1 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:05,900 >> ANNOUNCER: "CHARLOTTESVILLE 2 00:00:05,900 --> 00:00:07,466 INSIDE-OUT" IS MADE POSSIBLE 3 00:00:07,466 --> 00:00:09,533 THANKS IN PART TO ITS PATRONS, 4 00:00:09,533 --> 00:00:11,066 COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING THE 5 00:00:11,066 --> 00:00:13,733 PEOPLE, PLACES AND QUALITY OF 6 00:00:13,733 --> 00:00:15,866 LIFE THAT UNIQUELY DEFINES 7 00:00:15,866 --> 00:00:16,800 CHARLOTTESVILLE AND ITS 8 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:17,833 SURROUNDINGS, AND BY VIEWERS 9 00:00:17,833 --> 00:00:26,766 LIKE YOU. THANK YOU. 10 00:00:26,766 --> 00:00:27,700 >> TERRI ALLARD: DO YOU PLAY THE 11 00:00:27,700 --> 00:00:28,800 BANJO, TOO? 12 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:29,833 >> MICHAEL CLEM: ONLY ON A DARE. 13 00:00:29,833 --> 00:00:30,500 >> JESSICA: IT'S NOT JUST A 14 00:00:30,500 --> 00:00:31,233 PLACE WHERE I DROP MY KID OFF AT 15 00:00:31,233 --> 00:00:32,433 SCHOOL FOR SIX HOURS A DAY. 16 00:00:32,433 --> 00:00:35,033 ALL THESE OTHER COMPONENTS ARE 17 00:00:35,033 --> 00:00:37,600 THINGS THAT FAMILIES NEED. 18 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:39,666 >> TERRI ALLARD: FOR WHTJ, I'M 19 00:00:39,666 --> 00:00:41,300 TERRI ALLARD AND THIS IS 20 00:00:41,300 --> 00:00:46,066 "CHARLOTTESVILLE INSIDE-OUT." 21 00:00:46,066 --> 00:01:00,500 ♪♪♪♪ 22 00:01:00,500 --> 00:01:03,266 ♪♪♪♪ 23 00:01:03,266 --> 00:01:04,166 >> TEACHER: OKAY, GRAB YOUR 24 00:01:04,166 --> 00:01:05,833 BOOKS. 25 00:01:05,833 --> 00:01:09,533 >> ALI WEBB: I'M SO GRATEFUL 26 00:01:09,533 --> 00:01:10,466 THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HELP SO 27 00:01:10,466 --> 00:01:11,600 MANY PEOPLE. 28 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:12,466 I MEAN YOU'RE NOT JUST HELPING A 29 00:01:12,466 --> 00:01:13,633 KID. 30 00:01:13,633 --> 00:01:14,600 YOU HELP THE KID, IT'S THE 31 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:15,666 FAMILY. 32 00:01:15,666 --> 00:01:17,266 >> TERRI ALLARD: TODAY WE'RE 33 00:01:17,266 --> 00:01:18,833 GOING TO LEARN ABOUT AN 34 00:01:18,833 --> 00:01:19,833 ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES YEAR 35 00:01:19,833 --> 00:01:20,900 ROUND STATE OF THE ART 36 00:01:20,900 --> 00:01:22,000 EDUCATIONAL AND CLINICAL 37 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:23,600 PROGRAMS FOR INDIVIDUALS AND 38 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:25,133 FAMILIES WORKING TO OVERCOME THE 39 00:01:25,133 --> 00:01:27,166 CHALLENGES OF AUTISM. 40 00:01:27,166 --> 00:01:29,266 JOIN US AS WE VISIT VIA, THE 41 00:01:29,266 --> 00:01:30,700 VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF AUTISM. 42 00:01:30,700 --> 00:01:33,400 COME ON! 43 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:37,033 >> ETHAN LONG: AT THE VIRGINIA 44 00:01:37,033 --> 00:01:38,633 INSTITUTE OF AUTISM OUR MISSION 45 00:01:38,633 --> 00:01:39,366 IS TO HELP CHILDREN, INDIVIDUALS 46 00:01:39,366 --> 00:01:40,100 OVERCOME THE CHALLENGES OF 47 00:01:40,100 --> 00:01:42,766 AUTISM. 48 00:01:42,766 --> 00:01:43,400 WE USE EVIDENCE BASED AND 49 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:44,733 INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES TO DO 50 00:01:44,733 --> 00:01:49,000 THAT. 51 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:50,033 AND WE HAVE THREE SERVICE AREAS 52 00:01:50,033 --> 00:01:53,100 WHERE WE DO THAT IN EDUCATION IN 53 00:01:53,100 --> 00:01:53,800 OUTREACH AND WE DO THAT WE DO 54 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:54,800 OUR ADULT SERVICES. 55 00:01:54,800 --> 00:02:01,500 >> TERRI ALLARD: AND WHAT IS THE 56 00:02:01,500 --> 00:02:03,400 DEFITION OF AUTISM? 57 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:04,066 >> ETHAN LONG: IT INCLUDES 58 00:02:04,066 --> 00:02:04,800 COMMUNICATION DISORDERS, TROUBLE 59 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:05,333 AND IMPAIRMENTS IN 60 00:02:05,333 --> 00:02:06,800 COMMUNICATION, SOCIAL 61 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:07,466 INTERACTION IMPAIRMENTS AND 62 00:02:07,466 --> 00:02:08,466 OFTEN THERE IS REPETITIVE OR 63 00:02:08,466 --> 00:02:10,466 STEREOTYPICAL TYPES OF BEHAVIORS 64 00:02:10,466 --> 00:02:12,066 AND THOSE BEHAVIORS OFTEN WHEN 65 00:02:12,066 --> 00:02:14,666 DISRUPTED CAUSE DISTRESS. 66 00:02:14,666 --> 00:02:24,033 >> TERRI ALLARD: SO TALK ABOUT 67 00:02:24,033 --> 00:02:25,066 SOME OF THE CHALLENGES. 68 00:02:25,066 --> 00:02:25,800 THERE'S A WIDE RANGE, THERE ARE 69 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:26,533 CHILDREN STUDENTS AND ADULTS WHO 70 00:02:26,533 --> 00:02:27,266 ARE JUST MILDLY AFFECTED BY 71 00:02:27,266 --> 00:02:28,200 AUTISM CHALLENGES AND OTHERS 72 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:28,933 WHERE IT AFFECTS THEM IN A MUCH 73 00:02:28,933 --> 00:02:30,333 GREATER WAY. 74 00:02:30,333 --> 00:02:31,233 >> ETHAN LONG: YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY 75 00:02:31,233 --> 00:02:32,900 RIGHT. 76 00:02:32,900 --> 00:02:35,000 WE GET SOME FOLKS THAT HAVE MORE 77 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:36,000 PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS 78 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:37,000 ACROSS ALL THE DIFFERENT 79 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,666 DEVELOPMENTAL DOMAINS. 80 00:02:39,666 --> 00:02:44,300 SO THERE MAY BE COGNITIVE 81 00:02:44,300 --> 00:02:46,100 IMPAIRMENTS, THERE MAY BE 82 00:02:46,100 --> 00:02:47,933 COMMUNICATION IMPAIRMENTS, 83 00:02:47,933 --> 00:02:50,633 ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR, THEIR DAILY 84 00:02:50,633 --> 00:02:52,533 LIVING IS IMPAIRED. 85 00:02:52,533 --> 00:02:53,166 SO THERE'S THOSE TYPES OF 86 00:02:53,166 --> 00:02:53,566 CHALLENGES. 87 00:02:53,566 --> 00:02:54,933 AND WE HAVE SOME FOLKS THAT 88 00:02:54,933 --> 00:02:55,666 MAYBE HAVE SOME INDIVIDUAL AREAS 89 00:02:55,666 --> 00:02:56,500 IN THE SOCIAL AND COMMUNICATION 90 00:02:56,500 --> 00:02:58,033 PIECE WHERE ACADEMICALLY THEY 91 00:02:58,033 --> 00:02:59,033 MAY BE ON PAR BUT THEY'RE 92 00:02:59,033 --> 00:03:01,200 CHALLENGED IN THAT SOCIAL OR 93 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:03,300 COMMUNICATION AREA. 94 00:03:03,300 --> 00:03:05,466 AND THEN ANOTHER INTERESTING 95 00:03:05,466 --> 00:03:09,033 ASPECT TO AUTISM IN PARTICULAR 96 00:03:09,033 --> 00:03:13,200 IS THAT SOME INDIVIDUALS WITH 97 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:14,300 AUTISM CAN HAVE SORT OF AT AGE 98 00:03:14,300 --> 00:03:15,266 LEVEL IN CERTAIN SKILL AREAS AND 99 00:03:15,266 --> 00:03:16,333 THEN THEY CAN HAVE REALLY MAJOR 100 00:03:16,333 --> 00:03:20,833 SIGNIFICANT DELAYS IN OTHER 101 00:03:20,833 --> 00:03:21,133 AREAS. 102 00:03:21,133 --> 00:03:21,833 AND SO THEY HAVE THIS REALLY 103 00:03:21,833 --> 00:03:22,533 INDIVIDUAL PROFILE THAT MAKES 104 00:03:22,533 --> 00:03:25,500 TEACHING FOR THEM AND THINKING 105 00:03:25,500 --> 00:03:26,466 ABOUT HOW TO ASSIST THEM WHEN 106 00:03:26,466 --> 00:03:27,966 THEY'RE LEARNING PARTICULARLY 107 00:03:27,966 --> 00:03:30,133 CHALLENGING. 108 00:03:30,133 --> 00:03:30,800 >> TEACHER: SO AIDEN, WE'RE 109 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:31,533 GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OFF 110 00:03:31,533 --> 00:03:31,900 THE EAR. 111 00:03:31,900 --> 00:03:35,333 NICE JOB BUDDY. 112 00:03:35,333 --> 00:03:38,966 >> TERRI ALLARD: TALK ABOUT YOUR 113 00:03:38,966 --> 00:03:39,700 PHILOSOPHY AND YOUR APPROACH TO 114 00:03:39,700 --> 00:03:41,066 TEACHING. 115 00:03:41,066 --> 00:03:42,633 >> ETHAN LONG: WE USE A 116 00:03:42,633 --> 00:03:43,766 METHODOLOGY HERE PREDOMINANTLY 117 00:03:43,766 --> 00:03:44,433 APPLIED BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS. 118 00:03:44,433 --> 00:03:45,800 >> TERRI ALLARD: RIGHT. 