1 00:00:01,101 --> 00:00:03,603 Oh, Joyce. What's going on? 2 00:00:03,603 --> 00:00:05,071 We have a special guest here. 3 00:00:05,071 --> 00:00:05,472 Who was. 4 00:00:05,472 --> 00:00:08,675 A gentleman I've worked with many, many times over the years. 5 00:00:08,908 --> 00:00:11,778 For the premiere facilities and. 6 00:00:11,778 --> 00:00:14,714 Well, I was going to say the shrine, but I think all the state of Connecticut. 7 00:00:14,714 --> 00:00:16,082 Right. My limited. 8 00:00:16,082 --> 00:00:16,950 Wait a minute. 9 00:00:16,950 --> 00:00:18,685 The shoreline. The tri state. 10 00:00:18,685 --> 00:00:19,819 The tri state area. 11 00:00:19,819 --> 00:00:20,387 Why not? 12 00:00:20,387 --> 00:00:21,721 Why not nationally? 13 00:00:21,721 --> 00:00:23,523 Why not so popular? 14 00:00:23,523 --> 00:00:24,624 Why not universally? 15 00:00:24,624 --> 00:00:27,627 Even the Klingons, when they have weddings. 16 00:00:27,660 --> 00:00:30,263 And the Romulans and Star Trek, where do they go? 17 00:00:30,263 --> 00:00:33,266 Woodwinds. And Branford. Yeah, exactly. 18 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:35,402 What's good with John and Joyce is sponsored 19 00:00:35,402 --> 00:00:38,438 by woodwinds, wedding and Special Events venue in Branford, Connecticut. 20 00:00:38,438 --> 00:00:43,443 And Silvio's award winning Italian sauces, which you could buy any time online 21 00:00:43,643 --> 00:00:44,377 at silvio's. 22 00:00:44,377 --> 00:00:45,879 Sauces.com. 23 00:00:45,879 --> 00:00:48,448 That's silvio's sauces.com. 24 00:00:48,448 --> 00:00:50,216 Welcome to what's Good with John and Joyce. 25 00:00:50,216 --> 00:00:51,718 We appreciate you having us on. 26 00:00:51,718 --> 00:00:54,721 Special guest owner of woodwinds in Branford, Connecticut. 27 00:00:54,788 --> 00:00:56,222 Tony. Super. Hey, Tony. 28 00:00:56,222 --> 00:00:58,291 Hey, thanks for having me, guys, I appreciate it. 29 00:00:58,291 --> 00:01:00,260 We're back again. Back again. 30 00:01:00,260 --> 00:01:02,695 And had so much fun the first time for quite an episode. 31 00:01:02,695 --> 00:01:03,663 We had Tony on before. 32 00:01:03,663 --> 00:01:07,133 It was great because we had pasta and meatballs served to us 33 00:01:07,133 --> 00:01:11,671 courtesy of Tony was We also Jovian busses. 34 00:01:11,671 --> 00:01:14,007 Yeah. Awesome. Awesome. 35 00:01:14,007 --> 00:01:16,943 Yeah, but today we're at Woodlands in Branford. 36 00:01:16,943 --> 00:01:18,511 We are there. 37 00:01:18,511 --> 00:01:22,048 But tell us, Tony, a little bit about, you know, your venue here in woodwinds, 38 00:01:22,715 --> 00:01:25,718 how you got the start and a little bit about that. 39 00:01:26,553 --> 00:01:29,222 So woodwinds was around about 1990. 40 00:01:30,790 --> 00:01:31,925 We purchased it. 41 00:01:31,925 --> 00:01:36,863 My dad and I actually, my family, we're looking forward to getting to the wedding. 42 00:01:36,863 --> 00:01:40,333 And in that business, we always had restaurants, you know, since 1972, 43 00:01:41,334 --> 00:01:44,337 we had, the Monica's in New Haven. 44 00:01:44,504 --> 00:01:48,641 My family also at the palms in downtown New Haven, Valentino's. 45 00:01:48,641 --> 00:01:50,143 And he used. To play music there at the. 46 00:01:50,143 --> 00:01:51,744 Yeah, yeah. 47 00:01:51,744 --> 00:01:55,548 Oh, and then, he moved to cafe, library and Madison, 48 00:01:55,548 --> 00:01:59,352 and then we started doing some catering out of there and some events and, 49 00:01:59,786 --> 00:02:04,357 you know, we I really enjoyed I got older, so I want to get more involved. 50 00:02:04,357 --> 00:02:08,061 So, we started looking for an event venue, and we landed, 51 00:02:08,561 --> 00:02:11,197 you know, here in about 2006. 52 00:02:11,197 --> 00:02:13,199 And we've owned ever since. 53 00:02:13,199 --> 00:02:16,035 You know, we've been here so many times with our business as well. 54 00:02:16,035 --> 00:02:18,304 And every time we come here, we're treated like family. 55 00:02:18,304 --> 00:02:20,874 Yep. I love that, you know, we're here. 56 00:02:20,874 --> 00:02:22,142 Whatever you need. 57 00:02:22,142 --> 00:02:24,444 And you just treat the vendors with such respect. 58 00:02:24,444 --> 00:02:25,712 Yeah. And that goes a long way. 59 00:02:25,712 --> 00:02:27,614 There's a lot of word of mouth on the street when you go through, 60 00:02:27,614 --> 00:02:29,983 when you're treated with, you know the utmost. 61 00:02:29,983 --> 00:02:30,884 You know, curly, you. 62 00:02:30,884 --> 00:02:31,885 Know, we sure do. 63 00:02:31,885 --> 00:02:33,987 We treat all the vendors like they're, you know, family. 64 00:02:33,987 --> 00:02:35,455 A part of the Woodman's family. 65 00:02:35,455 --> 00:02:37,023 Yeah. You're right. 66 00:02:37,023 --> 00:02:38,691 A lot of places don't do that. 67 00:02:38,691 --> 00:02:40,793 And it's just, you know, we're just not like that. 68 00:02:40,793 --> 00:02:44,697 Well, you're always winning awards for service and, food. 69 00:02:44,864 --> 00:02:45,632 Yeah. You know? 70 00:02:45,632 --> 00:02:47,433 Yeah. Award winning food. 71 00:02:47,433 --> 00:02:49,836 So go back a little bit. 72 00:02:49,836 --> 00:02:52,639 Wasn't this a dream of your dad's like to 73 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:55,642 to have, a venue like this? 74 00:02:55,808 --> 00:02:58,378 So my dad always wanted to get into this end of it. 75 00:02:58,378 --> 00:03:01,347 I mean, we always had restaurants, like, all the car restaurants, but, 76 00:03:02,815 --> 00:03:03,516 his dream was 77 00:03:03,516 --> 00:03:06,586 always to get into the events and weddings and things like that. 78 00:03:06,586 --> 00:03:08,555 So, you know, it's 79 00:03:08,555 --> 00:03:11,658 it was hard having the restaurants to branch out into something else. 80 00:03:11,658 --> 00:03:14,928 So once we got older, you know, the family expanded. 