www.michiganhumanities.org 2013 Annual Report Michigan Humanities Council Outreach Program location by County: Nov. 1, 2012 — Oct. 31, 2013

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MENOMINEE EMMET CHEBOYGAN PRESQUE ISLE CHARLEVOIX MONT- ALPENA ANTRIM OTSEGO MORENCY LEELANAU OSCODA ALCONA BENZIE GRAND KALKASKA CRAWFORD REGULAR PROGRAMMING TRAVERSE

IOSCO Arts & Humanities Touring MANISTEE WEXFORD MISSAUKEE ROSCOMMON OGEMAW

Great Michigan Read ARENAC MASON LAKE OSCEOLA CLARE GLADWIN HURON Prime Time Family Reading Time® BAY OCEANA MECOSTA ISABELLA MIDLAND Grants NEWAYGO TUSCOLA SANILAC Museum on Main Street MONTCALM SAGINAW MUSKEGON GRATIOT

Poetry Out Loud GENESEE LAPEER ST. CLAIR KENT OTTAWA IONIA CLINTON SHIAWASSEE SPECIAL PROGRAMMING MACOMB OAKLAND Bridging Cultures INGHAM ALLEGAN BARRY EATON LIVINGSTON

Making Sense of the American Civil War WASHTENAW WAYNE VAN BUREN KALAMAZOO CALHOUN JACKSON

MONROE BERRIEN CASS ST. JOSEPH BRANCH HILLSDALE LENAWEE

www.michiganhumanities.org “Thanks to our financial supporters and partners, we made a tremendous impact across the state – producing successful and collaborative events in communities big and small.”

This year the Michigan Humanities Council celebrates its 40th anniversary — four decades of strengthening history, culture, heritage, literature and livelihood in the Great Lakes State. While we look forward to this commemorative year and the big things we have in store, we also take the opportunity to look back at our successes in 2013.

Thanks to our financial supporters and partners, we made a tremendous impact across the state — producing successful and collaborative events in communities big and small. We received increased funding from our major donor, Meijer, helping us support one of the most-popular Great Michigan Read cycles. Rural communities across the state were in the spotlight as we coordinated the travel of two Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibits to their towns.

The Arts & Humanities Touring Grants were awarded in record time, proving that communities statewide had an increased need for cultural programming support. Poetry Out Loud provided an opportunity for high school students to have their voices heard — while engaging students of all backgrounds in a common passion of poetry.

Most notably, we began an exciting new initiative — Bridging Cultures. Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities and American Library Association, this national program engages the power of humanities in promoting understanding and mutual respect for people with diverse histories. We saw small communities engage in big conversations around the Muslim faith and culture, creating a stronger, unified community.

In 40 years, we have seen struggle and hardship but also growth and discovery. We have partnered with thousands across the state, and reached millions in fulfilling our goal to THE NUMBERSBY strengthen Michigan culture. Through it all, you have been with us to make the journey worthwhile. 1,795,771 event attendees Thank you for your support of the Michigan $1,462,042 Humanities Council for the past 40 years — with leveraged your help, we look forward to furthering our impact $378,545in cost share by building a collaborative, culturally stronger state awarded in grants in the many years to come. 580 events* 154 grants awarded

*partial event data - projects ongoing Erik Nordberg Executive Director

2013 Annual Report THE NUMBERSBY PRIME TIME $38,632 leveraged in cost share $23,611 awarded 1,112 children & parents 36 sessions READINGFAMILY TIME® 6 host sites

“Prime Time Family Reading Time® has been a great way to, through a wonderful partnership with our local school district, connect families that can really benefit from reading together and an increased awareness of the library. Staff have made great connections with participants and it has been fantastic to see families continue to use the library even after the Prime Time session is done.”

-Allison Boyer, Youth Services Librarian, Loutit District Library in Grand Haven

Prime Time Family Reading Time® is ready to begin. Families, with bellies full from dinner, gather around in the community library to hear an unusual tale — The True Story of the Three Little Pigs. After the laughter quiets, chatter begins between child and parent. Prime Time is more than a reading program.