119 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:47,333 >> ETHAN LONG: AND WHAT IT DOES 120 00:03:47,333 --> 00:03:48,866 IS IT REALLY FOCUSES ON THE 121 00:03:48,866 --> 00:03:51,500 INDIVIDUAL STRENGTHS. 122 00:03:51,500 --> 00:03:53,600 IT LOOKS AT BREAKING DOWN WHERE 123 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:55,666 ARE THEIR GAPS AND THEN CREATES 124 00:03:55,666 --> 00:03:57,733 SOMETIMES IN THE SMALLEST OF 125 00:03:57,733 --> 00:03:59,300 UNITS IT CREATES LEARNING 126 00:03:59,300 --> 00:04:00,433 OPPORTUNITIES AND THEN WE LOOK 127 00:04:00,433 --> 00:04:02,466 AT HOW DO WE MOTIVATE THE 128 00:04:02,466 --> 00:04:04,533 INDIVIDUAL TO BE SUCCESSFUL AT 129 00:04:04,533 --> 00:04:06,133 THAT LEARNING OPPORTUNITY. 130 00:04:06,133 --> 00:04:08,166 AND WE REALLY DO A VERY 131 00:04:08,166 --> 00:04:11,400 INTENSIVE VERY EXTENSIVE 132 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:13,066 TRACKING PROCESS WHERE WE'RE 133 00:04:13,066 --> 00:04:15,033 LOOKING AT EACH TIME WE PRESENT 134 00:04:15,033 --> 00:04:16,533 THAT LEARNING OPPORTUNITY IS THE 135 00:04:16,533 --> 00:04:17,266 STUDENT ACHIEVING SUCCESS OR ARE 136 00:04:17,266 --> 00:04:18,633 THEY FAILING? 137 00:04:18,633 --> 00:04:19,633 AND THEN IF THEY ARE FAILING, 138 00:04:19,633 --> 00:04:20,233 HOW CAN WE PROVIDE THEM 139 00:04:20,233 --> 00:04:21,733 ASSISTANCE? 140 00:04:21,733 --> 00:04:23,866 AND WHAT TYPE OF ASSISTANCE DO 141 00:04:23,866 --> 00:04:25,833 THEY NEED IN ORDER TO ULTIMATELY 142 00:04:25,833 --> 00:04:27,500 SUCCEED? 143 00:04:27,500 --> 00:04:28,200 >> NATE: I'VE BEEN COMING TO 144 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:29,000 SCHOOL AT VIA FOR THREE AND A 145 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:29,500 HALF YEARS NOW. 146 00:04:29,500 --> 00:04:30,066 I ENJOY IT. 147 00:04:30,066 --> 00:04:32,200 IT'S FUN. WE ARE WORKING ON 148 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:33,266 S.O.L. STANDARDS NOW, S.O.L 149 00:04:33,266 --> 00:04:34,833 WRITING PROMPTS. 150 00:04:34,833 --> 00:04:37,966 I DON'T LIKE WRITING, IT TAKES A 151 00:04:37,966 --> 00:04:39,433 WHILE FOR ME AND IT'S DIFFICULT. 152 00:04:39,433 --> 00:04:45,033 HISTORY IS MY FAVORITE. 153 00:04:45,033 --> 00:04:45,433 [ APPLAUSE ] 154 00:04:45,433 --> 00:04:46,166 >> LAUREN HASKINS: SOME STUDENTS 155 00:04:46,166 --> 00:04:46,866 ARE EARNING POINTS THROUGHOUT 156 00:04:46,866 --> 00:04:48,066 THE DAY FOR COMPLETING 157 00:04:48,066 --> 00:04:51,933 SCHOOLWORK AND FOLLOWING THE 158 00:04:51,933 --> 00:04:52,233 RULES. 159 00:04:52,233 --> 00:04:54,366 OTHER STUDENTS, THEY EARN 160 00:04:54,366 --> 00:04:56,333 STICKERS OR TOKENS. 161 00:04:56,333 --> 00:04:57,066 THE OTHER COOL FEATURE IS THAT 162 00:04:57,066 --> 00:04:57,800 WE CAN SPECIFY HOW LONG STUDENTS 163 00:04:57,800 --> 00:04:58,966 ARE WORKING FOR SO SOME OF THE 164 00:04:58,966 --> 00:04:59,666 YOUNGER STUDENTS MAY WORK AT 165 00:04:59,666 --> 00:05:00,966 ONLY A MINUTE OR TWO AT A TIME 166 00:05:00,966 --> 00:05:01,966 WHEN THEY FIRST START OUT AND 167 00:05:01,966 --> 00:05:05,100 THEN GET A SHORT BREAK WHERE 168 00:05:05,100 --> 00:05:08,400 THEY CAN HAVE SOME FUN AND 169 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:10,333 HAVING THAT ABILITY TO 170 00:05:10,333 --> 00:05:11,066 INDIVIDUALIZE ALL OF THAT FOR 171 00:05:11,066 --> 00:05:13,733 THE STUDENTS IS I THINK ONE OF 172 00:05:13,733 --> 00:05:14,666 THE BIG PIECES THAT MAKES VIA SO 173 00:05:14,666 --> 00:05:15,266 EFFECTIVE. 174 00:05:15,266 --> 00:05:15,800 >> TEACHER: READY? 175 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:16,200 HERE WE GO. 176 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:17,366 WHEEE! 177 00:05:17,366 --> 00:05:19,500 >> ETHAN LONG: WE HAVE APPLIED 178 00:05:19,500 --> 00:05:21,566 BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS, PSYCHOLOGY, 179 00:05:21,566 --> 00:05:22,633 SPECIAL EDUCATION, SPEECH 180 00:05:22,633 --> 00:05:25,700 LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY, OCCUPATIONAL 181 00:05:25,700 --> 00:05:26,766 THERAPY, EVEN SOCIAL WORK 182 00:05:26,766 --> 00:05:28,200 INFORMING US AROUND THE FAMILY 183 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:28,800 UNIT. 184 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:30,366 >> TERRI ALLARD: RIGHT. 185 00:05:30,366 --> 00:05:31,900 >> ETHAN LONG: ALL OF THOSE ARE 186 00:05:31,900 --> 00:05:35,800 COMING TOGETHER AND REALLY 187 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:37,900 LOOKING AT, OKAY, FOR THIS 188 00:05:37,900 --> 00:05:39,233 INDIVIDUAL, WHAT WORKS? 189 00:05:39,233 --> 00:05:40,666 >> TERRI ALLARD: RIGHT. 190 00:05:40,666 --> 00:05:41,800 >> ETHAN LONG: AND IT'S ALMOST 191 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:42,500 LIKE A SCIENCE ENDEAVOR HERE. 192 00:05:42,500 --> 00:05:43,366 AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO SAY FOR US 193 00:05:43,366 --> 00:05:47,133 WE'RE VERY SUCCESSFUL AT MAKING 194 00:05:47,133 --> 00:05:48,033 CERTAIN THAT OUR KIDS ACHIEVE 195 00:05:48,033 --> 00:05:51,200 THOSE GOALS AND THEN EVEN IF 196 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:51,933 THEY DON'T THOSE FEW WHO DON'T 197 00:05:51,933 --> 00:05:52,633 AND THOSE CERTAIN GOAL WE CAN 198 00:05:52,633 --> 00:05:53,366 SHOW AND DEMONSTRATE WHAT IS IT 199 00:05:53,366 --> 00:05:54,200 WE'VE BEEN DOING TO TRY TO GET 200 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:56,933 THERE? 201 00:05:56,933 --> 00:05:57,900 >> TEACHER: YOU COULD SAY: DID 202 00:05:57,900 --> 00:05:58,400 YOU GET A HAIRCUT? 203 00:05:58,400 --> 00:05:59,033 >> STUDENT: DID YOU GET A 204 00:05:59,033 --> 00:05:59,433 HAIRCUT? 205 00:05:59,433 --> 00:06:00,166 >> TEACHER: I DID GET A HAIRCUT. 206 00:06:00,166 --> 00:06:00,733 THANKS FOR NOTICING. 207 00:06:00,733 --> 00:06:01,200 DO YOU LIKE IT? 208 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:02,566 >> STUDENT: YOU HAVE VELCRO 209 00:06:02,566 --> 00:06:05,733 SHOES. 210 00:06:05,733 --> 00:06:06,333 >> STUDENT: I NEED HELP. 211 00:06:06,333 --> 00:06:07,066 >> TEACHER: YOU NEED HELP? SURE 212 00:06:07,066 --> 00:06:07,400 GIRL. 213 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:10,500 I CAN HELP YOU. 214 00:06:10,500 --> 00:06:11,900 HEY, THIS IS WATER. 215 00:06:11,900 --> 00:06:14,266 I'M GOING TO SPRAY IT IN YOUR 216 00:06:14,266 --> 00:06:14,666 HAIR, OKAY? 217 00:06:14,666 --> 00:06:15,300 >> TERRI ALLARD: WHAT ARE 218 00:06:15,300 --> 00:06:16,000 EXAMPLES OF SOME OF THE GOALS 219 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:16,666 THAT YOU HAVE FOR YOUR KIDS? 220 00:06:16,666 --> 00:06:17,400 >> ETHAN LONG: ALL OF THE KIDS 221 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:18,133 WHO COME TO VIA ARE GONNA HAVE 222 00:06:18,133 --> 00:06:19,433 COMMUNICATION GOALS. 223 00:06:19,433 --> 00:06:22,633 AGAIN, IT'S THE HALLMARK OF 224 00:06:22,633 --> 00:06:24,266 AUTISM, SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 225 00:06:24,266 --> 00:06:27,366 TEACHING YOU HOW TO EXPRESS YOUR 226 00:06:27,366 --> 00:06:30,033 WANTS, YOUR NEEDS, MANY OF THE 227 00:06:30,033 --> 00:06:31,633 CHALLENGES MANY INDIVIDUALS WITH 228 00:06:31,633 --> 00:06:33,933 AUTISM FACE DIRECTLY RELATE TO 229 00:06:33,933 --> 00:06:36,800 THE DIFFICULTIES THEY HAVE WITH 230 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:37,233 COMMUNICATION. 231 00:06:37,233 --> 00:06:37,833 >> TERRI ALLARD: RIGHT. 232 00:06:37,833 --> 00:06:38,766 >>ETHAN LONG: SO WE'RE GONNA 233 00:06:38,766 --> 00:06:39,466 HAVE COMMUNICATION GOALS. BUT 234 00:06:39,466 --> 00:06:40,333 THEN HOW DO YOU ACTUALLY 235 00:06:40,333 --> 00:06:42,300 SOCIALLY INTERACT? 