Carmel Newsletter March 2015

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This month our cover features a familiar face in the Carmel business community, Mo Merhoff. She has been the head of the Carmel Chamber of Commerce for the past 14 years and was a driving force in the recently announced merger with the Fishers Chamber of Commerce. We talk to Mo and get her thoughts on the merger and the future of the new chamber – OneZone.

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21 Former Indiana Pacer Eddie

38 Molding Minds and Making

6 Carmel Homes of Distinction 10 Immersed with Scott Jones 14 The Venture of a Lifetime 18 Orangetheory is the New Way to

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Carmel Home of Distinction

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Architecturally built as Adams-style outside, the inside is open with natural light streaming through the windows. The main level is comprised of a 2-story great room with a generous amount of built-in bookshelves which meld into the fireplace and arched wall treatment. Kitchen has gas cook-top with uniquely designed vent hood and plenty of room to sit around the granite bar top or perhaps at the breakfast area.. On the upper floor there are 4 bedrooms which include an Owner’s Suite with lit tray ceiling, sitting area and lovely views to the back. Likewise the bath has inviting, soaking tub with dual vanity areas and large walk-in closet. Each of the secondary bedrooms have abundant space and individual style. The lower level has another bedroom as well is divided in a recreational side with pub style wet bar and the other side for enjoying movies/ sporting events in the home theater. Certainly good and comfortable living.

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IMMERSED WITH SCOTT JONES

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tudying someone’s process of how they achieve success can only help others. Scott Jones generously shares his methodic approach of how he tackles challenges and projects through immersion.

One can only imagine how proud Scott Jones’ parents were to find out that their son was hired on as a research scientist at MIT’s Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, only to discover that after spending six years at IU, including summers, he had not yet earned a degree. A mere technicality of one economics course and a language requirement was needed for Jones to move to Boston.

The econ credit was completed via correspondence. What is interesting is the manner in which Jones studied for his Spanish language fulfillment exam – by locking himself in his grandmother’s attic for 10 days. Oddly, while immersing himself in his Spanish textbooks, Jones listened to German music.

During his time at IU, Jones applied to study abroad in Hamburg, Germany.

However, Jones was not accepted into the program because he had not done well enough in class. Ironically, while attending MIT, he lived with a family from Hong Kong. There were four generations under one roof speaking Cantonese, which is more challenging to learn than Mandarin.

Jones became mildly fluent in Cantonese conversation through this immersive experience.

The earliest memory Jones has of his extended focused attention was the time when he completely dismantled his journalist mother’s Selectric typewriter and reassembled it, which took all night. “I think it worked all right after I was done with it,” Jones recalled, smiling, from his reverse engineering experience.

This pattern of immersion would continue during the creation of Boston Technology, a voicemail company he co-founded. The hard-working crew barely left their offices, sleeping under their desks, ordering in

carry-out and completely immersing themselves into their voicemail services project. While this did result in a nice liquidity event for Jones, his partner and their investors, the process was not without moments of panic, sometimes expressed by partner, Greg Carr. What concerned Carr was Jones’ constant stream of entrepreneurial ideas.

“While perhaps valid ideas, most of these did not pertain to our project at hand,” said Jones. “And Greg was absolutely right, these were distractions for us.”

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Jones knew that in order to achieve what the team of Boston Technology set out to do, he had to get rid of all unrelated distractions.

They vi rtually did not leave the building for two years. His immersion paradigm would prove successful.

Jones needed to somehow release all other percolating ventures out of his head.

“I realized if I wrote these ideas down in journals, I could clear my head and focus,” shared Jones. By writing down his extemporaneous thoughts, Jones was able to declutter his brain and focus.

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After the Boston Technology liquidity event, Jones explored those notebooks of ideas. He has been able to “play” in a spectrum of playgrounds. A few results of this are: Gracenote music services which are integrated into every iPhone, ChaCha human-powered search, Precise Path Robotics, Galaxia Lighting, Escient Home Automation, Gazelle TechVentures and now Eleven Fifty Academy.

With the proven success of Jones’ immersive style, this quintessential entrepreneur — with an innate understanding of technology — has repeated this pattern of immersion in everything he does. His process is not without moments of doubt or fear creeping in.

It was a fear of failure that initially delayed him from diving into programming while at IU, but once he immersed himself into coding, he spent most of his time with computers in the basement of the HYPR building.

As challenges arise during Jones’ creative process, Jones focuses on the question, such as, “How can I solve this?” before he would sleep, then awake with an answer.

If this doesn’t work, he goes outside to walk and contemplate the solution.

During the Boston Technology days, Jones hiked around the famous Walden Pond in Concord, contemplating a snag that had arisen and a solution would inevitably surface.

Another coping mechanism that Jones employs is to look at all possible outcomes.

“I mentally fast forward to what’s going to happen,” shared Jones. “I look for what can

be done to prevent as many of the failed scenarios as possible and move forward.”

He has trained himself to take risks.

Back in 2005, Jones co-founded Indy Robotics, LLC, which funded a team of 120 researchers to create an unmanned vehicle in a competition sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Of the researchers, about 20 of them spent one month camped out in the Mohave Desert doing nothing but working on their 6,000 pound, autonomous robot vehicle. In truth, there was no other choice. They were in the middle of the Mohave Desert with the closest hotel 45 minutes away.

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“The 20 of us made more progress during that month in the desert than the full team of about 100 managed during the prior 18 months leading up to the race,” said Jones.

Jones’ latest collaborative effort, Eleven Fifty Academy, puts immersion into practice. For 12-14 hours a day, for seven days, students are writing code.

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The coding classes are often offered in Jones’ home. A proven forward-thinker, Jones believes it is essential to have the skill of programming.

While Jones may have a dozen or more major projects going on all at once, Jones has proved time and again that, while immersion isn’t the only way to learn, he has proven how effective it can be.

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THE VENTURE OF A LIFETIME IU KELLEY SCHOOL PROFESSORS EXTEND THEIR PASSION BEYOND THE CLASSROOM Writer & Photograher / Kara Reibel

What do two high-energy individuals who are passionate about their work consider fun? Investing in startups, consulting with business owners, mentoring, holding Board positions, supporting charitable organizations, traveling and training for triathlons.