81 00:03:15,361 --> 00:03:18,765 He had the manpower to do that, you know, and then, you know, 82 00:03:18,765 --> 00:03:20,266 I always worked with him and trained with him. 83 00:03:20,266 --> 00:03:23,036 So, I had that knowledge. 84 00:03:23,036 --> 00:03:26,139 Then after I graduated college, that's kind of when we started 85 00:03:26,139 --> 00:03:29,142 looking and got into it. So. 86 00:03:29,209 --> 00:03:32,078 What was it like working with your dad? 87 00:03:32,078 --> 00:03:33,446 Working with the family business? 88 00:03:33,446 --> 00:03:35,548 It can go either way sometimes. 89 00:03:35,548 --> 00:03:37,684 Not so with me. It was a wonderful experience. 90 00:03:37,684 --> 00:03:39,419 I my dad was, like, my best friend. 91 00:03:39,419 --> 00:03:41,988 So, I mean, I just loved hanging out with him, 92 00:03:41,988 --> 00:03:44,824 you know, like, being able to work with him was the best thing ever for me. 93 00:03:44,824 --> 00:03:46,059 He always had that smile. 94 00:03:46,059 --> 00:03:47,927 Oh, whenever you see my dad. 95 00:03:47,927 --> 00:03:49,329 And he made you feel like family. 96 00:03:49,329 --> 00:03:51,831 Even if you were a stranger coming in, they didn't quite know you. 97 00:03:51,831 --> 00:03:53,433 It was like they still had that. 98 00:03:53,433 --> 00:03:55,868 That just quick way of ushering in and making. 99 00:03:55,868 --> 00:03:57,470 Exactly. Yeah, yeah. 100 00:03:57,470 --> 00:04:01,007 I was lucky enough to know your dad and work along with them. 101 00:04:01,007 --> 00:04:03,409 He was awesome. Yeah. Just incredible. 102 00:04:03,409 --> 00:04:04,844 Yeah. I mean, I miss him a lot now. 103 00:04:04,844 --> 00:04:07,113 Working with him were some of the best days of my life. 104 00:04:07,113 --> 00:04:09,382 I actually when we came here, we had to split up 105 00:04:09,382 --> 00:04:11,818 because obviously he had to stay at a coffee lake. 106 00:04:11,818 --> 00:04:15,088 We I came here, so I wasn't with him all the time, 107 00:04:15,088 --> 00:04:18,758 and I missed him a lot even back then, just being in the kitchen with him and, 108 00:04:18,891 --> 00:04:21,527 you know, working with him, you know, from night, from day to night. 109 00:04:22,495 --> 00:04:23,763 We still saw each other every day, 110 00:04:23,763 --> 00:04:26,733 but it wasn't quite the same as were in two different locations. 111 00:04:26,966 --> 00:04:30,036 And then, you know, unfortunately, Gary passed away young, 112 00:04:30,536 --> 00:04:33,706 you so he's only 69 and, you know, it. 113 00:04:33,706 --> 00:04:34,941 Still miss him to this day? 114 00:04:34,941 --> 00:04:35,174 Yeah. 115 00:04:35,174 --> 00:04:38,177 Cafe Alegria, for those listening and indoor watching 116 00:04:38,177 --> 00:04:41,180 right now who may not be familiar, it's over in the Madison Green. 117 00:04:41,214 --> 00:04:43,016 And just a great place. Yeah, right. 118 00:04:43,016 --> 00:04:45,118 Downtown. Great destination. Yeah. 119 00:04:45,118 --> 00:04:47,520 So my mom, my brother still there. 120 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:50,189 You know, I'm here, this location, but I'm still going. 121 00:04:50,189 --> 00:04:53,893 I think there is 1990, nine, I believe. 122 00:04:53,893 --> 00:04:55,662 So 26 years. 123 00:04:55,662 --> 00:04:58,231 And then here since 2006, almost 20 years here. 124 00:04:58,231 --> 00:05:01,701 Now, Joyce says a lot about business nowadays because most businesses fail. 125 00:05:01,834 --> 00:05:02,235 Yeah. 126 00:05:02,235 --> 00:05:02,935 And what do you think 127 00:05:02,935 --> 00:05:07,140 the key to your longevity is both with woodwinds and Cafe Alegre? 128 00:05:08,041 --> 00:05:09,409 It's a lot of hard work. 129 00:05:09,409 --> 00:05:10,710 I mean, that's number one. 130 00:05:10,710 --> 00:05:13,179 You got to be able to put in the hours and the time, 131 00:05:14,347 --> 00:05:16,849 you have to sacrifice a lot. 132 00:05:16,849 --> 00:05:19,419 You know, there's a lot of things I like to do, obviously, 133 00:05:19,419 --> 00:05:20,553 you know, personally things like that. 134 00:05:20,553 --> 00:05:23,923 But you the business when you own a business like this, it does come first. 135 00:05:24,924 --> 00:05:27,927 But being a family business is better because, you know, it's, 136 00:05:28,394 --> 00:05:29,729 you get to do things with your family. 137 00:05:29,729 --> 00:05:32,632 I mean, you're not, you know, 138 00:05:32,632 --> 00:05:34,600 doing other things like leisure, but, you know, you're 139 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:38,071 working together, having a good time together, growing a business together. 140 00:05:38,071 --> 00:05:40,573 So it comes along. It's really nice. 141 00:05:40,573 --> 00:05:42,275 And you oversee everything. 142 00:05:42,275 --> 00:05:45,078 I think that helps that you're very, very hands on. 143 00:05:45,078 --> 00:05:48,781 Yeah, it's it's just I probably put more stress on myself that I need to. 144 00:05:48,781 --> 00:05:50,550 So I do have a great team. 145 00:05:50,550 --> 00:05:50,783 Yeah. 146 00:05:50,783 --> 00:05:53,252 You know, the employees and managers I have here are amazing. 147 00:05:54,354 --> 00:05:57,123 I do kind of oversee everything I wish. 148 00:05:57,123 --> 00:06:01,160 I wish I didn't because I really don't need to, but I just 149 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:05,798 I'm very hands on, and, I just, you know, want to make sure everything was perfect. 