236 00:06:42,300 --> 00:06:43,266 AND SO FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS 237 00:06:43,266 --> 00:06:45,400 WE HAVE A SOCIAL INTERACTION 238 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:47,433 GOAL WHERE WE'RE TEACHING KIDS 239 00:06:47,433 --> 00:06:49,466 HOW TO PLAY HOW TO INITIATE 240 00:06:49,466 --> 00:06:51,066 CONVERSATION HOW TO INITIATE 241 00:06:51,066 --> 00:06:53,166 INTERACTION AND THAT'S SO KEY IN 242 00:06:53,166 --> 00:06:55,400 HOW WE GET THROUGH OUR DAY AND 243 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:56,900 HOW WE'RE LOOKED AT AND HOW 244 00:06:56,900 --> 00:06:58,966 OTHERS RESPOND TO US SO THAT'S A 245 00:06:58,966 --> 00:07:03,633 GOAL FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. 246 00:07:03,633 --> 00:07:05,266 >> STUDENT: MOM -- 247 00:07:05,266 --> 00:07:05,966 >> TEACHER: VERY COOL TAY TAY. 248 00:07:05,966 --> 00:07:07,266 >> STUDENT: YES! 249 00:07:07,266 --> 00:07:08,000 >> TEACHER: WHO WOULD YOU FIND 250 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:08,700 IF YOU WERE LOST AT JOHN PAUL 251 00:07:08,700 --> 00:07:09,333 JONES ARENA? 252 00:07:09,333 --> 00:07:10,000 >> STUDENT: I WOULD FIND A 253 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:10,466 SECURITY GUARD. 254 00:07:10,466 --> 00:07:11,433 >> TEACHER: SECURITY GUARD. 255 00:07:11,433 --> 00:07:12,500 HIGH FIVE, TAY TAY. 256 00:07:12,500 --> 00:07:13,100 >> TERRI ALLARD: IN THE 257 00:07:13,100 --> 00:07:14,600 IN-SCHOOL PROGRAM YOU HAVE SIX 258 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:15,633 DIFFERENT CLASSROOMS. 259 00:07:15,633 --> 00:07:17,833 SO THESE ARE DIFFERENT AGES AND 260 00:07:17,833 --> 00:07:19,200 STUDENTS ARE WORKING ON, SOME 261 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:20,833 STUDENTS ARE WORKING ON LIFE 262 00:07:20,833 --> 00:07:23,000 SKILLS, THEY'RE WORKING ON 263 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:25,000 LEARNING TO BRUSH THEIR TEETH, 264 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:25,666 THEY'RE PRACTICING BRUSHING 265 00:07:25,666 --> 00:07:26,600 THEIR TEETH. 266 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:27,266 >> ETHAN LONG: THAT'S RIGHT. 267 00:07:27,266 --> 00:07:27,900 >> TERRI ALLARD: OR BEING 268 00:07:27,900 --> 00:07:28,600 COMFORTABLE HAVING A HAIRCUT. 269 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:29,633 >> ETHAN LONG: RIGHT. 270 00:07:29,633 --> 00:07:30,333 >> TERRI ALLARD: AND THEN YOU 271 00:07:30,333 --> 00:07:31,166 HAVE STUDENTS IN CLASSROOMS WHO 272 00:07:31,166 --> 00:07:31,733 ARE WORKING ON S.O.Ls. 273 00:07:31,733 --> 00:07:33,333 >> ETHAN LONG: THAT'S RIGHT. AND 274 00:07:33,333 --> 00:07:33,966 AGAIN, THAT SPEAKS TO THE 275 00:07:33,966 --> 00:07:34,900 SPECTRUM OF AUTISM. 276 00:07:34,900 --> 00:07:35,566 THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT 277 00:07:35,566 --> 00:07:37,966 NEEDS. 278 00:07:37,966 --> 00:07:38,966 YOU KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT 279 00:07:38,966 --> 00:07:40,000 WE DO VERY WELL HERE BECAUSE WE 280 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:41,500 ARE ABLE TO INDIVIDUALIZE AND WE 281 00:07:41,500 --> 00:07:44,633 PARTNER WITH OUR SCHOOL 282 00:07:44,633 --> 00:07:45,700 DISTRICTS AND WE PARTNER OF 283 00:07:45,700 --> 00:07:46,700 COURSE WITH OUR FAMILIES, WE ARE 284 00:07:46,700 --> 00:07:47,700 GOING TO START WITH LOTS OF 285 00:07:47,700 --> 00:07:50,900 GOALS AND WE'RE GOING TO BE 286 00:07:50,900 --> 00:07:51,966 WORKING VERY CLOSELY AND OFTEN 287 00:07:51,966 --> 00:07:52,700 THOSE ARE SHORT TERM GOALS AND 288 00:07:52,700 --> 00:07:53,500 WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT 289 00:07:53,500 --> 00:07:54,500 LEARNING PROCESS GOING IN ALL 290 00:07:54,500 --> 00:07:55,200 THE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT THAT 291 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:57,166 CHILD HAS A NEED. 292 00:07:57,166 --> 00:07:59,300 AS YOU GET A LITTLE OLDER AND 293 00:07:59,300 --> 00:08:00,866 YOU MOVE INTO ADOLESCENCE AND 294 00:08:00,866 --> 00:08:01,933 YOU'RE STARTING TO THINK ABOUT 295 00:08:01,933 --> 00:08:02,633 THE POTENTIAL FOR LIFE BEYOND 296 00:08:02,633 --> 00:08:08,933 HIGH SCHOOL. 297 00:08:08,933 --> 00:08:09,533 >> TERRI ALLARD: RIGHT. 298 00:08:09,533 --> 00:08:10,733 RIGHT. 299 00:08:10,733 --> 00:08:11,466 >> ETHAN LONG: INTO ADULTHOOD. 300 00:08:11,466 --> 00:08:12,333 WHAT ARE THOSE AREAS WHERE YOU 301 00:08:12,333 --> 00:08:13,033 REALLY HAVE SIGNIFICANT NEEDS 302 00:08:13,033 --> 00:08:13,766 THAT WE NEED TO START FOCUSING 303 00:08:13,766 --> 00:08:14,366 ON? 304 00:08:14,366 --> 00:08:15,433 THOSE MAY BECOME MORE OF A 305 00:08:15,433 --> 00:08:16,100 PRIORITY DEPENDING ON AGAIN 306 00:08:16,100 --> 00:08:16,966 WHERE YOU ARE ON THAT SPECTRUM 307 00:08:16,966 --> 00:08:18,000 AND WHAT SKILL SETS YOU COME TO 308 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:20,200 THE TABLE WITH. 309 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:20,833 >> TEACHER: NOW YOU'RE -- 310 00:08:20,833 --> 00:08:21,400 >> STUDENT: FINISHED. 311 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:22,100 >> TEACHER: YOU'RE FINISHED. 312 00:08:22,100 --> 00:08:23,200 NICE JOB, GIRL! 313 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:24,833 >> ALI WEBB: THE REASON WE 314 00:08:24,833 --> 00:08:26,400 STARTED VIA WAS BECAUSE WE 315 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:28,400 COULDN'T FIND THE RIGHT SERVICES 316 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:30,500 FOR OUR CHILDREN. 317 00:08:30,500 --> 00:08:31,200 I KNEW A COUPLE WHO HAD A SON 318 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:32,566 AND MY HUSBAND AND I HAD HARRY 319 00:08:32,566 --> 00:08:33,666 AND GEORGIA. 320 00:08:33,666 --> 00:08:35,666 BOTH OF THEM HAVE AUTISM. 321 00:08:35,666 --> 00:08:37,300 GEORGIA HATED CRAYONS. 322 00:08:37,300 --> 00:08:38,866 SHE NEVER WANTED TO DRAW, NEVER 323 00:08:38,866 --> 00:08:42,100 WANTED TO PICK UP A PENCIL. 324 00:08:42,100 --> 00:08:42,833 SO, SHE'S GONE FROM THAT TO ALL 325 00:08:42,833 --> 00:08:43,500 SHE WANTS TO DO IS DRAW AND 326 00:08:43,500 --> 00:08:46,600 WRITE AND BE IN FRONT OF HERE 327 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:49,133 COMPUTER. 328 00:08:49,133 --> 00:08:51,700 SHE LIKES TO WORK IN SHARPIE AND 329 00:08:51,700 --> 00:08:53,333 DRAWS INCREDIBLE PICTURES. 330 00:08:53,333 --> 00:08:55,400 >> JESSICA: OUTPATIENT IS WHERE 331 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:56,366 WE STARTED AND THEN LAST FALL HE 332 00:08:56,366 --> 00:08:58,500 STARTED AT THE SCHOOL. 333 00:08:58,500 --> 00:09:03,700 SAM IS PROBABLY THE HAPPIEST 334 00:09:03,700 --> 00:09:06,500 LITTLE 9-YEAR-OLD BOY YOU COULD 335 00:09:06,500 --> 00:09:06,866 EVER MEET. 336 00:09:06,866 --> 00:09:07,400 HE LOVES EVERYONE. 337 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:08,133 HE JUST IS PASSIONATE ABOUT LIFE 338 00:09:08,133 --> 00:09:08,800 HE IS PASSIONATE ABOUT THE 339 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:13,200 THINGS THAT HE LIKES. 340 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:14,266 AND VIA IN PARTICULAR HAS 341 00:09:14,266 --> 00:09:15,833 BROUGHT THAT OUT AND GIVEN HIM 342 00:09:15,833 --> 00:09:16,833 THE FREEDOM TO EXPLORE THE 343 00:09:16,833 --> 00:09:18,900 THINGS HE LOVES AND COMMUNICATE 344 00:09:18,900 --> 00:09:21,033 AND GET TO THE POINT OF NOW HE 345 00:09:21,033 --> 00:09:22,033 CAN GO INTO STARBUCKS AND ORDER 346 00:09:22,033 --> 00:09:25,166 HIS FAVORITE FRAPPACCINO. 347 00:09:25,166 --> 00:09:25,900 IT'S SO INCREDIBLE TO SEE THAT 348 00:09:25,900 --> 00:09:27,733 ALL COME OUT. 349 00:09:27,733 --> 00:09:28,300 >> TEACHER: NICE JOB. 350 00:09:28,300 --> 00:09:35,500 >>TEACHER: MORE? 351 00:09:35,500 --> 00:09:37,566 >> STUDENT: MORE. 352 00:09:37,566 --> 00:09:38,166 >> TEACHER: THANKS. 