Engaging families in Michigan since 2008, Prime Time creates an environment where families read and discuss books together, while also learning more about their library and its resources. In 2013, six Michigan libraries hosted Prime Time — which involves six, 90 minute sessions with a community meal, story time and discussion led by trained storytellers and scholars.

By hosting a Prime Time program, libraries become a focal point for local families, partnerships are created with local restaurants and vendors, and parents and children better discover each other through new and open conversation.

Prime Time is a national program of the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities and is made possible in Michigan with financial support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Far Left: Storyteller Cynthia Furlong Reynolds reads to families during a Prime Time Family Reading Time® session at Harper Woods Public Library. © Deb Jacques.

Left: A child eagerly raises his hand during literary discussion at a Prime Time session at Peter White Public Library in Marquette. Courtesy Peter White Public Library.

Top: The Adamski family poses with the raffle gift they won at a Prime Time session at Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library. Courtesy Alpena County Library. www.michiganhumanities.org BY

THE NUMBERS 19,734 participants POETRY 215 events 52 high schools 1 state champion – OUT LOUD Richard Wu of Forest Hills Central High School

“I consider it an honor to be involved in such a worthy program and believe Poetry Out Loud provides a ‘real’ and ‘deep’ experience and connection with poetry for the students like no other classroom experience can. …Poetry Out Loud provides students the rare opportunity to appreciate poetry on a very personal level while sharing the transcending power of it with all who are lucky enough to witness it.”

Julie Antilla, English Teacher, Houghton High School

Since 2005, nearly 80,000 Michigan high school students have had their voices heard through poetry. Between the holidays, sporting events and standardized testing, youth appreciation for this literary art continues to shine.

In 2013, 52 high schools across the state challenged their students to deepen their understanding of poetry and to compete for the title of Michigan Poetry Out Loud Champion. This free program, open to all high schools, begins with class and school-wide recitation competitions and culminates each spring with a state Poetry Out Loud competition to name a Michigan Champion.

In 2013, it was Forest Hills Central High School senior Richard Wu taking home honors as Michigan Poetry Out Loud State Champion. With his title, Wu earned a $200 cash award and $500 stipend for his school. In Washington, D.C., Wu made it to the second round of the regional competition. State runners-up were Malcolm Harris (Cass Technical High School), Cameron Snyder- Pitts (Roosevelt High School), and Josef Fielder (Bradford Academy High School).

Poetry Out Loud, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation, is made possible in Michigan through partnership between the Michigan Humanities Council and Michigan Council for Arts & Cultural Affairs.

Top: Malcolm Harris of Cass Technical High School (Detroit) is center stage at the 2013 Michigan Poetry Out Loud State Championship. ©Dave Trumpie

Center: A student performs her selection of poetry at the Michigan Poetry Out Loud State Championships, held at the East Lansing Hannah Community Center. ©Dave Trumpie

Left: Michigan’s 2013 top finishers — from left Josef Fielder (Bradford Academy High School), Cameron Snyder-Pitts (Roosevelt High School), Champion Richard Wu (Forest Hills Central High School), and Malcolm Harris (Cass Technical High School). ©Dave Trumpie

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68 events D MAIN STREET host sites in 6 2012-13 “Working with the Michigan Humanities Council to bring The Way We Worked to Clare was an incredible opportunity for our library. It offered our community the chance to connect our local work history to events affecting our country as a whole, making The Way We Worked a truly interactive exhibit.”

-Sheila Bissonnette, Director, Pere Marquette District Library in Clare

The Smithsonian has been hitting the road! In 2013, the Michigan Humanities Council coordinated the travel of two Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibits around the state, visiting 11 host sites in our rural, usually quiet communities. A woman looks through the local exhibit The Way We Worked, an exhibit exploring the history of our portion at Hart Area Public Library as a part of The Way We Worked. national and local workforce, was on display in six cities from 2012-13, starting in Rogers City — northeastern Michigan, and ending in Hart — a farming community in West Central’s Oceana County. Just as The Way We Worked was packed up, Journey Stories, an exhibit exploring the history of our travel and movement across continents and state borders, began its tour in 2013 at Alpena’s Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Stopping at four more cities along the way, each host presented local exhibits and lectures connecting this national exhibit to the local community. Due to popularity, The Way We Worked will be back on tour in 2014-15 before the highly anticipated sports-themed exhibit, Hometown Teams, arrives in 2016.

