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Is three years in a row a tradition? Whether “yes” or “no”, I'm pleased to start my summer once again with the publication of a new concert band work through Carl Fischer - and for the third consecutive year to celebrate its inclusion in the J.W. Pepper “Editor's Choice” selections for the year. “Steel Driving Man” - a dramatization of the story of folk hero John Henry - may be previewed (full score and recording) and purchased on the Pepper website: https://www.jwpepper.com/Steel-Driving-Man/11572106.item.