1234.

Get my shoes in.

Out the door.

Five.

I'm lost.

Six.

Seven.

Eight.

Feels great.

I'm gonna shine.

After I do what I'm gonna do.

I do it again.

Yeah.

Look at the sky with the beautiful color.

But never just for me.

You gotta share it with another.

I got to show, to give.

Let I want singing show.

Take a look and say a beautiful morning that turns into a beautiful evening.

And together make beautiful art.

And if you wanna see that, come along with me.

That's right.

Hey and welcome to Experience Michiana.

I'm Irish Dave, and I'm here at the Studebaker Museum for their Reel Rides exhibition.

You might notice this vehicle from Little Miss Sunshine, but there's so much here.

So many amazing iconic vehicles from different movies.

Can't wait to talk about that a little later on the show.

We're also going to be going to Goshen for a production of The Jungle Book that's being put on by the Phoenix Performing Arts.

But first, staying with performing arts and theater.

We're learning about a new theater group here in South Bend.

They're called AMP.

Today, I'm excited to check out a new performing arts group.

And I you know, you guys know I love performing arts.

I feel like I'm always up here on the stage with somebody, and this is a new space for you guys and you're fairly new to the Community amp theater company.

Thank you guys so much for joining me today.

I want to hear all about what you guys are doing.

So tell us about this.

This is what your third production that you're putting on now.

Yeah.

Thanks so much for being here.

Yeah.

This is our third production that we're doing.

I it's called The Spanish Tragedy by Thomas Kidd.

Okay.

Mark, do you want to talk a little bit about the play?

Yeah.

It's an English play that takes place in Spain, therefore Spanish tragedy.

Okay.

This play was massively popular at the time that Shakespeare was working on his plays.

It was.

So this is like.

I mean, we're talking a long time ago.

Yeah.

This is a classic, underappreciated today, but had so much influence on other plays like hamlet that we do understand and follow.

Gotcha.

Yeah.

It was essentially one of the first big blockbuster revenge tragedies.

So a play about someone who is seeking revenge on someone else, interesting.

And that kind of set the stage for future performance.

Yes.

There are echoes of this play in hamlet.

There's echoes of it in Midsummer Night's Dream because it ends with a play within a play.

Okay, yeah.

So wait, do we know?

Do they know each other?

Shakespeare.

Thomas?

Yeah.

Yeah.

You know, like all theater communities, it's a small world that is.

That Thomas kid's life was cut short after he was in prison for a certain amount of time, and then died afterwards, possibly as yet another tragedy.

It is.

Yes.

Okay, so tell us a little bit more about the plot that's happening.

This because it is it's kind of complex.

So the play starts with the ghost of Don Andrea who died in war with the Portuguese.

Okay.

And he appears straight from the underworld saying I want revenge against the guy who killed me.

Okay.

I'm the guy who killed him is Prince Balthasar from Portugal, which is played by Mark.

That's my character.

I get to be a villain.

Which is?

You played a villain before?

Some.

And that is often as non villains.

Are you drawing from within for this or.

No not.

No.

All I hope, I, I hope not.

When you'll see it, you'll, you'll hope that I'm not okay.

Go go go.

Okay.

But yeah.

So Andrea shows up wanting revenge against Balthasar.

And the spirit of revenge appears and is like, come on, let's sit down.

We're going to watch things unfold.

And so they are sitting watching the show with everybody else, watching all the events unfold.

And I love that you guys are doing this at the.

Well, yes, over here in South Bend.

And this is a great space.

New to you guys too.

And let's talk about what it means to have a stage set like this, especially in regards to this production.

So yeah, we're a bit unique in how we do shows in that, we keep the lights on the audience the entire show.

So as actors are performing, they're able to see and interact with the audience, and they can take lines to the audience.

Yeah, well, occasionally look directly in the audience's eyes and say, like, can you believe this is happening?

What should I do?

It sounds like a participation opportunity.

Yeah.