353 00:09:38,166 --> 00:09:38,866 YOU'RE ASKING FOR MORE BEADS. 354 00:09:38,866 --> 00:09:39,600 >> TERRI ALLARD: YOU HAVE THESE 355 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:40,300 GREAT OUTPATIENT PROGRAMS AS 356 00:09:40,300 --> 00:09:40,933 WELL AS THE WHOLE SCHOOL. 357 00:09:40,933 --> 00:09:41,633 TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THOSE. 358 00:09:41,633 --> 00:09:42,333 >> ETHAN LONG: YEAH. SO IT'S 359 00:09:42,333 --> 00:09:44,100 PROBABLY AROUND SIXTY FAMILIES A 360 00:09:44,100 --> 00:09:45,166 WEEK, APPROXIMATELY. 361 00:09:45,166 --> 00:09:46,266 SOME OF THOSE FAMILIES ARE 362 00:09:46,266 --> 00:09:48,300 GETTING SERVICES HERE AT THE 363 00:09:48,300 --> 00:09:49,000 SCHOOL AND THEIR CHILDREN ARE 364 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:50,866 STUDENTS AS WELL. 365 00:09:50,866 --> 00:09:52,433 AND THEN WHEN THEY GO HOME THESE 366 00:09:52,433 --> 00:09:54,066 ARE THE WRAP AROUND SUPPORTS 367 00:09:54,066 --> 00:09:55,633 BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WHAT YOU LEARN 368 00:09:55,633 --> 00:10:01,166 AT SCHOOL IS GOOD BUT THERE'S A 369 00:10:01,166 --> 00:10:08,233 WHOLE OTHER NUMBER OF HOURS IN 370 00:10:08,233 --> 00:10:08,966 A DAY THAT YOU'RE GOING OUT AND 371 00:10:08,966 --> 00:10:09,633 YOU'RE USING THOSE SKILLS. 372 00:10:09,633 --> 00:10:10,533 SO IN THE HOME AND IN THE 373 00:10:10,533 --> 00:10:11,166 COMMUNITY. 374 00:10:11,166 --> 00:10:11,900 SO THAT OUTPATIENT TEAM PROVIDES 375 00:10:11,900 --> 00:10:13,200 SOME OF THOSE SUPPORTS. 376 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:13,900 BUT THE BULK OF WHAT WE DO AT 377 00:10:13,900 --> 00:10:14,766 OUTPATIENT REALLY IS FOCUSED ON 378 00:10:14,766 --> 00:10:16,333 TEACHING OTHERS ON THE SPECTRUM 379 00:10:16,333 --> 00:10:17,066 WHO MAYBE DON'T MEET OUR SCHOOL 380 00:10:17,066 --> 00:10:17,800 NEEDS PER SE AND SO WE CAN BRING 381 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:18,533 THEM BACK AND WE CAN WORK TO TRY 382 00:10:18,533 --> 00:10:19,233 TO HELP ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE 383 00:10:19,233 --> 00:10:20,000 ISSUES FOR THOSE OTHER FAMILIES. 384 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:22,033 >> TERRI ALLARD: AND THEN YOU 385 00:10:22,033 --> 00:10:22,733 HAVE ADULTS WHO ARE THERE WHO 386 00:10:22,733 --> 00:10:25,666 COME ON A DAILY BASIS. 387 00:10:25,666 --> 00:10:26,733 DESCRIBE THAT PROGRAM. 388 00:10:26,733 --> 00:10:28,333 >> ETHAN LONG: THAT'S RIGHT. 389 00:10:28,333 --> 00:10:33,333 SO WE WANT THEM TO LIVE AS 390 00:10:33,333 --> 00:10:34,100 INDEPENDENTLY AS POSSIBLE. 391 00:10:34,100 --> 00:10:36,233 WE WANT THEM TO GO OUT AND GET A 392 00:10:36,233 --> 00:10:38,466 JOB THAT'S MEANINGFUL, AND WE 393 00:10:38,466 --> 00:10:40,600 WANT THEM TO BE HEALTHY AND 394 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:41,000 ENJOY LIFE. 395 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:41,733 SO WE TALK ABOUT OUR ACADEMY AS 396 00:10:41,733 --> 00:10:42,300 HAVING THREE AREAS OF 397 00:10:42,300 --> 00:10:42,733 PROGRAMMING. 398 00:10:42,733 --> 00:10:43,466 INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS, LIFE 399 00:10:43,466 --> 00:10:44,700 SKILLS, VOCATIONAL SKILLS 400 00:10:44,700 --> 00:10:45,733 BUSINESS SKILLS SO THEY CAN 401 00:10:45,733 --> 00:10:47,300 ULTIMATELY GO GET A JOB. 402 00:10:47,300 --> 00:10:49,333 AND THEN SORT OF HEALTH AND 403 00:10:49,333 --> 00:10:52,500 WELLNESS SKILLS AND THE IDEA 404 00:10:52,500 --> 00:10:54,100 THAT HEALTHY LIFESTYLE AND 405 00:10:54,100 --> 00:10:55,100 ACCESS TO THINGS YOU LIKE TO DO 406 00:10:55,100 --> 00:10:56,700 IN AND AROUND OUR COMMUNITY, SO 407 00:10:56,700 --> 00:10:58,166 HOW TO TAKE A BUS, HOW TO REACH 408 00:10:58,166 --> 00:11:02,833 OUR COMMUNITY CENTER, TAKE 409 00:11:02,833 --> 00:11:05,166 ADVANTAGE OF DOING A CLASS. 410 00:11:05,166 --> 00:11:06,900 MOST OF OUR FOLKS ARE YOUNG 411 00:11:06,900 --> 00:11:08,500 ADULTS WHO ARE COMING TO US AND 412 00:11:08,500 --> 00:11:09,733 THEY ARE TAKING CLASSES IN EACH 413 00:11:09,733 --> 00:11:11,433 OF THOSE AREAS. 414 00:11:11,433 --> 00:11:12,300 AND IN ADDITION TO THAT ONE OF 415 00:11:12,300 --> 00:11:13,866 THE THINGS THAT WE OFFER IS 416 00:11:13,866 --> 00:11:14,933 BEHAVIORAL CONSULTATION. 417 00:11:14,933 --> 00:11:16,500 BECAUSE FOR SOME OF OUR ADULTS 418 00:11:16,500 --> 00:11:17,233 THEY SOMETIMES HIT SPEED BUMPS 419 00:11:17,233 --> 00:11:17,966 AND THEY HAVE BEHAVIORAL 420 00:11:17,966 --> 00:11:19,066 CHALLENGES. 421 00:11:19,066 --> 00:11:20,066 >> TERRI ALLARD: RIGHT. 422 00:11:20,066 --> 00:11:21,100 >> ETHAN LONG: AND WE HAVE A 423 00:11:21,100 --> 00:11:23,266 TEAM OF CONSULTANTS THAT 424 00:11:23,266 --> 00:11:25,300 ULTIMATELY GO OUT AND PROVIDE 425 00:11:25,300 --> 00:11:26,333 ASSISTANCE TO NOT ONLY THOSE WHO 426 00:11:26,333 --> 00:11:27,933 ARE IN THE ACADEMY BUT ALSO SOME 427 00:11:27,933 --> 00:11:29,033 ADULTS THAT ARE OUTSIDE THE 428 00:11:29,033 --> 00:11:30,533 ACADEMY THAT EITHER NEED 429 00:11:30,533 --> 00:11:31,600 ASSISTANCE TO COME IN. 430 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:33,100 OR IT MAY BE FOLKS THAT DON'T 431 00:11:33,100 --> 00:11:33,833 ACTUALLY NEED THE ACADEMY ITSELF 432 00:11:33,833 --> 00:11:34,533 BUT NEED A LITTLE HELP IN THE 433 00:11:34,533 --> 00:11:35,266 COMMUNITY OR IN THERE HOME SO WE 434 00:11:35,266 --> 00:11:36,166 GO OUT AND WE PROVIDE IT OUT 435 00:11:36,166 --> 00:11:38,333 THERE. 436 00:11:38,333 --> 00:11:39,066 >> TERRI ALLARD: SO WHAT ARE THE 437 00:11:39,066 --> 00:11:40,900 BIG GOALS? 438 00:11:40,900 --> 00:11:42,466 >> ETHAN LONG: SO I FEEL LIKE WE 439 00:11:42,466 --> 00:11:44,033 HAVE A GREAT STORY TO TELL. 440 00:11:44,033 --> 00:11:46,166 AND WE CAME FROM VERY HUMBLE 441 00:11:46,166 --> 00:11:49,300 ROOTS AND BEGINNINGS BUT AND AS 442 00:11:49,300 --> 00:11:52,466 YOU LOOK AT THIS NEED AND HOW WE 443 00:11:52,466 --> 00:11:53,466 LEVERAGE ULTIMATELY EVIDENCE 444 00:11:53,466 --> 00:11:57,300 BASED PRACTICE SO THAT WE CAN BE 445 00:11:57,300 --> 00:11:58,033 MORE EFFECTIVE OR AT LEAST MORE 446 00:11:58,033 --> 00:11:59,333 EFFICIENT WITH WHOM WE SERVE AND 447 00:11:59,333 --> 00:12:04,166 WE LEVERAGE INNOVATION. 448 00:12:04,166 --> 00:12:11,400 WHAT I'D LOVE TO SEE IS THAT BY 449 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:12,133 FOCUSING ON THE EVIDENCE-BASED 450 00:12:12,133 --> 00:12:13,000 AND THE INNOVATION ULTIMATELY WE 451 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:13,733 GO TO RICHMOND AND WE TALK ABOUT 452 00:12:13,733 --> 00:12:14,566 HOW CAN WE SYSTEMICALLY CHANGE 453 00:12:14,566 --> 00:12:15,633 THE SERVICE DELIVERY SYSTEM IN 454 00:12:15,633 --> 00:12:17,100 VIRGINIA SO THAT IT WORKS BETTER 455 00:12:17,100 --> 00:12:18,266 FOR EVERYBODY IN VIRGINIA THAT 456 00:12:18,266 --> 00:12:25,066 HAS AUTISM RIGHT NOW. 457 00:12:25,066 --> 00:12:25,766 >> NATE: VIA IS MORE HELPFUL 458 00:12:25,766 --> 00:12:26,500 THAN YOUR REGULAR SCHOOL BECAUSE 459 00:12:26,500 --> 00:12:27,133 IT'S ONE ON ONE TEACHING. 460 00:12:27,133 --> 00:12:27,866 AND IT'S MUCH MORE HELPFUL WHEN 461 00:12:27,866 --> 00:12:28,600 YOU WANT TO LEARN SOMETHING OR 462 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:29,333 NEED HELP DOING AN ASSIGNMENT OR 463 00:12:29,333 --> 00:12:30,666 PROJECT. 