150 00:06:06,666 --> 00:06:09,035 Especially with the service and the food and, you know, 151 00:06:09,035 --> 00:06:12,638 keeping that legacy of my dad, you know, that's how he would have run it. 152 00:06:12,638 --> 00:06:15,007 That's kind of how I want to keep doing it. It's not. 153 00:06:15,007 --> 00:06:16,376 I just curious about this. 154 00:06:16,376 --> 00:06:19,379 When you're in college, you're this young guy in college. 155 00:06:19,746 --> 00:06:22,415 Was this your dream to do this? 156 00:06:22,415 --> 00:06:24,617 Did you think you would go this route? 157 00:06:24,617 --> 00:06:26,953 So honestly, 158 00:06:26,953 --> 00:06:30,022 I kind of didn't want to go into the film business when I was in school. 159 00:06:30,556 --> 00:06:35,328 I went to school for, engineering first, actually, for a couple of years. 160 00:06:35,328 --> 00:06:37,330 I went to college for mechanical engineering. 161 00:06:37,330 --> 00:06:39,832 That was actually, like, what I was really into. 162 00:06:39,832 --> 00:06:41,634 Wow. Sounds real like. 163 00:06:41,634 --> 00:06:44,537 Yeah, it sounds kind of nerdy, but, like, I was really good at math. 164 00:06:44,537 --> 00:06:47,173 And I got accepted to University of Hartford into engineering. 165 00:06:47,173 --> 00:06:49,175 That helps some business. And. Yeah, like. Those. 166 00:06:50,143 --> 00:06:52,712 So, and then I was always working with dad 167 00:06:52,712 --> 00:06:56,182 part time during school, you know, like, every weekend I was there. 168 00:06:57,083 --> 00:06:59,118 So are you. Doing homework at the restaurant? 169 00:06:59,118 --> 00:07:00,386 Yeah. You know, exactly that. 170 00:07:00,386 --> 00:07:00,953 Yeah. Right. Yeah. 171 00:07:00,953 --> 00:07:01,821 Yeah, exactly. 172 00:07:01,821 --> 00:07:06,259 So we start back in, you know, grade school, high school. 173 00:07:06,259 --> 00:07:08,928 Just to get the algebra book right there in the road, right? Right. 174 00:07:08,928 --> 00:07:10,096 Yeah. 175 00:07:10,096 --> 00:07:12,532 So, my dad was really good in math, too. 176 00:07:12,532 --> 00:07:14,300 Maybe it's genetic. Who knows what's weird? 177 00:07:14,300 --> 00:07:15,835 He's really good in math. 178 00:07:15,835 --> 00:07:19,705 And, so working on my dad more and more, 179 00:07:20,072 --> 00:07:22,742 I realized I wanted to, like, get into the family business with him. 180 00:07:22,742 --> 00:07:27,046 So halfway through college, I changed my major to finance and accounting. 181 00:07:27,580 --> 00:07:31,517 And, honestly, I kind of did it for just because it was easier. 182 00:07:31,517 --> 00:07:34,620 Because I already did all the math prerequisites for engineering. 183 00:07:34,620 --> 00:07:37,590 So I switched to counting and, and, finance. 184 00:07:37,590 --> 00:07:40,293 I had all those math courses really taken, like, 185 00:07:40,293 --> 00:07:42,361 so I didn't have to renew them over again. Yeah. 186 00:07:42,361 --> 00:07:46,365 So that's kind of how I got into the business, degree and things like that. 187 00:07:46,365 --> 00:07:49,368 So I ended up getting a double major in accounting and finance. 188 00:07:49,502 --> 00:07:52,238 And then once I graduated, I started working my dad full time. 189 00:07:52,238 --> 00:07:54,106 You do all. The accounting to for the business. 190 00:07:54,106 --> 00:07:56,843 Actually. Did you have that background. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. 191 00:07:56,843 --> 00:07:59,178 That's that's what helps. Yeah I mean that. 192 00:07:59,178 --> 00:07:59,979 No. Yeah. 193 00:07:59,979 --> 00:08:01,848 Yeah. On top of everything else. 194 00:08:01,848 --> 00:08:03,049 And I noticed too, you just, 195 00:08:03,049 --> 00:08:07,153 you know, being here so many times myself, your employees, they take ownership. 196 00:08:07,453 --> 00:08:08,821 They do everything they do. 197 00:08:08,821 --> 00:08:09,789 You're talking about 198 00:08:09,789 --> 00:08:12,191 you're only as good as the employees and the team you have around. 199 00:08:12,191 --> 00:08:14,861 Exactly. Yep. I have an awesome team. 200 00:08:14,861 --> 00:08:18,731 I mean, we have a lot of employees, but we have that core of the same employees 201 00:08:18,731 --> 00:08:19,899 that have been here forever. 202 00:08:19,899 --> 00:08:21,801 And big shout out to Kenny that, 203 00:08:22,768 --> 00:08:23,469 I love that guy. 204 00:08:23,469 --> 00:08:25,371 Yeah. 205 00:08:25,371 --> 00:08:27,507 Yeah, he was here earlier, but, 206 00:08:27,507 --> 00:08:29,509 Yeah, I mean, they care for just as if there were. 207 00:08:29,509 --> 00:08:30,309 It was their own. 208 00:08:30,309 --> 00:08:34,313 And, you know, we we keep each other on point and, 209 00:08:34,313 --> 00:08:36,682 you know, take care of each other and, and work together hard. 210 00:08:36,682 --> 00:08:39,151 So that's what keeps everything going. 211 00:08:39,151 --> 00:08:42,154 Well, And, 212 00:08:43,222 --> 00:08:47,226 The other thing is, isn't this one of the toughest businesses to be? 213 00:08:47,226 --> 00:08:51,364 And not only are you dealing with food and keeping people happy, 214 00:08:51,631 --> 00:08:54,767 but it's it's the emotions of the day. Yeah. 215 00:08:55,001 --> 00:08:58,037 I mean, you're dealing with brides with weddings, people 216 00:08:58,037 --> 00:09:01,507 who have so many different special events here. 217 00:09:01,607 --> 00:09:04,210 So to be a therapist. Yeah. You do sometimes. Yeah. 218 00:09:04,210 --> 00:09:05,311 Gosh. Yeah. 219 00:09:05,311 --> 00:09:07,113 I mean, coming from the restaurant. 