1 00:00:08,833 --> 00:00:09,866 >> ANNOUNCER: "CHARLOTTESVILLE 2 00:00:09,866 --> 00:00:10,700 INSIDE-OUT" IS MADE POSSIBLE 3 00:00:10,700 --> 00:00:11,566 THANKS IN PART TO ITS PATRONS, 4 00:00:11,566 --> 00:00:12,233 COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING THE 5 00:00:12,233 --> 00:00:12,933 PEOPLE, PLACES AND QUALITY OF 6 00:00:12,933 --> 00:00:13,566 LIFE THAT UNIQUELY DEFINES 7 00:00:13,566 --> 00:00:14,166 CHARLOTTESVILLE AND ITS 8 00:00:14,166 --> 00:00:15,366 SURROUNDINGS, AND BY VIEWERS 9 00:00:15,366 --> 00:00:16,233 LIKE YOU. 10 00:00:16,233 --> 00:00:25,833 THANK YOU. 11 00:00:25,833 --> 00:00:28,333 >> GLORY, GLORY HALLELUJAH. 12 00:00:28,333 --> 00:00:31,866 WARRIORS! 13 00:00:31,866 --> 00:00:33,133 >> BRIDGET: THEY'RE ALL LIKE 14 00:00:33,133 --> 00:00:33,833 REALLY SKILLED, AND I KIND OF 15 00:00:33,833 --> 00:00:34,400 WOULD WANT TO BE LIKE 16 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:35,166 THEM WHEN I GET OLDER. 17 00:00:35,166 --> 00:00:35,900 >> COACH: LOOKING GOOD, LOOKING 18 00:00:35,900 --> 00:00:38,433 TIGHT. 19 00:00:38,433 --> 00:00:39,500 >> TERRI: FOR WHTJ, I'M TERRI 20 00:00:39,500 --> 00:00:41,200 ALLARD AND THIS IS 21 00:00:41,200 --> 00:01:06,600 "CHARLOTTESVILLE INSIDE-OUT". 22 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:10,966 >> THREE, TWO, ONE. 23 00:01:10,966 --> 00:01:12,200 >> TERRI: TODAY WE'RE GOING TO 24 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:13,033 LEARN ABOUT AN ORGANIZATION THAT 25 00:01:13,033 --> 00:01:14,000 IS GIVING THE SPORT OF YOUTH 26 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:16,766 MOUNTAIN BIKING THE SAME FRIDAY 27 00:01:16,766 --> 00:01:18,066 NIGHT LIGHTS SPIRIT, RESPECT AND 28 00:01:18,066 --> 00:01:18,933 ACKNOWLEDGMENT AS OTHER MIDDLE 29 00:01:18,933 --> 00:01:22,900 AND HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS. 30 00:01:22,900 --> 00:01:24,200 JOIN US AS WE CATCH UP 31 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:25,200 WITH PETER HUFFNAGLE, EXECUTIVE 32 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:27,500 DIRECTOR OF THE NICA VIRGINIA 33 00:01:27,500 --> 00:01:28,233 INTERSCHOLASTIC CYCLING LEAGUE. 34 00:01:28,233 --> 00:01:30,766 COME ON! 35 00:01:30,766 --> 00:01:31,400 >> ANNOUNCER: JACK AUSTIN. 36 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:34,166 WHAT'S UP JACK? 37 00:01:34,166 --> 00:01:35,033 >> TERRI: PETER, LET'S START OUT 38 00:01:35,033 --> 00:01:35,833 BY TALKING ABOUT HOW THE YOUTH63 39 00:01:35,833 --> 00:01:37,833 CYCLING PROGRAM GOT STARTED IN 40 00:01:37,833 --> 00:01:38,633 OUR COMMUNITY, RIGHT HERE AT 41 00:01:38,633 --> 00:01:40,233 MILLER SCHOOL. 42 00:01:40,233 --> 00:01:42,700 >> PETER: YEAH, SO MILLER SCHOOL 43 00:01:42,700 --> 00:01:43,433 HAS BEEN THE HUB OF THE CYCLING 44 00:01:43,433 --> 00:01:43,900 MOVEMENT HERE IN 45 00:01:43,900 --> 00:01:48,633 CHARLOTTESVILLE. 46 00:01:48,633 --> 00:01:49,366 IN 2010, I PROPOSED THE IDEA OF 47 00:01:49,366 --> 00:01:50,233 CREATING AN ELITE LEVEL CYCLING 48 00:01:50,233 --> 00:01:52,400 TEAM HERE AT THE SCHOOL, AND 49 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:53,133 FORTUNATELY THE SCHOOL WAS VERY 50 00:01:53,133 --> 00:01:54,633 SUPPORTIVE. 51 00:01:54,633 --> 00:01:57,166 WE CREATED A FIVE YEAR PLAN OF 52 00:01:57,166 --> 00:01:58,366 HOW WE WANTED TO NOT JUST BUILD 53 00:01:58,366 --> 00:02:00,866 A PROGRAM HERE AT MILLER SCHOOL 54 00:02:00,866 --> 00:02:02,600 BUT PROVIDE A MODEL FOR OTHER 55 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:04,566 SCHOOLS TO FOLLOW AND AN 56 00:02:04,566 --> 00:02:05,933 INFRASTRUCTURE FOR RACING TO 57 00:02:05,933 --> 00:02:06,700 TAKE PLACE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL 58 00:02:06,700 --> 00:02:12,700 AND MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL. 59 00:02:12,700 --> 00:02:13,466 >> TERRI: AND YOU HAD SPECIFIC 60 00:02:13,466 --> 00:02:14,200 GOALS AND A MISSION, SO TELL US 61 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:15,033 A LITTLE ABOUT THAT BECAUSE YOU 62 00:02:15,033 --> 00:02:15,733 STARTED WITH SOME REALLY GREAT 63 00:02:15,733 --> 00:02:16,200 GOALS. 64 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:18,233 >> PETER: YEAH, SO THE IDEA WAS 65 00:02:18,233 --> 00:02:19,066 YOU KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO DO 66 00:02:19,066 --> 00:02:19,800 THIS WE'RE GOING TO DO IT REALLY 67 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:21,400 WELL. 68 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:22,300 IN FACT, WE'RE GOING TO DO IT 69 00:02:22,300 --> 00:02:26,200 BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE HAS 70 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:27,366 IN THE WORLD, SO OUR AMBITION 71 00:02:27,366 --> 00:02:28,866 WITH THE MILLER SCHOOL CYCLING 72 00:02:28,866 --> 00:02:31,000 TEAM WAS BASICALLY TO PROVIDE A 73 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:33,700 PROGRAM FOR THE BEST YOUTH 74 00:02:33,700 --> 00:02:35,566 ATHLETES IN THE WORLD TO COME 75 00:02:35,566 --> 00:02:38,833 TOGETHER AT A SCHOOL AND COMBINE 76 00:02:38,833 --> 00:02:40,000 THEIR PASSION AND GOALS WITH 77 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:42,333 CYCLING WITH A HIGH LEVEL 78 00:02:42,333 --> 00:02:43,266 EDUCATION, SO I OFTENTIMES TELL 79 00:02:43,266 --> 00:02:44,633 PEOPLE, IT'S KIND OF LIKE 80 00:02:44,633 --> 00:02:46,966 HOGWARTS BUT INSTEAD 81 00:02:46,966 --> 00:02:48,166 OF WIZARDS, THEY'RE ELITE LEVEL 82 00:02:48,166 --> 00:02:48,666 ATHLETES. 83 00:02:48,666 --> 00:02:49,533 >> TERRI: WELL, AND YOU GUYS 84 00:02:49,533 --> 00:02:51,133 YOU HAD THAT WHOLE ANALOGY OF 85 00:02:51,133 --> 00:02:56,233 FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS. 86 00:02:56,233 --> 00:02:57,033 YOU WANT IT TO HAVE THE SAME 87 00:02:57,033 --> 00:02:57,733 ATTENTION, STUDENTS LETTER IN 88 00:02:57,733 --> 00:02:58,433 THE SPORT, YOU KNOW THAT OTHER 89 00:02:58,433 --> 00:02:59,133 SPORTS HAVE HAD, TRADITIONALLY 90 00:02:59,133 --> 00:03:00,500 FOR YEARS. 91 00:03:00,500 --> 00:03:01,600 >> PETER: YEAH, SO THE OTHER 92 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:03,166 PIECE OF THIS IS YOU CAN HAVE 93 00:03:03,166 --> 00:03:03,900 TENTS AND YOU CAN HAVE A FINISH 94 00:03:03,900 --> 00:03:04,833 LINE AND YOU CAN HAVE ALL THE 95 00:03:04,833 --> 00:03:07,233 COOL STUFF THAT MAKES AN EVENT 96 00:03:07,233 --> 00:03:09,266 LOOK LIKE AN EVENT, BUT THAT'S 97 00:03:09,266 --> 00:03:09,966 REALLY FOR THE SPECTATORS AND 98 00:03:09,966 --> 00:03:10,600 THE ATHLETES WHEN THEY'RE 99 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:15,333 ROLLING UP TO THE START LINE. 100 00:03:15,333 --> 00:03:16,066 THE REAL EXCITEMENT HAPPENS DEEP 101 00:03:16,066 --> 00:03:16,766 IN THE WOODS WHEN THEY'RE OFF 102 00:03:16,766 --> 00:03:17,500 RACING, WHICH MEANS YOU HAVE TO 103 00:03:17,500 --> 00:03:17,900 HAVE TRAILS. 104 00:03:17,900 --> 00:03:20,566 YOU HAVE TO HAVE GOOD TRAILS 105 00:03:20,566 --> 00:03:21,300 THAT KIDS ENJOY RIDING, SO THIS 106 00:03:21,300 --> 00:03:21,933 HAS BEEN AN ADDED VALUE TO 107 00:03:21,933 --> 00:03:24,500 WHAT WE'VE CREATED. 