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[CHOIR SINGING]

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♪♪♪

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>> THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE ARE SO

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EASY TO ORGANIZE, I JUST LOVE

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IT.

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IT'S LIKE THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY

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YEAR.

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>> WE ALL LOOK FORWARD TO EVERY

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YEAR GETTING TOGETHER, SINGING

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AND JUST MAKING GOOD MUSIC.

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AND THIS IS ONE WAY OF BRINGING

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THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER.

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>> I GET WELCOMED WITH OPEN

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ARMS.

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AND EVEN THOUGH I'M OF THE

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JEWISH FAITH, I FEEL THAT I HAVE

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A HOME WITH THIS CHOIR.

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>> HEY, ONE TWO.

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>> TERRI: TODAY WE'RE GOING TO

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HEAR FROM A CHOIR THAT HAS BEEN

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GATHERING EVERY YEAR FOR OVER

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THREE DECADES, MADE UP OF AREA

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RESIDENTS AND LOCAL HOUSES OF

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WORSHIP.

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THEY JOIN TOGETHER IN SONG TO

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CELEBRATE THE IDEALS OF DR.

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KING.

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JOIN US AS WE VISIT THE MARTIN

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LUTHER KING COMMUNITY CHOIR.

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COME ON!

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♪♪♪

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>> TERRI: SO, CINDY, WHAT

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INSPIRED YOU ALL TO START THE

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CHOIR?

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>> ORIGINALLY, WE DIDN'T HAVE A

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CHOIR.

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THE COMMUNITY CELEBRATION

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STARTED BACK IN '84.

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AND IT WAS A AN EFFORT ON THE

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PART OF THE NAACP TO COMMEMORATE

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THE MLK HOLIDAY AND GET THAT

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STARTED HERE IN THE COMMUNITY.

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SO IT WAS JUST A SERVICE AND TO

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HONOR A COMMUNITY MEMBER FOR

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THEIR DEDICATION TO THE IDEALS

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AND VALUES OF DR. KING.

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AND SO IT DIDN'T START WITH A

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CHOIR THE CHOIR DIDN'T COME IN

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UNTIL ABOUT THREE YEARS LATER.

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>> TERRI: AND IS -- JONATHAN, IS

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THAT BECAUSE OF YOU?

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>> THAT'S THE TIME WHEN I CAME

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IN.

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THE FIRST YEAR OF THE CHOIR

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THOMAS BRYANT WAS CONDUCTING THE

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CHOIR, HE'S A MUSICIAN IN THIS

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AREA AND THEN THE SECOND YEAR HE

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INVITED ME TO COME PARTICIPATE

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AND JUST PLAY ONE SONG AND KIND

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OF OVER THE YEARS MORPHED INTO A

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LOT MORE THAN ONE SONG.

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[LAUGHTER]

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>> TERRI: SO PAINT A PICTURE FOR

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US WHO IS IN THE CHOIR.

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WHO CAN JOIN THE CHOIR?

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>> THE CHOIR, I THINK WHEN IT

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FIRST STARTED OUT WAS A COUPLE

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OF LOCAL CHURCH CHOIRS CAME

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TOGETHER, IT WAS MOUNT ZION,

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FIRST BAPTIST.

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ZION AND EBENEZER.

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AND IT WAS BASICALLY LOCAL

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CHURCHES IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA

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CAME TOGETHER.

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AND IT JUST KEEPS GROWING.

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IT JUST KEEPS GROWING.

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STUDENTS FROM THE HIGH SCHOOLS,

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STUDENTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY

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STARTED JOINING US AND IT REALLY

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HAS BECOME THE REAL COMMUNITY.

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♪♪♪

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THROUGH THE NIGHT ♪

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♪ TAKE MY HAND PRECIOUS LORD ♪

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♪ LEAD ME ON ♪

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♪ AMEN.

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>> IT'S NOT JUST GOSPEL, IT'S

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NOT JUST AN ANTHEM, BUT IT'S THE

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MIXTURE.

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WE'VE EVEN DONE SOME JEWISH

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NUMBERS.

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>> TERRI: SO YOU REALLY, REALLY

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ARE TRYING TO MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE

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TO EVERYBODY AND MAYBE SOMETHING

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THAT THEY'RE NOT NORMALLY DOING

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IN THEIR CHOIR.

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>> YOU KNOW, WE'VE TRIED TO GET

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MUSIC THAT KIND OF GOES ACROSS

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THE BOARD.