Todd Saxton is an associate professor of strategy and entrepreneurship for the IU Kelley School of Business. He is also the 2015 president of the board of directors for the Venture Club of Indiana and Indiana Venture Faculty Fellow. Kim Saxton is a clinical associate professor of marketing at the Kelley school, leads Lean In Circle for women MBA students, and holds a doctorate in statistics. As popular professors, both instruct an unusually high number of classes per year, across a number of Kelley’s leading programs.

Not only are Todd and Kim committed to education, they are involved beyond the scope of their jobs and have immersed

themselves in the venture community.

For example — 15 years ago — Todd sought opportunities to strengthen the relationship between Kelley and the Indianapolis venture community, so he joined the Venture Club of Indianapolis, of which he is now president. Both Todd and Kim are involved with numerous

other organizations, including being board members for Marlon Jackson’s Fight for Life organization, which facilitates social and emotional learning programs for kids.

Entrepreneurs at heart, neither set out to be educators, but eventually tapped into their natural talent in the area, as both have parents that were teachers. The two met as employees of a startup company in D.C., providing competitive analysis and acquisition support for Fortune 500 companies.

The appeal of IU’s doctorate and MBA programs brought them to Indianapolis.

“We were looking for a program that would work with the needs of our growing family,” said Todd. IU won out over several schools, including a few Ivy League options.

Once their girls were older, Todd and Kim made a commitment to each other and set new goals to celebrate turning 50. After years of shorter events, some with their daughters at kids’ triathlons, they decided to train for an Ironman distance event. No small undertaking, this fits right in line with their “all in” modus operandi.

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“My parents encouraged me early on to find the activities that I most enjoy and pursue them,” shares daughter Lindsey. “Going to their triathlons has helped foster part of my giving nature. At triathlons, you’re not just cheering on the people you’re there with; you’re supporting every runner that passes you, as well as other spectators.”

Everything that Todd and Kim do is done with intensity and tenacity of purpose. An Ironman race is the pinnacle of a personal fitness challenge, consisting of a 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike and 26.2 mile run over the course of one day. Supportive and dedicated, the time spent training only brought Kim and Todd closer.

Todd and Kim are people of initiative and action, engaging and energetic. Whether it is triathlons, corporate ventures, the entrepreneurial community, or teaching, the Saxtons are fully engaged.

The Saxtons note many parallels between the triathlon and venture communities.

Both are made up of supportive, fun, inspiring and very generous people taking on very complex and challenging endeavors; but ones nearly all of us could be successful in undertaking with the right encouragement and training.

“There is an entrepreneur inside of all of us. Depending on circumstance and provocativeness, it can come out at any time,” said Todd.

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RANJ PUTHRAN “HELPING HANDS AWARD�

RECIPIENT NEILL WITT Neill Witt has volunteered for Meals on Wheels since 2007. Neill is a go-to driver! He is willing to help out on any Carmel route and delivers meals in Fishers three times a month.

During this past holiday season, he picked up an additional three days on the Carmel routes when others were unable to deliver during their normally scheduled times. In addition, throughout the summer, you can count on Neill to volunteer even more of his spare time to fill every Carmel route possible.

Thank you for your hard work, Neill! It does not go unnoticed!

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ORANGETHEORY IS THE NEW WAY TO GET FIT IN CARMEL In early April, the first Orangetheory Fitness studio will open at 2438 East 146th St, in Carmel. This revolutionary new fitness concept was launched in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 2010 and has rapidly spread across the country. Currently, there are more than 170 Orangetheory Fitness studios in the United States and Canada with hundreds more under development.

The brand is also expanding into Australia, Great Britain and Columbia.

Area developers and owners, Carolyn and Shaun McDonald relocated to Indianapolis from Florida to develop the Indiana market for Orangetheory Fitness. As is the case with many OTF franchisees, they started as members and fell in love with the workout. Their passion for the product led to inquiries into business opportunities.

After considering a franchise in Florida, the McDonald’s decided to return to Indiana for the opportunity to develop a larger region and be closer to family. Shaun and Carolyn bring an extensive business background to this new venture. Both worked in the local television industry in sales and executive level management respectively. Ten years ago they lived in Carmel when Shaun managed a television station in Indianapolis.

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Every 60-minute Orangetheory Fitness class delivers a high-energy workout broken into intervals of cardiovascular and strength training using a variety of equipment including treadmills, water rowers, TRX suspension straps and free weights. Each participant wears a heart rate monitor, and the percentage a member’s maximum heart rate and training zone is projected, in real time, on large monitors during the session.

This invaluable tool not only motivates members, but also serves as a tool for instructors to gauge levels of intensity.

Each session is led by a qualified trainer, who ensures you are pushing yourself, while safely guiding you through the class, in a motivating and fun group environment.

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Now, the Gill family has become active participants in being newly-labeled Hoosiers.

Kiera and Eddie Jr. excel in academics and athletics (track and field and, of course, basketball) on their school teams. Eddie Jr. was a standout point guard for the Carmel freshman team this season.

“He has a high ceiling,” admitted his father.

“But I don’t want to push him unless he is totally committed to the sport. Someday he may have to make a choice on the commitment, but not now.”

It was Eddie Jr., Kiera and their mother who played a decisive role in their father stepping away from professional basketball two years ago. Gill decided it was time to unpack the suitcase full time and become a father and husband 24/7.

“I am really content with the transition,” said Gill, who grew weary of missing the games, concerts and other activities of his children.

“I stopped playing by choice. The kids were growing up fast and I missed a lot of events when they were younger. Marisa was a stay at home mom, getting the kids ready for school and supporting me. She was always there for me, and now it is my objective to support her in every way that I can.”

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f Mayor Jim Brainard needs to uncover a poster family to promote his new Carmel, he may wish to turn to a couple of recent transplants, Eddie and Marisa Gill.

You see, the former NBA player and his wife are thrilled to return to their adopted Indiana home after journeying to six countries (Italy, Greece, Russia, Belgium, Australia and Germany); five NBA teams (Memphis, Seattle, New Jersey, Milwaukee and Indiana); and countless additional minor league rest stops stretching from Las Vegas to Broomfield, Colorado, during their nomadic 12 years of professional basketball travels.