108 00:03:24,500 --> 00:03:25,666 THERE'VE BEEN OVER 50 MILES OF 109 00:03:25,666 --> 00:03:26,633 TRAILS, BUILT IN VIRGINIA BY 110 00:03:26,633 --> 00:03:28,500 STUDENT ATHLETES WHO ARE 111 00:03:28,500 --> 00:03:29,366 BASICALLY BUILDING THEMSELVES A 112 00:03:29,366 --> 00:03:34,033 PLAYING FIELD. 113 00:03:34,033 --> 00:03:34,700 HERE AT MILLER SCHOOL WE'VE 114 00:03:34,700 --> 00:03:35,433 BUILT FOURTEEN MILES OF MOUNTAIN 115 00:03:35,433 --> 00:03:37,200 BIKE TRAILS, AND WE USE 116 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:38,566 THE CAMPUS FOR LOCAL PRACTICES 117 00:03:38,566 --> 00:03:39,266 FOR DIFFERENT CHARLOTTESVILLE 118 00:03:39,266 --> 00:03:42,533 TEAMS. 119 00:03:42,533 --> 00:03:43,200 WE OBVIOUSLY USE IT FOR THE 120 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:43,933 MILLER SCHOOL'S PROGRAM, WE HAVE 121 00:03:43,933 --> 00:03:44,666 ADULTS WHO COME RIDE ON THEM,1"x 122 00:03:44,666 --> 00:03:45,500 Ul@?km=ñm O COME RIDE ON THEM,1"x 123 00:03:45,500 --> 00:03:46,000 AND IT'S BEEN A COMMUNITY 124 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:46,800 BUILDER. 125 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:47,533 >> TERRI: IN THE SUMMER TIME YOU 126 00:03:47,533 --> 00:03:52,100 HAVE CAMPS FOR LITTLE KIDS. 127 00:03:52,100 --> 00:03:52,833 >> PETER: YEAH, SO IN THE SUMMER 128 00:03:52,833 --> 00:03:53,566 WE HAVE CUTAWAY BIKE CAMPS, AND 129 00:03:53,566 --> 00:03:54,266 THESE RANGE FROM SIX YEAR OLD 130 00:03:54,266 --> 00:03:55,000 ATHLETES ALL THE WAY THROUGH 18 131 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,866 YEAR-OLD ATHLETES. 132 00:03:57,866 --> 00:04:00,466 IN TOTAL WE HAVE ABOUT 300 KIDS 133 00:04:00,466 --> 00:04:01,166 COME ON TO CAMPUS FOR MOUNTAIN 134 00:04:01,166 --> 00:04:01,766 BIKE CAMP, THE SAME WAY 135 00:04:01,766 --> 00:04:02,433 YOU'D GO TO LACROSSE CAMP OR 136 00:04:02,433 --> 00:04:05,966 SOCCER CAMP. 137 00:04:05,966 --> 00:04:06,733 THESE KIDS ARE MOUNTAIN BIKERS. 138 00:04:06,733 --> 00:04:07,400 THAT'S WHAT THEY DO NOW, AND 139 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:08,066 THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO 140 00:04:08,066 --> 00:04:09,100 IMPROVE THEIR SKILLS BY SPENDING 141 00:04:09,100 --> 00:04:14,366 THE WEEK HERE WITH US. 142 00:04:14,366 --> 00:04:15,100 >> BRIDGET: THIS YEAR I DID THE 143 00:04:15,100 --> 00:04:16,866 CUTAWAY PROGRAM THAT WAS THE 144 00:04:16,866 --> 00:04:18,866 TRAVEL CAMP, SO WE WOULD COME 145 00:04:18,866 --> 00:04:19,866 HERE EVERY DAY FOR ONE WEEK AND 146 00:04:19,866 --> 00:04:24,500 THEN WE WOULD GO ON THE MIDDLE 147 00:04:24,500 --> 00:04:27,533 SCHOOL BUSSES WITH EVERYONE AND 148 00:04:27,533 --> 00:04:30,066 THEN WE WOULD PARTY ON DOWN TO 149 00:04:30,066 --> 00:04:31,866 ANOTHER PLACE TO RIDE OUR BIKES. 150 00:04:31,866 --> 00:04:32,566 >> BEN: I PERSONALLY LOVE 151 00:04:32,566 --> 00:04:33,166 MOUNTAIN BIKING BECAUSE 152 00:04:33,166 --> 00:04:34,433 DOWNHILLS. 153 00:04:34,433 --> 00:04:35,933 THERE'S NOTHING LIKE THE FREE 154 00:04:35,933 --> 00:04:36,700 FEELING OF JUST COASTING DOWN A 155 00:04:36,700 --> 00:04:41,933 HILL. 156 00:04:41,933 --> 00:04:43,633 >> SYDNEY: IT HAS BEEN SO 157 00:04:43,633 --> 00:04:45,200 AMAZING BECAUSE NOW I HAVE A 158 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:46,200 GROUP OF PEOPLE AT SCHOOL THAT I 159 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:49,766 CAN TALK TO AND THAT WE SPEND 160 00:04:49,766 --> 00:04:50,500 TIME TOGETHER AFTER SCHOOL DOING 161 00:04:50,500 --> 00:04:51,233 OUR SPORT AND DOING THE THING WE 162 00:04:51,233 --> 00:04:52,066 LOVE. 163 00:04:52,066 --> 00:04:52,866 >> COLLEEN: OF COURSE THERE'S A 164 00:04:52,866 --> 00:04:55,666 TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PRIDE AND 165 00:04:55,666 --> 00:04:57,200 WE JUST LOVE TO SEE YOUR 166 00:04:57,200 --> 00:04:59,133 CHILDREN WORKING HARD TOWARDS A 167 00:04:59,133 --> 00:05:02,766 GOAL AND REALLY GAINING 168 00:05:02,766 --> 00:05:03,500 CONFIDENCE FROM A SPORT, AND 169 00:05:03,500 --> 00:05:08,233 THAT'S ONE OF THE BEST THINGS. 170 00:05:08,233 --> 00:05:08,966 >> NED: GETTING KIDS OUT OFF THE 171 00:05:08,966 --> 00:05:09,700 COUCH, GETTING KIDS ONTO TRAILS 172 00:05:09,700 --> 00:05:16,933 IN THE WOODS, IT'S CONTAGIOUS. 173 00:05:16,933 --> 00:05:17,666 >> TERRI: THIS PROGRAM IS NOW IN 174 00:05:17,666 --> 00:05:18,400 ALL OF OUR PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS? 175 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:18,900 >> PETER: CORRECT. 176 00:05:18,900 --> 00:05:20,233 >> TERRI: THAT IS FANTASTIC. 177 00:05:20,233 --> 00:05:20,966 >> PETER: IN TOTAL WE'RE LOOKING 178 00:05:20,966 --> 00:05:21,700 AT JUST IN CHARLOTTESVILLE OVER 179 00:05:21,700 --> 00:05:28,866 200 ATHLETES ARE PARTICIPATING 00:05:29,533 IN MOUNTAIN BIKING AS THEIR 181 00:05:29,533 --> 00:05:30,500 PRIMARY SPORT. 182 00:05:30,500 --> 00:05:31,266 >> ANNOUNCER: SO WE'RE DRILLING 183 00:05:31,266 --> 00:05:31,933 IT TO THE LINE IT'S GONNA BE 184 00:05:31,933 --> 00:05:32,700 CLOSE 113 AND 123. 185 00:05:32,700 --> 00:05:33,266 >> PETER: SO THE RACES 186 00:05:33,266 --> 00:05:33,966 THEMSELVES ARE PRETTY AWESOME 187 00:05:33,966 --> 00:05:39,033 EVENTS, AND YOU HAVE RIDERS 188 00:05:39,033 --> 00:05:47,000 RANGING FROM NEO-PROFESSIONAL 189 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:47,666 ATHLETES TO BEGINNERS COMING 190 00:05:47,666 --> 00:05:48,366 TOGETHER AND HAVING FANS CHEER 191 00:05:48,366 --> 00:05:49,066 THEM ON, CHALLENGING COURSES. 192 00:05:49,066 --> 00:05:49,666 GOING OUT THERE AND JUST 193 00:05:49,666 --> 00:05:50,400 FINISHING ONE OF THESE RACES IS 194 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:50,900 AN ACCOMPLISHMENT. 195 00:05:50,900 --> 00:05:51,566 >> ANNOUNCER: WELCOME BACK! 196 00:05:51,566 --> 00:05:52,233 >> LUCAS: TODAY I HIT A TREE 197 00:05:52,233 --> 00:05:52,900 PRETTY HARD BUT STILL DIDN'T 198 00:05:52,900 --> 00:05:53,200 CRASH. 199 00:05:53,200 --> 00:06:04,100 SAM CRASHED REALLY HARD BUT 200 00:06:04,100 --> 00:06:04,766 STILL MANAGED TO WIN. 201 00:06:04,766 --> 00:06:06,366 I MEAN, PHYSICALLY YOU KNOW 202 00:06:06,366 --> 00:06:07,000 ANYONE CAN BE STRONG, BUT 203 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:07,733 MENTALLY I'M REALLY STRUGGLING, 204 00:06:07,733 --> 00:06:08,400 IT'S THE PART I STRUGGLE THE 205 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:08,766 MOST WITH. 206 00:06:08,766 --> 00:06:09,500 >> SYDNEY: YOUR MIND ALWAYS HAS 207 00:06:09,500 --> 00:06:09,866 TO BE ON. 208 00:06:09,866 --> 00:06:10,533 IT'S KIND OF LIKE A PUZZLE. 209 00:06:10,533 --> 00:06:11,066 WHERE DO I GO HARD? 210 00:06:11,066 --> 00:06:16,800 WHERE DO I RELAX? 211 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:17,366 >> SAM: THIS COURSE IS 212 00:06:17,366 --> 00:06:17,733 DIFFICULT. 213 00:06:17,733 --> 00:06:18,366 IT HAS REALLY STEEP, LOOSE 214 00:06:18,366 --> 00:06:19,066 GRAVEL CLIMBS WHICH ARE REALLY 215 00:06:19,066 --> 00:06:20,666 HARD TO KEEP TRACTION ON. 216 00:06:20,666 --> 00:06:21,366 YOU'VE GOT REALLY FAST, SMOOTH 217 00:06:21,366 --> 00:06:22,100 FUN DOWNHILL RUNS, AND THEN 218 00:06:22,100 --> 00:06:23,000 YOU'VE GOTTA GO RIGHT BACK TO 219 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:27,333 ANOTHER CLIMB. 