekend you would never forget. What of my hand when the ship rocked, and it was the name of the hotel? landed in the Atlantic.

“I don’t have a clue.”

“That’s never happened before,” the “OK, it’s definitely you.” steward said. “What were you doing when A LITTLE TOO COZY you dropped it?”

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com The idea to form their own band started with a bunch of dads of Carmel High School band members.

MUSIC “We started it as a group during COVID. We were all working from home and kind of lonely,” said Kevin Seibert, who founded the group and plays saxophone. “We all played through college and a lot of us played in other bands in town.”

The dads’ group plays big band standards, classic jazz and modern pop covers.

“We do some 1980s rock, songs from Chicago the band,” Seibert said. “One of the guys (Brian Porter) plays electric bass and we brought him in to give us a rhythm section.’

The name of the group is Odd Man in Quintet, but it can be quartet or septet, depending on who is available at a performance.

The group, which has nine members, has never had a vocalist but has discussed the possibility.

Seibert, a 55-year-old vice president at Eli Lilly Co., said none of the members is a professional musician.

“It’s been so much fun,” Seibert said. “It was very therapeutic during the pandemic. We added a drummer and we started getting pretty OK.” The group was invited to play in Carmel PorchFest in 2021 after sending an audition of a few recorded songs. They played their third Carmel PorchFest this fall and recently played in the Holiday PorchFest.

“We played on the Monon Trail this summer once a week,” Seibert said. “We had regulars come every week just to catch us. We were getting bigger and bigger crowds. It’s super fun. We have played in the Christkindlmarkt three years in a row. We have one guy (Kevin McLaren) that plays with Indiana Wind Symphony and another guy (Jeff Brown) plays with Swing Shift Indy and Indianapolis Municipal Band. As long as we have five or more

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From left, Odd Man in Quintet members are Kevin McLaren, Brian Porter. Joe Chiappetta, Cooper Chiappetta, Kevin Seibert, David Morris, Rob Beele, Randy Reed and Jerry Brown. (Photo courtesy of Kevin Seibert)

members, we can cover all the parts. If we have nine of us, we’ll double up some parts.”

Seibert said the group has performed at wedding receptions.

“The Village of WestClay has us in its normal rotation,” Seibert said. “We played its fall festival, tree lighting and Octoberfest.”

The group also played several holiday gigs at senior living communities.

Seibert said the members have become good friends and even went on a ski trip together.

Seibert had two daughters, Sarah and Laurie, who were in the CHS Marching Band. Sarah, a 2019 graduate, played the trumpet. Laurie, a 2022 graduate, played clarinet and was the band drum major as a senior.

“Everyone has had kids go through the band,” Seibert said. “Most of us are empty nesters.”

Joe Chiappetta, a CHS graduate, performs in the band along with his son, Cooper, who attends Purdue University.

Seibert and Joe Chiappetta both play alto saxophone.

“I have really enjoyed working on the music, seeing and hearing the improvements the band has made and rekindling a passion for the playing that is deep within,” Joe Chiappetta said. “The time together with the guys has been great, and it’s been an awesome opportunity to spend time with my son, who is an incredibly talented alto and soprano player.”

David Morris, another band member, started the Carmel Parents Pep Band nearly 20 years ago.

“That’s how we got to know each other in the Carmel Parents Band,” Seibert said. “People in the Carmel Parents Band stay long after their kids leave the high school.”

For more, visit oddmaninquintet.com.

Michael Feinstein’s annual spring performance at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel will feature songs CONCERT by legendary popular music singer Tony Bennett.

“Because of You: A Tribute to the Legendary Tony Bennett” is set for 8 p.m. May 17 at the Palladium.

Bennett, who died July 21 at age 96, performed three times at the Palladium, most recently in May 2019, when the Great American Songbook Foundation inducted him into its Songbook Hall of Fame. Feinstein’s personal friendship with Bennett will add depth to the performance.

Tickets starting at $45 are on sale at thecenterpresents.org, by phone at 317-8433800, or in person at the Palladium’s Fifth Third Bank Box Office.

