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(upbeat jazz piano music)   

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- [Announcer] This presentation

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of the American Pianists    

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is made possible through the  

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of REI Real Estate Services,  

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supporting the American    

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and the arts community.    

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More at reirealestate.com.   

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Additional support comes    

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advancing the role of art   

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(big band music)        

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(audience applauds and cheers) 

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- Well, good evening everyone, 

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and welcome to the American  

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American Pianists Awards in  

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presented by REI Real Estate  

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Now, we are live here at    

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in downtown Indianapolis,   

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I'm Dee Dee Bridgewater, and I 

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(audience applauding)     

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Thank you so much.       

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I'm so happy to be here.    

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Now this isn't my first time. 

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I was the guest singer     

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Ooh!              

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Eons ago, but this time    

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Kurt who gets to do the singing,

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and I get to do all the talking!

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(audience laughing)      

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But it's always good to be in 

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and a part of this terrific  

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of the American Pianists    

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Every four years, America's  

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compete for APA's Cole     

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The award is valued at well over

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Mm-hm!             

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And, and, and, it includes   

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which is the largest in    

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It's an invitation also to   

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on the Mack Avenue label    

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as well as career assistance  

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for two years through the B  

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public relations through    

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and being named Artist     

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at the University of      

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(audience applauds and cheers) 

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Pretty cool.          

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Okay, tonight we are fortunate 

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the one and only, Kurt     

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with each of the finalists.  

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Kurt is one of the preminent, 

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Preeminent, what was preminent?

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(audience laughing)      

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I'm a little ahead of myself. 

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I do apologize.        

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Preeminent jazz singers of the 

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I'm getting us off to a really 

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He is called the standout   

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by the "New York Times".    

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He is a Grammy Award winner  

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Please welcome my dear     

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(audience applauds and cheers) 

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(kisses smacking)       

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Well, Kurt.          

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- I gotta say that outfit of  

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is pretty preminent as well.  

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(audience laughing)      

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It's a new word.        

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- Oh, it's working.      

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- I am the disco ball of the  

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I just want you to...     

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(audience applauding and cheers)

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- [Kurt] It's definitely    

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- What is that, darling?    

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- [Kurt] I said it's good.   

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- Is it good?         

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- I'm a fan!          

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(Dee Dee moans lightly)    

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- I gotta text message that  

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very sparkly, and my      

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that sent it was, "Oh, I got  

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(audience laughing)      

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I mean, yeah, you know what I'm

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But it's all about you     

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It is all about you.      

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- I got a text that said, come 

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as a middle-aged white man.  

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(audience laughing and cheering)

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- That's okay.         

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You middle-aged white     

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bald, black woman are going  

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Is that okay with you, Kurt?  

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- We're already doing it, my  

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- [Dee Dee] Is that we're doing?

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- That's it, this is what it  

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- All right, everybody are you 

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(audience cheering)      

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Okay, here we go, here we go, 

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The first finalist grew    

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He studied in New York and   

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and he continues to live in  

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Keelan Dimick is 27.      

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Please welcome jazz pianist  

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(audience applauds and cheering)

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(gentle and lively jazz piano) 

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♪ Pack up my care and woe ♪  

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♪ Here I go swinging low ♪   

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♪ Where someone waits for me ♪ 

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♪ Sugar's sweet and so is she ♪

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♪ No one here can ever try   

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♪ Oh, what hard luck      

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♪ Make my bed and light the  

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♪ Try to arrive late tonight ♪ 

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♪ Blackbird, fare thee bye ♪  

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♪ It's bye, bye, bye, bye, bye,

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♪ Fare thee well ♪       

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♪ Fare thee well I tell    

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♪ I'll pack up my cares and woes

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♪ And spread my wings a spell ♪

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♪ Sick of city lights that   

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♪ Blackbird, blackbird,    

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♪ (Scats) Here can love    

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♪ I can see pretty clear ♪   

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♪ Everybody gotta story to hear

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♪ Make up my bed tonight ♪   

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♪ Light the place all right ♪ 

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♪ I'm coming home tonight ♪  

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♪ They flying high through   

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♪ Blackbird bye, bye ♪     

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♪ Said here life isn't clean ♪ 

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♪ Pretty cold and really pretty

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♪ So I'm gonna quit the scene ♪

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♪ To where someone waits for me

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♪ Sugar's sweet and so is she ♪

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♪ So pretty blackbird     

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♪ Bye bye ♪          

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♪ Ain't nobody here who    

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♪ I can see pretty clear ♪   

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♪ Everybody here gotta story  