220 00:06:27,333 --> 00:06:28,066 >> JOHN: THEY ALL JUST KNOW THEY 221 00:06:28,066 --> 00:06:28,800 JUST HAVE TO GET UP THE HILL AND 222 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:29,500 YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE GRIT AND 223 00:06:29,500 --> 00:06:30,200 DETERMINATION TO DO THAT, AND 224 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:30,866 THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO 225 00:06:30,866 --> 00:06:31,333 TEACH THE KIDS. 226 00:06:31,333 --> 00:06:32,033 THAT'S WHAT ALL OF THE COACHES 227 00:06:32,033 --> 00:06:36,400 OUT HERE ARE TRYING TO DO. 228 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:37,100 >> TERRI: OKAY, SO EXPLAIN IT. 229 00:06:37,100 --> 00:06:37,766 WHEN PEOPLE ARE LOOKING INTO 230 00:06:37,766 --> 00:06:38,366 THIS, IT'S THE VIRGINIA 231 00:06:38,366 --> 00:06:39,500 CYCLING LEAGUE UNDER THE NICA 232 00:06:39,500 --> 00:06:43,633 UMBRELLA. 233 00:06:43,633 --> 00:06:44,333 JUST QUICKLY TELL US WHAT ALL 234 00:06:44,333 --> 00:06:44,733 THAT MEANS. 235 00:06:44,733 --> 00:06:45,466 >> PETER: YEAH SO THERE ARE TWO 236 00:06:45,466 --> 00:06:47,500 ENTITIES. 237 00:06:47,500 --> 00:06:48,033 WE HAVE THE NATIONAL 238 00:06:48,033 --> 00:06:49,800 INTERSCHOLASTIC CYCLING 239 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:51,533 ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS A 240 00:06:51,533 --> 00:06:52,366 GOVERNING BODY BASED IN 241 00:06:52,366 --> 00:06:53,866 CALIFORNIA, AND IT'S 242 00:06:53,866 --> 00:06:55,433 A NON-PROFIT, AND OUR FALL 243 00:06:55,433 --> 00:06:56,233 LEAGUE IS PART OF THAT 244 00:06:56,233 --> 00:07:00,933 ORGANIZATION. 245 00:07:00,933 --> 00:07:01,633 THAT SERVES MIDDLE SCHOOL AND 246 00:07:01,633 --> 00:07:04,333 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. 247 00:07:04,333 --> 00:07:05,766 THE ORIGINAL INTERSCHOLASTIC 248 00:07:05,766 --> 00:07:06,733 MOUNTAIN BIKE EVENTS HERE AT 249 00:07:06,733 --> 00:07:08,866 SCHOOL AND AROUND THE STATE ARE 250 00:07:08,866 --> 00:07:10,400 PART OF THE USA CYCLING 251 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:15,733 GOVERNING BODY. 252 00:07:15,733 --> 00:07:22,300 USA CYCLING GOVERNS ALL LEVELS 253 00:07:22,300 --> 00:07:23,000 OF RACING FROM BMX PUMP TRACK 254 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:23,733 RIDING TO OLYMPIC SPORTS, SO WE 255 00:07:23,733 --> 00:07:24,400 HAVE TWO SEASONS OF MOUNTAIN 256 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:25,100 BIKING HERE IN VIRGINIA, WHICH 257 00:07:25,100 --> 00:07:25,466 IS UNIQUE. 258 00:07:25,466 --> 00:07:30,833 MOST STATES HAVE ONE SEASON. AND 259 00:07:30,833 --> 00:07:31,500 THE SPRING ONE IS A BIT MORE 260 00:07:31,500 --> 00:07:32,133 GEARED TOWARDS THOSE HIGH 261 00:07:32,133 --> 00:07:32,866 PERFORMING ATHLETES AND THE FALL 262 00:07:32,866 --> 00:07:33,600 ONE IS MORE GEARED TOWARDS JUST 263 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:34,333 GETTING MORE KIDS ON BIKES, MORE 264 00:07:34,333 --> 00:07:40,700 KIDS RACING. 265 00:07:40,700 --> 00:07:41,866 >> TERRI: YEAH, AND LET'S TALK 266 00:07:41,866 --> 00:07:42,566 ABOUT, ANYONE IS ELIGIBLE. ANY 267 00:07:42,566 --> 00:07:43,300 MIDDLE SCHOOLER OR HIGH SCHOOLER 268 00:07:43,300 --> 00:07:43,933 IF THE PROGRAM IS IN THEIR 269 00:07:43,933 --> 00:07:44,466 SCHOOL IS ELIGIBLE. 270 00:07:44,466 --> 00:07:45,133 THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE ELITE 271 00:07:45,133 --> 00:07:49,233 RIDERS. 272 00:07:49,233 --> 00:07:49,900 TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT 273 00:07:49,900 --> 00:07:50,400 THAT. 274 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:51,100 >> PETER: MOUNTAIN BIKING IS A 275 00:07:51,100 --> 00:07:51,800 SPORT WHERE THERE ARE REWARDS 276 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:52,500 JUST FOR DOING IT, AND ROSTERS 277 00:07:52,500 --> 00:07:55,733 ON TEAMS AREN'T LIMITED TO A 278 00:07:55,733 --> 00:07:57,100 FIVE PERSON STARTING ROSTER OR 279 00:07:57,100 --> 00:07:59,166 TEN PERSON STARTING ROSTER. 280 00:07:59,166 --> 00:08:00,133 YOU CAN HAVE A TEAM WITH 50 281 00:08:00,133 --> 00:08:00,966 RIDERS, AND EVERY SINGLE 282 00:08:00,966 --> 00:08:02,333 ONE OF THOSE ATHLETES IS ABLE TO 283 00:08:02,333 --> 00:08:04,566 PARTICIPATE IN EVERY RACE AND DO 284 00:08:04,566 --> 00:08:07,966 THE SAME COURSE AND EARN POINTS 285 00:08:07,966 --> 00:08:09,266 FOR THEIR TEAMS, AND THEY COME 286 00:08:09,266 --> 00:08:09,966 IN AS BEGINNERS BUT SOMETIMES 287 00:08:09,966 --> 00:08:11,133 THEY PROGRESS REALLY QUICKLY AND 288 00:08:11,133 --> 00:08:11,866 SAY, HEY, I'VE GOT A REAL TALENT 289 00:08:11,866 --> 00:08:15,766 FOR THIS. 290 00:08:15,766 --> 00:08:16,466 A GOOD EXAMPLE IS A KID NAMED 291 00:08:16,466 --> 00:08:17,200 EDDIE ANDERSON FROM RICHMOND. 292 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:17,900 >> TERRI: SNEAKERS. THEY CALL 293 00:08:17,900 --> 00:08:18,866 SNEAKERS. 294 00:08:18,866 --> 00:08:20,200 >> PETER: YEAH, HIS NICKNAME IS 295 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:20,566 SNEAKERS. 296 00:08:20,566 --> 00:08:26,933 HE SHOWED UP TO A RACE IN A PAIR 297 00:08:26,933 --> 00:08:27,666 OF SNEAKERS AND BEAT ALL OF THE 298 00:08:27,666 --> 00:08:28,366 VARSITY RIDERS, WHICH WE SAID, 299 00:08:28,366 --> 00:08:28,833 WOW! 300 00:08:28,833 --> 00:08:29,533 YOU KNOW THIS KID, THIS KID'S 301 00:08:29,533 --> 00:08:30,000 GOT SOME TALENT. 302 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:30,733 SIX MONTHS LATER HE'S SIGNING A 303 00:08:30,733 --> 00:08:32,000 PROFESSIONAL CONTRACT. 304 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:32,966 IT TURNS OUT THAT HE HAS IN 305 00:08:32,966 --> 00:08:40,400 TERMS OF HIS PHYSICAL ABILITY, 306 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:42,266 NUMBERS THAT EXCEED WHAT MOST 307 00:08:42,266 --> 00:08:42,966 TOUR DE FRANCE RIDERS HAVE. SO 308 00:08:42,966 --> 00:08:43,533 HE'S ON HIS WAY AND I 309 00:08:43,533 --> 00:08:44,233 WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF HE'S 310 00:08:44,233 --> 00:08:44,933 RACING THE TOUR DE FRANCE HERE 311 00:08:44,933 --> 00:08:45,633 IN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS, AND 312 00:08:45,633 --> 00:08:46,333 THAT'S JUST A GREAT EXAMPLE OF 313 00:08:46,333 --> 00:08:49,800 SOMEONE WHO MAY NOT HAVE HAD A 314 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:51,333 SPORT OR CONSIDERED HIMSELF AN 315 00:08:51,333 --> 00:08:53,466 ATHLETE, JUMPED INTO THE 316 00:08:53,466 --> 00:08:55,233 MOUNTAIN BIKE RACING SCENE 317 00:08:55,233 --> 00:08:55,933 HAD SOME SUCCESS AND THEN HAD 318 00:08:55,933 --> 00:08:56,633 THE DEVELOPING PATHWAY TO MAKE 319 00:08:56,633 --> 00:08:57,300 IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL REALLY 320 00:08:57,300 --> 00:09:02,300 QUICKLY. 