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BUT IT DOES GIVE PEOPLE

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OPPORTUNITY TO SING THINGS THAT

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THEY DON'T NORMALLY SING IN

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THEIR NORMAL CHURCH CHOIR

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SERVICES AS WELL.

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AND TO EXPERIENCE PEOPLE FROM

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OTHER CULTURES RIGHT HERE IN OUR

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COMMUNITY.

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AND SO --

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>> TERRI: AND WHY IS THAT SO

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IMPORTANT?

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>> WELL, SEE, DR. KING -- IT

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WASN'T JUST ABOUT AFRICAN

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AMERICANS.

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IT WAS ABOUT EVERYBODY.

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IT WAS FOR THE WHOLE WORLD.

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AND SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK

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AT THE WHOLE WORLD, THEN IT HAS

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TO BE ECLECTIC, IT HAS TO BE

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THAT DIVERSITY, AND BLACK, WHITE

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JEWISH, PROTESTANTS -- YOU NAME

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IT, AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE

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THAT WE HAVE DIVERSITY IN ALL

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THAT WE DO IN OUR SINGING, AS

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WELL AS IN OUR SPEAKERS.

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>> IN JUNE OF 1964, 16 RABBIS

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WERE ARRESTED FOR THEIR

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PARTICIPATION IN CIVIL RIGHTS

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ACTIVITIES IN ST. AUGUSTINE,

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FLORIDA.

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>> DR. KING MARCHED TO

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BIRMINGHAM, HE MARCHED IN SELMA,

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IN ALBANY, HE MARCHED IN

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WASHINGTON DC, HE MARCHED AGAIN,

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AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN

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AND AGAIN.

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AND IT COULD BE SAID

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SYMBOLICALLY THAT HE DIED

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MARCHING.

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>> TERRI: TALK A LITTLE BIT

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER.

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NATIONAL -- SOMETIMES LOCAL, BUT

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THERE'S A SPECIAL SPEAKER.

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TALK ABOUT --

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>> YEAH, WYATT TEE WALKER IS

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PROBABLY ONE OF MY FAVORITES

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>> TERRI: WELL, FOR THOSE WHO

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DON'T KNOW WHO IS --

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>> WYATT TEE WALKER WAS A MEMBER

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FROM THE CIVIL RIGHTS ERA WORK

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WITH DR. KING AND PASTORED A

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CHURCH IN NEW YORK CITY.

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BUT HE'S ALSO A MUSICIAN, AND

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HAS WRITTEN SEVERAL BOOKS ON

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SPIRITUALS AND MUSIC OF THE

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BLACK CHURCH.

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AND SO IT WAS REALLY HAVING THE

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SOURCE ALIVE HERE WITH US.

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SO WHEN WE DID A SPIRITUAL THAT

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YEAR, HE COULD ACTUALLY GIVE

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SOME INPUT TO THE CHOIR.

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>> TERRI: OH, WOW, INCREDIBLE.

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>> IT REALLY WAS.

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>> TERRI: AND ALSO THEN YOU AND

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YOU HAVE AN AWARD RECIPIENT

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EVERY YEAR.

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HOW DO YOU CHOOSE THIS PERSON?

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AND WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?

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ARE THEY STUDENTS?

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ARE THEY COMMUNITY MEMBERS?

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>> THEY'RE FROM EVERYWHERE.

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WE ACCEPT NOMINATIONS FROM THE

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COMMUNITY AT LARGE, AND THEN WE

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VOTE ON THEM AS A COMMITTEE TO

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MAKE THE SELECTION.

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>> THEY ARE LOCALS.

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AND THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT WE CAN

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TOUCH AND OUR CHILDREN CAN TOUCH

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AND ACTUALLY HAVE SOME INSIGHT

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INTO WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT YOU

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KNOW, THE FACT THAT YOU GET TO

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DO TODAY BECAUSE WHAT THESE

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PEOPLE DID YESTERDAY.

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>> MRS. THERESA JACKSON WALKER

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PRICE.

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>> OUR OFFERING TODAY IS GOING

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TO THE SISTERS KEEPER

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COLLECTIVE.

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>> TERRI: HOW DOES THE CHOIR

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PREPARE?

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DO THEY REHEARSE?

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>> YES, WE DEFINITELY HAD A LOT

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OF REHEARSALS.

