 On behalf of Brigadier General Julie Nethercott, I'm proud to present to you this special performance by the Paris Island Marine Band. Today, we bring to you the classic wind ensemble work by the great American composer, Frank Tekely, entitled Simple Gifts, Four Shaker Songs. The first movement in Yonder Valley enhances images of spring with the first three notes in the flutes, depicting a bird call. The second movement, Dance, gives us a familiar and fun melody used for inspiring movement and togetherness. The third movement, Here Take This Lovely Flower, is a lullaby sung to children. Its purity brings to mind the innocence of a young child. And lastly, the finale, Simple Gifts, gives us the most famous of the melodies and brings us an optimistic and uplifting closure to the works. As we head into what we hope is a more optimistic future in which the pandemic is conquered, it is our hope that we hold on to some of the simplicity that this last year and a half has brought to our lives. Let us not forget that some of the best things in life are sometimes the simplest things in life.