321 00:09:02,300 --> 00:09:03,033 >> LUCAS: I'M NOT SURE IF I WANT 322 00:09:03,033 --> 00:09:04,700 TO GO PRO, BUT I WILL DEFINITELY 323 00:09:04,700 --> 00:09:09,866 RIDE MY BIKE UNTIL THE DAY I 324 00:09:09,866 --> 00:09:11,333 DIE. 325 00:09:11,333 --> 00:09:12,033 WE'LL SEE WHERE THAT LEADS ME. 326 00:09:12,033 --> 00:09:12,700 >> SYDNEY: I'VE BEEN REALLY 327 00:09:12,700 --> 00:09:13,400 HAPPY TO TAKE TOP STEP OF THE 328 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:13,900 PODIUM SOMETIMES. 329 00:09:13,900 --> 00:09:14,600 IT'S AN AWESOME FEELING. HERE 330 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:15,333 THEY MAKE IT FEEL LIKE YOU'RE ON 331 00:09:15,333 --> 00:09:16,666 TOP OF THE WORLD AND 332 00:09:16,666 --> 00:09:25,166 IT'S REALLY, REALLY GREAT. 333 00:09:25,166 --> 00:09:25,900 >> JOE: KIDS ON BIKES. 334 00:09:25,900 --> 00:09:26,466 THAT'S NICA'S MISSION. 335 00:09:26,466 --> 00:09:27,166 WHEN YOU THROW A LEG OVER THE 336 00:09:27,166 --> 00:09:27,900 BIKE THE HELMET SHOULD BE ON AND 337 00:09:27,900 --> 00:09:28,266 STRAPPED. 338 00:09:28,266 --> 00:09:28,933 OTHERWISE THEY'RE REALLY NOT 339 00:09:28,933 --> 00:09:29,666 MUCH RULES OTHER THAN COME OUT, 340 00:09:29,666 --> 00:09:30,333 HAVE A FUN TIME AND TRY YOUR 341 00:09:30,333 --> 00:09:37,200 HARDEST. 342 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:37,866 >> BEN: I'VE CRASHED A LOT. 343 00:09:37,866 --> 00:09:38,533 IT'S NOT FUN, BUT AFTER THE 344 00:09:38,533 --> 00:09:46,900 FIRST COUPLE CRASHES IT'S NOT 345 00:09:46,900 --> 00:09:47,366 BAD. 346 00:09:47,366 --> 00:09:48,066 IT'S JUST ONE OF THE PARTS OF 347 00:09:48,066 --> 00:09:49,000 IT. 348 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:49,966 >> PETER: THERE ARE SPORTS 349 00:09:49,966 --> 00:09:50,600 ACADEMIES THERE ARE SPORTS 350 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:51,200 PROGRAMS THAT WILL FOCUS 351 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:51,633 ON THE SPORT. 352 00:09:51,633 --> 00:09:52,333 OUR MISSION IS YOU DON'T PICK 353 00:09:52,333 --> 00:09:52,833 ONE OR THE OTHER. 354 00:09:52,833 --> 00:09:53,533 YOU KNOW I WANT YOU TAKING AP 355 00:09:53,533 --> 00:09:54,266 CLASSES AND I WANT YOU PLANNING 356 00:09:54,266 --> 00:09:55,033 TO GO TO A TOP TIER COLLEGE 357 00:09:55,033 --> 00:09:57,366 BECAUSE ONE CRASH CAN END ALL 358 00:09:57,366 --> 00:10:01,566 THIS. 359 00:10:01,566 --> 00:10:02,300 ONE CRASH AND IT'S OVER, YOU'RE 360 00:10:02,300 --> 00:10:02,933 NO LONGER AN ELITE ATHLETE 361 00:10:02,933 --> 00:10:10,000 ANYMORE. 362 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:13,533 AND ALSO, CAREERS ARE SHORT. 363 00:10:13,533 --> 00:10:14,366 THE AVERAGE LIFE OF A 364 00:10:14,366 --> 00:10:15,066 PRO-CYCLING CAREER IS FOUR TO 365 00:10:15,066 --> 00:10:15,600 FIVE YEARS, MAX. 366 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:16,433 >> TERRI: AND TALK ABOUT THE 367 00:10:16,433 --> 00:10:17,133 ROLE THAT YOUR WIFE ANDREA 368 00:10:17,133 --> 00:10:17,800 PLAYS, PROFESSIONAL CYCLIST. 369 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:18,500 >> PETER: SO YEAH, WE'RE IN A 370 00:10:18,500 --> 00:10:18,900 GREAT PLACE. 371 00:10:18,900 --> 00:10:19,633 WE HAVE 125 COACHES TOTAL ACROSS 372 00:10:19,633 --> 00:10:20,300 THE STATE, AND THESE PEOPLE 373 00:10:20,300 --> 00:10:22,866 RANGE FROM FORMER PRO MOUNTAIN 374 00:10:22,866 --> 00:10:23,666 BIKERS TO PARENTS WITH SOME 375 00:10:23,666 --> 00:10:25,766 EXPERIENCE MOUNTAIN BIKING BUT 376 00:10:25,766 --> 00:10:31,700 WHO WANT TO COACH. 377 00:10:31,700 --> 00:10:32,400 THEY ALL GO THROUGH A TRAINING 378 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:33,066 PROGRAM WHERE THEY LEARN TO 379 00:10:33,066 --> 00:10:33,733 TEACH MOUNTAIN BIKE SKILLS. 380 00:10:33,733 --> 00:10:34,466 THEY LEARN WILDERNESS FIRST AID 381 00:10:34,466 --> 00:10:35,133 SKILLS. 382 00:10:35,133 --> 00:10:39,133 SO WHEN THEY ARE WORKING WITH 383 00:10:39,133 --> 00:10:39,833 KIDS, THEY ARE EXPERTS IN WHAT 384 00:10:39,833 --> 00:10:40,566 THEY'RE DOING, BUT WE ALSO HAVE 385 00:10:40,566 --> 00:10:41,233 GREAT PEOPLE LIKE ANDREA WHO 386 00:10:41,233 --> 00:10:42,266 RACED PROFESSIONALLY FOR TEN 387 00:10:42,266 --> 00:10:47,133 YEARS, WON A STAGE OF THE 388 00:10:47,133 --> 00:10:47,766 WOMEN'S TOUR DE FRANCE 389 00:10:47,766 --> 00:10:48,466 WAS A MULTIPLE TIME MEMBER OF 390 00:10:48,466 --> 00:10:49,233 THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM FOR 391 00:10:49,233 --> 00:10:50,200 THE UNITED STATES, AND SHE 392 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:55,233 SPEARHEADED THIS WHOLE THING. 393 00:10:55,233 --> 00:10:56,200 SHE'S OUR LEAGUE DIRECTOR, SO 394 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:56,866 HER ABILITY TO GO WORK WITH 395 00:10:56,866 --> 00:10:58,533 COACHES USING HER EXPERIENCE AND 396 00:10:58,533 --> 00:11:00,266 HER PASSION FOR CYCLING IN 397 00:11:00,266 --> 00:11:00,966 GENERAL AND WHAT IT CAN DO FOR 398 00:11:00,966 --> 00:11:06,600 SOMEONE'S LIFE AND FOR SOMEONE'S 399 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:07,733 SELF-CONFIDENCE, I THINK, IS 400 00:11:07,733 --> 00:11:08,433 INSPIRING FOR BOTH OUR COACHES 401 00:11:08,433 --> 00:11:09,000 AND INSPIRING FOR OUR 402 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:09,366 ATHLETES. 403 00:11:09,366 --> 00:11:10,066 >> COLLEEN: NICA IS WORKING TO 404 00:11:10,066 --> 00:11:13,600 BUILD STRONG MINDS AND STRONG 405 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:14,300 BODIES AND ATHLETES THAT HAVE 406 00:11:14,300 --> 00:11:15,633 CHARACTER, AND I JUST SEE ALL OF 407 00:11:15,633 --> 00:11:19,766 THAT WORKING TOGETHER. 408 00:11:19,766 --> 00:11:20,466 I JUST THINK AT THE END OF THE 409 00:11:20,466 --> 00:11:21,166 DAY THE ATHLETES ARE JUST VERY 410 00:11:21,166 --> 00:11:21,733 PROUD OF WHAT THEY'VE 411 00:11:21,733 --> 00:11:25,733 ACCOMPLISHED. 412 00:11:25,733 --> 00:11:26,466 >> SAM: THEY HAVE TO TRAIN, IT'S 413 00:11:26,466 --> 00:11:27,000 HARD WORK OUT THERE. 414 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:27,666 THEY HAVE TO KNOW HOW TO FIX 415 00:11:27,666 --> 00:11:28,333 THEIR BIKE OUT THERE IN THE 416 00:11:28,333 --> 00:11:28,933 WOODS ALL BY THEMSELVES. 417 00:11:28,933 --> 00:11:29,533 THEY HAVE TO DO ALL THAT 418 00:11:29,533 --> 00:11:30,233 STUFF AND SO, IT'S ADVENTURE, 419 00:11:30,233 --> 00:11:35,433 YOU KNOW? 420 00:11:35,433 --> 00:11:36,066 >> PETER: THESE RACES ARE 421 00:11:36,066 --> 00:11:36,566 SERIOUS BUSINESS. 422 00:11:36,566 --> 00:11:43,300 WHEN THE KIDS GET OUT THERE THEY 423 00:11:43,300 --> 00:11:43,933 ARE TACKLING HILLS, ROCKS, 424 00:11:43,933 --> 00:11:44,500 ROOTS, THE COURSES ARE 425 00:11:44,500 --> 00:11:45,000 CHALLENGING. 426 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:45,700 IT RANGES FROM A 3.2 MILE RACE 427 00:11:45,700 --> 00:11:47,100 FOR OUR YOUNGEST COMPETITORS TO 428 00:11:47,100 --> 00:11:55,033 A 16 MILE RACE FOR OUR VARSITY 429 00:11:55,033 --> 00:11:56,800 ATHLETES, AND WE DO LAPS, SO A 430 00:11:56,800 --> 00:11:57,433 LAP IS ROUGHLY 3.2 MILES. 431 00:11:57,433 --> 00:11:58,066 A MIXTURE OF SINGLE TRACK 432 00:11:58,066 --> 00:11:58,766 TRAILS, GRAVEL ROADS, A LITTLE 433 00:11:58,766 --> 00:12:01,066 BIT OF GRASS. 