464 00:12:30,666 --> 00:12:32,266 >> JESSICA: IT IS A GIFT. 465 00:12:32,266 --> 00:12:36,666 I OFTEN SAY AS HARD AS THIS LIFE 466 00:12:36,666 --> 00:12:39,433 CAN BE SOMETIMES, MY HEARTBREAKS 467 00:12:39,433 --> 00:12:42,700 FOR THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T GET TO 468 00:12:42,700 --> 00:12:43,133 EXPERIENCE IT. 469 00:12:43,133 --> 00:12:43,866 BECAUSE HAVING A CHILD LIKE THIS 470 00:12:43,866 --> 00:12:44,566 TRULY SHOWS YOU WHAT LOVE IS, 471 00:12:44,566 --> 00:12:45,300 WHAT REAL UNCONDITIONAL LOVE IS, 472 00:12:45,300 --> 00:12:46,200 AND ALSO WHAT'S IMPORTANT IN 473 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:47,333 LIFE. 474 00:12:47,333 --> 00:12:49,433 >> ALI WEBB: I REMEMBER WHEN WE 475 00:12:49,433 --> 00:12:51,000 FIRST STARTED VIA THE SERVICES 476 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:52,533 WERE NOT GREAT BUT THEY WERE AS 477 00:12:52,533 --> 00:12:54,066 GOOD AS WE COULD DO AND WE FELT 478 00:12:54,066 --> 00:12:55,600 REALLY CONFIDENT AND WE SAW THAT 479 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:57,700 THE KIDS WERE LEARNING, I 480 00:12:57,700 --> 00:13:00,900 REMEMBER THE FEELING OF LYING IN 481 00:13:00,900 --> 00:13:01,933 MY BED ABOUT TO FALL ASLEEP AND 482 00:13:01,933 --> 00:13:02,900 KNOWING I WASN'T GOING TO HAVE A 483 00:13:02,900 --> 00:13:05,166 BAD DREAM. 484 00:13:05,166 --> 00:13:07,233 THAT I WASN'T GOING TO HAVE A 485 00:13:07,233 --> 00:13:07,966 NIGHTMARE ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING 486 00:13:07,966 --> 00:13:10,266 TO HAPPEN TO MY KIDS. 487 00:13:10,266 --> 00:13:10,966 THAT IN THE MORNING THEY WERE 488 00:13:10,966 --> 00:13:13,933 GOING TO GO OFF, GO TO A PLACE 489 00:13:13,933 --> 00:13:16,500 THAT THEY WANTED TO GO TO THAT 490 00:13:16,500 --> 00:13:17,200 THEY WERE WELCOMED THAT THEY 491 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:18,566 WERE LOVED THAT THEY WERE 492 00:13:18,566 --> 00:13:21,266 RESPECTED AND THEY WERE TAUGHT 493 00:13:21,266 --> 00:13:22,000 SUCCESSFULLY AND I KNOW THAT I 494 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:24,266 SHARE THAT WITH EVERY SINGLE 495 00:13:24,266 --> 00:13:28,500 PARENT HERE. 496 00:13:28,500 --> 00:13:33,333 ♪♪♪♪ 497 00:13:33,333 --> 00:13:34,333 >> TERRI ALLARD: OUR GUEST TODAY 498 00:13:34,333 --> 00:13:37,633 HAS BEEN PLAYING MUSIC SINCE HE 499 00:13:37,633 --> 00:13:39,033 WAS 10 YEARS OLD. 500 00:13:39,033 --> 00:13:40,200 HE'S PERFORMED ALL OVER THE 501 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:41,366 COUNTRY BUT HE CALLS 502 00:13:41,366 --> 00:13:42,100 CHARLOTTESVILLE HOME. JOIN US AS 503 00:13:42,100 --> 00:13:43,266 WE CATCH UP WITH MUSICIAN 504 00:13:43,266 --> 00:13:46,533 MICHAEL CLEM. 505 00:13:46,533 --> 00:13:46,866 COME ON! 506 00:13:46,866 --> 00:13:51,866 ♪♪♪♪ 507 00:13:51,866 --> 00:13:56,566 ♪♪ NO NOT READY ♪♪ 508 00:13:56,566 --> 00:13:57,300 >> TERRI ALLARD: TELL US HOW YOU 509 00:13:57,300 --> 00:13:57,733 GOT STARTED. 510 00:13:57,733 --> 00:13:58,433 >> MICHAEL CLEM: I STARTED ON 511 00:13:58,433 --> 00:13:59,966 TROMBONE AND GUITAR AT ABOUT THE 512 00:13:59,966 --> 00:14:00,700 SAME TIME, BACK ABOUT THE FIFTH 513 00:14:00,700 --> 00:14:02,100 GRADE. 514 00:14:02,100 --> 00:14:02,833 SO THAT GOT ME BOTH CLEFFS, THE 515 00:14:02,833 --> 00:14:03,666 BASS CLEFF AND THE TREBLE CLEFF 516 00:14:03,666 --> 00:14:04,833 AND WHILE I WAS PICKING UP 517 00:14:04,833 --> 00:14:05,500 TROMBONE LIKE MOST KIDS ARE 518 00:14:05,500 --> 00:14:06,833 PICKING UP CLARINET OR TRUMPET 519 00:14:06,833 --> 00:14:08,366 IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, A KID 520 00:14:08,366 --> 00:14:09,966 NAMED RAVI JUST MOVED TO THE 521 00:14:09,966 --> 00:14:11,966 STATES FROM GENEVA AND PLAYED 522 00:14:11,966 --> 00:14:14,600 THE TALENT SHOW AND ALL THE 523 00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:15,666 GIRLS WENT NUTS AND I SAID 524 00:14:15,666 --> 00:14:18,233 THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO DO. 525 00:14:18,233 --> 00:14:19,766 SO I ASKED HIM OVER TO MY HOUSE 526 00:14:19,766 --> 00:14:21,366 AND LURED HIM IN WITH SOME 527 00:14:21,366 --> 00:14:22,933 SANDWICHES AFTER SCHOOL IN 528 00:14:22,933 --> 00:14:23,900 EXCHANGE FOR A GUITAR LESSON AND 529 00:14:23,900 --> 00:14:28,700 THAT STARTED THE GUITAR. 530 00:14:28,700 --> 00:14:32,600 >> TERRI ALLARD: AND YOU GUYS 531 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:35,266 WERE LIKE 9 OR 10. 532 00:14:35,266 --> 00:14:36,000 >> MICHAEL CLEM: WE DID A SIMON 533 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:36,700 & GARFUNKEL THING DURING HIGH 534 00:14:36,700 --> 00:14:37,366 SCHOOL AND WE HAD DIFFERENT 535 00:14:37,366 --> 00:14:38,100 BANDS WE PLAYED IN AND THEN IN 536 00:14:38,100 --> 00:14:38,800 COLLEGE WE CAME BACK TOGETHER 537 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:46,500 AGAIN AND FORMED THE JELLYFISH 538 00:14:46,500 --> 00:14:47,200 BLUES BAND, THAT POST-COLLEGE 539 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:54,800 GREW INTO EDDIE FROM OHIO. 540 00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:58,333 AND HERE WE ARE. 541 00:14:58,333 --> 00:14:59,033 >> TERRI ALLARD: OKAY, EDDIE 542 00:14:59,033 --> 00:15:00,266 FROM OHIO, FOR THOSE THAT DON'T 543 00:15:00,266 --> 00:15:00,800 KNOW 544 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:01,966 >> MICHAEL CLEM: EDDIE FROM 545 00:15:01,966 --> 00:15:03,166 OHIO, THAT'S THE 26 YEAR OLD 546 00:15:03,166 --> 00:15:03,900 FOLK POWER QUARTET FROM NORTHERN 547 00:15:03,900 --> 00:15:04,266 VIRGINIA. 548 00:15:04,266 --> 00:15:05,100 >> TERRI ALLARD: WHICH HAS DONE 549 00:15:05,100 --> 00:15:08,233 INCREDIBLY WELL OVER THE YEARS, 550 00:15:08,233 --> 00:15:08,966 WHEN I WAS TOURING MUSIC YOU ALL 551 00:15:08,966 --> 00:15:09,633 WERE JUST AT THE TOP OF THE 552 00:15:09,633 --> 00:15:10,300 MARKET AND SOLD-OUT SHOWS, 553 00:15:10,300 --> 00:15:11,300 TOURED THE COUNTRY, GREAT 554 00:15:11,300 --> 00:15:14,966 HARMONIES, AND 26 YEARS LATER, 555 00:15:14,966 --> 00:15:15,700 EVEN THOUGH YOU AREN'T TOURING 556 00:15:15,700 --> 00:15:18,566 FULL-TIME ANYMORE YOU'RE DOING A 557 00:15:18,566 --> 00:15:19,266 HANDFUL OF SHOWS A YEAR, THEY 558 00:15:19,266 --> 00:15:28,233 ALWAYS SELL OUT. 559 00:15:28,233 --> 00:15:28,566 ♪♪♪♪ 560 00:15:28,566 --> 00:15:29,300 >> TERRI ALLARD: RATTLE OFF ALL 561 00:15:29,300 --> 00:15:30,033 THE MEMBERS OF THIS GREAT BAND. 562 00:15:30,033 --> 00:15:31,333 >> MICHAEL CLEM: THERE IS RAVI 563 00:15:31,333 --> 00:15:32,366 SCHAFER MY PARTNER IN CRIME 564 00:15:32,366 --> 00:15:34,466 SINCE THE FOURTH, FIFTH GRADE. 565 00:15:34,466 --> 00:15:35,433 JULIE MURPHY-WELLS, SHE WAS 566 00:15:35,433 --> 00:15:36,433 JULIE MURPHY WHEN WE STARTED 567 00:15:36,433 --> 00:15:37,566 AND -- 568 00:15:37,566 --> 00:15:38,466 >> TERRI ALLARD: INCREDIBLE 569 00:15:38,466 --> 00:15:39,033 SINGER. 570 00:15:39,033 --> 00:15:39,766 >> MICHAEL CLEM: YEAH, SHE'S OUR 571 00:15:39,766 --> 00:15:40,666 VOCALIST. 572 00:15:40,666 --> 00:15:42,233 AND THEN OUR NAMESAKE EDDIE FROM 573 00:15:42,233 --> 00:15:43,800 OHIO HARNESS ON PERCUSSION. 574 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:44,766 SO THREE OF US ARE FROM JMU AND 575 00:15:44,766 --> 00:15:46,866 JULIE IS FROM TECH. 576 00:15:46,866 --> 00:15:47,566 >> TERRI ALLARD: BUT IT'S NOT 577 00:15:47,566 --> 00:15:48,200 REALLY NAMED AFTER EDDIE, 578 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:49,633 RIGHT? 579 00:15:49,633 --> 00:15:52,133 >> MICHAEL CLEM: WE EXPERIMENTED 580 00:15:52,133 --> 00:15:53,666 WITH TWO NAMES FIRST, ONE GIG WE 581 00:15:53,666 --> 00:15:55,733 WERE FIVE FOOT SEVEN AND ONE GIG 582 00:15:55,733 --> 00:15:56,833 WE WERE THE BEASLEYS. 583 00:15:56,833 --> 00:15:58,400 AND THEN JULIE SUGGESTED WHY NOT 584 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:00,533 EDDIE FROM OHIO AND THEN A GAL I 585 00:16:00,533 --> 00:16:01,266 DATED AT THE TIME MADE A LOGO, 586 00:16:01,266 --> 00:16:02,033 IT LOOKED GOOD ON A TSHIRT AND 587 00:16:02,033 --> 00:16:04,833 IT STUCK. 