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$4,500 awarded S community exploring the journey stories unique to $2,250 leveraged in our region. The project resulted in new programs and cost share partnerships that we look forward to continuing in 5 host sites in 2013-14 the future!” *program numbers not yet -Tracy Gierada, Executive Director & Curator, available – projects North Berrien Historical Museum in Coloma ongoing

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In addition to our regular programming, the Michigan Humanities Council takes on special initiatives to further our mission of building stronger, more thoughtful communities. In 2013, we supported two important programs around the state — Making Sense of the American Civil War and Let’s Talk About It: Muslim Journeys. A program of the American Library Association and National Endowment for the Humanities, Making Sense of the American Civil War is a reading and discussion program that was presented in five Michigan cities. Each partner hosted a five-part reading and discussion series exploring different perspectives of the Civil War and the varying experiences of individuals from different genders, ethnicities and backgrounds. Public Libraries of Saginaw and Pickford Community Library looked to expand cultural understanding with Let’s Talk About It: Muslim Journeys, a national program of the National Endowment for the Humanities and American Library Association. The program, a scholar-led reading and discussion series, created community conversations on the histories, faith and cultures of Muslims around the world and in the U.S.

“The Public Libraries of Saginaw were pleased to host the ‘Let’s Talk About It: Muslim Journeys’ book discussions, which brought together library staff, local scholars and people of different backgrounds from our community to learn about the histories, faith and cultures of Muslims around the world through reading, music, food tastings, video and discussion. Program participants stated that the ‘Let’s Talk About It: Muslim Journeys’ programming provided the opportunity to learn, discuss and to broaden their points of view of Muslims. This was an enlightening experience for all involved.”

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Top: Nicole Lindsay and Nichola Callebs try on a pair of embroidered Palestinian dresses on loan from the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn for the kick-off of the Muslim Journeys program at Stair Public Library in Morenci. © David Green/State Line Observer

Right: Morenci teacher Matt Bostick (left) joins students in trying out a traditional Arab dance known as dabke. The dance originated from a roof-building process. Students, from the left, are Coleton Barkway, Blaine Barron, Makaela Lockwood, Amy Blaker, Mariah Gillen and Nick Pless. © David Green/State Line Observer 2013 Annual Report THE NUMBERSBY $1,096,223 leveraged

in cost share MAJOR $274,359 11,925 attendees awarded 94 events 24 grantees GRANTS * partial numbers reporting – grants ongoing

“The act of storytelling … gathering and re-telling the stories, and the resultant conversations bolstered the community, underscored local connections and contributed to increased dialogue about the history, culture and neighbors in the Livernois area.”

Detroit Collaborative Design Center and Extra Mile Playwrights, on their major grant project A Detroit Narrative: University Commons

To see the strength and necessity of cultural programming in Michigan, you don’t have to look much further than projects made possible through a Major Grant Award. In 2013, the Michigan Humanities Council received 71 applications — funding 24 for a total of $274,359. Last year, we saw the creation of an exhibit in Harbor Springs that explored the War of 1812 from the perspective of Native Americans; a traveling children’s play telling the story of a homeless boy who finds his place in the world; and a month-long cultural celebration of arts and sciences in the Great Lakes Bay Region. Programming spanned from Chippewa County in the Upper Peninsula, to Wayne County in the southeast. All Michigan nonprofits are invited to apply for a Major Grant — with funding up to $15,000, the grants support public, quality cultural programming around the state. Projects may include lectures and discussions, exhibits, performing arts, festivals and much more.

Above: Members of the Extra Mile Playwrights perform an outdoor concert for Light Up Livernois. Courtesy Extra Mile Playwrights.

Top right: Fred Amorose, a retired foreman at the Calcite plant, gets close to producer and newly appointed MHC board member Anne Belanger of the Presque Isle District Library during documentary filming for “A Century in Stone.” © Brian Belanger

Right: The public look over the 12 panels created for the Tumult & Tragedy: Michigan’s 1913-14 Copper Strike exhibit from Michigan Technological University. ©Kurt Hauglie/ Daily Mining Gazette. www.michiganhumanities.org BY THE NUMBERS QUICK & PLANNING

$59,623cost leveraged share in $13,892 attendees awarded GRANTS 10,701 27 events 27 grantees

“This grant helped the Society put on our first Storytellers festival and celebrate our rich heritage through storytelling performances given by members of our diverse ethnic communities. Please be assured that this grant will help preserve Detroit’s rich history for future generations to enjoy.”