434 00:12:01,066 --> 00:12:02,066 OUR TOP ATHLETES ARE KNOCKING 435 00:12:02,066 --> 00:12:02,800 THAT LAP OUT IN 16-18 MINUTES 436 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:03,866 AND SOME OF OUR BEGINNER RIDERS 437 00:12:03,866 --> 00:12:05,966 ARE DOING IT OUT IN ROUGHLY 438 00:12:05,966 --> 00:12:07,866 40-45 MINUTES. 439 00:12:07,866 --> 00:12:08,700 >> TERRI: SO WHAT ARE YOUR BIG 440 00:12:08,700 --> 00:12:11,233 GOALS FOR THE FUTURE? 441 00:12:11,233 --> 00:12:11,833 YOU ALL HAVE ALREADY 442 00:12:11,833 --> 00:12:12,533 ACCOMPLISHED SO MUCH. 443 00:12:12,533 --> 00:12:13,066 WHAT IS IT? 444 00:12:13,066 --> 00:12:19,133 WHAT ELSE IS ON THE HORIZON? 445 00:12:19,133 --> 00:12:19,866 >> PETER: YEAH, SO WE ORIGINALLY 446 00:12:19,866 --> 00:12:20,566 CREATED A FIVE-YEAR PLAN, BUT 447 00:12:20,566 --> 00:12:21,266 QUICKLY REALIZED THIS IS GOING 448 00:12:21,266 --> 00:12:22,000 TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE HOPE TO 449 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:26,600 GROW FOR THE NEXT 20, 30 YEARS. 450 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:27,266 SO I HOPE TO BE WATCHING THE 451 00:12:27,266 --> 00:12:27,966 NEXT OLYMPICS AND SEE A FEW OF 452 00:12:27,966 --> 00:12:32,300 OUR ATHLETES REPRESENTING THE 453 00:12:32,300 --> 00:12:33,766 UNITED STATES, WHICH IS VERY 454 00:12:33,766 --> 00:12:34,500 MUCH IN THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY 455 00:12:34,500 --> 00:12:36,533 RIGHT NOW, WITH THE BIGGER PLAN 456 00:12:36,533 --> 00:12:37,233 OF GROWING MOUNTAIN BIKING AND 457 00:12:37,233 --> 00:12:38,033 EXPANDING IT TO OTHER PARTS OF 458 00:12:38,033 --> 00:12:44,900 THE STATE. 459 00:12:44,900 --> 00:12:45,600 MY GOAL IS FOR EVERY SCHOOL IN 460 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:46,333 VIRGINIA TO HAVE A MOUNTAIN BIKE 461 00:12:46,333 --> 00:12:46,966 TEAM, AND TO HAVE ONE MORE 462 00:12:46,966 --> 00:12:47,700 OPPORTUNITY FOR KIDS TO BE PART 463 00:12:47,700 --> 00:12:48,833 OF A TEAM, TO GAIN ALL THAT 464 00:12:48,833 --> 00:12:49,500 SELF-CONFIDENCE YOU GET FROM 465 00:12:49,500 --> 00:12:50,700 BEING AN ATHLETE AND HOPEFULLY 466 00:12:50,700 --> 00:12:51,700 YOU KNOW HAVE RACES WITH 2,000, 467 00:12:51,700 --> 00:12:58,333 3,000 KIDS. 468 00:12:58,333 --> 00:12:58,966 >> BEN: BIKING FOR MY HIGH 469 00:12:58,966 --> 00:12:59,633 SCHOOL IS A REALLY IMPORTANT 470 00:12:59,633 --> 00:13:00,200 PART OF WHO I AM. 471 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:00,900 IT ALLOWS ME TO MEET A LOT OF 472 00:13:00,900 --> 00:13:01,600 DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND ALLOWS ME 473 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:02,266 TO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES THAT I 474 00:13:02,266 --> 00:13:03,733 WOULDN'T HAVE HAD BEFORE. 475 00:13:03,733 --> 00:13:05,300 >> SYDNEY: IT'S SOMETHING I CAN 476 00:13:05,300 --> 00:13:06,700 DO WITH MY FAMILY AND MY FRIENDS 477 00:13:06,700 --> 00:13:17,333 AS WELL, BUT ALSO WHEN YOU COME 478 00:13:17,333 --> 00:13:18,200 TO RACES THERE ARE PEOPLE FROM 479 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:18,833 ALL OVER VIRGINIA THAT ARE 480 00:13:18,833 --> 00:13:19,533 SUCH COOL PEOPLE THAT WE SHARE 481 00:13:19,533 --> 00:13:20,066 THE SAME INTERESTS. 482 00:13:20,066 --> 00:13:20,700 IT'S REALLY, EVERYONE WHO 483 00:13:20,700 --> 00:13:21,266 DOES IT IS SUPER NICE. 484 00:13:21,266 --> 00:13:22,000 >> BRIDGET: I REALLY LIKE IT AND 485 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:22,700 I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE SHOULD 486 00:13:22,700 --> 00:13:23,133 MOUNTAIN BIKE. 487 00:13:23,133 --> 00:13:24,300 IT'S JUST SO MUCH FUN. 488 00:13:24,300 --> 00:13:25,000 >> ANNOUNCER: THAT WAS A HARD 489 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:25,466 FOUGHT RACE. 490 00:13:25,466 --> 00:13:26,200 LESS THAN 20 SECONDS SEPARATING 491 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:34,966 THESE TWO. 492 00:13:34,966 --> 00:13:38,633 >> MICHAEL: WE'LL GET THE VOICES 493 00:13:38,633 --> 00:13:39,466 WORKING INDIVIDUALLY, AND THEN 494 00:13:39,466 --> 00:13:40,200 WE'LL DO A FEW EXERCISES TO GET 495 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:40,900 OUR KIND OF COLLECTIVE EARS AS 496 00:13:40,900 --> 00:13:41,633 ALWAYS TUNED INTO EACH OTHER AND 497 00:13:41,633 --> 00:13:46,133 OUR ENSEMBLE VALUES. 498 00:13:46,133 --> 00:13:46,800 LET'S HAVE AN A AND A C JUST 499 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:53,766 SLIDING, SINGING VOICES WARM UP 500 00:13:50,433 --> 00:13:57,433 GOOD. 501 00:13:57,433 --> 00:14:00,400 ♪ 502 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:01,100 >> TERRI: TODAY WE'RE GOING TO 503 00:14:01,100 --> 00:14:01,700 CATCH UP WITH ONE OF THE 504 00:14:01,700 --> 00:14:02,433 PREEMINENT COMMUNITY CHORUSES IN 505 00:14:02,433 --> 00:14:02,833 THE REGION. 506 00:14:02,833 --> 00:14:03,566 THIS GROUP HAS BEEN ENTERTAINING 507 00:14:03,566 --> 00:14:07,933 AND INSPIRING US WITH REGULAR 508 00:14:07,933 --> 00:14:08,500 PERFORMANCES OF CHORAL 509 00:14:08,500 --> 00:14:10,866 MASTERWORKS SINCE 1968. 510 00:14:10,866 --> 00:14:12,766 JOIN US TODAY AS WE HEAR FROM 511 00:14:12,766 --> 00:14:13,566 THE ORATORIO SOCIETY OF 512 00:14:13,566 --> 00:14:21,000 VIRGINIA. 513 00:14:14,033 --> 00:14:25,400 COME ON! 514 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:40,700 ♪ 515 00:14:40,700 --> 00:14:41,466 >> TERRI: SO MICHAEL, WHY IS IT 516 00:14:41,466 --> 00:14:42,266 THAT WE LOVE SINGING SO MUCH? 517 00:14:42,266 --> 00:14:42,900 >> MICHAEL: WELL, YEAH I 518 00:14:42,900 --> 00:14:43,566 SUPPOSE THERE'S A LONG AND A 519 00:14:43,566 --> 00:14:49,633 SHORT WAY TO ANSWER. 520 00:14:49,633 --> 00:14:50,533 IT'S BEEN SHOWN THAT SINGING, 521 00:14:50,533 --> 00:14:51,166 ESPECIALLY IN LARGE GROUPS 522 00:14:51,166 --> 00:14:54,633 BELIEVE IT OR NOT, RELEASES 523 00:14:54,633 --> 00:14:55,366 ENDORPHINS, SO PEOPLE GET THIS 524 00:14:55,366 --> 00:14:56,033 NATURAL HIGH WHEN THEY SING 525 00:14:56,033 --> 00:14:56,400 TOGETHER. 526 00:14:56,400 --> 00:14:58,800 IT'S SHOWN TO REDUCE STRESS 527 00:14:58,800 --> 00:14:59,500 LEVELS, BUT ACTUALLY THERE ARE 528 00:14:59,500 --> 00:15:02,333 STUDIES THAT SUGGEST IT BINDS 529 00:15:02,333 --> 00:15:04,766 PEOPLE IN SOCIAL GROUPS WHICH 530 00:15:04,766 --> 00:15:05,366 BECOMES AN EVOLUTIONARY 531 00:15:05,366 --> 00:15:17,000 ADVANTAGE. 532 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:18,300 I MEAN, IT'S AMAZING TO THINK 533 00:15:18,300 --> 00:15:18,900 ABOUT THAT ACROSS TIME. 534 00:15:18,900 --> 00:15:19,666 THERE'S REAL SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE 535 00:15:19,666 --> 00:15:20,400 FOR THAT ALONG WITH WHAT WE ALL 536 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:21,366 CONSIDER AND KNOW AND LOVE TO BE 537 00:15:21,366 --> 00:15:22,000 THE AESTHETIC VALUE OF IT. 538 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:22,733 >> TERRI: YEAH, AND TALK ABOUT 539 00:15:22,733 --> 00:15:23,433 THE VITAL ROLE THAT A GROUP, 540 00:15:23,433 --> 00:15:24,033 THIS GROUP PLAYS IN THE 541 00:15:24,033 --> 00:15:27,400 COMMUNITY. 