And I mean, like I said, Revenge and Andrea are sitting there with the audience for this show.

So yeah, we, we do shows in what's called a thrust configuration, where we have audience on three sides of us.

It's community theater.

And what's so great about theater is being able to bring people together in person, especially today in the modern age of like actually being able to connect with one another.

And this style of show really helps with that, which again, like looking each other in the eye as we do the action just for the wall.

Yeah.

Not just pretending to you, but just pretending they don't exist and just kind of like, yeah, doing our play.

It's like we're inviting them into the action.

What is your opening night for this?

It's coming up soon.

It'll be next Friday.

So November 7th.

Okay.

Yeah.

So we run Friday, Saturday, Sunday.

Okay.

Next weekend.

And then we also run Friday, Saturday, Sunday the following.

So two weekends on six yet.

And I'm assuming with this it's more of an intimate, audience.

Correct.

Yeah.

I, it's, a smaller audience for us.

And again, it just kind of increases that contact with everybody.

I love the how can people get their tickets?

Go to AMP theater company.org.

And you'll be able to buy your tickets online.

You can also buy them, in person at the door.

But if you want to get them, make sure you get them before they sell out.

Then definitely buy online amptheatercompany.org.

Now, what is your guys's long term vision for AMP theater company?

That we want to bring our our shows to more spaces throughout the Michiana area.

This is the first one that we've done, kind of on our own, renting a space.

Since our first two we did in partnership with the Acting Ensemble, which is another theater company here in town.

But we want to explore more venues and find more opportunities to bring people into the show.

And one of the other things we strive really hard to achieve is making sure that community theater fits our volunteers lives.

That so often part of the reason we started AMP Theater Company is that Marc and I did a lot of shows, but we had to be very judicious about how often we did them, because when you do a show, you're committing to every night, like, do we really like, yeah.

We take an approach of we rehearse a maximum of three nights a week.

Oh, that's so every actor is guaranteed nights off when you can.

So if you haven't been that before, that is incredible.

Yeah.

So, so it was important to us that we were getting a better life balance with our community theater.

Yeah.

So that's one of our goals is to maintain that and make community theater more accessible to more people.

Absolutely.

And how many guys do you or how many actors do you have participating in this?

We have a cast of 14.

And then we have, production crew of about 5 or 6.

Yeah.

Okay.

And are you guys looking for volunteers in the future?

Okay.

The way.

Yeah.

Whether you want to be on stage, or in other roles, volunteering, including, like, ushers for the performances.

Definitely.

Reach out.

There's an email address you can find on our website, to reach out and learn.

Yeah.

And we've got an email list where we reach out when we're holding auditions or looking for other volunteer opportunities.

And we're also on Facebook.

Instagram, we're on blue Sky.

We're on a bunch of different social media as well.

I really want to help people come out and see the show.

But this is a tragedy, right?

Yes.

Okay.

Is there is there some comedic relief?

And there it is.

So there are some very dark moments in this play.

Okay.

That's good to know.

Definitely.

Viewer discretion advised.

We have content warnings on our box office page and our FAQ page on our website.

But there are moments of comedy to lighten the mood throughout the.

Sure, sure.

All right, well, I hope everybody gets their tickets.

You have to.

We can see it.

I'm sure you guys are going to sell out, so make sure you do get your tickets ahead of time and break a leg.

Thank you.

So.

I'm here at the Studebaker Museum, and this is probably one of the coolest exhibits I've ever had here.

It's reel rides.

It's cars of TV and film, and I'm here with Kyle, who's curator.

Kyle.

I'm super impressed walking in here.

You know, when I heard about this and heard we were coming, I didn't realize that you'd have such an amazing collection.

I mean, you've done a really good job with this.

Well, thank you.

I can't take all the credit, but thank you.

Thank you very much.

Yeah, but even as we look at the first one here, like the Gt40 replica because.

But we say replica.

But that's what they used in the filming for Ford v Ferrari.