Robert Bury, Executive Director and CEO, Detroit Historical Society

Though it is the smallest grant program of the Michigan Humanities Council, the Quick and Planning Grants produce big results across the state. In 2013, $13,892 in grants was awarded to support cultural programming and planning to 27 organizations. Because of the Quick Grants, elementary school students in Macomb County experienced the life of a French voyageur during the French fur trade era; and a small city in southwest Michigan explored its Underground Railroad heritage with a dramatic reading of “Seven Stops to Freedom.” An Upper Peninsula paranormal group took advantage of a Planning Grant to create a documentary film plan exploring unexplained mysteries and folklore throughout Michigan. Quick and Planning Grants are open to all Michigan nonprofits. Quick Grants, awards up to $500, are for cultural programming event support; Planning Grants, awards up to $1,000, are used toward project planning in order to prepare a project for an eventual Major Grant proposal.

Above: The Howell Carnegie District Library displays books relating to Bridging Cultures and Let’s Talk About It: Muslim Journeys. Courtesy Howell Carnegie District Library.

Top right: David Serio from the Arab American National Museum presents a discussion on Arab Americans and culture as part of a quick grant to Howell Carnegie District Library.

Right: Author Peter Morris, right, speaks with a conference attendee at Rally of Writers, a writer’s conference discussing genres and publishing. Courtesy A Rally of Writers, Inc.

2013 Annual Report The GREAT MICHIGAN READ

“Having Great Michigan Read author Steve Luxenberg visit our community was a privilege for Bayliss Public Library, a Superior District Library member. Due to our remote location, in the Upper Peninsula, we don’t often have the opportunity to host authors of Steve’s caliber. He was generous with his time, leading a second ‘book club’ event to which special interest groups from the mental health community, a Jewish synagogue and a genealogical society, were invited. His book connected these disparate groups in an enlightening discussion about relevant issues, while also illuminating a little-known era of this area’s history, the 1940s Sault State Hospital. Thank you to the Michigan Humanities Council for providing such fabulous events for our communities.”

Susan James, Manager, Bayliss Public Library and Assistant Director, Superior District Library; Sault Ste. Marie

In 2013, the Michigan Humanities Council kicked off its fourth Great Michigan Read with programming surrounding the nonfiction, Michigan-based book Annie’s Ghosts. Nearly 300 organizations around the state held public discussions, lectures, film nights and more to discuss mental health care, family secrets, genealogy and immigration to help make one of the strongest Great Michigan Read discussions we have seen. Annie’s Ghosts, written by Detroit native and Washington Post Associate Editor Steve Luxenberg, is part memoir, part detective story and part history. As the author tries to understand his mom’s reasoning for keeping her sister’s existence a secret, he takes readers on a journey into 1930s and ’40s Detroit, where he explores how a poor, immigrant family manages life with a child who has special needs. For the Great Michigan Read, our signature program, we partner with hundreds of schools, libraries, book clubs, religious organizations and more throughout the state to create healthy conversation surrounding a single literary title. With each program, MHC provides its program partners with the materials necessary to build community discussions, such as bookmarks, reader’s guides and teacher’s guides. Select nonprofits qualified for free copies of Annie’s Ghosts. The Great Michigan Read continues into the spring of 2014 — the next title will be announced in the winter of 2015 with programming to begin again in the fall of 2015. To learn more about the program and to download valuable resources such as a reader’s or teacher’s guide, please visit www. michiganhumanities.org/programs/tgmr. www.michiganhumanities.org Made Possible With financial Support From Lapeer County Community Mental Health MASCO Corporation Foundation Mental Health Association in Michigan Michigan Association of Community Mental Health Boards MSU Federal Credit Union North County Community Mental Health Oakland County Community Mental The Charles J. Health Authority Strosacker Foundation Pathways Community Mental Health Public Policy Associates Rick & Raj Wiener Saginaw County Community Mental Health Authority St. Clair County Community Mental Health Authority