But, quite frankly, the pair, originally from Colorado (Eddie) and Utah (Marisa), couldn’t wait to get back to the Indianapolis/ Carmel area where they lived from 2004-06.

“We loved it when I played here,” said Gill, who met his volleyball playing wife in a Utah Junior College and continued their relationship during his playing days at Weber State. “We wanted our kids to have a good support system and we knew that Carmel had a great school district and that it is an outstanding community for a family.

This is where we wanted to be as a family,” he said.

Besides rearing their children — high school freshman Eddie Jr. and Creekside seventh-grader Kiera — the Gills also have become recruiters for central Indiana.

Eddie’s mother moved to Indiana from Colorado shortly after the couple anchored in Carmel in 2012, while Marisa has lured her parents, a sister and a brother to relocate in Indiana.

Gill still gets his basketball fix from his All-Out Training Camps in Zionsville, Indianapolis, Carmel and Westfield.

“We encourage kids to do their best,” said Gill, who is also pursuing a financial career with Wells Fargo. “Not every kid is going to play in the NBA. We want them to play through their mistakes. We want to improve their life skills.”

And Gill has another job description nowadays. He is a big supporter for Marisa, who became director of the Independence Academy in Indianapolis last summer. The Academy provides an educational home for high-functioning grade school, middle school and high school students with autism or Asperger’s syndrome. The private school is aimed at inspiring and enabling students in grades five to 12 the opportunity to

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achieve their highest level of independence and academic success.

“Our goals are for the students to achieve their high school diplomas and either begin working or going to college,” Marisa said. “We want them to be independent someday.”

The school was founded in 2008 by Susan LeVay and Ruth Padgett, both who had children with high-functioning autism. Each still remains connected to the Academy, but they turned the dayto-day duties over to Marisa, who was teaching special education courses in Washington Township. LeVay contends that a background in special education teaching doesn’t always fit a school based on creating independence for the students.

“In some ways you have to be built special for this job,” said LeVay, whose two sons were students at the Academy.

“People from special education backgrounds don’t always pan out, but Marisa is someone who gets it. She has really sunk her teeth into the position.

She has passion for what we are trying to do.”

One purpose of the school is to provide the students – currently 22 – a sense of home or community in their education needs. Students hail from IPS, Carmel, Warren, Greenwood and Zionsville school districts. There is a six to one ratio between students and teachers. The encouraging environment projected by Marisa and associates breaks down many past personality barriers for the students.

Many find friends for the first time and look forward to attending school.

“These kids need a place such as the Independence Academy,” assessed Marisa. “This is a challenging time for our kids and they want to have a place that they can call home in continuing their education. These students are really improving and they can make a difference in their communities. We are teaching them to self-regulate.”

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or educational steps, but their rewards have been emotional moments for Marisa, the founders and teachers. LaFay recalls one such story.

“We were practicing our winter concert and it was challenging for one of our students to step up to the microphone and perform,” remembered Leay. “But she eventually went up on stage and belted out that tune. It really moved me. She had developed confidence in herself.

One 18-year-old will be attending Indiana Tech next year, while another recent graduate works at Kroger.

Still others have taken smaller life-skill

“Sometimes we want to pigeonhole people. But there are people with autism who are gifted and brilliant. What we are doing here is very exciting as we give these students a place to belong.”

Independence Academy to promote and produce a charity gala March 27 at Lucas Estate in Carmel. They hope to sell 300 tickets with the proceeds filtering back to the school inside First Meridian Heights Presbyterian Church at 47th and Central.

“We don’t have our own building and we don’t have computers,” admitted Marisa, who hopes to tap into friends from her NBA days. “We would like to add a counselor for kids in crisis and continue to grow our curriculum. We need everything.”

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Meet Mo Merhoff

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“Those who’ve spent more than a few years in government complain about the loss Mo Merhoff, president of OneZone, of camaraderie. The evenings when after has been the focus of the local business strong debate on the floor of the House community throughout Hamilton County or Senate, representatives from both sides this past month. The Carmel and Fishers would repair to dinner and continue the Chambers of Commerce have just recently discussion, sometimes coming up with a merged as OneZone in which Merhoff is better solution, but almost always able to now the president. Having served 14 years enjoy friendship if not total agreement. as the president of the Carmel Chamber, That’s not possible today, when even being she spoke with me about what this merger seen with ‘the opposition’ is dangerous. Are means to her personally and what she would we reaching the point where our friendships like her legacy to be. will be predicated on our opinions? Will we be unable to enjoy the company of anyone Merhoff graduated from Fond du Lac who doesn’t see eye to eye with our views?

High School in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, I sincerely hope not. It’s time for bright with distinction and Phi Beta Kappa citizens in positive communities like ours to (Liberal Arts Honor Society) from Purdue stop the polarization and embrace enjoying University. She received her master’s degree, fair argument on the issues.” also from Purdue, where she was a graduate teaching fellow. In addition, she attended Leading the Carmel Chamber for the last The Fund Raising School in Indianapolis 14 years, Merhoff has made it a top priority and executive sessions at The Wharton of developing and connecting its next School at the University of Pennsylvania. generation of leaders. Strong leadership Born in Chicago, Merhoff spent enough is a vital component necessary to drive time growing up in Wisconsin to become economic growth, build a more inclusive a major football fan. She lives in Carmel community, and ultimately make the City with her husband, cats and dogs, and of Carmel a better place to live and develop enjoys horseback riding, playing bad golf professionally. and debating politics. She even wrote an interesting editorial, “Sadly, Civil Debate Under the leadership and guidance of is a Thing of the Past” that was published Merhoff, the chamber embraced the mission and remains relevant in today’s political of developing its future leaders specifically climate. Here is an exerpt from her article, Writer / Janelle Morrison . Photographer / JJ Kaplan

through programs designed to provide its young professionals with the skills needed to be effective leaders in the 21st century.

She shared her thoughts on the evolution of the Arrows group the chamber’s young professional group and what it means to her to be a mentor to tomorrow’s future business leaders.

“I had the luck to have a couple of really incredible mentors in my own career who pushed me to get involved into groups and situations where I had something to learn,” Merhoff stated. “I’m one of the few people I know who finds argument entertaining.

