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Speaker 1 (00:08):
Mustang signs you may had a solog.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Got a message from a listener a minute ago who
was listening to State Representative Steve Carra, who said, my
mom and dad sent seven kids through Catholic schools all
along they paid for Hazlet public schools, and he did
the same with three kids. Vouchers would be nice, he said,
Vouchers starts award. Doesn't it politically when you talk like that?
(00:41):
It's Michael Patrick shields through the AT and T microphones
and you're hearing that song about Mustang. The Ford Motor
Company yesterday made their announcement at the well you know
what it used to be a dilapidated train station down
there in Corktown where they'll be celebrating St. Patrick's Day
very soon. But yesterday the Ford Motor Company and Bill
(01:03):
Ford and Dak Shepherd and Nicole Briscoe were there to
talk about Formula one and Ford in this year's racing circuit.
Here's the Ford chairman, Bill Ford.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
Well, hi everybody, and good evening, and I'm so proud
to welcome you to Detroit, the home of Ford Racing.
So we're here in Michigan Central Station and this building
was once the symbol of the decay of Detroit and
now it's really a symbol of its resurgence. I'm so
happy with how it turned out. And there's no better
(01:35):
backdrop for kicking off our return to f one with
Red bull.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Ford versus Ferrari all over again. And that train station
now looks like a jewel box when you drive through
Corktown as the renaissance of the city, if you want
to still call it, that continues. Ken Hayward is the
chief operating officer at visit Detroit. You can go to
visit Detroit dot com and plan your trip ASA. And
(02:01):
it's sort of ironic. A man who worked on an
island with no cars for decades is now in the
middle of an auto show. Welcome back to the airwaves.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
It is kind of ironic, Michael Patrick, isn't it. We
had horsepower up there, but it was different.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
That's right, horsepower and everything that comes with that exhaust
will put it that way. Maybe is a nicer way
to say, but I do remember seeing you in your
tuxedo at the black Tie Charity preview every year. And
this is in the lifeblood of Detroit and back where
it belongs. It sounds like in January and it's been
(02:36):
an exciting week, not only for the city but for
the automotives. Cadillac is bringing back F one racing as well.
And I know that took place at the Auto show.
But what advice would you have for somebody who says, Okay,
we had all the media, we had all the industry
people Friday night, the black Tie Charity preview, we want
in if they're coming to the auto show, what advice
(02:57):
would you have?
Speaker 1 (02:58):
Well, I think what the advice I would have is
give it a chance. And it's not the same auto show.
It's not your dad or Grandpa's Auto show. Sam Clement
and the group at d DA, you know, Rod Albert
had a great tradition. They tried something different. A pandemic
happened at a time when they were trying to transition
(03:19):
to do it maybe a little something different at a
different time of the year. And they're back to January
to its roots. But we're so excited at Visit Detroit
as to how they're repositioning the show and making it interactive,
making it fun for families and kids. You know, before
(03:42):
it was a place where you went and looked at
products and maybe bought a car. You know, people buy
cars differently today, So they're making it a showcase and
they're making it fun and they're making it an experience.
So what I would say is, you know, give it,
give it a chance to come down and see it.
There's a lot of interactive things to do. There's three
(04:05):
different tracks where you can actually experience being in a
vehicle and doing different things. And we're really proud, you know,
to be sponsoring an interactive experience and more in the
atrium area where people can actually see things, do things,
and you know, it's just a different show. And I
(04:25):
remember being with you. I had a couple of these
shows back in the day. And the charity preview, you know,
hasn't changed its focus. It's to raise money for children's
charities in the city of Detroit and we're still doing that.