588 00:16:04,833 --> 00:16:05,933 IT WAS EDDIE'S NICKNAME IN 589 00:16:05,933 --> 00:16:06,833 COLLEGE, THAT'S WHY WE LEANED ON 590 00:16:06,833 --> 00:16:07,466 THAT. 591 00:16:07,466 --> 00:16:11,800 >> TERRI ALLARD: OH. OKAY. 592 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:12,733 SO, IN THE LAST I GUESS MAYBE 593 00:16:12,733 --> 00:16:13,466 SIX OR SEVEN YEARS YOU'VE BEEN 594 00:16:13,466 --> 00:16:14,666 FOCUSING MORE ON YOUR OWN 595 00:16:14,666 --> 00:16:16,900 MUSIC. 596 00:16:16,900 --> 00:16:20,766 >> MICHAEL CLEM: YEAH, I 597 00:16:20,766 --> 00:16:22,733 RELOCATED ABOUT NINE YEARS AGO 598 00:16:22,733 --> 00:16:25,600 FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 599 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:28,200 NORTHERN VIRGINIA TO DOWN HERE 600 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:29,466 IN CHARLOTTESVILLE. 601 00:16:29,466 --> 00:16:31,033 I MOVED IN WITH MY BROTHER, 602 00:16:31,033 --> 00:16:31,766 WHO'D ALREADY BEEN DOWN HERE A 603 00:16:31,766 --> 00:16:32,466 GOOD DECADE AND EVER SINCE MY 604 00:16:32,466 --> 00:16:33,200 JMU DAYS I ALWAYS WANTED TO GET 605 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:33,900 BACK CLOSER TO THE MOUNTAINS, 606 00:16:33,900 --> 00:16:34,733 IT'S MORE OF MY PACE. 607 00:16:34,733 --> 00:16:35,700 >> TERRI ALLARD: AND YOU KNOW 608 00:16:35,700 --> 00:16:36,766 EVERYBODY HERE. 609 00:16:36,766 --> 00:16:38,333 >> MICHAEL CLEM: I DO NOW. 610 00:16:38,333 --> 00:16:39,066 >> TERRI ALLARD: WELL, YOU WALK 611 00:16:39,066 --> 00:16:40,433 IN THE ROOM AND YOU KNOW 612 00:16:40,433 --> 00:16:41,466 EVERYBODY, IT TAKES WHAT FIVE 613 00:16:41,466 --> 00:16:42,200 MINUTES FOR YOU, YOU'RE FASTER 614 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:42,566 THAN ME. 615 00:16:42,566 --> 00:16:44,566 >> MICHAEL CLEM: IT DOESN'T TAKE 616 00:16:44,566 --> 00:16:45,200 LONG IN THIS TOWN, IT'S A 617 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:47,633 DECEPTIVELY SMALL TOWN. 618 00:16:47,633 --> 00:16:48,700 >> MICHAEL CLEM: THANKS FOR 619 00:16:48,700 --> 00:16:49,766 COMING OUT EVERYBODY. 620 00:16:49,766 --> 00:16:51,366 THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY GREAT 621 00:16:51,366 --> 00:16:52,400 THING ON MONDAYS AND WHAT A 622 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:55,133 GREAT FELLOWSHIP WE HAVE. 623 00:16:55,133 --> 00:16:55,866 THAT WOULD GET APPLAUSE IN OTHER 624 00:16:55,866 --> 00:16:57,133 MARKETS BUT YOU GUYS CAN 625 00:16:57,133 --> 00:16:58,666 INTERNALIZE THAT IF YOU WANT. 626 00:16:58,666 --> 00:17:03,533 I'M TRYING TO BE TOUCHY FEELY UP 627 00:17:03,533 --> 00:17:06,033 HERE, HAVING A MOMENT. 628 00:17:06,033 --> 00:17:06,433 NEVER MIND. 629 00:17:06,433 --> 00:17:07,100 YOU ALL MEAN NOTHING TO ME. 630 00:17:07,100 --> 00:17:08,066 >> TERRI ALLARD: NAME SOME OF 631 00:17:08,066 --> 00:17:08,800 THE OTHER GROUPS THAT YOU FILL 632 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:09,133 OUT. 633 00:17:09,133 --> 00:17:10,166 >> MICHAEL CLEM: RECENTLY, EVER 634 00:17:10,166 --> 00:17:11,233 SINCE I PICKED UP THE UP-RIGHT 635 00:17:11,233 --> 00:17:12,233 BASS HERE I'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET 636 00:17:12,233 --> 00:17:12,966 SOME BLUEGRASS GIGS IN A PICK-UP 637 00:17:12,966 --> 00:17:13,833 CAPACITY. 638 00:17:13,833 --> 00:17:14,866 MOST RECENTLY I'VE GOTTEN 639 00:17:14,866 --> 00:17:15,966 INVOLVED WITH A BAND CALLED 640 00:17:15,966 --> 00:17:17,433 SUZY & THE PISTOLS AND THAT'S 641 00:17:17,433 --> 00:17:19,000 WITH MY FRIEND ANDREW GREEN FROM 642 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:22,633 ROOSEVELT DINING AND HIS WIFE 643 00:17:22,633 --> 00:17:24,766 SUZANNE HORNSBY AND MY BUDDY 644 00:17:24,766 --> 00:17:25,500 PAUL ROSNER PLAYS DRUMS AND WE 645 00:17:25,500 --> 00:17:26,233 DO THIS CAJUN TAUNT TYPE THING, 646 00:17:26,233 --> 00:17:29,400 IT'S FUN. 647 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:30,500 MADDIE MEDCALF, THE JOURNEYMAN 648 00:17:30,500 --> 00:17:32,000 ABOUT TOWN ON MUSIC, HE'S A 649 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:34,600 REALLY GOOD FRIEND AND HE'S 650 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:36,266 PULLED ME IN TO A COUPLE OF 651 00:17:36,266 --> 00:17:37,833 THESE ACTS RECRUITED BY YOU AND 652 00:17:37,833 --> 00:17:38,833 JOLY FEE AND HE AND I PLAY EVERY 653 00:17:38,833 --> 00:17:40,366 MONDAY NIGHT AT THE LOCAL SO 654 00:17:40,366 --> 00:17:44,466 I'VE DABBLED IN LOTS OF 655 00:17:44,466 --> 00:17:46,600 DIFFERENT THINGS AND IT'S BEEN 656 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:46,866 FUN. 657 00:17:46,866 --> 00:17:47,600 >> TERRI ALLARD: WELL AND LOOK. 658 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:48,333 >> MICHAEL CLEM: YEAH, I'VE GOT 659 00:17:48,333 --> 00:17:49,033 A COUPLE OF CLUBS IN GOLF BAG 660 00:17:49,033 --> 00:17:49,333 HERE. 661 00:17:49,333 --> 00:17:53,733 >> TERRI ALLARD: CLEARLY YOU 662 00:17:53,733 --> 00:17:54,433 HAVE OPTIONS, DO YOU PLAY THE 663 00:17:54,433 --> 00:17:54,833 BANJO, TOO? 664 00:17:54,833 --> 00:17:55,566 >> MICHAEL CLEM: I CAN ONLY PLAY 665 00:17:55,566 --> 00:17:56,266 ABOUT TWO OF THEM BUT THAT'S 666 00:17:56,266 --> 00:17:56,833 IT. 667 00:17:56,833 --> 00:17:57,533 >> TERRI ALLARD: THIS IS THE 668 00:17:57,533 --> 00:17:58,466 GUITAR YOU LEARNED TO PLAY ON. 669 00:17:58,466 --> 00:17:59,500 >> MICHAEL CLEM: THIS WAS IT, I 670 00:17:59,500 --> 00:18:00,566 JUST SPENT A SMALL FORTUNE ON 671 00:18:00,566 --> 00:18:03,133 THIS LOCAL ROCKBRIDGE GUITAR AND 672 00:18:03,133 --> 00:18:04,200 THEN I DECIDED TO PHOTOGRAPH THE 673 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:06,766 TWO OF THEM TOGETHER, POSTED IT 674 00:18:06,766 --> 00:18:08,333 TOGETHER AND MY FRIEND AT 675 00:18:08,333 --> 00:18:10,433 ROCKBRIDGE SAID SILVERTONE, OUR 676 00:18:10,433 --> 00:18:11,133 BAND KING WILKE RECORDED WITH 677 00:18:11,133 --> 00:18:12,000 ONE OF THOSE, THAT'S A GREAT 678 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:16,233 GUITAR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE 679 00:18:16,233 --> 00:18:17,333 IT FIXED UP? 680 00:18:17,333 --> 00:18:19,366 AND HE MADE IT PLAYABLE AGAIN. 681 00:18:19,366 --> 00:18:20,133 >> TERRI ALLARD: AND IT PLAYS? 682 00:18:20,133 --> 00:18:20,800 >> MICHAEL CLEM: WELL, NOT 683 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:22,100 ANYMORE. 684 00:18:22,100 --> 00:18:23,133 >> TERRI ALLARD: I JUST WANT TO 685 00:18:23,133 --> 00:18:31,900 FEEL IT, IT'S JUST MY SIZE. 686 00:18:31,900 --> 00:18:32,566 >> MICHAEL CLEM: YES, IT'S 687 00:18:32,566 --> 00:18:33,266 PERFECT, IT'S A LITTLE PARLOR 688 00:18:33,266 --> 00:18:34,066 SIZE GUITAR, THOSE WERE 689 00:18:34,066 --> 00:18:35,100 AVAILABLE BY SEARS & ROEBUCK, 690 00:18:35,100 --> 00:18:36,666 THE SILVERTONE GUITAR FOR $14.95 691 00:18:36,666 --> 00:18:37,700 WITH A PLECKTRUM, A NECK STRAP 692 00:18:37,700 --> 00:18:39,800 AND A 45 WITH HOW TO PLAY GUITAR 693 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:41,333 BACK IN THE DAYS WHEN GENE AUTRY 694 00:18:41,333 --> 00:18:43,466 AND ROY ROGERS WERE POPULAR AND 695 00:18:43,466 --> 00:18:46,166 PEOPLE WANTED LITTLE COWPOKE 696 00:18:46,166 --> 00:18:47,633 GUITARS, BUT THIS IS WHAT I KEEP 697 00:18:47,633 --> 00:18:48,366 BY MY BEDSIDE AND IF I WANT TO 698 00:18:48,366 --> 00:18:49,166 NOODLE ON SOMETHING. 699 00:18:49,166 --> 00:18:49,900 >> TERRI ALLARD: WHEN YOU WRITE 700 00:18:49,900 --> 00:18:54,300 THE SONGS. 701 00:18:54,300 --> 00:18:57,466 LET'S TALK ABOUT SONGWRITING. 702 00:18:57,466 --> 00:19:01,100 YOU HOST THE LOCAL, THE 703 00:19:01,100 --> 00:19:06,133 RESTAURANT, THE LOCAL'S 704 00:19:06,133 --> 00:19:06,733 SINGER-SONGWRITER NIGHT. 705 00:19:06,733 --> 00:19:07,400 >> MICHAEL CLEM: THE CVILLE 706 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:08,133 SONGWRITER NIGHT, EVERY MONDAY 707 00:19:08,133 --> 00:19:08,466 NIGHT. 