A light breeze washes over the few people leisurely sitting on the pier, waves crashing on the old wooden poles, the slight sound of hungry seagulls hovering in the distance. The warm and welcome April sun beams down onto the small collection of beach dwellers, hoping to soak up as much sunlight before winter rears its ugly head again. A group of young people crowd around a small speaker, looking on in anticipation while the sound of a radio announcer bellows from the overly loud speaker, although not loud enough that any of the beach goers would leave. As the radio announcer introduces an artist into the studio and they start performing, a young man picks up the speaker, turning it up even further, and yells to the mostly empty beach, “this is my mate!”. His look of genuine joy and excitement bringing a warm smile to the several people to the pier.