542 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:28,066 >> MICHAEL: SO THE ORATORIO 543 00:15:28,066 --> 00:15:28,666 SOCIETY HAS BEEN IN THE 544 00:15:28,666 --> 00:15:31,533 COMMUNITY ALREADY 50 YEARS PLUS 545 00:15:31,533 --> 00:15:32,266 AND I THINK THAT IT'S A VERY 546 00:15:32,266 --> 00:15:34,266 IMPORTANT PART OF ANY COMMUNITY 547 00:15:34,266 --> 00:15:37,400 TO BE THIS KIND OF ARTISTIC 548 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:38,066 EXPRESSION, AND I THINK IT'S 549 00:15:38,066 --> 00:15:39,766 GREAT WHEN YOU HAVE A CHORUS 550 00:15:39,766 --> 00:15:42,433 THAT'S OPEN TO MEMBERS OF THE 551 00:15:42,433 --> 00:15:44,000 COMMUNITY, AND THEY CAN COME AND 552 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:45,533 WITHOUT BEING A PROFESSIONAL 553 00:15:45,533 --> 00:15:51,400 MUSICIAN STILL MAKE MUSIC AT A 554 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:52,100 HIGH LEVEL AND NOT ONLY OFFER 555 00:15:52,100 --> 00:15:53,700 SOMETHING TO THE COMMUNITY, 556 00:15:53,700 --> 00:16:05,300 RIGHT, OFFER SOME KIND OF UNIQUE 557 00:16:05,300 --> 00:16:06,800 INDEED BUT SPEAKING TO THE 558 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:07,166 COMMUNITY. 559 00:16:07,166 --> 00:16:08,800 THE PROCESS OF SINGING TOGETHER 560 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:16,866 IS A GREAT MODEL FOR US 561 00:16:16,866 --> 00:16:30,233 INTERACTING IN A HARMONIOUS WAY. 562 00:16:30,233 --> 00:16:31,266 >> ROWENNA: HOPEFULLY YOU CAN 563 00:16:31,266 --> 00:16:32,000 LISTEN TO IT OR SING IT AND ONLY 564 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:32,733 THINK ABOUT THAT, AND YOU DON'T 565 00:16:32,733 --> 00:16:33,433 THINK ABOUT THE BARRIERS THAT 566 00:16:33,433 --> 00:16:34,100 SEPARATE YOU FROM THE PERSON 567 00:16:34,100 --> 00:16:34,800 SITTING NEXT TO YOU OR SINGING 568 00:16:34,800 --> 00:16:35,433 NEXT TO YOU OR SINGING OUT 569 00:16:35,433 --> 00:16:35,733 THERE. 570 00:16:35,733 --> 00:16:36,433 >> JOANIE: I THINK THAT PEOPLE 571 00:16:36,433 --> 00:16:37,166 ARE SURPRISED AT THE BEAUTY AND 572 00:16:37,166 --> 00:16:37,866 THE GLORY OF SINGING THIS KIND 573 00:16:37,866 --> 00:16:41,600 OF MUSIC. 574 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:42,300 >> MARGARET: IF CONDITIONS ARE 575 00:16:42,300 --> 00:16:43,033 RIGHT, IF YOUR GROUP IS IN GOOD 576 00:16:43,033 --> 00:16:46,700 FORM, QUITE FREQUENTLY MAGIC 577 00:16:46,700 --> 00:16:47,433 HAPPENS, AND THAT'S VERY SPECIAL 578 00:16:47,433 --> 00:16:47,933 WHEN THAT HAPPENS. 579 00:16:47,933 --> 00:16:51,500 IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN KEEP YOU 580 00:16:51,500 --> 00:16:52,233 INSPIRED AND SORT OF ON A CLOUD 581 00:16:52,233 --> 00:16:56,433 FOR QUITE A WHILE. 582 00:16:56,433 --> 00:16:57,133 >> MICHAEL: SAME THING, MAKE A 583 00:16:57,133 --> 00:16:57,833 LITTLE CRESCENDO TO THE MIDDLE 584 00:16:57,833 --> 00:16:58,500 NOTE AND THEN TAPER DOWN THE 585 00:16:58,500 --> 00:17:06,133 LAST TWO. 586 00:17:06,133 --> 00:17:08,100 MOVING FORWARD, RIGHT, MOVING 587 00:17:08,100 --> 00:17:10,700 FORWARD, NOW TURN THE CORNER. 588 00:17:10,700 --> 00:17:11,400 >> TERRI: TELL US A LITTLE BIT 589 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:16,600 ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND. 590 00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:20,633 >> MICHAEL: WELL, I STARTED AS 591 00:17:20,633 --> 00:17:24,100 A CHILD AS A PIANIST, AND WE HAD 592 00:17:24,100 --> 00:17:25,366 MUSIC IN THE HOME, AND MY DAD 593 00:17:25,366 --> 00:17:26,100 ESPECIALLY WAS A PIANIST AND HE 594 00:17:26,100 --> 00:17:26,800 DID SOME CHURCH MUSIC SO THERE 595 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:27,533 WAS SINGING AND MUSIC AND I WAS 596 00:17:27,533 --> 00:17:28,200 BLESSED TO COME THROUGH SOME 597 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:28,833 WONDERFUL CHORAL PROGRAMS. 598 00:17:28,833 --> 00:17:29,566 IN HIGH SCHOOL I SANG IN, WAS AN 599 00:17:29,566 --> 00:17:31,066 ACCOMPANIST, COLLEGE AT CORNELL 600 00:17:31,066 --> 00:17:32,300 AND AT THE INDIANA UNIVERSITY 601 00:17:32,300 --> 00:17:39,033 SCHOOL OF MUSIC WHERE I STUDIED 602 00:17:39,033 --> 00:17:39,766 CONDUCTING, HAD A CHANCE, HAVE A 603 00:17:39,766 --> 00:17:40,433 BROAD EXPERIENCE IN CHORAL, 604 00:17:40,433 --> 00:17:42,300 CHORAL ORCHESTRAL, OPERA ETC 605 00:17:42,300 --> 00:17:44,733 MUSIC, AND IN ALL PHASES I THINK 606 00:17:44,733 --> 00:17:48,833 WHEN IT'S DONE RIGHT AND IT'S A 607 00:17:48,833 --> 00:17:50,433 SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE, YOU 608 00:17:50,433 --> 00:17:51,533 DEVELOP A REAL LOVE. 609 00:17:51,533 --> 00:17:52,266 >> TERRI: AND YOU COULD BE, YOU 610 00:17:52,266 --> 00:17:55,166 DEFINITELY COULD BE WORKING IN A 611 00:17:55,166 --> 00:17:55,733 LARGE CITY, SO WHY 612 00:17:55,733 --> 00:17:56,266 CHARLOTTESVILLE? 613 00:17:56,266 --> 00:18:02,033 >> MICHAEL: THAT'S A GOOD 614 00:18:02,033 --> 00:18:02,800 QUESTION. 615 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:03,500 I SUPPOSE IT'S TRUE. FIRST OF 616 00:18:03,500 --> 00:18:04,166 ALL A JOB IS A JOB AND I WAS 617 00:18:04,166 --> 00:18:04,933 BLESSED TO GET HIRED HERE AT UVA 618 00:18:04,933 --> 00:18:05,666 AND SO THAT BROUGHT ME HERE AS A 619 00:18:05,666 --> 00:18:08,333 PROFESSOR AND A CONDUCTOR. 620 00:18:08,333 --> 00:18:09,466 >> TERRI: OF THE? 621 00:18:09,466 --> 00:18:10,533 >> MICHAEL: OF THE UNIVERSITY 622 00:18:10,533 --> 00:18:12,333 SINGERS, OF THE CHAMBER SINGERS, 623 00:18:12,333 --> 00:18:13,000 AND A GUEST CONDUCTOR OF OUR 624 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:13,566 SYMPHONY HERE, THE 625 00:18:13,566 --> 00:18:14,766 CHARLOTTESVILLE SYMPHONY HERE 626 00:18:14,766 --> 00:18:16,000 AND THAT'S A WONDERFUL 627 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:17,666 EXPERIENCE, WORKING WITH OUR 628 00:18:17,666 --> 00:18:19,733 STUDENTS AND MY FACULTY 629 00:18:19,733 --> 00:18:24,733 COLLEAGUES, BUT THEN ALSO I FEEL 630 00:18:24,733 --> 00:18:25,700 LIKE WE'RE BLESSED TO LIVE IN A 631 00:18:25,700 --> 00:18:26,433 TOWN OF CHARLOTTESVILLE THAT IN 632 00:18:26,433 --> 00:18:28,566 A SENSE PUNCHES ABOVE ITS WEIGHT 633 00:18:28,566 --> 00:18:29,566 CULTURALLY, AND WE HAVE PEOPLE 634 00:18:29,566 --> 00:18:34,700 IN THIS TOWN THAT REALLY SUPPORT 635 00:18:34,700 --> 00:18:39,700 THE ARTS EITHER AS PRASMERS OR 636 00:18:39,700 --> 00:18:41,166 BENEFACTORS, AND AUDIENCES TEND 637 00:18:41,166 --> 00:18:52,166 TO BE VERY WARM IN THE RESPONSE 638 00:18:52,166 --> 00:18:54,133 AND TEND TO BE VERY WARM IN 639 00:18:54,133 --> 00:18:56,833 THEIR RECEPTION OF WHAT WE 640 00:18:56,833 --> 00:18:57,133 OFFER. 641 00:18:57,133 --> 00:19:01,000 AND WE ARE ABLE TO DO THINGS 642 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:01,400 CULTURALLY. 