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♪ So I better make my bed up ♪ 

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♪ Lighten up my light ♪    

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♪ Blackbird, I'm coming home ♪ 

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♪ Pack up my flight and    

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(audience applauding)     

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(audience applauding)     

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♪ Ain't nobody here to love  

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♪ No what hard luck stories  

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♪ Make my bed and light my light

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♪ And I'll arrive back tonight ♪

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♪ So blackbird fare thee well ♪

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♪ And bye bye ♪        

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♪ So blackbird ♪        

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♪ Talking 'bout bye bye    

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♪ Packing up my care and woes ♪

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♪ Talking 'bout here I go ♪  

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♪ Hey, doo-doo blackbird ♪   

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♪ Bye bye ♪          

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♪ Bye bye ♪          

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(audience applauds and cheers) 

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- [Dee Dee] Ladies and     

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- Keelan Dimick!        

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- That was Keelan Dimick with 

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and "Bye Bye Blackbird".    

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Dave Meder, our next      

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originally from Tampa,     

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and Julliard, lived in     

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when he accepted a position  

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of Jazz Piano at the      

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Dave is a pianist, composer, and

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and at the tender age of 28  

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(audience laughing)      

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Please welcome Dave Meder!   

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(audience applauding)     

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- Well, the beautiful     

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that was "Bye Bye Blackbird", 

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and we have an Alec Wilder   

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that is I feel bespoke for the 

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(gentle jazz piano music)   

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♪ Deep is the midnight sea ♪  

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♪ Warm is the fragrant night ♪ 

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♪ Sweet are your lips to me ♪ 

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♪ As soft as the moon and sand ♪

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♪ When shall we meet again ♪  

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♪ When the night has left us ♪ 

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♪ Will the spell remain ♪   

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♪ The waves invade the shore ♪ 

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♪ And though we may kiss no more

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♪ Night is at our command ♪  

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♪ Moon and sand ♪       

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♪ And the magic of love ♪   

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(audience applauds)      

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♪ Warm is the fragrant night ♪ 

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♪ Sweet are your lips to me ♪ 

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♪ As soft as the moon and sand ♪

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♪ Oh, when shall we meet again ♪

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♪ When the night has left us ♪ 

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♪ Will the spell remain ♪   

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♪ The waves invade the shore ♪ 

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♪ Though we may kiss no more ♪ 

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♪ Night is at our command ♪  

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♪ Moon and sand ♪       

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♪ And the magic of love ♪   

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♪ Moon and sand ♪       

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♪ And the magic of love ♪   

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(audience applauding)     

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Dave Meder!          

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- Wow.             

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What a beautiful song.     

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Let's talk about our next   

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He's originally from Columbus, 

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but he now lives in Atlanta.  

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Kenny Banks, Jr. is the son of 

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who are both musicians,    

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Please welcome jazz      

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(audience applauding and cheers)

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- (sighs) Yeah, yeah,     

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(audience laughing)      

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Y'all saw them?        

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(gentle upbeat jazz piano music)

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- Yessir.           

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♪ Georgia ♪          

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♪ Georgia ♪          

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♪ All day through ♪      

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♪ Just an old sweet song ♪   

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♪ Keeps Georgia on my mind ♪  

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♪ Georgia ♪          

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♪ A song of you ♪       

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♪ Comes as sweet and clear ♪  

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♪ As moonlight through the pines

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♪ Other arms reach out to me ♪ 

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♪ Other eyes smile tenderly ♪ 

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♪ Still in peaceful dreams I see

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♪ The road ♪          

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♪ Leading back to you ♪    

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(audience applauding)     

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(people laughing)       

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(people cheering on)      

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(audience laughing)      

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Yessir.            

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(Kenny singing faintly)    

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(audience applauds and cheers) 

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♪ Other arms reach out to me ♪ 

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♪ Other eyes smile tenderly ♪ 

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♪ Still in peaceful dreams I see

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♪ The road leading back to you ♪

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♪ Georgia ♪          

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♪ No peace I find ♪      

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♪ Just an old sweet song ♪   

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♪ Keeps Georgia on my mind ♪  

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♪ And just an old sweet song ♪ 

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♪ Keeps Georgia on my mind ♪  

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(audience applauding and    

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Kenny Banks, Jr.!       