Right, right.

And that's an interesting example of movie cars are kind of special in that, you know, they, they, they all have stories to tell.

Right.

So this is a replica Gt40 used in Ford v Ferrari.

So in the film it was wrapped in like a dark blue wrap.

Right.

And you see Christian Bale working under the car and that scene in the hangar.

He plays Ken Miles in the film.

And then obviously the owner much later took that wrap off.

We think that the current sort of, scheme on the car looks like it would have been.

Yeah.

Lemon in the late 60s, but, this probably was added, like as a promotional paint job, you know, after the film.

So, again, interesting car, interesting history.

You know, one of the vehicles in Ford was Ferrari, so which again, because I know that the real Gt40 would probably be worth a couple hundred thousand dollars.

Yeah, a little bit.

Yeah.

They tend not to use them in movies when they're kind of a mess, you know.

And these are props right there in the background.

And so they did want to have some authentic cars.

You know, meaning you know they're still movie cars you don't want always the real thing.

So yeah.

Now I know that behind me here, this yellow vehicle is a regular feature here at the museum.

It's been here before.

So can you tell me a little bit about who owns it?

And it's from The Color Purple, right?

Right.

Yeah.

So this is the Color Purple movie from the mid 1980s with will be Goldberg and Oprah Danny Glover.

This car was here for a while back.

Yeah, I think in the early 20 tens.

Right.

Okay.

This is Doctor George Vassos.

He's a friend of the museum.

He lives out in Massachusetts.

So he's been the owner of this car for several years.

It's a wonderful film.

It's a beautiful car.

It's just, it's a Studebaker model.

One of my favorite eras, kind of mid 1930s here.

And that yellow just really pops, so it really makes me want to lean into.

They don't make them like that anymore.

Friends, you know, that's when you know you're starting to get older when you start looking at it.

But I mean, it's just I mean, I don't know if everyone says that about every generation, but it's just magnificent.

It really is.

No.

This one, it's a really special time.

And I love the rumble seat.

And that's obviously pretty prominent in the movie too.

So yeah.

And I know here this, you know, we talk about the first car that we looked at was a replica.

But this Ferrari here, the Ferrari 308, this is a it's a real Ferrari.

There's no replica here.

This.

No, this is, this is one of my favorite cars we were able to bring in for the exhibit.

So we have three cars on loan to us from the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles.

They have a wonderful collection.

And they're in their vault, especially of movie cars.

And so obviously, many of us grew up or at least have seen Magnum Pi.

So this is one of the Ferraris used in filming season three.

My favorite bit of trivia for this car is they actually had to lower the frame a bit to fit Tom Selleck, so that's pretty fun.

Pretty tall guy, pretty small car.

So, and I know that the Ian Fleming Foundation is based up in Grand Rapids, Michigan, right?

Or I believe so.

And you have some vehicles here that were in bond movies, which.

Yeah, yes, we have a couple of vehicles here that were in bond films.

They were very generous in letting us, borrow some of these, many of their vehicles do kind of go to different museums for exhibits and other Museum of Science or one of the Chicago museums just had a James Bond exhibit.

Yeah.

But any case, we have, yeah, this Honda motorcycle here.

This was used in Skyfall.

One of my favorite, I think Daniel Craig, led bond films.

If you remember, toward the beginning of the film, there's this great motorcycle chase there.

Istanbul, I think, bond commandeers, just kind of a street bike.

And then the bad guy, commandeers this police bike here.

So this is one of those police bikes used in the film.

You know what?

I want to cause a ruckus with our audience.

But I think Daniel Craig is one of the best bond.

He's great, you know?

And I know he doesn't fit the the mold of what?

Bond.

You know, for some people, they all have their own special attributes.

Yeah.

So yeah, we got Thelma and Louise over here, which I mean, this is a really iconic vehicle right here.

I like to joke with folks like this is not the one that flew off the cliff at the end of this film.

