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Burton Tower

Base of Burton Tower: Two Brazilians in full fútbol-fan garb taking pictures of each other standing next to an AAPD SUV.

Ringing in Your Ears

Programs for the 7 Mondays at 7 carillon concert.

Programs for the 7 Mondays at 7 carillon concert.

A beautiful end-of-summer evening, a holiday weekend, a free outdoor concert by a world-class musician – it all came together on Labor Day for the final 7 Mondays at 7 carillon recital at UM’s Burton Tower.

Several dozen people showed up to hear Steven Ball play songs ranging from Ravel’s La Vallee des Cloches to a Wizard of Oz medley, as children played in the Ingalls Mall fountain and students strolled by.

Like many of the folks sitting in folding chairs or on blankets around Ingalls Mall, David and Marilyn Cummins brought a picnic dinner to eat before the show. They said they came to the concert just to get out of the house and do something. “Then we’ll know we’ve had a holiday,” Marilyn laughed.

“And the price is right,” David added.
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