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WE START USUALLY THE FIRST WEEK

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IN JANUARY, WE ALTERNATE

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TUESDAYS AND SATURDAYS, I

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USUALLY GET WITH THE MUSICIANS

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AND STAFF THAT WORK ON IDEAS FOR

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SONGS THAT COME UP WITH A COUPLE

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PEOPLE GIVE ME SOME IDEAS AS WE

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PICK THINGS THAT WE THINK ARE

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GONNA BE REALLY GOOD CHALLENGE,

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SO THAT IT'S OPEN TO EVERYBODY

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TO COME IN AND JOIN US AND HAVE

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FUN.

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AND WE'LL DO ABOUT FIVE

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REHEARSALS TO GET READY FOR THE

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KING CELEBRATION.

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>> TERRI: BUT -- AND ALSO, SOME

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OF THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE

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MUSICIANS IN THE COMMUNITY, SOME

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BELONG TO CHOIRS, BUT SOME ARE

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JUST PEOPLE WHO REALLY WANT TO

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SING.

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YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A SINGER TO

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PARTICIPATE?

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>> NO, AT NOT AT ALL.

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>> THEN THERE'S A GROUP OF

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MUSICIANS WHO WORK TO PUT THE

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BAND PART TOGETHER.

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AND SO THAT ALL COMES TOGETHER.

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AND WE PUT IT ALL TOGETHER AT

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THE END OF THE FOURTH REHEARSAL.

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AND IT'S REALLY JUST AN EXCITING

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TIME.

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>> TERRI: IT'S TRULY A COMMUNITY

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EFFORT.

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IT REALLY IS REALLY A COMMUNITY

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EFFORT.

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AND IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER

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THREE DECADES.

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TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE

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CROWD AND THE COMMUNITY AND THE

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INVOLVEMENT AND HOW HAS IT GROWN

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OVER THE YEARS?

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>> OH, THE FIRST CELEBRATION WAS

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AT TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

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AND THERE WERE PROBABLY 70

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PEOPLE THERE.

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SO NEXT YEAR, WE'RE AT TRINITY

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AGAIN, AND YOU KNOW, GREW A

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LITTLE BIT.

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AND THEN SO FROM THAT, TO THIS,

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WHERE WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF

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SINGERS AND, AND HUNDREDS AND

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HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS

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COME TOGETHER TO HAVE THIS

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COMMUNITY CELEBRATION.

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AND I DON'T THINK WE GET THAT

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VERY OFTEN HERE.

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AND IF YOU LOOK OUT, IT'S JUST

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AN AMAZING RAINBOW OF PEOPLE.

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♪♪♪

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>> TERRI: JONATHAN, YOU WANTED

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TO HAVE A CONCERT IN 2018 IN THE

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SUMMER TO MARK THE ANNIVERSARY

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OF THE EVENTS OF AUGUST 11 AND

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12TH.

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NORMALLY THE CHOIR PLAYS ONCE A

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YEAR AND SINGS IN JANUARY.

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>> THE 2018 CELEBRATION WAS JUST

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AN EXCITING TIME FOR US AS A

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CHOIR, THE MUSIC WAS GREAT.

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WE SANG A PIECE CALLED HARAMBEE

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AND THE TEXT BEING HARAMBEE WE

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ALL PULLED TOGETHER AND THE TEXT

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WAS LIKE LET US ALL PULL

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TOGETHER TO PROMOTE LOVE AND

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GOOD DEEDS.

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AND IT REALLY RESONATED WITH

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EVERYONE IN THE ROOM WHEN WE

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WERE SINGING IN THE CHOIR, THE

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MUSICIANS, EVERYBODY, THE

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AUDIENCE, I THINK REALLY CAUGHT

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IT.

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AND WE'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO

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SOMETHING ELSE DURING THE COURSE

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OF THE YEAR.

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AND SO TWO PEOPLE CAME TO ME AND

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SAID, CAN WE -- YOU KNOW, CAN WE

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PICK UP OFF THE HARAMBEE IDEA

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AND, AND I THOUGHT, WOW, THIS

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WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO

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KEEP THIS WHOLE HARAMBEE PIECE

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GOING.

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THE GOAL WAS TO TRY TO GET MAYBE

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100 SINGERS TO COME TOGETHER,

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AND TO SING OUT AT THE PARK AND

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WE'RE GOING TO DO A COUPLE

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SONGS.

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AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT

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JUST BLOSSOMED, IT JUST KEPT

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GROWING AND GROWING AND GROWING.

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AND OKAY, SO WE SAID 300.

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AND THEN WE HAVE 450.

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AND WE JUST KEPT GROWING I THINK

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WE ENDED UP CLOSE TO ABOUT EIGHT

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-- 800, 900 PEOPLE COMING IN

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THAT DAY TO BE HERE.