708 00:19:08,466 --> 00:19:09,200 IT WASN'T STARTED BY ME, IT WAS 709 00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:09,866 STARTED BY JESSE HARPER AND 710 00:19:09,866 --> 00:19:10,833 BRIAN CAPUTO IN ABOUT 2010 AND 711 00:19:10,833 --> 00:19:11,566 I'VE BEEN ON AND OFF WITH THEM 712 00:19:11,566 --> 00:19:13,300 ON BASS BECAUSE WHAT IT IS IT'S 713 00:19:13,300 --> 00:19:14,366 A BAND BACKING UP SINGER 714 00:19:14,366 --> 00:19:15,366 SONGWRITERS SO IT'S UNIQUE IN 715 00:19:15,366 --> 00:19:16,066 THAT REGARD IT'S NOT JUST AN 716 00:19:16,066 --> 00:19:16,800 OPEN MIC NIGHT, BUT ONE THING WE 717 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:18,833 DO IS WE HAVE A SONGWRITING 718 00:19:18,833 --> 00:19:19,566 CHALLENGE EVERY WEEK AND THAT'S 719 00:19:19,566 --> 00:19:20,866 A PROMPT. AND THAT'S TO WRITE A 720 00:19:20,866 --> 00:19:22,500 SONG EVERY WEEK TO MEETS A 721 00:19:22,500 --> 00:19:24,533 CERTAIN CRITERIA LIKE WRITE A 722 00:19:24,533 --> 00:19:28,200 SONG ABOUT A PLACE NAME, WRITE A 723 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:28,933 SONG THAT INCORPORATES A CERTAIN 724 00:19:28,933 --> 00:19:29,600 LYRIC, WRITE A SONG ABOUT A 725 00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:30,800 TELEPHONE, WRITE A SONG ABOUT 726 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:34,400 CARS, WRITE A HAPPY SONG IN A 727 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:35,133 MINOR KEY, WRITE A SAD SONG IN A 728 00:19:35,133 --> 00:19:35,533 MAJOR KEY. 729 00:19:35,533 --> 00:19:37,066 >> TERRI ALLARD: YEAH. 730 00:19:37,066 --> 00:19:40,233 >> MICHAEL CLEM: AND THESE ARE 731 00:19:40,233 --> 00:19:42,300 ALL PROMPT IDEAS, YOU'RE NOT 732 00:19:42,300 --> 00:19:43,033 REQUIRED TO DO IT BUT IF YOU'RE 733 00:19:43,033 --> 00:19:43,766 LOOKING FOR INSPIRATION, DARN IF 734 00:19:43,766 --> 00:19:44,466 SOME PEOPLE DON'T RISE TO THE 735 00:19:44,466 --> 00:19:47,366 OCCASION. 736 00:19:47,366 --> 00:19:58,133 ♪♪♪♪ 737 00:19:58,133 --> 00:20:05,966 ♪♪♪♪ 738 00:20:05,966 --> 00:20:08,633 >> MICHAEL CLEM: ONE OF OUR MOST 739 00:20:08,633 --> 00:20:09,700 POPULAR, I ACTUALLY, I'M 740 00:20:09,700 --> 00:20:10,433 INSPIRED SOMETIMES TO CONTRIBUTE 741 00:20:10,433 --> 00:20:11,300 WAS TO WRITE A SONG THAT 742 00:20:11,300 --> 00:20:19,566 INCORPORATES THE WORD 743 00:20:19,566 --> 00:20:20,266 DEFENESTRATION IN THE LYRICS. 744 00:20:20,266 --> 00:20:20,966 DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, 745 00:20:20,966 --> 00:20:21,666 TERRI? 746 00:20:21,666 --> 00:20:23,066 >> TERRI ALLARD: OH, OKAY, NO. 747 00:20:23,066 --> 00:20:26,833 >> MICHAEL CLEM: I THINK IT 748 00:20:26,833 --> 00:20:29,400 WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR 749 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:35,966 A GRAPHIC PUT IT UP. 750 00:20:35,966 --> 00:20:36,700 >> MICHAEL CLEM: DEFENESTRATION, 751 00:20:36,700 --> 00:20:37,433 YES, DEFENESTRATION IS THE ACT 752 00:20:37,433 --> 00:20:38,033 OF THROWING SOMEONE OR 753 00:20:38,033 --> 00:20:38,733 SOMETHING OUT OF THE WINDOW. 754 00:20:38,733 --> 00:20:39,400 >> TERRI ALLARD: HMM, OKAY. 755 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:40,233 >> MICHAEL CLEM: THERE'S A SONG 756 00:20:40,233 --> 00:20:52,666 IN THERE. 757 00:20:52,666 --> 00:20:53,333 I NEVER REALIZED HOW MUCH I 758 00:20:53,333 --> 00:20:54,366 WANTED TO WRITE A DEFENESTRATION 759 00:20:54,366 --> 00:21:01,200 SONG UNTIL I DID. 760 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:02,400 ♪♪♪♪ 761 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:03,066 >>TERRI ALLARD: WHEN YOU'RE 762 00:21:03,066 --> 00:21:03,766 WRITING, WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO 763 00:21:03,766 --> 00:21:05,000 WRITE ABOUT BESIDES THROWING 764 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:05,633 PEOPLE OUT OF THE WINDOW? 765 00:21:05,633 --> 00:21:06,500 >> MICHAEL CLEM: THAT'S ONE 766 00:21:06,500 --> 00:21:07,500 IDEA. IT CAN START WITH A 767 00:21:07,500 --> 00:21:08,633 SUBJECT, IT CAN START WITH 768 00:21:08,633 --> 00:21:09,300 NOODLING ON THE GUITAR AND 769 00:21:09,300 --> 00:21:10,166 HAVING A LICK THAT BOY IF I CAN 770 00:21:10,166 --> 00:21:12,666 JUST FIND A LYRIC THAT COULD 771 00:21:12,666 --> 00:21:13,400 WRAP AROUND THIS, IT HAPPENS A 772 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:14,133 VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS BUT I 773 00:21:14,133 --> 00:21:14,733 LIKE DEADLINES. 774 00:21:14,733 --> 00:21:15,766 I LIKE KNOWING THAT THERE'S 775 00:21:15,766 --> 00:21:17,333 SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE TO BE 776 00:21:17,333 --> 00:21:18,066 READY FOR BECAUSE IF THERE'S NO 777 00:21:18,066 --> 00:21:18,833 DEADLINE THERE'S NO INSPIRATION 778 00:21:18,833 --> 00:21:19,433 TO GET IT DONE IN TIME. 779 00:21:19,433 --> 00:21:24,000 >> TERRI ALLARD: SOME OF YOUR 780 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:25,466 SONGS ARE HILARIOUS. 781 00:21:25,466 --> 00:21:29,366 I MEAN, REALLY -- YOU HAVE THE 782 00:21:29,366 --> 00:21:33,966 CROWD THAT -- 783 00:21:33,966 --> 00:21:36,666 CALL AND RESPONSE -- 784 00:21:36,666 --> 00:21:38,200 >> MICHAEL CLEM: ITS CALLED 785 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:38,933 COWBOY AND ITS ACTUALLY A VERY 786 00:21:38,933 --> 00:21:39,733 SENSITIVE SONG. 787 00:21:39,733 --> 00:21:40,933 I WROTE THAT TUNE DURING A 788 00:21:40,933 --> 00:21:41,833 HURRICANE UP IN FALLS CHURCH. 789 00:21:41,833 --> 00:21:42,466 >>TERRI ALLARD: THERE'S A 790 00:21:42,466 --> 00:21:42,833 DEADLINE. 791 00:21:42,833 --> 00:21:45,566 >> MICHAEL CLEM: THERE'S A 792 00:21:45,566 --> 00:21:46,133 DEADLINE, ABSOLUTELY. 793 00:21:46,133 --> 00:21:46,800 JOHNNY CASH HAD JUST PASSED 794 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:47,166 AWAY. 795 00:21:47,166 --> 00:21:48,733 AND I WAS THINKING I WANTED TO 796 00:21:48,733 --> 00:21:49,700 WRITE A COWBOY SONG, IN THE 797 00:21:49,700 --> 00:21:50,766 SPIRIT OF JOHNNY CASH. 798 00:21:50,766 --> 00:21:52,833 BUT WITH A COUPLE CANDLES AND 799 00:21:52,833 --> 00:21:55,466 THREE BOTTLES OF PINOT I GOT 800 00:21:55,466 --> 00:21:56,533 THROUGH THE NIGHT OKAY, MY 801 00:21:56,533 --> 00:21:57,233 GUITAR AND A PIECE OF PAPER, 802 00:21:57,233 --> 00:21:57,966 THAT'S THE SONG THAT CAME OUT OF 803 00:21:57,966 --> 00:22:04,633 THAT NIGHT. 804 00:22:04,633 --> 00:22:05,500 >> TERRI ALLARD: AND WHAT'S THAT 805 00:22:05,500 --> 00:22:06,233 OTHER ONE, I CAN'T EVEN SAY THE 806 00:22:06,233 --> 00:22:06,866 NAME, "““I'M GOING TO 807 00:22:06,866 --> 00:22:07,366 DUHDUHDUHDUHDUH." 808 00:22:07,366 --> 00:22:08,000 >> MICHAEL CLEM: IT'S THE 809 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:08,700 WORLD'S LONGEST TOWN NAME, IT 810 00:22:08,700 --> 00:22:09,433 HERE ON THE MOST RECENT CD, IT 811 00:22:09,433 --> 00:22:10,066 LOOKS LIKE A TYPO BUT IT 812 00:22:10,066 --> 00:22:11,066 ACTUALLY -- 813 00:22:11,066 --> 00:22:17,566 >> TERRI ALLARD: IT TAKES UP THE 814 00:22:17,566 --> 00:22:20,600 WHO LINE THERE. 815 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:20,933 SING IT. 816 00:22:20,933 --> 00:22:32,733 ♪♪♪♪ 817 00:22:32,733 --> 00:22:43,266 ♪♪♪♪ 818 00:22:43,266 --> 00:22:45,966 ♪♪ YOU CAN'T BE IN THAT GREAT A 819 00:22:45,966 --> 00:22:46,333 HURRY ♪♪ 820 00:22:46,333 --> 00:22:47,066 >> TERRI ALLARD: THAT'S A GREAT 821 00:22:47,066 --> 00:22:47,766 SEGWAY, TALKING ABOUT MAKING 822 00:22:47,766 --> 00:22:48,366 PEOPLE LAUGH AND BEING 823 00:22:48,366 --> 00:22:49,100 CENTER-STAGE, YOU JUST STARTED 824 00:22:49,100 --> 00:22:51,666 ACTING FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER? 825 00:22:51,666 --> 00:22:52,700 >> MICHAEL CLEM: IT WAS 826 00:22:52,700 --> 00:22:54,300 SOMETHING THAT ALWAYS BEEN ON MY 827 00:22:54,300 --> 00:22:56,366 BUCKET LIST, I EVEN ATTEMPTED TO 828 00:22:56,366 --> 00:22:58,933 AUDITION BUT DIDN'T GET THAT FAR 829 00:22:58,933 --> 00:23:00,600 WITH A PLAY THAT CAME THROUGH 830 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:05,766 TOWN, THE HANK WILLIAMS STORY. 