You don’t have to agree to have a great time talking about an issue. I think one of things that were missing at every level today locally and nationwide is the ability to disagree with someone and not have that harm your respect for that person or the fact that they’re a friend. We’ve worked really hard to create on our committees and especially on our Board, this atmosphere of ‘let’s have it out’ and talk about an issue, debate it and hear all sides. We tend to shun debate too much and I think we miss something and that’s especially true of young professionals’ voices. When you have vision, that promotes leadership and leadership promotes more inclusion. When you step forward and think outside of the box, then there’s all kinds of stuff that you can do,

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which is the joy of the not-for-profit world.

While there are constraints on what we can do tomorrow, particularly if there’s a large price tag on it, we are not constrained by bureaucracy. We can try something and see how it works, then discuss here’s what went well with that, here’s what didn’t and here’s what we’ll do now. That’s a fun environment to be a part of.”

With much a do about the recent merger of the county’s two largest chambers, Merhoff and her colleague, Dan Canan, executive vice-president of OneZone and the former president of the Fishers Chamber, have had their plates full with the preparation and the strategic planning that went into the development and deployment of the OneZone organization.

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“The merger is a fulfillment of my predecessor, Nancy Blondin’s, really hard work,” Merhoff explained. “I bought into her proposition. Decades from now the previous model that our chambers were built on could not be sustained. We are all looking to the same people for a funding mechanism and often the members of both chambers would ask us if we, Dan Canan and I, were ever going to get our groups together. I am proud of our community.

Carmel is a remarkable place to live, but from a business standpoint, this was just greater opportunity and economic engine for everybody. And not just for Carmel but for Fishers and all of Hamilton County.”

When asked what she would like to be remembered for years from now when the history books have been written, “I want to be remembered as part of a team that made a difference for businesses, as part of a group of people who looked forward rather than resting on what they had accomplished already and grew business opportunity. I hope to be remembered as someone who advocated for business and made a difference.”

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A brief history about this longtime Carmel resident, Merhoff spent 12 years with the United States Rowing Association, including the executive directorship of the 1994 World Rowing Championships in Indianapolis (first for the sport in the United States) and membership on the FISA (International Rowing Federation) Marketing and Media Commission for the sport for 10 years. She received the FISA Medal of Honor in 1994. She served as an Olympic Press Officer at three Olympic Games and 10 World Rowing Championships; is a member of the Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Education and Business Action Committees; served on the United Way of Central Indiana Board and as Chair for the United Way of Hamilton County in 2007, volunteers for the Carmel Symphony Orchestra Marketing Committee and serves on the Carmel Clay Library Foundation Board and the Indiana Youth Soccer Board. She is on the Planning Committee for Second Presbyterian Church.

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they never took it to the next step. After several conversations, Mo and I felt that it made sense to take it to our executive Members of the Chambers of Commerce boards. When each gave it a ‘thumbs up’ in Fishers and Carmel ratified their boards’ the discussion went to each full board. decision on Feb. 20 to become one chamber Both boards voted to conduct further known as OneZone. Operating as a investigation and studies to see if it really chamber since 1970, the Carmel Chamber made sense for both organizations. and the Fishers Chamber of Commerce, established in 1991, will have a combined “Twenty months later, we came out membership of approximately 1,200 as the and announced the merger. We had to OneZone organization. conduct and review a financial analysis, the Writer / Janelle Morrison Photographer / JJ Kaplan

Dan Canan, past-President of Fishers, explained why the merger was announced in 2015. “I have been a member of the Fishers Chamber for four years and I am now the Executive Vice-President under the OneZone organization,” Canan said.

“What we have are two organizations, the Carmel and the Fishers Chambers, that were both doing well and comparable in size. Geographically we border each other, and when looking at it from the surface, it certainly made a lot of sense to have a discussion about merging. A couple of years ago, Mo [Merhoff] and I sat down and we started discussing if it made sense to take it to the next level of discovery. The notion of chambers merging has been floated long before I got here. For 15 years, different chamber directors have discussed it, but

legalities of it and the branding of the new organization. When we were discussing the branding and logo design, we wanted something that would be relevant, not only to our current members, but to the next generation and moving forward.

As a business organization, we have to constantly look at ourselves and ask if we are delivering the best value that we can for our membership, if we are providing the most opportunities, and if we can we do it better and more efficiently. That was the genesis for the conversation of merging the two chambers together. With OneZone, we will continue to have joint events that include the other four chambers in Hamilton County. They are very important to us.

We’re all in Hamilton County and we all care about our county.”

The outgoing board chair, Ron Hanson, has been serving on the board of the Carmel Chamber for seven years and has been a member for 30. “I think it brings great resources together for the whole business community,” Hanson stated. “The merger gives us a much bigger voice so that we can help business grow in this part of the county, for all of the county and beyond. I think that it gives members an opportunity to showcase their business to a larger audience and learn from each other as members. This decision was made from a point of strength when the boards of both organizations made decisions based upon what is best for the business community, individual businesses and the people who work each day to build a stronger, more wholesome community to work and live in.”

Stepping into the role as president of OneZone, the past-president of the Carmel Chamber of Commerce for the last 14 years, Mo Merhoff spoke about the process and the rollout of the merger over the course of nearly two years.

“The time for bold change is when you are strong,” Merhoff expressed. “It is when you are on top of your game. When you look at the two chambers, we had completed the

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best two years in our respective histories.

We could certainly have ridden off into the sunset leaving behind strong organizations.

Except, we both believe that a memberserving organization in Hamilton County, a strong one with a big voice, needed to exist.

We want to continue from that position of strength and so we looked at where we are geographically located, we looked at the fact that businesses don’t see municipal

boundaries, they see opportunities for business and we asked ourselves, ‘if not now, when, and if not us, who?’ We were the two largest chambers in the county, both in very strong positions and we decided that the businesses deserved more. One of the reasons why it took us so long to develop this plan, and in retrospect I am glad that it did, was because we wanted to be strategic and look at other organization’s experiences.

One Southern Indiana was one of the beginning groups that we studied along with the greater Indianapolis Chamber who combined four different organizations under their umbrella within the last couple of years.”

There are others throughout the state that have merged their organizations and served as examples to the Merhoff and Canan as they worked through the process.

They studied board cultures, how they operated, what their primary goals are for their members and how would they mesh. Both were intent on maintaining their existing staff. Now they look to where they will house their united chamber and their blended staff and board members.