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- Hello, I'm Joel Harrison,  

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and artistic director of the  

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Thank you for being a part   

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The American Pianists Awards  

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We are so proud to be     

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and so inspired by the     

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who have been a part of our work

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since our founding in 1979.  

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Tonight we add one more    

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bringing the total to 47.   

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Our process is unique in the  

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Participation is by nomination 

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and winners must be American  

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between the ages of 18 and 30. 

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Those chosen as finalists are 

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in this country.        

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The five jazz pianists     

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are at the top of their game, 

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have already won $20,000 each 

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and very shortly, we will hear 

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the 2019 winner of the     

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and the Cole Porter      

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the $100,000 prize, the largest

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On behalf of the board of the 

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our fabulous guest artists,  

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Kurt Elling and Dee Dee    

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the Buselli-Wallarab Jazz   

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and most especially, the    

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we are hearing, thank you for 

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for this exciting evening.   

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- So we had a great first   

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did we not?          

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(audience applauding)     

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So now we come back for more. 

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This time with the       

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Now the Buselli-Wallarab Jazz 

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is a 17-piece orchestra led  

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by its conductor, Brent    

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(audience applauding)     

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And Mark Buselli who is    

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in the trumpet section.    

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Hey!              

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They have played a role in the 

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so I wanna say thank you to  

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and the members of this    

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Thank you, lady and gentlemen. 

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♪ Ooh ♪            

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(audience laughing)      

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How are you all feeling?    

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(audience cheers)       

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Okay, our fourth finalist,   

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he's originally from      

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and studied in New       

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Billy Test is 30, and this year

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he's living in Cologne, Germany

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where he is pianist with the WDR

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Please welcome Billy Test!   

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(audience applauds and cheers) 

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(gentle jazz music)      

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(more intense, upbeat jazz   

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(audience applauding and    

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(audience applauding and    

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- Billy Test!         

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Our last finalist of the    

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♪ Ooh ♪            

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is Emmet Cohen.        

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(audience applauding and    

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Okay, so those of you that went,

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you know that he's originally 

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He studied there and in New  

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and he continues to live in  

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his performing and touring   

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Emmet is 28 years old.     

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Emmet Cohen!          

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(people lightly laughing)   

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(bright jazz music)      

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(audience applauding)     

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(audience applauding)     

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(audience applauding and    

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(men laughing)         

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Emmet Cohen!          

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Emmet Cohen!          

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Wow.              

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This is just thrilling.    

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What outstanding performances. 

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Congratulations to all of the 

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and this has been       

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(audience applauding)     

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Wow.              

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Well the performances are all 

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and now the jury must     

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to tabulate the scores.    

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(audience applauding)     

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- Okay, here we go.      

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Here's the envelope.      

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It's sealed.          

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The winner of the 2019     

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and the Cole Porter      

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(audience applauding and    

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(upbeat jazz music)      

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- [Announcer] This presentation

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of the American Pianists    

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supporting the American    

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and the arts community.    

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More at reirealestate.com.   

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Additional support comes    

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advancing the world of     

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(people cheering)       

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(light jazz piano music)    

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- [Emmet] Well, I guess we're 

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and it's important to have as 

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just like it's important as a 

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if you wanna culture      

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about the world, to travel   

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to experience different    

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to experience different foods, 

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to have different mentors.   

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The more influences you have, 

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the less like anyone in    

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You want as many teachers   

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and as many points of view as 

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I have gained different    

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from Christian McBride and from

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and from Jimmy Cobb and from  

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and from Benny Golson.     

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I definitely try to spend as  

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and as many minutes and    

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around the oldest possible jazz

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who have been closest to the  

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Really just spending time   

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has been my way of soaking all 

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and learning from them, but  

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and preach in my own original 

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- Emmet is great.       

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He's very real, so coming in, 

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it was wonderful to watch   

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If a kid didn't wanna like, for

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take out their instrument and 

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He was like, "Well, I just   

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"to work with you, but     

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"take your saxophone out of its

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and just really leveled with the

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in a way that let them know  

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than just them, but at the same

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how cool music is and inspiring

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- One nugget is to just keep  

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Practice every day.      

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Don't give up practice for   

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He also told me to       

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'cause you have to know    

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So I'll keep practicing them. 

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- Emmet is very kind and    

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He likes to talk with everybody

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and discuss multiple      

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just the culture and      

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and where he came from as well.

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My biggest takeaway is that you

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when you play music, you should

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behind it and by learning   

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you're able to play better.  

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(uptempo jazz and ragtime piano

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(audience applauding and