Media & Promotional Sponsors

Marge Potter The Jury Foundation University of Michigan – Dearborn Library of Michigan Foundation

CBI Rehabilitation Services, Inc. Community Mental Health Authority Michigan Radio of Clinton, Eaton, Ingham MLive Media Group Counties WKAR Community Mental Health for WCMU Central Michigan Historical Society of Michigan Community Mental Health Services Library of Michigan of Muskegon County Michigan Library Association Huron Behavioral Health Thornapple Arts Council of Barry Ionia County Community Mental County Health

Left: Author Steve Luxenberg, center, poses with students and coordinators involved in the first author event of 2013, held at Pinckney Community High School. ©Jarrett Tessens Top: Author Steve Luxenberg speaks with audience members during the kickoff event on Sept. 24, 2013 in Lansing. ©Dave Trumpie Above (L-R): Alan Bolter, associate director of Michigan Association of Community Mental Health Boards (MACMHB), author Steve Luxenberg, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, and Michael Vizena, executive director of MACMHB at the organization’s fall conference. Right: MHC staff from left Kate Bartig, Karen Rhodes, Robbe DiPietro, Carla Ingrando and Judith Dworkin unload boxes of Annie’s Ghosts in preparation for distribution.

2013 Annual Report Arts & Humanities THE NUMBERSBY $245,329 leveraged in cost share $57,621 awarded TOURING 40,013 attendees DIRECTORY 180 events *partial report - grants ongoing “Thank you so much for the grant enabling our students to see Michael Deren’s historical lumberjack presentation! Because of their imaginary trip back in time with Mr. Deren, students will be more equipped to imagine the sights, sounds and smells of other eras, as well as realizing that (lumberjacks) were real people, not so unlike themselves.”

Brenda Monroe, Third Grade Teacher, Eddy Elementary School in St. Clair

From historical re-enactors, storytellers, musicians, poets and assembly shows, the Michigan Arts & Humanities Touring Program has it all. In 2013, the Michigan Humanities Council awarded $57,621 in grants to help support bringing these arts and culture performers into communities across the state. The Arts & Humanities Touring Program is a collaborative project between the Michigan Humanities Council and Michigan Council for Arts & Cultural Affairs, helping connect our community nonprofits with some of the best performers and scholars around the state. The directory is housed online at www.michiganhumanities.org and features a juried selection of 175 arts and cultural performers and artists. Michigan nonprofits — such as schools, libraries, religious organizations, community centers and more — can request grant support to offset the cost of bringing these performers into their communities. The Touring Grants will cover up to 40 percent of a performer’s fee.

Above: Carol Johnson, center, performs with a youth audience at Rochester’s Meadow Brook Theatre in April 2013. Courtesy Meadow Brook Theatre.

Top right: The Eisenhower Dance Ensemble presents “Red, Hot and Blue” at the Michigan Opera Theatre in Traverse City. Courtesy Michigan Opera Theatre.

Right: A volunteer helps campers learn acrobatic skills at Camp Hosanna during a visit from Cirque Amongus. Courtesy Kirk in the Hills Presbyterian Church.

www.michiganhumanities.org Financials Audited financials for 2013 fiscal year

Statement of Activities Statement of Financial Position For the 12 months ending October 31, 2013 October 31, 2013

Revenue Assets National Endowment for the Humanities 912,940 Cash and Equivalents 451,803 Michigan Council for Arts & Cultural Affairs 113,403 Grants Receivable 176,081 Program Donations 83,477 Prepaid Expenses 20,499 Unrestricted Donations 41,275 Endowment Investment 40,761 Interest 768 Property & Equipment (Net) 66,518 Total Revenue $1,151,863 Rent Deposit 1,000 Total Assets $756,662 Expenses Grants 371,755 Liabilites Specific Programming 513,624 Accounts Payable 12,994 Program Development & Promotion 152,656 Accrued Expenses 11,761 Operating Expenses 228,464 Grant Contracts Payable 238,709 Fundraising Expenses 79,841 Total Liabilities $263,464 Total Expenses $1,346,340 Net Assets Net Assets Unrestricted 324,907 Beginning $687,675 Temporarily Restricted 132,726 Ending $493,198 Permanently Restricted 35,565 Total Net Assets $493,198