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“We can’t work together if we can’t be together so as soon as possible, we will get together under one roof,” Merhoff confirmed. “Our staff members stay, our boards have merged and we now have 25 people on our board. That was the huge benefit of our two organizations that we have kept everybody. We really joined together as a team; a team of staff and a team of board to be what we hope will be a preeminent organization for business.

“Members will get their choice of which luncheons to attend. The majority of our network events were already done collaboratively. Our major events, we have two super golf outings that have different personalities, will continue as they have and we will keep them both. And there is no reason why we can’t host east and west ‘Taste’ oriented events. Both events have been really successful. We will host the March luncheon at Oak Hill Mansion and that will be the State of the Chamber.

Our members need to know that the dues remain the same. They became members of the fourth largest chamber in the state for the same amount of money. This merger has been the topic of two board retreats, and the topic of the day during our board meetings for 22 months. It was all necessary to get to where we are today.”

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In 1914, a volunteer-based theatre, the Little Theatre Society of Indiana, comprised of Indianapolis citizens was established. The following year, the Little Theatre presented four plays in the sculpture court at the John Herron Art Institute. S. A. Eliot was named artistic director and world-renowned author Booth Tarkington wrote several original plays for its stage.

In 1924, the Little Theatre built its own structure, a new 240-seat playhouse at the corner of Alabama and 19th Street, now the site of Footlite Musicals. On July 18, 1924, Booth Tarkington wrote to the publicity manager of the Little Theatre Society: “I hope your movement for a Playhouse for The Little Theatre will be successful. The Little Theatre in Indianapolis deserves to be taken seriously and gratefully by the Indianapolis public. I did not realize this until I saw a Little Theatre company play a comedy of my own better than a New York company did on Broadway.”

In 1929, the Little Theatre adopted a new name: Civic Theatre of Indianapolis. The name was changed to Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre of Indianapolis, Inc. in 194950 as a tribute to the famous Hoosier’s artistic contributions to the theatre as a playwright and advocate, although the name Indianapolis Civic Theatre was later adopted. In 1973, with a generous gift from Grace Showalter, the Theatre relocated to the 645-seat Showalter Pavilion on the grounds of the Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA). IMA later bought out the Civic’s lease and Civic relocated to the campus of Marian College (now Marian University).

The Center for the Performing Arts, built in 2009 and 2010 after years of meticulous planning, presented Civic Theatre with the opportunity to relocate to a permanent home just north of greater Indianapolis.

Thus, the Center’s 500-seat proscenium stage was named for Civic’s namesake, Booth Tarkington. Civic began the 20112012 season as the principal resident theater at the Center, where it continues to conduct all performances, education programs, and administrative functions.

Mainstage productions take place in the Tarkington Theater and range from acclaimed musicals to comedies and dramas, entertaining nearly 40,000 patrons each season. Civic’s enrollment in their education and outreach programs has tripled in their home at the Center for the Performing Arts and overall service to the community has grown from approximately 35,000 individuals to 50,000 per year. The Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre has been a vital part of central Indiana for a century, providing outstanding live entertainment and unmatched opportunities for professional, avocational and educational growth.

To kick off their centennial celebration, Civic will unveil a remarkable exhibit on April 16 commemorating the last 100 years of their history. This exhibit, which opens to the public afterwards, will showcase the Civic’s archives that include Western Union telegrams from Cole Porter, correspondence from Franklin D. Roosevelt and a plethora of photographs, playbills and other fascinating memorabilia. The exhibit will be located in the lobby of the Booth

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Patrons who go to see the spring production of “SPAMALOT” or the Jr. Civic musical “Alice in Wonderland” will be able to enjoy this exhibit.

“On June 13th, we will have a Jr. Civic and Young Adult Program Education Fundraiser during our production of Alice in Wonderland, which is performed by kids for kids,” Catherine Dixon, director of development, said. “It will be a fun event with lots of different levels for people to participate in the fundraiser.

Junior Civic instructors and performers will provide the entertainment. Our final event will be the Centennial Gala on June 20th at the Booth Tarkington home on 42nd and Meridian. It will be a blacktie event. The ticket prices will be $250 a ticket, and there will be sponsorship opportunities for this event.”

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“We don’t necessarily give people the means to live, but we give them a reason to live. Some of the larger objectives that we are after really do make us matter in the community. We’re an organization that brings something tangible to the community. At its best, theatre is a place where you go to experience a shared sense of your own humanity. By literally and figuratively walking in somebody else’s shoes, you start to imagine life from other people’s perspectives. We are more than an entertainment venue. We become a part of a solution to some of the larger problems that we have in our society like domestic violence, racism, homophobia and you can go on down the list of issues. The theatre is about bringing people together and finding what is common among us as a human race.”

For more information about the Civic Theatre’s Centennial Celebration, productions, education and outreach programs, please visit their website at civictheatre.org.

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I recently visited the Midwest Academy in Carmel to learn about what the school provides students with learning style differences and what their students do for their “Community Week.” I met with the Head of School, Kevin Gailey, and Bridget Lueken, director of student services and teacher for Midwest Academy, who gave me a tour of the facility that accommodates students in grades four-12.

Midwest offers a child-centered education founded in constructivism which utilizes highly intentional methods of direct instruction. By employing a combination of these two approaches to learning, they engage in education as a process, balancing the two main objectives – remediation of deficiencies and constant extension of current skill levels.

The school can accomplish these goals by evaluating students when they first enroll.

Midwest determines if gaps in foundational knowledge exist and remediate resulting deficiencies when necessary. Utilizing facts, figures and “right” answers in this manner helps children build the foundation they have been missing for several years, causing education to become overwhelming and even depressing. At the time of admission, the school also attempts to discern if a need to accelerate instruction exists and Established 20 years ago, Midwest Academy, create academic plans for accommodation a 501(c)(3), is accredited by ISACS, the accordingly.