Yeah.

This is again another vehicle on loan to us from the Petersen Museum.

Just a really neat vehicle.

If you've seen the film, really emotionally charged ending.

Yeah.

And something that's kind of neat about movie cars.

They obviously use multiple different, mostly identical cars for the film.

So this was used for a lot of the driving scenes with Geena Davis.

And oh, who's the other actors I'm forgetting?

Don't ask me.

Is it on here?

It's probably Susan Sarandon.

Thank you.

Oh, yeah.

Of course.

Yeah.

So, just a wonderful car.

I mean, who doesn't love a mid 60s Thunderbird?

It's just a cool car.

I mean, convertible again, they don't make them like this anymore.

It's just so beautiful.

Can you imagine?

They're driving around South Bend on a summer evening on this.

It's beautiful.

Absolutely beautiful.

So as we kind of get into the museum here.

Yes.

There's one question that I'm curious about.

How do you get all the cars up here?

We're on, like the one second or third floor, right?

No, it's not magic.

It's, So in the corner of the gallery, this building is, we're lucky to have an elevator that goes all three floors.

We can fit pretty much every vehicle in the collection, okay?

And we can move them around, so.

And, do you ever get nervous?

Like.

I mean, just thinking about, like, making sure you just have to take such good care of them.

I mean, just parking them all.

I feel like I'd freak out a little bit.

That's what we do, right?

I know, I know, I know, yeah.

So you.

And so our team here, obviously we do this quite a bit.

And so we have a pretty good handle on moving moving cars around.

Sometimes we're threading the needle a little bit, but but we always make it work.

And so when you talk about this reel rides and it's happening, how long are all these vehicles going to be here on time.

Yeah.

So this just opened on Friday October was a 25th, 2424.

Thank you.

And so they'll be here all the way through Memorial Day next year.

Oh, wow.

Yeah.

So it's about an eight, 7 or 8 month exhibit.

So you have some time, you know, come, come, you know, this winter free weekend, you know, check it out.

And there's a lot of other great stuff to see here at the Studebaker Museum.

And I do like it that you know, there's there's vehicles that represent nearly like every era or every age group of people like, I see, you know, Little Miss Sunshine vehicle over here, which is so cool.

But, you know, it seems like it hits kind of every generation, even with the Ford versus Ferrari, obviously.

And that was one of my our goals here I was for going to do a movie car exhibit.

But let's do something that appeals to to many different people.

Yeah.

And so the Little Miss Sunshine, van was one of my favorites.

We have, the Hornet from the man with the Golden Gun, another bond vehicle.

So, yeah, I mean, just hitting a lot of those different audiences.

Is there any.

I noticed the fire vehicle over here with South Bend Fire Department.

So is that just kind of an extra added in, or is that from an actual movie or.

Oh, so yeah, the real rides exhibit is kind of in the center part of our are here.

All the other vehicles you're going to see on the on the upper level of the museum are part of our collection.

Okay.

And so we, you know, Studebaker built, service vehicles, vehicles.

And so that's a great example of a late 1920s fire truck.

So.

Okay.

And so is there any vehicle here that is part of reel rides, like if you had to pick one that we haven't looked at yet that you think is just super iconic, which one would you go with?

Well, there is a, there is a pretty special car here.

That that kind of, prompted us to do this whole exhibit and that is, the return of the 1951 commander from The Muppet Movie.

Yeah.

Which is also on display downstairs in our in our atrium.

So and so I know that was a big project because that vehicle I know was kind of just sitting out.

I mean, nobody was a lot of these vehicles are almost better kept than some, like they're like people's babies, right?

And they're so well kept.

Right.

But with that vehicle, it was kind of just out in the parking lot.

Right?

Well, we've had that car for about 20 years now.

We got it just before we moved into this, into this building.

But what happens?

Is it kind of going back to your earlier point about movie cars?

A lot of times they're when they're done filming, they're kind of left in a warehouse or left out on the studio backlot for a while, and then, you know, the elements will get to it.