220 00:09:07,113 --> 00:09:09,815 So I kind of know both sides of it. A lot of people don't. 221 00:09:09,815 --> 00:09:13,052 Some people are either in the catering side or in the restaurant side, but, 222 00:09:13,419 --> 00:09:14,186 they're both hard. 223 00:09:14,186 --> 00:09:18,324 But this side, you do almost have to, you know, things like have to be a therapist 224 00:09:18,324 --> 00:09:21,027 because it's okay. They're coming in to eat and have a party. 225 00:09:21,027 --> 00:09:23,429 But it's also it's the most important. They're the lions. 226 00:09:23,429 --> 00:09:25,698 It's the wedding, you know, hopefully it's just a one time thing. 227 00:09:27,033 --> 00:09:29,201 High stress, high emotions. 228 00:09:29,201 --> 00:09:30,102 Yeah. 229 00:09:30,102 --> 00:09:33,072 You know, and, you just there's no redo, right? 230 00:09:33,072 --> 00:09:35,575 So I could have to go. Perfect. And there's no way to redo it. 231 00:09:35,575 --> 00:09:35,975 That's right. 232 00:09:35,975 --> 00:09:38,844 So the level of stress on the staff to make sure everything goes right 233 00:09:38,844 --> 00:09:42,014 is extremely high, too, just as the as the guests themselves. 234 00:09:43,449 --> 00:09:46,452 So it's like, you know, we say it's like show business, you know, it's like, 235 00:09:46,452 --> 00:09:47,119 yeah, yeah. 236 00:09:47,119 --> 00:09:49,088 Once the curtains drawn, it's like there's no reduce, 237 00:09:49,088 --> 00:09:50,890 it's live show, you know, it's lot. 238 00:09:50,890 --> 00:09:52,792 And you always have to be as the owner of the business, 239 00:09:52,792 --> 00:09:55,261 you always have to keep pumping people up. Yeah. Get them ready. 240 00:09:55,261 --> 00:09:57,663 And just letting them know how important this is and they know it. 241 00:09:57,663 --> 00:09:59,699 But they have to really know it. Yeah. 242 00:09:59,699 --> 00:10:01,467 Reputation is everything. Exactly. 243 00:10:01,467 --> 00:10:03,536 You know, you. Want the referrals. Yeah. 244 00:10:03,536 --> 00:10:06,672 You want people to say, oh my God, I had this amazing event at woodwinds. 245 00:10:06,806 --> 00:10:08,274 You've got to go. 246 00:10:08,274 --> 00:10:10,476 Which is usually the case with the guy. 247 00:10:10,476 --> 00:10:12,311 Yeah, yeah. 248 00:10:12,311 --> 00:10:14,780 I mean, word of mouth referrals is more important than anything. 249 00:10:14,780 --> 00:10:17,283 Anything. You could spend as much money as you want to advertising. 250 00:10:17,283 --> 00:10:21,454 But if you're not getting those, that word of mouth or those person reviews 251 00:10:21,454 --> 00:10:23,756 or people telling their family and friends like it's not going to work. 252 00:10:23,756 --> 00:10:25,725 Your reviews are stellar. 253 00:10:25,725 --> 00:10:29,061 You know, I've read through them and they always say the same thing, 254 00:10:29,061 --> 00:10:32,865 that they they treat you like family, that everything went perfectly. 255 00:10:32,865 --> 00:10:34,333 Or if something went wrong, 256 00:10:34,333 --> 00:10:38,371 your general manager, Randy, took care of this or that already. 257 00:10:38,371 --> 00:10:39,338 Enough. Whatever. 258 00:10:39,338 --> 00:10:40,239 He's awesome. Yeah. 259 00:10:40,239 --> 00:10:41,741 I mean, he's been with me forever. 260 00:10:41,741 --> 00:10:45,177 He started, as a teenager, just as a staff member. 261 00:10:45,211 --> 00:10:47,813 Now he's, you know, the head manager. 262 00:10:47,813 --> 00:10:50,950 So he pretty much runs, most of the operation for me. 263 00:10:50,950 --> 00:10:54,854 I mean, he's and I mean, the best thing about that is he's been here forever. 264 00:10:54,854 --> 00:10:55,888 He knows everything. 265 00:10:55,888 --> 00:10:58,257 You know, he started from the bottom, worked his way up. 266 00:10:59,358 --> 00:11:00,559 And it's it's hard to bring 267 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:04,597 in managers from outside because there's a certain culture in every business, so. 268 00:11:04,597 --> 00:11:06,832 But when you grow up in it, you are part of the culture. You know, 269 00:11:06,832 --> 00:11:10,269 you don't have to figure things out or, you know, change things around. 270 00:11:10,369 --> 00:11:12,638 And I think I've always noticed about being a vendor, 271 00:11:12,638 --> 00:11:15,641 I think what you guys really do, right, where a lot of people get it wrong, 272 00:11:15,908 --> 00:11:19,512 is you make sure that you feed the vendors the first. Yes. 273 00:11:19,545 --> 00:11:20,246 Yeah. Exactly. 274 00:11:20,246 --> 00:11:22,948 That way when they're done, they're ready to work. 275 00:11:22,948 --> 00:11:23,182 Yeah. 276 00:11:23,182 --> 00:11:26,185 Too many times you go to another venue, they wait until the end. 277 00:11:26,218 --> 00:11:28,320 Yeah. Everybody else is ready to get going. 278 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:29,221 You haven't eaten yet? 279 00:11:29,221 --> 00:11:29,488 Yeah. 280 00:11:29,488 --> 00:11:29,855 Your food 281 00:11:29,855 --> 00:11:33,359 either goes cold, you got a box set up, or you don't have a chance to eat it. 282 00:11:33,626 --> 00:11:34,794 You do it the right way. 283 00:11:34,794 --> 00:11:35,227 Yeah, exactly. 284 00:11:35,227 --> 00:11:37,797 And that's it seems like it's something that's kind of small. 285 00:11:37,797 --> 00:11:39,065 Yeah, I think you. Yeah. 286 00:11:39,065 --> 00:11:42,768 Because when we said my husband was a photographer. 287 00:11:42,902 --> 00:11:43,169 Yeah. 288 00:11:43,169 --> 00:11:45,938 And I know he worked a lot of weddings with you, did a lot together. 