Independent Schools Association of the Central States. ISACS accredits more than The academy’s average class size is 250 independent schools in 13 states. approximately 10-12 students per class The ISACS board consists of teachers, and this year’s enrollment is at 90 students. administrators and trustees who work The majority of students will complete a with schools to create strong learning minimum of 52 credits, about six and a half Whether a student enters Midwest with a diagnosis of ADD/ADHD, highfunctioning autism (HFA), generalized anxiety, or an undefined learning disability, language development is frequently a primary concern or is directly affected by a primary diagnosis. Language development is considered at the root of planning all lessons, assignments, projects and assessments designed by teachers.

per semester. Midwest offers individualized education plans so that they figure out what each student needs in order to graduate.

They have comprehensive four and five year graduation plans, depending on the student’s specific needs and goals. Some of their students gain college credits while they are attending Midwest through programs and partnerships with Ivy Tech or Brigham Young University.

Midwest operates on an annual fund and hosts an annual gala as a fundraiser. The school has established an endowment that benefits scholarships and general operating and building funds. They have doubled the amount of financial aid that they give out in the last two years with approximately 30 percent of their families receiving aid. They charge $12,000 less than the average school for kids with a need for a different learning style in the Midwest region.

During our tour, I asked Gailey what makes their academy different from other private learning institutions and what feedback he had received from parents of students attending Midwest Academy.

“We hear a lot ‘You’ve changed my child’s life,’” Gailey said. “We’ve heard ‘You’ve saved my child’s life’ because their child was going from anxiety to depression prior to

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coming to Midwest. We once had a child come here who was told by his former 10th grade teacher that he would never work anywhere but a fast-food restaurant. This student came to school here for three years and afterwards was admitted to a college in Indiana and was awarded a $65,000 scholarship.”

Gailey came on board the Midwest staff five years ago as the dean of the high school and became head of the school two years ago.

student interests and timing of events relative to education. The students recently spent three school days completing community service projects. Lueken, along with other staff members, find ways of tying things together so that their students feel empowered by helping others in their community. The students spent time volunteering at facilities such as the Good Samaritan Network, Hollis Adams Foundation, Gleaner’s Food Bank, Grace

CC Food Pantry and other communitybased organizations.

Lueken shared with me her thoughts on what it means for her as a teacher and administrator at Midwest. “I teach high school government in addition to my role as the director of student services,” Lueken said. “Right now, my students are working on U.S. government, just like any high school senior has to take as part of

“Our mission is to serve a population of students who are either on the spectrum, who have attention issues, language processing issues or anxiety, which is either a primary issue or a result of the other three aforementioned,” Gailey explained. “We try to make sure that we are admitting kids that we can serve.

Most of our students have come from communities where they feel that they are outliers and are often pushed to the edges of their school communities. They don’t feel like they belong and we make sure that have enough commonalities so that they don’t feel that way here at our school. We are a progressive school.

We have always been a school that talks about differentiating and we talk about what the pedagogy that is underneath that concept and that is constructivism.

We discuss how to construct concepts as the students learn, based on their experiences. Progressivism came out of that, which is where we look at a whole child, focus on concepts and comparing concepts. We are not focused on highstakes testing and we are not driven by data but we are data informed. Our job, as educators, is to help young people find a sense of where they connect, matter and develop expertise in the world. The progressive philosophy, combined with the research and brain development studies of the last 30 years, enables us to figure out how to teach each individual student.”

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Midwest Academy on service outing with Nancy Chance of Good Samaritan Network.

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their curriculum. Rather than focusing on want to teach them what their rights and the dates and the times, we are letting the responsibilities are. students dig into the words of where the democracy started and as they are digging “As a group, we discuss the social issues they are asking questions, some of which I that are the subject of many debates in don’t know the answer to. As teachers, being and outside of our local, state and federal life-long learners, being able to stand up in governments right now. We muddle front of a classroom and say ‘I don’t know, through the issues, where the students stand lets look into that together’, is not easy to individually and how they can help and do, but that is really where we need to be be part of the solutions. Another hallmark with our students. I want them to have a of progressivism is that we try to develop real understanding of what it means to be in our students a sense of social justice. an American citizen. I want to teach them It is a two-fold experience when they are how to access their government beyond out volunteering because all volunteer just memorizing the important dates.02-13-2015 I experience alsoPage work experience.

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The Andritsch family in their Geist home.

Arriving at their front door, Luke greeted me donning a Spiderman costume complete with padded muscles. He was short, chubby and nearly bald. Vicky, Luke’s mom, gave me and our longtime photographer Brenda Staples a tour of their home ending in Luke’s bedroom upstairs. Luke was anxious to show us his superhero toys, “get well” letters on his walls, and his stuffed animal toys wearing scrubs and surgical masks.

Vicky told me that trying to explain leukemia to a child is difficult. “We told him that the cancer was a bunch of bad guys in his blood, and the chemo was the good guys going in there to kill them.”

Now the Spiderman suit made more sense.

In many ways, the visit and ensuing story was inspiring. In other ways, it was heartbreaking. No child should have to deal with such a horrific disease as leukemia.

Luke framed his Spiderman costume which now hangs in his bedroom. I’m wearing one of the Team Luke capes which gives whoever wears it superpowers.

It was through the Andritsch family that I learned more about the research work being funded and sponsored by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. In 2011, Luke was named their “Boy of the Year” and participated in a 10-week fundraising campaign called “Man and Woman of the Year.” After the Grand Finale Gala, the Andritsch family had a party of their own for Luke. His chemo port in his chest was removed that summer and the Team Luke TOWNEPOST NETWORK / MARCH 2015 / TownePost.com

followers and friends hosted a “Port Party” in his honor. Luke was cancer-free and done with chemo.

Last fall, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society called to inform me that I had been nominated to run for the 2015 “Man of the Year.” After seeing how they had helped the Andritsch family and several other friends and neighbors dealing with blood cancers over the years, I accepted the challenge.

Much like a political election, the man and woman who raise the most money during a 10-week campaign (Feb. 26 – May 9) wins the title.

My campaign will look and sound much like a political campaign; after all, we are in primary season. You’ll see campaign posters at restaurants around Indy like Mama Bear’s and Lincoln Square Pancake Houses. You’ll hear my “negative campaign” commercials on various radio stations. You might even spot a political yard sign asking you to “vote against cancer.”

A campaign against cancer is personal to everyone. Only cancers of the respiratory and digestive systems, including lung and colon cancers, are more deadly. Leukemia causes more deaths than any other cancer among children and young adults under the age of 20. One person is diagnosed with blood cancer every three minutes. Every 10 minutes, another person loses the fight.

