DEPUE — Area residents who have learned to look forward to the annual appearance of Al Pierson and the Guy Lombardo Royal Canadians at the DePue Boat Races each year will have something new to look forward to next week.

Al (Pizzamiglio) Pierson, 80, has announced he won’t be performing this year due to health concerns, but his brother, Bobby (Pizzamiglio) Page, 75, will carry on the tradition of the free Wednesday night lakefront concert-dance series.

The Pizzamiglio brothers were from DePue, and Bobby followed Al to Illinois State University for his musical training.