And I expect the momentum and the ramp ups has
felt different this year. I think people are very excited
(04:47):
to have it back and we're looking forward to it. Well.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
We interviewed Sam Clement recently and he reminded me that
he was an intern on my program at one time,
a long time ago. That shows how long you and
I have been around from Yeah, and in the small
world department. We spoke to Debbie Dingle, the congresswoman, a
couple of days ago, and I asked her, who are
(05:12):
you going to be wearing at the black tie charity
preview and she said, I don't even care what I
look like, and I hope I won't look bad, but
I don't care much about that, which sort of cracked
me up.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Yeah, well, she always looks great, you know that. And
you know, tonight is going to be a night where
it's a place to be seen and see people. Right,
It's great that the charity children's charities get the benefit
of the night, but this is a night where, you know,
(05:44):
you do get a chance to run into the Dobbie
Dingles of the world, and the new mayor of Detroit
to the world, and and lots of other business and
movers and shakers as they say. And it's you know,
but I can just tell you that there's a different
vibe based on the new direction of the show. It's
you know, three years back in January. Now there's a
(06:07):
different vibe and everybody's really excited, and I expect it's
going to feel like the old days. And I hate
to sound like that, but you know it was. It
was the thing before and it's becoming the thing again,
meaning the charity preview and the show is going to
be very relevant what it does for downtown in January
and a relatively quiet time. You know, one thing we
(06:29):
can always count, Michael Patrick, is it's going to be
really cold on Charity preview night and it's probably going
to snow a little bit. And that's good because it's
bringing lots of business to our hotels and our restaurants
and our retail outlets downtown at a time when maybe
they wouldn't be very busy.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
It's a very good place to get your steps in
for the next week or so inside with the lights
and the bells and whistles, you know, and to park
your card, go inside and enjoy yourself. And in the
old days, Ken Hayward, an interactive experience at the auto
show meant you could sit in the vehicle.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
That was.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
That was about it, right, So thank you for bringing
us into the modern era.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
Yeah, well you couldn't even do that and some of them,
you know, and that that's that's sure. But I think identifying, identifying,
you know, what the show needs to be and to
make it something, make it fun right, and and something
you go do, not something you go see.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
Visit Detroit will be right out front in the lobby,
even if you don't go in the show. Stop in
at Huntington Place and visit Detroit.
Mustang signs you may had a solog.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Got a message from a listener a minute ago who
was listening to State Representative Steve Carra, who said, my
mom and dad sent seven kids through Catholic schools all
along they paid for Hazlet public schools, and he did
the same with three kids. Vouchers would be nice, he said,
Vouchers starts award. Doesn't it politically when you talk like that?
(00:41):
It's Michael Patrick shields through the AT and T microphones
and you're hearing that song about Mustang. The Ford Motor
Company yesterday made their announcement at the well you know
what it used to be a dilapidated train station down
there in Corktown where they'll be celebrating St. Patrick's Day
very soon. But yesterday the Ford Motor Company and Bill
(01:03):
Ford and Dak Shepherd and Nicole Briscoe were there to
talk about Formula one and Ford in this year's racing circuit.
Here's the Ford chairman, Bill Ford.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
Well, hi everybody, and good evening, and I'm so proud
to welcome you to Detroit, the home of Ford Racing.
So we're here in Michigan Central Station and this building
was once the symbol of the decay of Detroit and
now it's really a symbol of its resurgence. I'm so
happy with how it turned out. And there's no better
(01:35):
backdrop for kicking off our return to f one with
Red bull.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Ford versus Ferrari all over again. And that train station
now looks like a jewel box when you drive through
Corktown as the renaissance of the city, if you want
to still call it, that continues. Ken Hayward is the
chief operating officer at visit Detroit. You can go to
visit Detroit dot com and plan your trip ASA. And
(02:01):
it's sort of ironic. A man who worked on an
island with no cars for decades is now in the
middle of an auto show. Welcome back to the airwaves.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
It is kind of ironic, Michael Patrick, isn't it. We
had horsepower up there, but it was different.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
That's right, horsepower and everything that comes with that exhaust
will put it that way. Maybe is a nicer way
to say, but I do remember seeing you in your
tuxedo at the black Tie Charity preview every year. And
this is in the lifeblood of Detroit and back where
it belongs. It sounds like in January and it's been
(02:36):
an exciting week, not only for the city but for
the automotives. Cadillac is bringing back F one racing as well.
