. >> to give us a preview of what we can expect is keith lockhart conductor of the boston pops orchestrang. >> thank you. good morning. happy fourth of july. >> what's the preparation like, the sleepless nights as you head into the big day? what are you all preparing for this morning? >> well it's so funny, in many ways we start planning for the program for next year's program on july 5th. somehow always comes down to a huge last-minute scramble and this year was no different. we finished meeting about things about 1:00 yesterday morning and people are putting those things into motion even as we speak. >> all right. this is the 38th year. it's really quite -- there are fantastic july 4th celebrations across the country, but this one is quite remarkable. how did it get started? >> well, it got started with my predecessor at the boston pops, arthur fiedler, the iconic musician there 50 years, with a boston businessman david newguard still involved in the program and took what was a free series of consirts serts on the charles river esplanade where we perform today and we should do a proper