‘WHITE CHRISTMAS” Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre presents “White Christmas” through Dec. 31 at the Indianapolis venue. For more, visit beefandboards.com.

FEINSTEIN’S CABARET Feinstein’s presents David Ranalli’s “Deceptions: An Evening of Magic and Lies” at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 28 and Craig A. Meyer’s “Remember When Rock Was Young: The Elton John Experience” at 7:30 and 10:45 p.m. Dec. 31 at Hotel Carmichael in Carmel. For more, visit feinsteinshc.com

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New Year’s traditional meal Commentary by Mark LaFay The New Year’s countdown is on! Practically speaking, it really is just another day, but there is something to be said FOOD for the symbolic act of turning the calendar to a new year.

Black-eyed peas are small legumes, often prepared in dishes like Hoppin’ John. They are believed to bring prosperity and good luck for the coming year. With its blend of black-eyed peas, rice and flavorful spices, this dish is a symbol of hope and abundance, shared among families and friends across generations.

Here is a good recipe for Hoppin’ John: Ingredients: • 1 cup dried black-eyed peas • 4 slices bacon, chopped • 1 onion, diced • 1 green bell pepper, diced • 2 cloves garlic, minced • 1 teaspoon dried thyme • 1 teaspoon smoked paprika • 3 cups chicken or vegetable broth • 1 cup long-grain white rice • Salt and pepper to taste Instructions:

Rinse the black-eyed peas and set them aside.

In a large pot, cook the bacon over medium heat until crispy. Remove the bacon and set it aside, leaving the bacon drippings in the pot.

Sauté the onion and bell pepper in the bacon drippings until they begin to soften.

Add the garlic, thyme, and smoked paprika, stirring for another minute.

Add the black-eyed peas and broth to the pot. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to a simmer. Cover and cook for about 45 minutes to an hour, or until the peas are tender.

Stir in the rice and cooked bacon. Cover and simmer for an additional 20 minutes or until the rice is cooked through. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

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Getting creative juices flowing Commentary by Randy Sorrell Feeling down, low on energy and having a lack of enthusiasm? Maybe it’s time to “Get your creative on!” Think ADVICE about it. When your creative juices are flowing, how do you feel? Pretty jazzed with a hint of irrational exuberance!

So, how do you make that happen? Incredibly unscientific studies (me asking a few buddies over a cocktail at Adagio) show there are a variety of techniques to fuel your creative juices.

Here’s a few personally commissioned gizmos to drive creativity: • Loud music! Coldplay, Chris Stapleton and U2 work for me. What about you?

• A cocktail or a glass of wine (it gets amateurish after one).

• An intense workout or a sunny mountain/beach/woodsy walk.

Well, of course, you feel better and more creative after those activities Randy! Don’t we all? Apparently not.

Here’s a few TED talk, scientifically supported ways to heighten creativity: • Unlock your attitude of gratitude. Make

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• Space for grace. Meaning, find some down time. Creativity requires moments not consumed by … consuming.

• Unplug!! Put down the phone, set aside the laptop, TV off. Breathe. Smile.

• Find some exercise, mindfulness, a good night’s sleep and solitude (yeah, right?).

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Blueprint for Improvement: Elegant ensuite in Carmel Commentary by Larry Greene Constructed in 1993 in Carmel’s Bayhill neighborhood, this home’s owners sought to reconfigure a spacious guest bedroom — striving to incorporate an ensuite bathroom and walk-in closet. Our team skillfully adjusted the footprint, optimizing both style and space.

After

THE BLUEPRINT • Timeless elegance is established through classic finishes — featuring chrome hardware, crisp white cabinetry and luxurious marble tile — cultivating a sophisticated space for years to come.

• Hex tile in various sizes lends a modern feel to classic materials.

• Though windowless, the room exudes an open and airy ambience attributed to the neutral palette and frameless glass shower enclosure.

• The double vanity and newly added walk-in closet provide ample storage space, inviting guests to settle in and make themselves comfortable.

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