And I know that took place at the Auto show.
But what advice would you have for somebody who says, Okay,
we had all the media, we had all the industry
people Friday night, the black Tie Charity preview, we want
in if they're coming to the auto show, what advice
(02:57):
would you have?
Speaker 1 (02:58):
Well, I think what the advice I would have is
give it a chance. And it's not the same auto show.
It's not your dad or Grandpa's Auto show. Sam Clement
and the group at d DA, you know, Rod Albert
had a great tradition. They tried something different. A pandemic
happened at a time when they were trying to transition
(03:19):
to do it maybe a little something different at a
different time of the year. And they're back to January
to its roots. But we're so excited at Visit Detroit
as to how they're repositioning the show and making it interactive,
making it fun for families and kids. You know, before
(03:42):
it was a place where you went and looked at
products and maybe bought a car. You know, people buy
cars differently today, So they're making it a showcase and
they're making it fun and they're making it an experience.
So what I would say is, you know, give it,
give it a chance to come down and see it.
There's a lot of interactive things to do. There's three
(04:05):
different tracks where you can actually experience being in a
vehicle and doing different things. And we're really proud, you know,
to be sponsoring an interactive experience and more in the
atrium area where people can actually see things, do things,
and you know, it's just a different show. And I
(04:25):
remember being with you. I had a couple of these
shows back in the day. And the charity preview, you know,
hasn't changed its focus. It's to raise money for children's
charities in the city of Detroit and we're still doing that.
And I expect the momentum and the ramp ups has
felt different this year. I think people are very excited
(04:47):
to have it back and we're looking forward to it. Well.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
We interviewed Sam Clement recently and he reminded me that
he was an intern on my program at one time,
a long time ago. That shows how long you and
I have been around from Yeah, and in the small
world department. We spoke to Debbie Dingle, the congresswoman, a
couple of days ago, and I asked her, who are
(05:12):
you going to be wearing at the black tie charity
preview and she said, I don't even care what I
look like, and I hope I won't look bad, but
I don't care much about that, which sort of cracked
me up.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Yeah, well, she always looks great, you know that. And
you know, tonight is going to be a night where
it's a place to be seen and see people. Right,
It's great that the charity children's charities get the benefit
of the night, but this is a night where, you know,
(05:44):
you do get a chance to run into the Dobbie
Dingles of the world, and the new mayor of Detroit
to the world, and and lots of other business and
movers and shakers as they say. And it's you know,
but I can just tell you that there's a different
vibe based on the new direction of the show. It's
you know, three years back in January. Now there's a
(06:07):
different vibe and everybody's really excited, and I expect it's
going to feel like the old days. And I hate
to sound like that, but you know it was. It
was the thing before and it's becoming the thing again,
meaning the charity preview and the show is going to
be very relevant what it does for downtown in January
and a relatively quiet time. You know, one thing we
(06:29):
can always count, Michael Patrick, is it's going to be
really cold on Charity preview night and it's probably going
to snow a little bit. And that's good because it's
bringing lots of business to our hotels and our restaurants
and our retail outlets downtown at a time when maybe
they wouldn't be very busy.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
It's a very good place to get your steps in
for the next week or so inside with the lights
and the bells and whistles, you know, and to park
your card, go inside and enjoy yourself. And in the
old days, Ken Hayward, an interactive experience at the auto
show meant you could sit in the vehicle.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
That was.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
That was about it, right, So thank you for bringing
us into the modern era.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
Yeah, well you couldn't even do that and some of them,
you know, and that that's that's sure. But I think identifying, identifying,
you know, what the show needs to be and to
make it something, make it fun right, and and something
you go do, not something you go see.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
Visit Detroit will be right out front in the lobby,
even if you don't go in the show. Stop in
at Huntington Place and visit Detroit.
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