Total Liabilities & Net Assets $756,662

Expense Distribution Specific Programming Grant Award ($1,346,340) Distribution ($513,624) Distribution ($371,755)

6% Grants 7% 2% Major.Quick (73%) 7% 1% Great MI Read 17% 28% 13% A & H Touring Specific Poetry Out Loud 17% (17%) Programming2% Primetime 47% Prime Time Family MoMS Program Reading Time® (7%) 11% Development16% & Bridging Cultures MoMS (2%) Promotion Major.Quick Operating Expenses 73% 3% A & H Touring Bridging Cultures 38% 12% (1%)

Grants Great MI Read Major/Quick Specific Programming Poetry Out Loud A & H Touring Program Development & Promotion Prime Time Family Reading Time® Prime Time Family Reading Time® Operating Expenses Museum on Main Street Museum on Main Street Fundraising Expenses Bridging Cultures Bridging Cultures Major/Quick A & H Touring 2013 Annual Report MSU Federal Credit Union Dr. Kathleen Mullins Donors Elizabeth & Mark Murray From Nov. 2012 to Oct. 2013 Jane & Erik Nordberg North Country Community Mental Health $10,000 or more Oakland County Community Mental The Charles J. Strosacker Foundation Health Authority Image Creative Group Public Policy Associates Michigan Council for Arts & Cultural Pathways Community Mental Health Affairs Marge Potter National Endowment for the Saginaw County Community Mental Humanities Health Authority WJRW Kelvin Smyth St. Clair County Community Mental $1,000-$9,999 Health Authority American Library Association University of Michigan-Dearborn Bobbie Arnold Tina Van Dam Patti Huffman Edward Bagale Pat & Bill Waring Hungry Howies Bookstock Fund Wayne State University Nan Hunt Steve Brisson WCMU Carla Ingrando Brian Brunner Richard & Raj Wiener Hari Kern Norma Camp Ann Kiewel CBI Rehabilitation Services $500-$999 Don LeDuc & Susan Coley Paul Chaffee Arts Council of Greater Lansing Maud Lyon Tim Chester & Henry Matthews Control System Integrators Edgar Omar & Wendy Marty Community Mental Health Authority for Stuart Grigg Shirley Massingill Central Michigan MessageMakers Margaret D. McIntire Community Mental Health Authority of Michigan Health & Hospital Association Jane & Ron Means Ingham, Eaton and Clinton Counties Karen & Louis Smith Michigan State University- School of Community Mental Health of Muskegon Social Work County $100-$499 David & Marcelle Molzahn Frey Foundation Michael Artman Thuy-Lien Nguyen Tom Garikes Marietta Baba Jacob Nyenhuis Grand Valley State University, College Melissa Barnard Linda Peckham & Robert Morris of Liberal Arts & Sciences Anne Belanger Nancy Peterson-Harris Historic Ford Estates Boojiebunny Robert Pilon Huron Behavioral Health Donna K. Brooks Carol Rearick Mike & Sarah Jury Diane & Rob Collier Karen & Geoff Rhodes The Jury Foundation Deborah Diesen Petey Semmens Jim Karshner Robbe DiPietro Patty Shaheen Walt Koziol Audrey Dowell Judy Sima Lapeer County Community Mental Michigan Association of Chiropractors Edward & Natalie Surovell Health Judith Moses Dworkin & Ian Dworkin Steele Taylor Susan Larsen Jean Enright Laurence Teal Library of Michigan Foundation Gloria White Gardner Terri Tomaszek MASCO Corporation Foundation Robert Goodrich Peter M. Turner Debbie & David McKeon Goodrich Quality Theaters Anshu Varma Mental Health Association in Michigan Robert Hannan Mary Ellen Vaydik Michigan Association of Community Janet Haynes Wayne State University Press Mental Health Boards Barbara Heller Amanda West & Nate Pilon Michigan History Foundation Mary & Larry Hennessey The Westsiders Michigan Radio Lucy Horak Up to $99 Randy Akers Catherine Anderson Top: The Saline Fiddlers, members Shirley A. 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