And that car went through a couple different owners and it was outside some more.

And so a lot of that paint scheme, if you've seen the movie, you know, it's got that wonderful psychedelic rainbow paint scheme from Doctor Teeth.

And so but it was all pretty much faded, washed away.

The car didn't run, you know.

And so we had it on display.

And did you guys put all that effort into making it back to work?

Well, we worked with a lot of people.

We were fundraising for it to really make the restoration possible.

And we finally kind of hit our goal 3 or 4 years ago now.

And, ended up working with, a shop down in North Carolina, Razor Fly Studios, they did the restoration work.

Wonderful job.

I mean, the car looks like it just drove right off off the movie, so.

All right, well, you got plenty of time, but don't wait.

Just come and see it.

Real ride's the exhibition.

Congratulations on all the work.

I think this is really cool.

And I hope it's one of the biggest exhibits that you have here at the Studebaker.

I hope so too.

Yeah.

Come see it.

Yeah.

Thank you.

One of my favorite places to be with my friend Ashley.

I love you so much.

I'm always so excited to be here with you.

I'm excited to see you.

I always look forward to these dates on my calendar.

It is now.

This time we have the audience behind us, so it's like they're the performers, right?

Yes.

You guys are performing this time.

Yeah, we're loading in behind you.

So we don't want to give anything away quite yet, because it's not what to be expected for the for the weekend.

Right.

And you guys have opening weekend this weekend.

Yes, yes.

Let's talk about it.

You're doing Jungle Book.

Are the classic Disney show.

It is.

So you're doing like the Disney format.

Yes.

Yeah.

And so it's literally the movie you know, and love.

But I feel like they expanded upon a little bit.

So they added some songs like for like The Colonel, Who's the Elephant?

He has like a brigade of elephants behind him.

They have songs.

And so what I love is those of us that, you know, Disney gals that grew up on it.

It's what you know and love, but then expand it.

And so it creates a whole new generation of love for this really, really neat story.

And I think the storyline and the message it's underneath is something that people can take home with and that they won't even realize they're learning until the show is done.

I love that, I love that for people who have not seen jungle, but give us a little tidbit about the storyline.

Yeah, so it's all about this.

They call him a man cub.

It's a boy who was raised by wolves.

He actually belongs in the man village, is what they call it.

But he finds himself in the middle of the jungle.

He was raised from birth, and now he's, you know, 11 or 12.

And he all of his friends and basically his family have become these jungle characters.

But there's one bad guy that's Shere Khan, the tiger who doesn't believe that man should be in the jungle because he's afraid of man and what he's experienced.

So the whole show is about him trying to remove him from the jungle, however he decides to, and the other jungle friends kind of banding around him to save him and create a safe space for him and and let him realize that even though he's different, he still belongs there.

I love that, all right?

We we want to make sure you come and see the whole story.

Yeah, absolutely.

But I think it's important to know this is a youth production.

Yes.

I mean, the elephants out there are going to be the kids and they are.

And we've got okay, so we have about 65 kids ages 5 to 15.

And so some of our littlest, cast members are lightning bugs.

I love it.

They may or may not have some really cool special effects for their costumes.

So you will have a feast for the eyes, and you will absolutely no matter what the weather is like outside.

And now that fall is officially here, you will be transported to the warm, and just luscious jungle.

You always do a phenomenal job.

I know your husband's a big part of this has nothing to do with me, but.

No.

But like this says, since you guys do our so well, talk about what?

Like what went into the process of cleaning this particular site?

Yeah, I, I'm always just so blown away and like, again, I know, I know him, I'm with him every day, but I'm just always blown away.

With what his mind.

You know, comes up with.

And I am terrible.

I'm a terrible vision person.

Like I have to see it in front of me or a picture drawn out.

He just has these things.

He just close his eyes are not even.

We're driving in the car and he pictures and he tells me I'm like, cool.