643 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:03,333 I THINK IT'S EXCITING WHEN YOU 644 00:19:03,333 --> 00:19:04,733 MAKE SOMETHING EVEN LARGER THAN 645 00:19:04,733 --> 00:19:09,033 ANY OF YOU COULD MAKE ON YOUR 646 00:19:09,033 --> 00:19:12,600 OWN. 647 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:13,800 >> JOANIE: I LOVE BEING A PART 648 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:17,066 OF THIS BECAUSE IT'S SO RARE TO 649 00:19:17,066 --> 00:19:18,566 BE ABLE TO WORK WITH A BIG GROUP 650 00:19:18,566 --> 00:19:21,200 OF PEOPLE TO ACHIEVE A COMMON 651 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:22,333 GOAL AND TO DO IT WITH ENJOYMENT 652 00:19:22,333 --> 00:19:26,966 AND GRACE AND FUN. 653 00:19:26,966 --> 00:19:27,600 >> KIM: I ALWAYS THINK OF 654 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:28,300 CHORAL MUSIC AS BEING SORT OF 655 00:19:28,300 --> 00:19:29,433 THE ULTIMATE TEAM SPORT. 656 00:19:29,433 --> 00:19:30,066 SO IT'S OUR WAY OF GETTING 657 00:19:30,066 --> 00:19:31,266 TOGETHER AND REALLY REPRESENTING 658 00:19:31,266 --> 00:19:35,100 THE COMMUNITY. 659 00:19:35,100 --> 00:19:35,766 >> TERRI: TELL ME ABOUT THE 660 00:19:35,766 --> 00:19:39,433 MEMBERS, WHO PARTICIPATES? 661 00:19:39,433 --> 00:19:40,333 >> MICHAEL: SO WE HAVE PEOPLE 662 00:19:40,333 --> 00:19:41,033 WHO ARE HAVE BEEN PROFESSIONAL 663 00:19:41,033 --> 00:19:43,500 SINGERS OR ARE OR ARE MUSIC 664 00:19:43,500 --> 00:19:44,533 TEACHERS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE 665 00:19:44,533 --> 00:19:45,266 PEOPLE WHO ARE TEACHERS IN OTHER 666 00:19:45,266 --> 00:19:48,300 SUBJECTS, LIKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 667 00:19:48,300 --> 00:19:49,300 TEACHERS, OR WE HAVE SOME OF 668 00:19:49,300 --> 00:19:50,500 CHARLOTTESVILLE'S LEADING 669 00:19:50,500 --> 00:19:51,200 LAWYERS, WE HAD A GUY WHO IS A 670 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:52,666 WORLD CLASS ASTRONOMER, AN 671 00:19:52,666 --> 00:19:58,933 ASTRO-PHYSICIST IN THERE. 672 00:19:58,933 --> 00:20:00,300 WE HAVE DOCTORS, AND MOMS, AND 673 00:20:00,300 --> 00:20:01,933 WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE GRADUATE 674 00:20:01,933 --> 00:20:06,666 STUDENTS, SO IT'S A VERY 675 00:20:06,666 --> 00:20:08,000 INTERESTING ECLECTIC MIX, AND I 676 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:08,733 INVIGORATE THE REHEARSAL PROCESS 677 00:20:08,733 --> 00:20:09,333 WHEN YOU HAVE ALL THESE 678 00:20:09,333 --> 00:20:10,033 DIFFERENT, INTERESTING PEOPLE 679 00:20:10,033 --> 00:20:11,566 WHO HAVE A COMMON SHARED LOVE OF 680 00:20:11,566 --> 00:20:24,466 MAKING MUSIC TOGETHER. 681 00:20:24,466 --> 00:20:26,766 ♪ 682 00:20:26,766 --> 00:20:35,533 >> MICHAEL: BEAUTIFUL! 683 00:20:35,533 --> 00:20:39,600 >> JIM: I RESISTED AT FIRST. 684 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:40,466 I SAID OH, I'M TOO BUSY, BUT I 685 00:20:40,466 --> 00:20:41,200 WAS SWEET TALKED BY ONE OF THE 686 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:41,900 ALTOS, SARAH FISHBACK, AND IT 687 00:20:41,900 --> 00:20:42,633 WAS REALLY SUCH AN EXPERIENCE I 688 00:20:42,633 --> 00:20:43,333 WOULD NOT HAVE GIVEN IT UP FOR 689 00:20:43,333 --> 00:20:43,700 ANYTHING. 690 00:20:43,700 --> 00:20:47,133 >> KIM: THIS IS WHAT I DO FOR 691 00:20:47,133 --> 00:20:47,833 ME, SO THIS GROUP HAS BEEN AN 692 00:20:47,833 --> 00:20:48,533 AMAZING OUTLET AND A LOT OF MY 693 00:20:48,533 --> 00:20:49,200 FRIENDS ARE ACTUALLY IN THIS 694 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:56,566 GROUP AS WELL. 695 00:20:56,566 --> 00:20:57,266 >> STEVE: IT IS A VERY WARM 696 00:20:57,266 --> 00:20:57,900 GENEROUS GROUP, AND I JUST 697 00:20:57,900 --> 00:20:58,633 COULDN'T BE AMONG A NICER BUNCH 698 00:20:58,633 --> 00:20:59,000 OF PEOPLE. 699 00:20:59,000 --> 00:20:59,700 >> ROWENNA: I SIT THERE IN THE 700 00:20:59,700 --> 00:21:00,433 CORNER AND I LISTEN TO THESE 701 00:21:00,433 --> 00:21:02,533 PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY DIFFERENT, 702 00:21:02,533 --> 00:21:03,200 BUT WHEN THEY SING TOGETHER 703 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:03,900 THEY'RE A WORK OF ART BECAUSE 704 00:21:03,900 --> 00:21:16,633 THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL. 705 00:21:16,633 --> 00:21:18,366 >> TERRI: TELL US ABOUT SOME OF 706 00:21:18,366 --> 00:21:19,233 THESE PERFORMANCES AND THE 707 00:21:19,233 --> 00:21:24,200 PIECES THAT YOU ALL LIKE TO DO. 708 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:24,866 >> MICHAEL: SURE, SO IT'S A 709 00:21:24,866 --> 00:21:25,566 GROUP THAT LOVES TO SING MAJOR 710 00:21:25,566 --> 00:21:27,000 WORKS WITH CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA 711 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:27,966 BUT ALSO HAS OTHER LOVES IN 712 00:21:27,966 --> 00:21:30,033 TERMS OF OTHER SHORTER LOVES IN 713 00:21:30,033 --> 00:21:30,766 TERMS OF SHORTER CHORAL PIECES. 714 00:21:30,766 --> 00:21:31,600 PIECES THAT REACH IN TO THE 715 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:34,300 COMMUNITY IN DIFFERENT WAYS, AND 716 00:21:34,300 --> 00:21:36,366 A TYPICAL SEASON WILL INCLUDED 717 00:21:36,366 --> 00:21:37,000 CHRISTMAS CONCERTS AT THE 718 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:37,633 PARAMOUNT WHICH HAS BEEN A 719 00:21:37,633 --> 00:21:38,366 TRADITION DATING BACK BEFORE MY 720 00:21:38,366 --> 00:21:44,300 TIME AS DIRECTOR. 721 00:21:44,300 --> 00:21:45,033 WE'VE DONE COMMUNITY SING-INS IN 722 00:21:45,033 --> 00:21:45,700 THE LAST FIVE OR SEVEN YEARS 723 00:21:45,700 --> 00:21:46,366 WHERE WE'VE PUT A PIECE OUT 724 00:21:46,366 --> 00:21:47,033 THERE AND OFFERED IT TO THE 725 00:21:47,033 --> 00:21:47,700 COMMUNITY, LEARN THIS PIECE, 726 00:21:47,700 --> 00:21:48,200 COME SING WITH US 727 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:49,700 AND WE'LL HAVE A BIG WHIP IT 728 00:21:49,700 --> 00:21:50,666 TOGETHER REHEARSAL AND THEN 729 00:21:50,666 --> 00:21:51,433 PRESENT IT. 730 00:21:51,433 --> 00:21:52,266 >> TERRI: THAT IS FANTASTIC. 731 00:21:52,266 --> 00:21:53,100 >> MICHAEL: THAT'S A GREAT 732 00:21:53,100 --> 00:21:55,133 EXPERIENCE, AND WE'VE SOMETIMES 733 00:21:55,133 --> 00:21:59,866 HAVE HAD AS MANY AS 60-70 JOIN 734 00:21:59,866 --> 00:22:00,533 OUR 85 OR 90, AND WE'VE 735 00:22:00,533 --> 00:22:01,233 ALSO DONE THIS SOMETIMES AS A 736 00:22:01,233 --> 00:22:01,966 BENEFIT FOR COMMUNITY GROUPS SO 737 00:22:01,966 --> 00:22:02,666 THAT'S ANOTHER WAY TO KIND OF 738 00:22:02,666 --> 00:22:03,333 SERVE THE COMMUNITY THROUGH 739 00:22:03,333 --> 00:22:08,133 MUSIC. 740 00:22:08,133 --> 00:22:08,833 IN THE SENSE OF CELEBRATING A 741 00:22:08,833 --> 00:22:14,300 50TH THERE HAVE BEEN SOME 742 00:22:14,300 --> 00:22:15,566 CONCERTS. 