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Mitchel DeSantis
Underwriting ExecutiveHometown:
Wausau, WI
First concert:
“Weird Al” Yankovic, The Bad Hair Tour at the Marathon County Fair in 1997.
Best concert:
Amyl and The Sniffers at the Cactus Club in 2019. The energy was palpable. I moshed for the first time in like 15 years. I was in immense pain the next day.
What would surprise people about you:
I was a trained clown for three years. Boomba Bill was the name, and though I never could master juggling, I can still make some pretty great balloon animals. This information is usually met with mixed reviews.
Comfort drink:
I love Italian amaro spirits. Cynar, Campari, Montenegro and Aperol. Sometimes mixed together or simply sipped singularly upon demolishing a big bowl of pasta.
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The Madison-area brewers were honored at an event many consider the most prestigious beer competition on the planet.
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The band hailing from Stevens Point was back in the Ballroom this past weekend and turned in their typical high-energy mash-up of funk and bluegrass.