I think I'll close with this one.
This is called Tides of Change, and it's
by a group of five spellers called
the Band of Brothers, national supergroup spanning
from coast to coast.
And I just recorded an album of their songs
that's going to be up.
I mean, I think literally like tomorrow it goes
live on Spotify and everything.
And it's called Constellation.
And they were getting together over Zoom for the last 6 or 8
months, meeting every couple of weeks, writing a bunch of tunes.
And this is called tides of change.
And it feels like it feels like a nice note to end on.
And then I'll hand it over for the Q and A.
So once again, thank you guys so much for listening.
Thanks to Teva for making this happen, and Arizona Poetry
Center.
It's just such an amazing place.
And want to say again, to it feels important for me
to mention that in a perfect world, oddly enough,
I would not be here at all, and it would just
be the spellers themselves getting
to share their work directly.
So I feel obviously very blessed to get
to be an intermediary in that process,
but also really want to make sure to be shining the light
back on the writers themselves.
It's not about me.
It's like a fluke of circumstance
that I'm up here singing the songs,
but really, it's their work.
They're the people who deserve to be celebrated.
Are a bunch of awesome writers here with us today.
I encourage you to say hello, chat with them
after the event wraps up.
If you have a question for them, you could ask.
And if you have a compliment, I bet
they would receive it real graciously.
So yeah, thank you all.
And the biggest thank you of all goes to the spellers.
You guys, thank you for trusting me with your words
and letting me share them here.
It's really the great blessing of my life
to get to work with you all.
So thanks for being here.
This is tides of change by the band of brothers.
To close us out for the day.
[SINGING]
Love how the moon
Pleasingly
Is pulling on
The loving sea.
I need that balm of the tide
To wash away what's in my mind,
Cause everything
Comes in waves,
The tides of change.
Each of us longs to be saved.
Carry us away on rolling waves.
Leave your shell on the shore.
You needn't carry it anymore,
Cause everything
Comes in waves
The tides of change.
Waves are shimmering in the sea.
Waves are shearing inside of me.
Shallow waves and deepest dives,
Believing in all that thrives.
And everything
Comes in waves,
The tides of change
Everything
Comes in waves,
The tides of change.
[APPLAUSE]
Thank you so much.
And let's have an extra round of applause for the spellers,
too, for writing these awesome tunes.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.
And with that, I'll hand it over to Mike.