289 00:11:45,938 --> 00:11:49,775 And he always kept coming to woodwinds because he knows that he would eat. 290 00:11:50,009 --> 00:11:50,609 Yeah, exactly. 291 00:11:50,609 --> 00:11:53,079 A lot of other places they don't. Yeah. 292 00:11:53,079 --> 00:11:54,714 I mean, there's so much going on after dinner. 293 00:11:54,714 --> 00:11:56,716 If you guys don't eat first, you get that out of the way, 294 00:11:56,716 --> 00:11:58,284 you're never going to be able to right? 295 00:11:58,284 --> 00:12:01,153 And, I mean, you're here. It's a long day. 296 00:12:01,153 --> 00:12:02,488 Oh, you have a lot of work going. 297 00:12:02,488 --> 00:12:04,290 I mean, it's it's an all day thing. 298 00:12:04,290 --> 00:12:05,224 You need your. Energy. 299 00:12:05,224 --> 00:12:07,560 That was actually to keep it going. Him? 300 00:12:07,560 --> 00:12:07,793 Yeah. 301 00:12:07,793 --> 00:12:11,697 And and, you know, so many different things like how to, 302 00:12:11,931 --> 00:12:14,934 you have, like, sewing kits, you have stain remover, 303 00:12:15,468 --> 00:12:18,204 all the things that people, I think don't think about that 304 00:12:18,204 --> 00:12:20,740 could happen where the bride would say, oh, I've got something on my dress. 305 00:12:20,740 --> 00:12:23,142 I just tore my dress, I was dancing. Yeah. 306 00:12:23,142 --> 00:12:24,376 It's like you fix it. 307 00:12:24,376 --> 00:12:25,878 Yeah. If you're prepared for anything. 308 00:12:25,878 --> 00:12:28,080 And it's stocked up, like in the bathroom with all that. 309 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:29,281 Yeah. Everything people need. 310 00:12:29,281 --> 00:12:32,284 Like you said, if they have a headache, if they need mouthwash. Yep. 311 00:12:32,318 --> 00:12:33,719 It's all that's active. 312 00:12:33,719 --> 00:12:35,454 And, you know, it seems like it'd be standard, 313 00:12:35,454 --> 00:12:38,224 but it's not a lot of venues don't do that. Yeah. Yeah. 314 00:12:39,391 --> 00:12:39,625 Yeah. 315 00:12:39,625 --> 00:12:43,429 So I mean it's like the staff having the solid staff like that, 316 00:12:43,429 --> 00:12:45,898 like the core staff 317 00:12:45,898 --> 00:12:47,800 you know helps a lot because they all know those things. 318 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:49,802 They all know that this is what we do. 319 00:12:49,802 --> 00:12:52,171 This is how we take care of people. 320 00:12:52,171 --> 00:12:54,540 You know, like you mentioned Randy and Ken, there's also Sergio, 321 00:12:54,540 --> 00:12:56,041 who's been in the business a very long time. 322 00:12:56,041 --> 00:12:59,612 He deals with the brides directly, you know, they have Sergio, 323 00:13:00,012 --> 00:13:04,083 he does some of the weddings and then, you know, Randy does some of the other ones. 324 00:13:04,083 --> 00:13:08,053 And also our head chef, Bill, we've known each other since he 325 00:13:08,187 --> 00:13:10,556 he started working on my dad at the Monaco's. 326 00:13:10,556 --> 00:13:11,924 Your father trained him. 327 00:13:11,924 --> 00:13:13,526 You trained him directly? Yeah. 328 00:13:13,526 --> 00:13:16,262 So he's our head chef now, which I bet works with him forever. 329 00:13:16,262 --> 00:13:16,529 But what he. 330 00:13:16,529 --> 00:13:20,499 Says a lot about you in this business, and that people stay so long for a. 331 00:13:20,499 --> 00:13:21,066 Long time. 332 00:13:21,066 --> 00:13:23,502 Yeah, yeah, but it's been it's been years. 333 00:13:23,502 --> 00:13:26,372 And I mean, we're more brothers than, you know, like coworkers. 334 00:13:26,372 --> 00:13:29,241 I mean, we know each other. I think I was like, great. 335 00:13:29,241 --> 00:13:32,778 I was maybe like 14 or 15 and he was maybe like 20 when he started. 336 00:13:32,778 --> 00:13:34,747 That's how long we known each other. Wow. 337 00:13:34,747 --> 00:13:38,384 You think about back to the beginnings of woodwinds and now what has really changed 338 00:13:38,918 --> 00:13:41,187 in the in the business, in the business, 339 00:13:41,187 --> 00:13:43,189 because I know there's a lot more competition nowadays. 340 00:13:43,189 --> 00:13:44,657 Yeah. As well. 341 00:13:44,657 --> 00:13:46,559 I mean, sorry, I have to be on your game more. 342 00:13:46,559 --> 00:13:48,961 You have to be able to change more rapidly. 343 00:13:48,961 --> 00:13:49,628 I think that's, 344 00:13:50,729 --> 00:13:51,697 you know, things like social 345 00:13:51,697 --> 00:13:54,967 media and Pinterest, when Pinterest is popular, 346 00:13:56,435 --> 00:13:59,572 those fads come a lot faster and go a lot faster. 347 00:13:59,572 --> 00:14:00,639 Oh, wait, a lot faster. 348 00:14:00,639 --> 00:14:01,841 Oh, they do wait. 349 00:14:01,841 --> 00:14:04,944 So what they're seeing right there, they come in and say, I want this. 350 00:14:05,110 --> 00:14:07,046 Yeah. So that happens a lot. 351 00:14:07,046 --> 00:14:10,015 But it spreads a lot faster. Before it was just like word of mouth. 352 00:14:10,015 --> 00:14:12,184 But now it's like you can see what somebody is doing 353 00:14:12,184 --> 00:14:14,320 at a wedding in California, Italy or whatever. 354 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:17,256 Europe. It's not just what's a local like. 355 00:14:17,256 --> 00:14:20,292 You're these new visions or whatever you want to call it, 356 00:14:20,292 --> 00:14:23,495 are coming from all over the world, and you have to adapt to it immediately. 357 00:14:23,629 --> 00:14:27,466 Yes. And they also go out of style really fast, too, 358 00:14:27,466 --> 00:14:29,668 because the next thing is coming up. Yeah. 359 00:14:29,668 --> 00:14:34,039 So what what is the is there a current fad going on right now that's different. 