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BUT IT ALSO SAID THIS WAS THE

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TIME WHEN THE COMMUNITY NEEDED

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TO COME TOGETHER FOR ONE HOUR

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AND JUST BE THE HARAMBEE JUST

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ALL PULL TOGETHER.

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LET'S JUST BE A COMMUNITY.

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IT WAS ABOUT WHETHER YOU'RE

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BLACK, WHITE, JEWISH, PROTESTANT

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OR ANYTHING.

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IT WAS JUST COMMUNITY, WE ARE

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ALL COMMUNITY.

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AND IT WAS JUST ONE OF THE MOST

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EXCITING TIMES.

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WE'RE LOOKING AT CARRYING IT ON

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EVEN MORE SO NOW.

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PEOPLE STOP AND SAY, OH, I

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REMEMBER THAT.

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♪ WE ARE THE WORLD ♪

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♪ LET'S START LIVING ♪

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♪ WE'RE SAVING OUR OWN LIVES ♪

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♪♪♪

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[APPLAUSE]

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>> TERRI: SO FROM THE COMMUNITY,

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WHAT -- HOW CAN PEOPLE GET

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INVOLVED IF THEY WANT TO HELP

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YOU KEEP ALL THOSE WHEELS

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TURNING?

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>> WE'RE TRYING TO CONTINUE OUR

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INVOLVEMENT OF ALL THE OTHER

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CLERGY AND OTHER COMMUNITY

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MEMBERS TO, AGAIN, KEEP IT KEEP

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IT TRUE TO WHAT IT HAS BEEN.

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>> TERRI: SO PEOPLE CAN GET

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INVOLVED BY SINGING OR THEY CAN

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GET INVOLVED BY VOLUNTEERING AND

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HELPING TO ORGANIZE.

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>> YEAH

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>> TERRI: AND WHERE DO YOU SEE

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THIS DOWN THE ROAD?

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>> YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THIS,

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BUT IT'S -- I SEE IT TO CONTINUE

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TO GROW.

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AND I SEE IT AS BEING A VERY

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POSITIVE MESSAGE TO OUR

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COMMUNITY THAT WE CAN COME

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TOGETHER ON SOMETHING THAT

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BENEFITS EVERYBODY, AND HAS A

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POSITIVE EFFECT ON THEIR LIVES,

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BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT MATTERS.

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MY FAVORITE SAYING IS THAT IF I

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CAN HELP SOMEBODY AS I PASS

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ALONG, IF I CAN SHOW SOMEBODY

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THE TRAVELING -- MY LIVING IS

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NOT IN VAIN.

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AND THAT'S WHAT DR. KING WAS

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ABOUT.

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AND THAT'S THE MESSAGE I WANT TO

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SEND IS TO LEARN TO HELP

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SOMEBODY ELSE.

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>> I THINK THAT ONE OF THE MOST

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IMPORTANT MESSAGES COMING FROM

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MLK IS ABOUT UNITY, AND

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TOGETHERNESS.

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JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE

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ME, DOESN'T MEAN THAT I CAN'T

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RESPECT YOU, WHAT YOU HAVE TO

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SAY I MAY NOT AGREE WITH IT.

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SO WE CAN MEET AT A GOOD ENOUGH

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POINT THAT IT'S STILL FINE.

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>> IT'S A WONDERFUL WONDERFUL

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GROUP OF PEOPLE.

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AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SINGING

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AND GETTING TOGETHER AND

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FELLOWSHIP WITH THE CHOIR WITH

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EACH AND EVERY YEAR.

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THIS IS WHY I'VE DONE IT FOR 33

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YEARS.

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>> THE MOST IMPORTANT TRAIT THAT

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PEOPLE COME AND BRING TO THIS IS

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THEIR ENTHUSIASM AND THEIR

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SELVES.

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BECAUSE WHEN WE ARE TOGETHER, WE

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ARE SO MUCH STRONGER THAN WE ARE

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INDIVIDUALLY AND THAT'S WHAT

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THIS CHOIR MEANS TO ME.

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>> FOR ME, IT'S LIKE A PIECE OF

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HEAVEN BECAUSE WHEN WE ALL GET

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TO HEAVEN, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE

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DIVIDED.

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EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BE TOGETHER

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IT'S GOING TO BE A HEAVENLY

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CHOIR WELL, IT'S JUST GOING TO

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BE BEAUTIFUL.

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EVERYONE SINGING IN HARMONY AND

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LOVE AND UNITY.

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♪♪♪

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♪ I'M GOING TO MARCH ON ♪

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♪♪♪