And then.

And then it comes out here and it makes it magic.

Oh my gosh.

And so this I mean, you literally the things that I know have been great because I've seen them now are you transported I mean, even there's gonna be some things even more close to the audience that will just kind of transport you and take you.

And I think that's the beauty of theater, right?

Is no matter what the storyline, it allows you to escape.

And I think it gives people a reprieve from the world around them.

The stresses of, you know, being parents, working full time or just the stresses of life, and they get to be entertained, but they also learn something.

And I I'm just very passionate about what they are.

I love it I love how passionate you are about theater.

It's so phenomenal.

But I think that that transports into the kids and adults and everyone who participates, especially here at Phoenix Performing Arts.

Talk a little bit about the kiddos who are part of this experience.

I always joke that I, I'm like, I know that all the children belong to actual humans at home, but they just feel like they're ours too, like We have a a little small part in their lives that we get to play.

And, I just think that that love that we infuse into them and that they in turn, give back to us.

It shines on the stage even more than just the amazing set.

There on, and the amazing costumes and how much talent they have.

They genuinely love each other, and I can't tell you how many times I see them hugging each other or walking to their places.

You know, you say places to the top of the show.

You call it, and then they walk to places holding hands and then the little ones.

And I'm like, they're creating best friends and memories that will last them way past when the curtain call.

I know this because you and I have grew up in theater, right?

And so we understand what it looks like long term, but they aren't realizing necessarily now that I don't think they will until they're, you know, I met my husband in theater and we're married and he's stuck with me forever.

Now, my best friends, people that were at my wedding, you know, it just my full life.

You know, I've had some of my best memories and some my best relationships and friendships have been created on the stage.

And so it's really, really neat to be the old person getting to witness that and, and see, we always joke, okay, we see that there could be roommates in college, they might get married, you know?

So it's really neat to watch that from a bird's eye, you know?

Yeah.

Okay.

So you guys have this one coming up.

This is all youth.

You have other stuff coming up too.

We do.

We have just two shows left of our 2025 year.

So jungle Book is the last show then White Christmas is in three weeks after this one.

And are you guys already rehearsing for that?

Once we started literally like 3 or 4 days after Freaky Friday was done.

So we're always going the the the pedals keep going.

Right?

And then we start auditions for our first show of the 2026 season before the holiday.

The 2026 year even happens.

I love that, and I know I think we have time to talk about it too, but 2026, it's a big one.

Okay.

Big production.

So you guys doing so?

Including our summer camp.

We have 11 different offerings next year.

Yeah.

So I'll see if I can remember them all.

Okay.

I feel like I like, use my fingers here.

So we start with next to normal.

That's our first mainstage show of the season.

I haven't I haven't heard of you.

You'll have to look it up.

The person who wrote the music for Freaky Friday wrote the music for Next to Normal, but it's a really deep show.

It's deals with some really emotional and heart gripping content.

So beautifully done.

It's there's a, a pro shot that they just actually posted, I believe, on like Prime or something.

So if you want to get a cheap attachment you can come see the love.

I mean, look at that.

And then after that, our first youth show, this of the 2026 season is Fame Junior, which I know you know that one.

I'm live.

And then after that, we head into a musical that, Zach and I love.

It's actually he's found it before I did, but it's called Between the Lines, and it's.

Oh, I just can't even get into it because they'll take the whole time, too.

Oh, yeah.

But it's so good.

They don't give too much away because that gives me a reason to talk to you.

Days also like these are my Courtney dates.

I got 11 of them.

And then we will be doing daddy longlegs.

That will actually be our first one.

It's a it's a two person show, but it is like it's one of my favorites.

And that will actually be across the street at our black box theater.

We have a 75 seat black box on our space.

I remember that, yes.

We haven't gotten to go over there.

And they came.

You guys, like we were over at the high school?

Yes.

You guys are back here?

Yes.

Yep.

Okay.

Yeah.

