October 18, 2026

Well, thank you for having me.

We are so

looking forward to this holiday tradition.

Every year people return to see Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

It's kind of the way that they kick off their holiday celebration, Saturday, December 5th.

is the date at Nationwide Arena.

There will be two shows that day.

Wow.

A 3 p.m. and a 7.30 p.m. And those tickets are now on sale and they're going fast.

Peggy, tell us a little bit more about why we should be so excited about Trans-Siberian Orchestra coming.

Well, besides the fact that their shows are an extravaganza, they're extraordinary on so many levels, not just visually, but musically and energy-wise and story-wise.

But for me personally, they also are an incredibly generous organization.

And everywhere they go, they donate a portion of their sales to good causes.

And they've donated over $20 million in these 30 years.

And we are feeling the effects of that with my job at the Heather Pick Music Program.

For those that aren't familiar, can you tell us a little bit about the Heather Pick Music Program? It's been some years now since it was instituted.

Yeah.

Yes, so it was, it began in 2015.

It was started and basically the program provides live music performances in the lobby of the James and all of our smaller lobbies, other lobbies as well.

Lots of locations.

We have about, at this moment, we've got about 50 performances a month that are live musicians who are professional musicians who volunteer their time to play for our patients and families and staff.

And they play for about an hour.

It was started because Heather Pick was a young newscaster with Channel 10 News, and she got a breast cancer diagnosis when she was quite young and decided that, and she had the energy for it.

We're all touched differently by cancer, so not everyone can do this, but boy, did she do it.

She went on her news channel wore a pink wig to, you know, encourage other people to get out there and shop for wigs and she would do programs on on how to shop for wigs she would she went to so many cancer fundraisers to find a cure for cancer.

Well, thank you for having me.

We are so

looking forward to this holiday tradition.

Every year people return to see Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

It's kind of the way that they kick off their holiday celebration, Saturday, December 5th.

is the date at Nationwide Arena.

There will be two shows that day.

Wow.

A 3 p.m. and a 7.30 p.m. And those tickets are now on sale and they're going fast.

Peggy, tell us a little bit more about why we should be so excited about Trans-Siberian Orchestra coming.

Well, besides the fact that their shows are an extravaganza, they're extraordinary on so many levels, not just visually, but musically and energy-wise and story-wise.

But for me personally, they also are an incredibly generous organization.

And everywhere they go, they donate a portion of their sales to good causes.

And they've donated over $20 million in these 30 years.

And we are feeling the effects of that with my job at the Heather Pick Music Program.

For those that aren't familiar, can you tell us a little bit about the Heather Pick Music Program? It's been some years now since it was instituted.

Yeah.

Yes, so it was, it began in 2015.

It was started and basically the program provides live music performances in the lobby of the James and all of our smaller lobbies, other lobbies as well.

Lots of locations.

We have about, at this moment, we've got about 50 performances a month that are live musicians who are professional musicians who volunteer their time to play for our patients and families and staff.

And they play for about an hour.

It was started because Heather Pick was a young newscaster with Channel 10 News, and she got a breast cancer diagnosis when she was quite young and decided that, and she had the energy for it.

We're all touched differently by cancer, so not everyone can do this, but boy, did she do it.

She went on her news channel wore a pink wig to, you know, encourage other people to get out there and shop for wigs and she would do programs on on how to shop for wigs she would she went to so many cancer fundraisers to find a cure for cancer.