More than 1.6 million people in the United States are living with or are in remission from a blood cancer.

To date, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society has funded more cancer research than any other voluntary health agency in the United States or Canada. When they started in 1949, the survival rate for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (which is the type of cancer Luke had) was only three percent. Today, thanks to advances in research, the survival rate is more than 90 percent. For other blood cancers, the survival rate has doubled, tripled and even quadrupled. However, one third will not make it five years post diagnosis. We have a long way to go.

On a personal note, I’ve had several friends and family suffer through cancer. My wife and I started a charity event the year we met the Andritsch family called Vines for Life, which raises money for three local cancer charities supporting patients and survivors.

While we’ll continue to help those dealing with the fallout of cancer, this is our one opportunity to get out ahead of cancer and fund the cure. My hope is that we’ll have a cancer-free society in my lifetime.

I’m asking each of you to donate to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and support our campaign against cancer. There is a donor envelope in the center of this publication that you can send back with your generous donation. You can also visit my website at TomBritt.com to learn more about the campaign, sign up for emails from the campaign trail, and donate online via a secure link. You can also read about the latest advancements and treatments that The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society has funded. Every dollar you donate gets us one dollar closer to the cure.

As for Luke, he’s a healthy 11-year-old boy that still visits Riley Hospital for Children every month passing out “rhythm pax.”

Team Luke is now its own charity that raises funds year round to give other children and families who have been dealt the cancer card some hope. Please join us in our campaign and thank you in advance for any and all support you offer us along the way.

Luke framed the front cover of the Geist Community Newsletter from 2010.

Today, he’s a healthy 11-year-old boy.

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CARMEL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA’S 40th SEASON CELEBRATION KICKOFF LUNCHEON The Carmel Symphony Orchestra will kickoff the celebration of its 40th anniversary season with an elegant luncheon on April 14 from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Ritz Charles. The event is being organized by the CSO League.

The League is working very hard to make the luncheon a very special event with the help of Engledow Group, the major sponsor of this event. Engledow will be transforming the Ritz Charles into an outdoor garden complete with a pergola, trees, shrubs, a fountain, and lots of flowers and lights. The tables will be sitting among the greenery.

It will be a beautiful respite from the long winter to be transported into a lush garden setting.

The day begins at 11 a.m. with a Chamber group from the CSO playing during a wine tasting event provided by Mallow Winery.

There will be a basket table, a jewelry table, and a chance to win a raffle for a beautiful piece of jewelry valued between $400 – $600. At 11:45, the actual luncheon begins and drawings for the baskets begins at 12:45. In addition to music by the CSO, The Dolce Trio along with the group Hopkins & Miller will be performing at the luncheon in support the CSO. It is a day full of activity and fun!

The career of Ann Conrad, the longtime head of the music department at Carmel High School who recently retired, will be honored as she has been named the event’s Honorary Chairman.

The money raised at the luncheon underwrites the CSO Young Artist Competition and the Family Fun CSO Concert at the Palladium. The cost is $55 per ticket. Since it is the 40th luncheon, it will be very special with many wonderful things happening throughout the day! For ticket information, call Tricia Damler at 317-848-1552.

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The Carmel School of Massage and Healing Arts 316 S. Rangeline Rd., Suite A Carmel, IN 46032 317-414-8660 carmelschoolofmassage.com

THE HEALING HANDS OF THE CARMEL SCHOOL OF MASSAGE AND HEALING ARTS Indiana who has a specialty certification in Neuromuscular Reeducation (NMR). She has achieved Associate Member Status in the Practitioner Training Program through the Society of Ortho–Bionomy (SOBI), along with Certified Level credentials from the Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals (ABMP), state licensure and the City of Carmel massage permit. She was instrumental in working with the City of Carmel in establishing legislation for massage therapists, before the state had the licensing board.

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At a recent visit to The Carmel School of Massage and Healing Arts, I learned that the body could heal itself through techniques that are guided by the healing hands of Nicole Zollinger-Muench, CMT, owner and one of three instructors at the school.

The school’s mission is to educate an exceptional Certified Massage Therapist who can consistently give high quality massage, is fully knowledgeable, competent, and adaptable in the field of massage therapy. Their instructors are Certified Massage Therapists, with time-tested

massage skills and diverse experiences.

They have successful massage practices for a combined 30 or more years and have medical or physiology backgrounds.

Zollinger-Muench has a B.S. in Psychology from the Purdue School of Science and has been an entrepreneur in the fitness & wellness industry since 1996 as a certified personal trainer, spinning instructor and BASI trained Pilates instructor. She has been a certified massage therapist, since 2000 and has an established a successful private practice in Carmel. ZollingerMuench is currently the only person in

Along with the credentials, she has studied extensively in the field of natural healing, including doing coursework toward a Master’s degree in Holistic Nutrition, self-study of herbology and iridology and earning continuing education credits in several massage modalities. Along with Zollinger-Muench, the school’s other two instructors, Keri Brown and Lisa DeLeon, each have their specialties and their own professional practices. Brown is the Director/Registered Practitioner Center for Ortho-Bionomy Indiana that was codeveloped with Zollinger-Muench.

“There is a benefit to relaxation therapy,” Zollinger-Muench explained. “It puts

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people in the parasympathetic state which is that state in which the body heals in.

The body doesn’t heal when it is running around anxious all day. What sets us apart from other Certified Massage Therapists is that we incorporate the Ortho-Bionomy® techniques. We allow the body to selfcorrect, as much as possible. If the joints are out of alignment the muscle strain surrounding those joints are going to be out of balance. We help the body to get into a state where it will self correct. Most people come to us seeking pain relief for some sort of pathology, muscular or skeletal dysfunction.”

The school’s small class size gives their students an advantage by getting through the entry level material, required for the state board exam, quickly and allows the instructors to add an advanced piece to their curriculum that isn’t readily available in other local schools. They currently have nine students enrolled in their flagship course, a 12-month course and 500 hours.

Their state accredited school opened in May in 2011 and they pride themselves in immersion program where their students

start the first the day with hands-on skills.