743 00:22:15,566 --> 00:22:16,300 WE DID PART OF HANDEL MESSIAH AS 744 00:22:16,300 --> 00:22:16,933 AN ECHO OF THAT VERY FIRST 745 00:22:16,933 --> 00:22:17,600 PERFORMANCE IN 1968 THAT THE 746 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:18,266 ORATORIO SOCIETY DID, BUT WE 747 00:22:18,266 --> 00:22:21,666 ALSO HAVE CONCERTS WHERE MOZART 748 00:22:21,666 --> 00:22:22,400 CMINUS MASS IS ON THE PROGRAM AS 749 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:23,100 A MAJOR WORK, A KIND OF STAPLE 750 00:22:23,100 --> 00:22:24,533 OF THE REPERTOIRE TOGETHER WITH 751 00:22:24,533 --> 00:22:26,733 A COMMISSIONED NEW WORK FROM AN 752 00:22:26,733 --> 00:22:27,733 AMERICAN COMPOSER, IN FACT FROM 753 00:22:27,733 --> 00:22:30,133 A VIRGINIAN, ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK, 754 00:22:30,133 --> 00:22:30,800 AN AFRICAN AMERICAN COMPOSER 755 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:32,333 WHOSE JUST DOWN THE ROAD AT OLD 756 00:22:32,333 --> 00:22:35,833 DOMINION WHO IS SETTING A READED 757 00:22:35,833 --> 00:22:38,066 DOVE TEXT, TESTIMONIAL WHICH IS 758 00:22:38,066 --> 00:22:39,066 THE POEM WHICH IS SO BEAUTIFULLY 759 00:22:39,066 --> 00:22:40,633 INSCRIBED ON THE MURAL ON THE 760 00:22:40,633 --> 00:22:47,533 GRADUATE HOTEL HERE IN 761 00:22:47,533 --> 00:22:48,266 CHARLOTTESVILLE, AND SO I, I 762 00:22:48,266 --> 00:22:49,033 THINK IT'S VERY EXCITING TO HAVE 763 00:22:49,033 --> 00:22:49,766 THAT BECOME VOICED AS A PIECE OF 764 00:22:49,766 --> 00:22:50,433 MUSIC AND HAVE THESE ARTISTS 765 00:22:50,433 --> 00:22:51,166 COLLABORATE SO THAT IS ALSO PART 766 00:22:51,166 --> 00:22:56,700 OF THE 50TH CELEBRATION. 767 00:22:56,700 --> 00:22:59,533 >> TERRI: OH, THAT IS EXCITING. 768 00:22:59,533 --> 00:23:00,333 OKAY, BUT WE GOT TO TALK ABOUT 769 00:23:00,333 --> 00:23:01,033 REHEARSAL THOUGH, HOW OFTEN DO 770 00:23:01,033 --> 00:23:01,700 YOU ALL REHEARSE AND WHAT IS 771 00:23:01,700 --> 00:23:02,366 YOUR GOAL, WHAT'S YOUR FOCUS 772 00:23:02,366 --> 00:23:03,100 WHEN YOU'RE DOING THAT, YOU GUYS 773 00:23:03,100 --> 00:23:09,533 MUST WORK REALLY HARD. 774 00:23:09,533 --> 00:23:10,333 >> MICHAEL: I HOPE WE DO, AND 775 00:23:10,333 --> 00:23:11,033 THAT'S OUR GOAL AS MUSICIANS, 776 00:23:11,033 --> 00:23:11,366 OUR JOB. 777 00:23:11,366 --> 00:23:12,166 WE TYPICALLY REHEARSE ONCE A 778 00:23:12,166 --> 00:23:12,900 WEEK, AND I THINK THAT'S PRETTY 779 00:23:12,900 --> 00:23:13,800 STANDARD FOR MANY COMMUNITY 780 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:14,500 CHORUSES IN BIGGER AND SMALLER 781 00:23:14,500 --> 00:23:23,866 CITIES, AND THE SINGERS MEET FOR 782 00:23:23,866 --> 00:23:26,000 USUALLY TWO HOURS TO WORK ON 783 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:30,266 SPECIFIC REPERTOIRE TO EXCEL AT 784 00:23:30,266 --> 00:23:30,633 THAT. 785 00:23:30,633 --> 00:23:32,533 AND YOU WANT TO CREATE A GROUP 786 00:23:32,533 --> 00:23:40,133 THAT STARTS TO FORM HABITS 787 00:23:40,133 --> 00:23:41,366 MUSICALLY. 788 00:23:41,366 --> 00:23:42,100 IT'S ALSO A PROCESS OF BECOMING 789 00:23:42,100 --> 00:23:42,800 SOME SORT OF MUSICAL FAMILY, A 790 00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:43,266 COMMUNITY RIGHT? 791 00:23:43,266 --> 00:23:43,933 AND THAT AFFECTS THE WAY YOU 792 00:23:43,933 --> 00:23:50,366 SOUND ON STAGE. 793 00:23:50,366 --> 00:23:51,133 >> MARGARET: I HAVE BEEN SINGING 794 00:23:51,133 --> 00:23:51,866 WITH THE ORATORIO SOCIETY SINCE 795 00:23:51,866 --> 00:23:52,533 THE FALL OF 1975. 796 00:23:52,533 --> 00:23:53,400 PREPARING THAT KIND OF EFFORT 797 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:59,000 AND INPUT AND COMING OUT WITH A 798 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:00,366 GOOD PRODUCT IS, THAT'S ONE OF 799 00:24:00,366 --> 00:24:01,100 THE MORE SATISFYING THINGS IN 800 00:24:01,100 --> 00:24:04,833 LIFE, I'VE ALWAYS FELT. 801 00:24:04,833 --> 00:24:06,133 >> JOANIE: HE TEACHES YOU ABOUT 802 00:24:06,133 --> 00:24:07,966 DICTION, ABOUT BREATHING, ABOUT 803 00:24:07,966 --> 00:24:08,666 YOUR INSTRUMENT AND HOW TO USE 804 00:24:08,666 --> 00:24:14,333 IT CORRECTLY. 805 00:24:14,333 --> 00:24:15,100 AS WE'RE REHEARSING, YOU GROW AS 806 00:24:15,100 --> 00:24:15,766 A PERSON AS WELL AS A CHORAL 807 00:24:15,766 --> 00:24:22,666 SINGER. 808 00:24:22,666 --> 00:24:23,366 >> TERRI: WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE 809 00:24:23,366 --> 00:24:24,066 TO SEE FOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS? 810 00:24:24,066 --> 00:24:25,366 >> MICHAEL: THAT'S A GREAT 811 00:24:25,366 --> 00:24:26,066 QUESTION, AND IT'S NOT ONLY UP 812 00:24:26,066 --> 00:24:28,533 TO ME, I MEAN THERE'S A WHOLE 813 00:24:28,533 --> 00:24:29,533 WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION THAT HAS 814 00:24:29,533 --> 00:24:31,933 TO DETERMINE THAT, BUT FIRST OF 815 00:24:31,933 --> 00:24:38,433 ALL, I THINK MUSICALLY WE NEED 816 00:24:38,433 --> 00:24:39,166 TO KEEP PURSUING EXCELLENCE, AND 817 00:24:39,166 --> 00:24:39,933 THAT WOULD MEAN BOTH IN TERMS OF 818 00:24:39,933 --> 00:24:42,866 DRAWING MEMBERS AND RAISING THE 819 00:24:42,866 --> 00:24:43,533 MUSICAL STANDARD AS WE HAVE 820 00:24:43,533 --> 00:24:44,266 ALREADY AND ALWAYS CONTINUING TO 821 00:24:44,266 --> 00:24:45,000 LOOK AT REPERTOIRES FROM SEVERAL 822 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:45,600 DIFFERENT ANGLES RIGHT? 823 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:46,266 FROM RESPECT FOR HISTORY AND 824 00:24:46,266 --> 00:24:47,100 THIS INCREDIBLE TRADITION WE'VE 825 00:24:47,100 --> 00:24:52,400 INHERITED. 826 00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:53,066 SO WE CAN KEEP SHARING WITH 827 00:24:53,066 --> 00:24:53,666 GENERATIONS, THAT'S VERY 828 00:24:53,666 --> 00:24:56,300 IMPORTANT, THAT MUSIC IS FOR 829 00:24:56,300 --> 00:24:57,133 EVERYONE, BUT ALSO TO CREATE NEW 830 00:24:57,133 --> 00:25:00,200 MUSIC AS WE'RE DOING IN 831 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:02,466 COMMISSIONING, AND THAT'S VERY 832 00:25:02,466 --> 00:25:05,533 IMPORTANT THAT THERE'S A CERTAIN 833 00:25:05,533 --> 00:25:06,333 DIVERSITY IN THE REPERTOIRE AND 834 00:25:06,333 --> 00:25:07,066 THE THINKING ABOUT THAT AND ALSO 835 00:25:07,066 --> 00:25:07,766 WHO YOU WANT TO SHARE IT WITH 836 00:25:07,766 --> 00:25:08,500 BOTH IN YOUR SINGING MEMBERS AND 837 00:25:08,500 --> 00:25:09,000 AUDIENCE MEMBERS. 838 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:09,700 CAN WE EXPAND THE DEMOGRAPHIC? 839 00:25:09,700 --> 00:25:10,333 BECAUSE I THINK IT OFFERS 840 00:25:10,333 --> 00:25:11,000 SOMETHING VERY VITAL TO THE 841 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:14,933 COMMUNITY. 842 00:25:14,933 --> 00:25:19,300 >> STEVE: WE CONTINUE TO RISE IN 843 00:25:19,300 --> 00:25:21,000 THE WORLD OF CHORAL MUSIC, AND 844 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:21,700 IT'S SO FUN TO HAVE THAT LEVEL 845 00:25:21,700 --> 00:25:22,433 OF AMBITION AND EXPERTISE RIGHT 846 00:25:22,433 --> 00:25:23,033 HERE IN CHARLOTTESVILLE. 847 00:25:23,033 --> 00:25:24,766 IT'S REALLY AMAZING. 848 00:25:24,766 --> 00:25:25,966 >> ROWENNA: WE'RE BUILDING A 849 00:25:25,966 --> 00:25:27,166 MUSICAL MONUMENT TO THE BEAUTY 850 00:25:27,166 --> 00:25:28,333 AND DIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA AND OF 851 00:25:28,333 --> 00:25:38,533 CHARLOTTESVILLE. 852 00:25:30,066 --> 00:25:41,466 THAT'S OUR NEXT 50 YEARS. 853 00:25:41,466 --> 00:26:02,866 ♪ 854 00:26:02,866 --> 00:26:03,533 >> TERRI: THAT'S IT FOR THIS 855 00:26:03,533 --> 00:26:10,800 WEEK. 856 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:11,466 FOR WHTJ, I'M TERRI ALLARD. 857 00:26:11,466 --> 00:26:12,000 JOIN US NEXT TIME ON 858 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:25,066 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