360 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:37,776 Right now really popular is like farm weddings which we got into. 361 00:14:37,776 --> 00:14:39,612 So we're doing farm weddings. 362 00:14:40,579 --> 00:14:42,414 So doing offsite catering. 363 00:14:42,414 --> 00:14:43,983 So we do offsite catering. 364 00:14:43,983 --> 00:14:46,652 You know, we do I just. I like doing it. Right. Wrong. 365 00:14:46,652 --> 00:14:48,053 Yeah. So at a time right after Covid. 366 00:14:48,053 --> 00:14:51,123 So during Covid, unfortunately we can use our building because of the, 367 00:14:51,624 --> 00:14:55,261 you know, the temporary, bans on that with the guest counts and things. 368 00:14:55,261 --> 00:14:59,265 So we, we would just do the weddings where we had to our doors. 369 00:14:59,265 --> 00:15:03,802 So, I mean, we're doing it in people's homes, friends homes, farms. 370 00:15:03,802 --> 00:15:07,239 We started doing the farms we rented tents with, doing them on our front lawn here. 371 00:15:08,340 --> 00:15:09,842 We can use the building for months. 372 00:15:09,842 --> 00:15:12,878 I remember doing a few weddings here out in the front lawn, I think. 373 00:15:12,912 --> 00:15:14,613 Tents? Yeah. Yeah. 374 00:15:14,613 --> 00:15:15,281 Yeah, yeah, 375 00:15:15,281 --> 00:15:16,849 because the tents allowed us to have, 376 00:15:16,849 --> 00:15:19,051 you know, kind of normal size running indoors. 377 00:15:19,051 --> 00:15:21,053 It was like a 25 to 50 person max. 378 00:15:21,053 --> 00:15:23,622 And I mean our minimums are 75. 379 00:15:23,622 --> 00:15:25,391 So it was either that or close. 380 00:15:25,391 --> 00:15:26,759 And you know that was an option. 381 00:15:26,759 --> 00:15:29,295 We wanted to make sure everybody kept working. Yeah. 382 00:15:29,295 --> 00:15:33,565 So we would go anywhere like wherever somebody if somebody's friend had a farm 383 00:15:33,565 --> 00:15:35,401 or, you know, they would be able to rent one 384 00:15:35,401 --> 00:15:38,370 and we would go everywhere and, you know, we were there. 385 00:15:38,504 --> 00:15:39,405 Yeah. Yeah. Pretty. 386 00:15:39,405 --> 00:15:40,139 Yeah. Yeah. 387 00:15:40,139 --> 00:15:42,341 We were forced into it, unfortunately. 388 00:15:42,341 --> 00:15:43,442 But we got really good at it. 389 00:15:43,442 --> 00:15:44,910 So we kind of just kept going it. 390 00:15:44,910 --> 00:15:47,846 Yeah. You know, there's no reason to stop at that point. 391 00:15:47,846 --> 00:15:50,749 And I think that's kind of what got those outdoor weddings more popular 392 00:15:50,749 --> 00:15:53,118 too, was during Covid, everybody was outdoors 393 00:15:53,118 --> 00:15:55,220 and they ended up enjoying it more, you know. 394 00:15:55,220 --> 00:15:57,957 And I think that too, you know, that since we live in such a now world, 395 00:15:57,957 --> 00:16:00,125 what's happening? Everybody has cell phones. Yeah. 396 00:16:00,125 --> 00:16:01,193 Everybody's taking pictures. 397 00:16:01,193 --> 00:16:04,563 So you really have to be at the top of your game to as if somebody is rude. 398 00:16:04,697 --> 00:16:06,165 Yeah, something's not happening. 399 00:16:06,165 --> 00:16:08,534 They could put it all over social media right then and there. 400 00:16:08,534 --> 00:16:10,536 And I teach my deejays to do the same thing. 401 00:16:10,536 --> 00:16:12,004 You're always being monitored. 402 00:16:12,004 --> 00:16:14,139 Yeah. You go there, you're in your best game. 403 00:16:14,139 --> 00:16:15,107 Yeah. We're all about serving. 404 00:16:15,107 --> 00:16:18,310 If somebody is rude and comes up to you, you kill them with kindness. 405 00:16:18,377 --> 00:16:19,111 Yeah, I remember that. 406 00:16:19,111 --> 00:16:21,780 Somebody all of a sudden, they can have the phone right on you. 407 00:16:21,780 --> 00:16:24,283 Yeah, yeah, that's changed things a lot. 408 00:16:24,283 --> 00:16:25,050 A lot. 409 00:16:25,050 --> 00:16:25,651 Yeah. It's something. 410 00:16:25,651 --> 00:16:28,187 No hiding the morning, John, is the. 411 00:16:28,187 --> 00:16:32,191 Remember that your microphone in life is always on. 412 00:16:32,224 --> 00:16:33,625 Right, right, right. 413 00:16:33,625 --> 00:16:35,127 Mike is always on it. Yeah. 414 00:16:35,127 --> 00:16:38,230 No matter where you go, you're representing your business as well, 415 00:16:38,464 --> 00:16:39,832 whether you're there or not. 416 00:16:39,832 --> 00:16:42,434 Just by the way you live your life. Yeah, exactly. Integrity. 417 00:16:42,434 --> 00:16:44,336 And you and I talked about in tech that a lot, 418 00:16:44,336 --> 00:16:46,505 you know, before the broadcast began today. 419 00:16:46,505 --> 00:16:47,306 Yeah for. Sure. 420 00:16:47,306 --> 00:16:50,209 You know, we had to talk about is how gorgeous this place is. 421 00:16:50,209 --> 00:16:53,012 It is, first of all, it's, like, tucked away. 422 00:16:53,012 --> 00:16:55,080 It's right off the highway. Yep. 423 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:59,385 And off of 95 by 95 in, Branford, Connecticut. 424 00:17:00,085 --> 00:17:03,889 Yeah, but it's tucked away, and house is beautiful. 425 00:17:04,089 --> 00:17:07,493 We call it the European manor feel to it. 426 00:17:08,193 --> 00:17:10,596 And it's stunning. 427 00:17:10,596 --> 00:17:13,332 Your grounds. You have to keep impeccable care. 428 00:17:13,332 --> 00:17:16,001 Right on the grounds. A lot of work. Yes. A lot. 429 00:17:16,001 --> 00:17:18,170 We actually, we have our own groundskeepers now. 430 00:17:18,170 --> 00:17:19,972 We used to hire out companies, but, 431 00:17:20,939 --> 00:17:22,541 you know, it's they have other jobs 432 00:17:22,541 --> 00:17:25,711 I've seen to go to, so it's always hard to get somebody here all the time. 433 00:17:25,711 --> 00:17:27,646 So we we just have full time. 434 00:17:27,646 --> 00:17:30,015 I mean, in Sky, I mean versus. Grave. 