“We want hands on bodies from the first day of class to make sure that our students are comfortable working on people,” Zollinger-Muench said. “We also start with medical terminology on the first day. We’re immersing our students in the program, into what they are going to be doing in this profession. The state does not require continuing education, yet, for

massage therapists but many want to have that option so we created courses including a pregnancy massage certification course and reflexology continuing education course. Our courses target individuals who are looking for a career change or getting practical skills in health and wellness industry, be of service to others and who wish to add goodness to the world through healing.”

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MARCH LOCAL EVENTS 14 / JIM HENSON’S DINOSAUR TRAIN LIVE! BUDDY’S BIG ADVENTURE

Come join Buddy, Tiny, King, Don and more in this fun-filled, interactive and immersive live trip back in time to an age when dinosaurs roamed the earth…and rode trains! Kids will be up and dancing in the aisles.

10 am and 2 pm / Tarkington, 3 Center Green, #200, Carmel 317-843-3800

13 / THE WIZARD OF OZ

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Come enjoy this 1939 classic where Dorothy Gale is swept away to a magical land in a tornado and embarks on a quest to see the Wizard who can help her return home. The Great American Songbook Foundation and Heartland Film partner to present the third annual Great American Songbook Film Series. The series brings classic Truly Moving Picture Award-winning movies to the big screen on the stage of the Palladium.

7:30 pm / The Palladium at the Center for Performing Arts / 355 City Center Dr., Carmel / 317-843-3800 / thecenterfortheperformingarts.org

The crown jewel of legendary choreographer Marius Petipa’s career, The Sleeping Beauty is the magical fairy tale of the beautiful, sleeping princess who awaits the kiss of her prince. This enchanting tale is set to Tchaikovsky’s magnificent score. A grand theme of good versus evil, the ballet is about the story of Aurora who has been cursed since birth by the evil fairy Carabosse. Performed by a company that is dedicated to the timeless tradition of classical Russian Ballet.

8 pm Friday and Saturday, 3 pm Sunday Tarkington, 3 Center Green, #200, Carmel 317-843-3800

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For infants through grade 5. Stop by the Children’s Desk to register and pick up you bingo card. For each bingo you complete (up to three bingos), you may select a prize from our treasure chest. If you complete the entire bingo card, you’ll receive a free book. All prizes must be claimed by March 29.

Carmel Clay Public Library, 55 4th Ave SE, Carmel Call the Children’s & Youth Services desk at 317-8443363 or carmel.lib.in.us

1-29 / BLAST BACK TO THE PAST ADULT WINTER READING PROGRAM AT THE CARMEL CLAY PUBLIC LIBRARY

Read six books of your choice, fiction or nonfiction, during the program timeframe. For each title you record, your name will be entered into a drawing at the end of the program for a chance to win one of six $100 gift certificates to local area businesses and restaurants. This year’s theme is the 1960s.

Carmel Clay Public Library, 55 4th Ave SE, Carmel Call the Audiovisual Desk at 317-571-4281 or the Readers’ Advisory Desk at 317-814-3987 or carmel.lib.in.us

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With 22 songs on the Billboard top 10, 18 number one singles and sales of more than 13 million albums, Tracy Lawrence is one of the most recognizable voices in country music. Favorites include “Paint Me A Birmingham,” “Time Marches On,” “Alibis,” and “Find Out Who Your Friends Are.” 8 pm / The Palladium at the Center for Performing Arts 355 City Center Dr., Carmel / 317-843-3800 thecenterfortheperformingarts.org

7, 14 / WINTER FARMERS MARKET Featuring 21 vendors selling a cornucopia of locally produced foods such as herbs, vegetables, fruit, plants, meat, poultry, fish, honey and wine. The Winter Farmers Market will be held in its new location at the indoor, heated Wilfong Pavilion in Founders’ Park. This event is free and open to the public.

9 am-12 pm / Wilfong Pavilion in Founders’ Park, 116th Street and Hazel Dell, Carmel CarmelFarmersMarket.com

14 / CARMEL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PRESENTS THE DREAM OF AMERICA

Ellis Island: The Dream of America, a sweeping multi-media work featuring actors and projection, is a powerful testament

to the experience of thousands of immigrants who entered America through that iconic portal – a reminder that, for so many who have come here, America has been a symbol of freedom and opportunity for a new life.

7:30 pm / The Palladium at the Center for Performing Arts / 355 City Center Dr., Carmel 317-843-3800 / thecenterfortheperformingarts.org

18 / THE PRIESTS

The Priests released their eponymously-titled debut album in 2008, and their career instantly reached the heavens.

Album sales secured them a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for the fastest-selling classical debut ever. They have sung to audiences that include the British Royal Family and the Irish President. The Priests are three Roman Catholic priests from Northern Ireland.

7:30 pm / The Palladium at the Center for Performing Arts / 355 City Center Dr., Carmel / 317-843-3800 thecenterfortheperformingarts.org

21 / PEANUT BUTTER & JAM: CELTICA

Explore a multitude of musical genres alongside your children. Celtica is a progressive celtic band consisting of musical founder Tammera Lane and guitarist Tim Dooley who create a mood and sound that is uniquely their own. Discover instruments like the hammered dulcimer, field organ, hurdy gurdy, bowed psaltery and

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harp. The experience is 30 minutes of music with 15 minutes for the families to touch and play with the musical instruments, including Q&A with the artists. The entire matinee experience is under 1 hour and is especially geared for youth ages 1-7.

10:30 am / $10 per child, 2 free adults with each child ticket purchase The Palladium at the Center for Performing Arts 355 City Center Dr., Carmel 317-843-3800 thecenterfortheperformingarts.org

21 / WAYNE SHORTER QUARTET

One of the most influential saxophonists and composers in the pantheon of modern music, let alone jazz, Wayne Shorter celebrates a legendary career spanning more than half a century. Shorter is joined by pianist Danilo Perez, bassist John Patitucci, and drummer Brian Blade.

8 pm / The Palladium at the Center for Performing Arts 355 City Center Dr., Carmel 317-843-3800 thecenterfortheperformingarts.org

22 / MICHAEL FEINSTEIN WITH MARILYN MAYE

A concert evening featuring multi-platinum, five-time Grammy and two-time Emmy nominee, Michael Feinstein, and Broadway favorite, Marilyn Maye. They will perform favorites from the Great American Songbook.

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