831 00:23:05,766 --> 00:23:06,766 >> TERRI ALLARD: OH RIGHT? 832 00:23:06,766 --> 00:23:07,500 >> MICHAEL CLEM: I CONTACTED THE 833 00:23:07,500 --> 00:23:08,233 DIRECTOR BUT EDDIE FROM OHIO WAS 834 00:23:08,233 --> 00:23:08,966 TOURING MORE AND THEY NEEDED A 835 00:23:08,966 --> 00:23:11,633 COUPLE WEEKENDS I COULDN'T GIVE 836 00:23:11,633 --> 00:23:12,366 SO THAT KIND OF KILLED THE IDEA. 837 00:23:12,366 --> 00:23:13,100 >> TERRI ALLARD: RIGHT. SO, WHAT 838 00:23:13,100 --> 00:23:14,133 WAS THIS PRODUCTION THIS SUMMER? 839 00:23:14,133 --> 00:23:16,200 >> MICHAEL CLEM: I HEARD FROM A 840 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:17,800 FELLOW AT HERITAGE VOICE & 841 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:19,300 THEATER AT UVA, JAMES GALES WHO 842 00:23:19,300 --> 00:23:20,400 IS A LONG TIME EDDIE FROM OHIO 843 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:21,900 FAN AND HE SAW THIS PLAY COMING 844 00:23:21,900 --> 00:23:24,966 THROUGH TOWN, HE KNEW I WAS 845 00:23:24,966 --> 00:23:27,066 LOCAL, HE KNEW I WAS IN THROUGH 846 00:23:27,066 --> 00:23:28,166 TOWN AND HE KNEW I HADN'T DONE 847 00:23:28,166 --> 00:23:30,266 THEATER BUT I HAD SOME OF THE 848 00:23:30,266 --> 00:23:31,900 PREREQUISITES IN PLACES, I 849 00:23:31,900 --> 00:23:32,433 HADN'T ACTED BEFORE. 850 00:23:32,433 --> 00:23:33,166 >>TERRI ALLARD: THE OTHER THING 851 00:23:33,166 --> 00:23:34,366 THAT'S IMPORTANT IN YOUR WORLD 852 00:23:34,366 --> 00:23:37,066 IS FAMILY. 853 00:23:37,066 --> 00:23:40,633 TELL US ABOUT YOUR WONDERFUL SON 854 00:23:40,633 --> 00:23:42,266 JAMES, BECAUSE HE'S A BIG PART 855 00:23:42,266 --> 00:23:44,700 OF YOUR MUSICAL CAREER. 856 00:23:44,700 --> 00:23:45,933 >> MICHAEL CLEM: I HIT THE 857 00:23:45,933 --> 00:23:46,666 JACKPOT WITH FAMILY, AND WHILE 858 00:23:46,666 --> 00:23:47,966 JAMES' MOTHER AND I DIDN'T LAST 859 00:23:47,966 --> 00:23:49,066 AS A FAMILY UNIT, IN '99 SHE 860 00:23:49,066 --> 00:23:51,100 WENT BACK TO HER HOMELAND IN 861 00:23:51,100 --> 00:23:53,200 ENGLAND AND HE WENT WITH HER. 862 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:54,866 SO I'VE BEEN DOING THE 863 00:23:54,866 --> 00:23:57,800 PARENTING THING TRANSATLANTIC 864 00:23:57,800 --> 00:23:59,500 SINCE '99. 865 00:23:59,500 --> 00:24:00,600 A LOT OF TRAVEL BACK AND FORTH 866 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:03,133 OVER ENGLAND, IT'S JUST BEEN 867 00:24:03,133 --> 00:24:05,200 THAT EXPERIENCE GOING TO ENGLAND 868 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:09,500 AND VISITING AND BRINGING HIM 869 00:24:09,500 --> 00:24:11,933 BACK HERE FOR THE SUMMERS AND 870 00:24:11,933 --> 00:24:13,633 IT'S BEEN PARTICULARLY FUN SINCE 871 00:24:13,633 --> 00:24:15,833 MOVING DOWN HERE TO 872 00:24:15,833 --> 00:24:16,300 CHARLOTTESVILLE. 873 00:24:16,300 --> 00:24:18,000 I JUST LOVE HAVING HIM HERE FOR 874 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:20,066 MOSTLY THE MONTH OF AUGUST. 875 00:24:20,066 --> 00:24:20,800 >> TERRI ALLARD: WELL, AND HE'S 876 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:21,933 ONE OF YOUR BIGGEST FANS, AS WAS 877 00:24:21,933 --> 00:24:22,600 YOUR BROTHER JOHN, NOW YOUR 878 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:24,000 BROTHER JOHN JUST PASSED AWAY 879 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:24,633 BUT HE MUST HAVE BEEN SO 880 00:24:24,633 --> 00:24:25,600 INFLUENTIAL IN YOUR CAREER. 881 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:26,333 >> MICHAEL CLEM: I COULDN'T HAVE 882 00:24:26,333 --> 00:24:27,133 HAD A BIGGER SUPPORTER THAN HIM, 883 00:24:27,133 --> 00:24:31,266 I'M MISSING HIM GREATLY, BECAUSE 884 00:24:31,266 --> 00:24:31,966 I GOT TO DO ALL OF THE PR HE 885 00:24:31,966 --> 00:24:32,866 USED TO DO FOR ME. 886 00:24:32,866 --> 00:24:33,600 >> TERRI ALLARD: YOU HAD A GOOD 887 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:33,933 PR GUY. 888 00:24:33,933 --> 00:24:40,400 >> MICHAEL CLEM: I NEED TO STEP 889 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:45,100 UP IN INTO SELF-PROMOTION. 890 00:24:45,100 --> 00:24:46,966 JOHN, HE WAS WHY I MOVED DOWN 891 00:24:46,966 --> 00:24:49,466 HERE BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN DOWN 892 00:24:49,466 --> 00:24:50,966 HERE FOR ABOUT TEN YEARS AND HE 893 00:24:50,966 --> 00:24:52,500 HAD BEEN INVOLVED WITH SOCIAL 894 00:24:52,500 --> 00:24:55,533 WORK WITH THE ARC AND WITH 895 00:24:55,533 --> 00:24:57,066 REGION 10 AND HE GOT TO KNOW A 896 00:24:57,066 --> 00:24:58,966 WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE THROUGH HIS 897 00:24:58,966 --> 00:25:02,466 WORK AND VERY INVOLVED IN THE 898 00:25:02,466 --> 00:25:02,800 CHURCH. 899 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:03,500 HE WAS ACTUALLY A MAN OF THE 900 00:25:03,500 --> 00:25:04,233 CLOTH, A PROFESSED THIRD ORDER 901 00:25:04,233 --> 00:25:04,633 FRANCISCAN. 902 00:25:04,633 --> 00:25:05,333 YOU KNOW I CAN WILL MYSELF TO 903 00:25:05,333 --> 00:25:06,066 CRY OVER HIS PASSING BUT I TRY 904 00:25:06,066 --> 00:25:06,766 TO KEEP IT POSITIVE MEMORIES 905 00:25:06,766 --> 00:25:07,166 ABOUT HIM. 906 00:25:07,166 --> 00:25:07,666 SUCH A GOOD SOUL. 907 00:25:07,666 --> 00:25:11,300 >> TERRI ALLARD: YEAH, HE WOULD 908 00:25:11,300 --> 00:25:14,000 LIKE THAT, TO, I BET. 909 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:14,333 ♪♪♪♪ 910 00:25:14,333 --> 00:25:15,033 >> TERRI ALLARD: YOU'VE BEEN 911 00:25:15,033 --> 00:25:15,766 DOING THIS, YOU'VE BEEN MAKING A 912 00:25:15,766 --> 00:25:16,400 LIVING PLAYING MUSIC FOR 913 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:17,066 DECADES, MOST OF YOUR ADULT 914 00:25:17,066 --> 00:25:17,366 LIFE. 915 00:25:17,366 --> 00:25:21,066 >> MICHAEL CLEM: MY ADVICE, 916 00:25:21,066 --> 00:25:21,733 DON'T. 917 00:25:21,733 --> 00:25:23,266 IT'S A COMMITMENT AND YOU HAVE 918 00:25:23,266 --> 00:25:27,833 TO DO IT FOR THE LOVE OF DOING 919 00:25:27,833 --> 00:25:28,100 IT. 920 00:25:28,100 --> 00:25:30,166 DON'T EXPECT OVERNIGHT 921 00:25:30,166 --> 00:25:30,533 SUCCESSES. 922 00:25:30,533 --> 00:25:31,700 ENJOY WHAT YOU HAVE IN THE 923 00:25:31,700 --> 00:25:33,666 MOMENT AND KEEP YOUR GOALS 924 00:25:33,666 --> 00:25:36,500 REASONABLE, BE TRUE TO YOUR 925 00:25:36,500 --> 00:25:38,733 MUSIC, WORK HARD, PLAY AND THEN 926 00:25:38,733 --> 00:25:40,300 PLAY SOME MORE. 927 00:25:40,300 --> 00:25:40,966 AND BE NICE TO YOUR FELLOW 928 00:25:40,966 --> 00:25:44,433 BROTHERS AND SISTERS. 929 00:25:44,433 --> 00:25:58,700 ♪♪♪♪ 930 00:25:58,700 --> 00:26:00,500 ♪♪♪♪ 931 00:26:00,500 --> 00:26:01,233 >> TERRI ALLARD: THAT'S IT FOR 932 00:26:01,233 --> 00:26:03,066 THIS WEEK. 933 00:26:03,066 --> 00:26:04,100 FOR WHTJ, I'M TERRI ALLARD. 934 00:26:04,100 --> 00:26:05,733 JOIN US NEXT TIME ON 935 00:26:05,733 --> 00:26:10,566 "CHARLOTTESVILLE INSIDE-OUT." 936 00:26:10,566 --> 00:26:23,600 ♪♪♪♪ 937 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:24,700 >> ANNOUNCER: "CHARLOTTESVILLE 938 00:26:24,700 --> 00:26:26,800 INSIDE-OUT" IS MADE POSSIBLE 939 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:28,366 THANKS IN PART TO ITS PATRONS, 940 00:26:28,366 --> 00:26:29,400 COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING THE 941 00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:31,566 PEOPLE, PLACES AND QUALITY OF 942 00:26:31,566 --> 00:26:32,533 LIFE THAT UNIQUELY DEFINES 943 00:26:32,533 --> 00:26:34,066 CHARLOTTESVILLE AND ITS 944 00:26:34,066 --> 00:26:34,766 SURROUNDINGS, AND BY VIEWERS 945 00:26:34,766 --> 00:26:39,233 LIKE YOU. 946 00:26:35,533 --> 00:26:39,266 THANK YOU.