435 00:17:30,015 --> 00:17:31,950 Landscaper and we just take care of our own stuff 436 00:17:31,950 --> 00:17:34,953 now beca and because it it's daily, you know, it's, 437 00:17:35,054 --> 00:17:39,024 you constantly have to clean up and plant flowers and redo the ground. 438 00:17:39,024 --> 00:17:43,328 So there's no, you can't miss a day or two because the next wedding is coming up, 439 00:17:43,362 --> 00:17:44,630 you know? Right. 440 00:17:44,630 --> 00:17:48,600 Those pictures are not up to par then that reflects badly on you. 441 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:51,403 And everybody sees that, and it's just not good. 442 00:17:51,403 --> 00:17:56,075 If you go to the wood wince.com, you'll see a lot of those photos on there. 443 00:17:56,075 --> 00:17:56,809 Yeah, yeah. 444 00:17:56,809 --> 00:17:58,744 But again, I just love the idea that you've 445 00:17:58,744 --> 00:18:00,979 ventured out because I love doing farm weddings too. 446 00:18:00,979 --> 00:18:03,849 Yeah, that's a big, big deal nowadays. Yeah, they love that. 447 00:18:03,849 --> 00:18:06,919 You know, rustic barn weddings are a big deal now. 448 00:18:06,919 --> 00:18:07,953 Yeah, they really do love it. 449 00:18:07,953 --> 00:18:08,720 Yeah, yeah. 450 00:18:08,720 --> 00:18:11,223 Wonder what the next fad will be. 451 00:18:11,223 --> 00:18:12,558 But, honestly, it's. 452 00:18:12,558 --> 00:18:16,495 You used to be able to see stuff coming because things would come and go slowly. 453 00:18:16,495 --> 00:18:17,062 Yeah. Now. Yeah. 454 00:18:17,062 --> 00:18:18,030 Like no idea. 455 00:18:18,030 --> 00:18:19,598 Like it just comes out of nowhere and then just. 456 00:18:19,598 --> 00:18:22,434 It's just. Rapid fire. Yeah. Yeah. Right. Yeah, yeah. 457 00:18:22,434 --> 00:18:24,803 And it could be what a celebrity just did. 458 00:18:24,803 --> 00:18:27,272 Exactly. Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah. 459 00:18:27,272 --> 00:18:27,673 Okay. 460 00:18:27,673 --> 00:18:30,275 Is there anything that we haven't hit yet that you'd like people to know about? 461 00:18:30,275 --> 00:18:31,376 Wood winds? 462 00:18:31,376 --> 00:18:32,544 What makes you so unique? 463 00:18:32,544 --> 00:18:35,214 What makes you so special in the marketplace? 464 00:18:35,214 --> 00:18:37,049 Oh, I guess I mean, the main thing would be the food. 465 00:18:37,049 --> 00:18:39,685 Just because we, you know, we started in the, 466 00:18:39,685 --> 00:18:41,286 restaurant business, all the restaurant business. 467 00:18:41,286 --> 00:18:44,123 So it's definitely different than, like a banquet type of food. And, 468 00:18:45,557 --> 00:18:47,059 you know, our, our chefs 469 00:18:47,059 --> 00:18:50,863 all came from, you know, in shorthand with my dad, and I feel like. 470 00:18:50,863 --> 00:18:53,866 Ray, when we came here, we brought that same type of thing. 471 00:18:55,067 --> 00:18:56,902 So we try to give that, 472 00:18:56,902 --> 00:19:00,272 you know, that made to order feel to even, like our banquets. 473 00:19:00,272 --> 00:19:02,541 And I think we did pretty well with that. 474 00:19:02,541 --> 00:19:04,910 You know, that is one of the things we hear the most. 475 00:19:04,910 --> 00:19:08,347 And then, just like you said, the service we do go above and beyond. 476 00:19:09,915 --> 00:19:11,350 There really isn't much that. 477 00:19:11,350 --> 00:19:12,985 So we try not to do. 478 00:19:12,985 --> 00:19:16,021 You know, there's if somebody needs something, we will make it happen. 479 00:19:16,021 --> 00:19:17,289 So you know. 480 00:19:17,289 --> 00:19:18,023 Yeah, that that's the thing. 481 00:19:18,023 --> 00:19:19,958 I think people love the fact that people don't want to 482 00:19:19,958 --> 00:19:21,727 hear, well, sorry, I can't do that. Yeah. 483 00:19:21,727 --> 00:19:23,462 If there is a way we're going to make it happen. Yeah. 484 00:19:23,462 --> 00:19:26,798 I mean, obviously you can't, you know, just make everything happen all the time. 485 00:19:26,798 --> 00:19:28,667 But you want to say there's a way we're going to make it. 486 00:19:28,667 --> 00:19:29,301 Yeah, exactly. 487 00:19:29,301 --> 00:19:31,637 It's all how you respond. Exactly. 488 00:19:31,637 --> 00:19:33,338 Yeah. Yeah, yeah. 489 00:19:33,338 --> 00:19:36,708 So when you have met with a bride and groom, let's say, 490 00:19:38,243 --> 00:19:41,246 did you ever think don't get married? 491 00:19:43,048 --> 00:19:44,750 You two were never gonna. 492 00:19:44,750 --> 00:19:46,351 Make, I mean, you know what. 493 00:19:46,351 --> 00:19:48,921 I hate to say, but, yeah, it just like times out. 494 00:19:48,921 --> 00:19:50,656 The best in the worst in a person. 495 00:19:50,656 --> 00:19:53,058 During that time of stress of planning the wedding. 496 00:19:53,058 --> 00:19:55,060 Yeah, I watch those hallmark movies. 497 00:19:55,060 --> 00:19:58,363 I see the stress, even though they have a happy ending at the end. 498 00:19:58,463 --> 00:20:02,301 Yeah, but there has to be times where you thought, oh, my God, definitely. 499 00:20:02,301 --> 00:20:03,869 I mean, it brings the best out of people. 500 00:20:03,869 --> 00:20:05,604 Also, the worst fears are that 501 00:20:05,604 --> 00:20:09,174 it's a very high stress and like the planning and we try to 502 00:20:09,241 --> 00:20:12,211 that's one of the things we try to do is to make it as smooth as possible. 