For that.

Yeah.

And for White Christmas as well.

Okay.

Daddy longlegs will be across the street and like I said, two person show kind of an intimate setting which will be really neat.

And then after Daddy Longlegs we head into I believe the summer which is two productions of frozen.

So we'll have Frozen and Frozen junior.

Yes.

The grown ups, the grown ups get to be in the Disney magic as well of that, because we are magical.

I also miss snow Princess.

And then after that we have our summer camp, which happens right after frozen is done.

Then we head into, a musical called tick, tick boom.

Oh, which is that?

Yeah.

I was like, it took the world by storm.

And especially like, these teenagers and early adults love that musical.

And then we have I hope you know this one, the Wedding singer.

And I'm calling Adam Sandler.

He'll be right here, I hope so, this is Missy, and then we will have our last youth show of the year, which is a risk to cats junior Disney again, I know that's a little kids across the stage.

And then our holiday offering for the end of the year is Little Women The Musical.

You guys have a great line up for next year.

I love this, we gotta make sure we fill these seats.

Yeah, I know they're already filling up for this weekend.

They are.

People are excited to see live theater.

So we want to keep that excitement going.

Yeah absolutely.

So make sure you guys do get your tickets here, for this performance, because we want to make sure that these kids know how loved they are.

And it's so great to just be in the audience and watch the kids be in their element.

Oh my gosh.

Yeah.

And it's just you're watching the future ahead of you, you know?

And tickets are $20 or less for seniors.

And youth.

And so it's cheaper than honestly going to McDonald's nowadays.

Right.

So and they it like make it a family.

Oh you bring the kids right.

This is perfect for the family the timing and the content is family friendly all the way through.

So one of the shows, because I know you guys are doing it this weekend, but we only have a couple performances Saturday, on November 1st at 7 p.m.. Okay.

And then Sunday, November 2nd at 2 p.m., which is great, especially for the littler kids.

Oh, yeah.

Get them home before they're tired and cranky and ready for school or not ready for school.

I love that you guys do so much great work, especially with your workshops and your classes and everything.

Do you do you want to talk about that?

We just had one actually.

Last weekend we had our Boo Bash annual Halloween workshop that we do, and then we have one coming up in December.

It's our Holly jolly workshop, so it's all holiday themed.

So if you want to make a pit stop and a little elf out, you're welcome to win.

It's right up your alley.

All I'm all about sparkle, jolly twinkle Jenkins.

These guys do those kind of workshops for youth and adults.

We've had so many adults ask, so we have some really cool things in the works right now.

It's been it's been youth, but we've had a lot of adults say, that's not fair.

I want to do I want you to stay tuned on that one.

Yeah.

Dot dot dot.

All right.

Well, break a leg.

Thank you.

Here in the jungle this weekend.

Thank you.

So that was cool to learn about Jungle Book.

And as always, there's so much happening.

There's so much to experience here in Michiana.

And I really hope that you come and see real rides here at the Studebaker Museum.

It is so cool.

There's always something to experience in Michiana.

That's why we do this show every week.

If there's something that you think we should experience and highlight on the show, follow us on Facebook and send us a message.

You never know.

Your suggestion might be on an upcoming episode.

Until next week, we'll talk to you then.

Well, this week is Halloween and coming up real soon is Thanksgiving.

And beyond that is Christmas.

And so it really is the holiday season.

And what we would like to know are what are some of your holiday traditions?

Where are places you guys like to go and visit every year?

We want to share them with the rest of the community.

So get on Facebook and tag us on a post of one of those places, or let us know some of the things that you guys like to do.

Also, we encourage you to get to know some of the nonprofits in your area that are making a difference for those in your community.

And one of the great things you can do this time of year is giving of your time.

And so find those organizations who are making a difference, and maybe give some of your time so that you too, can have an impact on your community.

It's just a little bit of what we can do to make our communities just a little bit better every year.

Have a great week, everybody.

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