503 00:20:12,778 --> 00:20:16,114 So we try to take care of almost, you know, everything for them. 504 00:20:16,114 --> 00:20:17,216 So there's not. 505 00:20:17,216 --> 00:20:18,217 There's not the stress. 506 00:20:18,217 --> 00:20:21,453 Yeah. But, you know, it is. Yeah. 507 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:23,355 I mean, you've seen some stuff over there. 508 00:20:23,355 --> 00:20:24,489 Oh, you did right. 509 00:20:24,489 --> 00:20:25,924 Which I'm. Sure John has a. Enjoy. 510 00:20:25,924 --> 00:20:27,859 So I was just going to say, when I meet with these couples 511 00:20:27,859 --> 00:20:30,862 and I meet, you know, 2 or 3 couples a week, you know, for consultations 512 00:20:31,029 --> 00:20:33,932 and you'll you could tell by the, the eye contact and. 513 00:20:33,932 --> 00:20:36,368 Oh, they're like bickering already. Yeah. 514 00:20:36,368 --> 00:20:38,170 And they're not even through the honeymoon period. Right. 515 00:20:38,170 --> 00:20:40,606 Yeah. Yeah, but there was this one guy. 516 00:20:40,606 --> 00:20:42,608 I've deejay three of his weddings. 517 00:20:42,608 --> 00:20:44,142 Yeah. Over the past year. Well, 518 00:20:45,277 --> 00:20:46,445 yeah, three of his weddings. 519 00:20:46,445 --> 00:20:49,881 And we've actually, we've actually done a few divorce parties. 520 00:20:49,915 --> 00:20:51,850 Oh, have you ever catered the divorce parties? 521 00:20:51,850 --> 00:20:54,853 No, I yeah, I've actually had a few divorce parties. 522 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:56,321 They're among the best parties 523 00:20:56,321 --> 00:20:59,324 I've ever done because they actually got along better. 524 00:20:59,358 --> 00:21:02,127 Oh, yeah. Right after they were. 525 00:21:02,127 --> 00:21:03,629 Divorce parties. Could be a whole new model. 526 00:21:03,629 --> 00:21:05,297 The divorce parties, they both showed up. 527 00:21:05,297 --> 00:21:06,198 They both showed up. 528 00:21:06,198 --> 00:21:09,034 Wow. Yeah, I believe they probably would get along better. 529 00:21:09,034 --> 00:21:09,101 Yeah. 530 00:21:09,101 --> 00:21:11,903 I was like 3 or 4 of the divorce parties, you know, so, Tony, 531 00:21:11,903 --> 00:21:13,739 next time I get a divorce party, I'll give you a call. 532 00:21:13,739 --> 00:21:15,140 That'll be a hell of a first for you. 533 00:21:15,140 --> 00:21:16,908 Let me know. 534 00:21:16,908 --> 00:21:19,811 But but I mean, you just again, a testimony to you 535 00:21:19,811 --> 00:21:23,715 because I've been here so many times over the past years. 536 00:21:24,049 --> 00:21:26,285 Yeah. And it's just been always a pleasure. 537 00:21:26,285 --> 00:21:28,787 And I'm not just saying that because you're with me right now. 538 00:21:28,787 --> 00:21:30,656 But we've had many conversations, 539 00:21:30,656 --> 00:21:33,091 you know, privately and you really know how to treat people. 540 00:21:33,091 --> 00:21:35,294 Yeah. And I think that's what makes me excited about coming here. 541 00:21:35,294 --> 00:21:35,494 Yeah. 542 00:21:35,494 --> 00:21:36,428 I mean, you as well, John 543 00:21:36,428 --> 00:21:39,431 M, you're a consummate professional, like in your industry. 544 00:21:39,831 --> 00:21:42,434 We never, you know, when you're here, we know there's never going 545 00:21:42,434 --> 00:21:43,201 to be any issues. 546 00:21:43,201 --> 00:21:45,470 Everything's going to go smooth and professional. 547 00:21:45,470 --> 00:21:48,373 So, I mean, the same with you, you know for sure. 548 00:21:48,373 --> 00:21:48,940 But thank you. 549 00:21:48,940 --> 00:21:49,541 Thank you. Joyce, 550 00:21:49,541 --> 00:21:52,644 I know you've worked here for a long, long time as well and work with Tony. 551 00:21:53,045 --> 00:21:56,381 And every time I hear you, hear you talk about Tony, as always in glowing terms. 552 00:21:57,082 --> 00:21:57,749 Absolutely. 553 00:21:57,749 --> 00:21:59,685 I know it's a mutual admiration society here. 554 00:21:59,685 --> 00:22:01,920 You know, it's like family. It was just like, for sure. 555 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:03,221 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 556 00:22:03,221 --> 00:22:04,923 We trust each other. That loyalty. 557 00:22:04,923 --> 00:22:06,391 Yeah, it means a lot. 558 00:22:06,391 --> 00:22:07,192 That's for sure. 559 00:22:07,192 --> 00:22:08,760 Trust and loyalty go a long, long way. 560 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:11,229 But, Tony, thank you so much for being on and sharing a little bit 561 00:22:11,229 --> 00:22:13,665 about our background in talking about woodwinds. 562 00:22:13,665 --> 00:22:16,501 And I just I admire the way you talk about your family, 563 00:22:16,501 --> 00:22:18,103 where you honor and Revere your family. 564 00:22:18,103 --> 00:22:20,939 That means a lot to me. And I know it means a lot to you. 565 00:22:20,939 --> 00:22:23,141 And thank you for tuning in to What's Good with John and Joyce. 566 00:22:23,141 --> 00:22:27,679 Available on all streaming platforms, you can subscribe for free on YouTube. 567 00:22:27,679 --> 00:22:30,349 Tell a friend about us who needs good news. 568 00:22:30,349 --> 00:22:33,218 No negativity, all positive, upbeat and 569 00:22:33,218 --> 00:22:36,221 like we always say, no politics. 570 00:22:36,221 --> 00:22:38,990 Whenever I say that to people, they usually say we're tuning in now. 571 00:22:38,990 --> 00:22:41,560 Yeah, I know, so I really yeah. So thank you so much. 572 00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:43,562 And Tony, thank you so much and lots. Of thanks guys. 573 00:22:43,562 --> 00:22:44,996 Yeah appreciate it. Bye for now.