WEBVTT 00:04.400 --> 00:08.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% FROGS. 00:05.300 --> 00:10.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> SOMETIMES INSPIRATION CAN 00:06.133 --> 00:12.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% COME FROM UNEXPECTED SOURCES. 00:08.266 --> 00:13.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% THIS NEXT STORY IS ABOUT A 00:10.500 --> 00:15.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% LONGTIME CHICAGO DANCER 00:12.366 --> 00:17.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% CHOREOGRAPHER AND TEACHER. 00:13.400 --> 00:19.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% HE FOUND EARLY MOTIVATION AND 00:15.133 --> 00:20.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% TRAINING WATCHING A TV SHOW 00:17.100 --> 00:22.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% FAMILIAR TO MANY CHICAGOANS. 00:19.166 --> 00:24.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% HIS NAME IS RANDY DUNCAN AND HE 00:20.966 --> 00:26.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% IS BEING HONORED NEXT MONTH BY 00:22.733 --> 00:29.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% THE CHICAGO ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS 00:24.833 --> 00:31.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% FOR HIS LONG CAREER IN DANCE. 00:26.900 --> 00:35.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% HERE IS JAY SHEFSKY WITH HIS 00:29.066 --> 00:37.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% STORY. 00:31.033 --> 00:39.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:12.5% [♪♪♪] 00:35.300 --> 00:41.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> AS THE THIRD OF SEVEN KIDS IN 00:37.366 --> 00:43.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% A BLUE-COLLAR FAMILY ON THE WEST 00:39.866 --> 00:45.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% SIDE, RANDY DUNCAN SAYS HE WAS 00:41.466 --> 00:48.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% ALWAYS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN 00:43.333 --> 00:51.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% HIS SIBLINGS. 00:45.700 --> 00:53.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> MY BROTHERS WERE ALL INVOLVED 00:48.866 --> 00:56.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% IN SPORTS. 00:51.000 --> 00:57.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% I WANTED TO TWIRL THE BATON. 00:53.200 --> 00:59.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% AND I WANTED TO JUMP DOUBLE 00:56.933 --> 01:03.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% DUTCH. 00:57.233 --> 01:06.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% ANYTHING THAT HAD MOVEMENT IN IT 00:59.400 --> 01:08.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% THAT WAS PRETTY. 01:03.866 --> 01:11.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% I ENJOYED WATCHING MUSICALS ON 01:06.300 --> 01:17.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% TELEVISION WHETHER IT WAS 01:08.566 --> 01:18.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% SHIRLEY TEMPLE OR WHETHER IT'S 01:11.933 --> 01:19.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% FRED AS ASTAIRE OR GINGER 01:17.700 --> 01:21.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% ROGERS. 01:18.100 --> 01:22.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% I REALLY LOVED IT. 01:19.033 --> 01:24.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% I LOVED THE COSTUMING AND I 01:21.133 --> 01:26.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% LOVED THE LIGHTS AND I LOVED 01:22.900 --> 01:28.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% EVERYTHING ABOUT IT. 01:24.033 --> 01:28.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> ONE MORE TIME AND A LIFT. 01:26.533 --> 01:31.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> TAKING CLASSES WAS OUT OF THE 01:28.233 --> 01:37.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% QUESTION. 01:28.600 --> 01:38.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% SO HIS FIRST LESSONS CAME FROM A 01:31.133 --> 01:41.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% SURPRISING PLACE. 01:37.033 --> 01:42.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% LIKE MOST CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL 01:38.633 --> 01:44.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% KIDS IN THE 1960s, RANDY CAME 01:41.733 --> 01:45.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% HOME FOR LUNCH. 01:42.733 --> 01:49.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% >> YOU GOT AN HOUR FOR YOUR 01:44.100 --> 01:49.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% LUNCH BREAK. 01:45.100 --> 01:52.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% SO I WOULD RUSH HOME FROM SCHOOL 01:49.066 --> 01:54.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% EVERYDAY. 01:49.433 --> 01:56.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% AND AT THE 12:30 HOUR I KNEW 01:52.566 --> 01:57.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% THEY WOULD HAVE THE GUEST ON AND 01:54.300 --> 01:59.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% I WAS HOPING IT WAS THE 01:56.800 --> 02:02.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% ACROBATS. 01:57.466 --> 02:03.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> RANDY STUDIED THE ACROBATS. 01:59.633 --> 02:05.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% EVERY FLIP, TWIST, AND BACK 02:02.700 --> 02:06.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:12.5% BEND. 02:03.100 --> 02:08.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> AND I WOULD GO OUTSIDE AND 02:05.100 --> 02:09.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% TRY THE TRICKS. 02:06.300 --> 02:13.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% EVERYTHING THAT THEY DID. 02:08.033 --> 02:15.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> THEN CAME THE MOVIE THAT SET 02:09.600 --> 02:16.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% THE COURSE FOR HIS CAREER. 02:13.333 --> 02:18.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% >> WEST SIDE STORY CAME ON 02:15.500 --> 02:21.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% TELEVISION. 02:16.033 --> 02:23.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% SEEING THOSE GUYS DRESSED UP IN 02:18.866 --> 02:25.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% REGULAR STREET CLOTHES AND 02:21.633 --> 02:29.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% DANCING AND SYNCHRONIZATION AND 02:23.933 --> 02:31.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% TELLING A STORY. 02:25.133 --> 02:33.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% THAT IS WHAT I WANT TO DO. 02:29.033 --> 02:36.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> RANDY WAS IN SEVENTH GRADE 02:31.600 --> 02:38.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% AND BY CHANCE THE FOLLOWING YEAR 02:33.166 --> 02:38.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% HE SAW A NOTICE ABOUT AUDITIONS 02:36.600 --> 02:40.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% FOR AN ALL CITY HIGH SCHOOL WEST 02:38.400 --> 02:43.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% SIDE STORY. 02:38.933 --> 02:45.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> AND THE POSTER SAID THAT THEY 02:40.866 --> 02:47.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% WERE LOOKING FOR ACROBATS. 02:43.066 --> 02:49.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% I DON'T KNOW WHAT AN AUDITION 02:45.166 --> 02:51.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% WAS I DIDN'T KNOW THE MEANING OF 02:47.233 --> 02:52.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:7.5% IT. 02:49.833 --> 02:54.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> MORE THAN A THOUSAND STUDENTS 02:51.533 --> 02:57.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% TRIED OUT. 02:52.700 --> 02:58.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% MANY WHO CLEARLY HAD A LOT OF 02:54.566 --> 02:59.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE. 02:57.066 --> 03:01.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% RANDY WAS SURE HE DID NOT HAVE A 02:58.800 --> 03:03.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% PRAYER. 02:59.133 --> 03:04.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% BUT IN THAT HUGE AUDITORIUM HE 03:01.566 --> 03:06.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% TOOK A CHANCE THAT CHANGED HIS 03:03.200 --> 03:09.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:12.5% LIFE. 03:04.800 --> 03:13.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> SOMETHING CAME OVER ME TO 03:06.733 --> 03:15.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% RAISE MY HAND IN THE MIDDLE OF 03:09.333 --> 03:19.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% ALL THESE THOUSAND FOLKS AND SAY 03:13.100 --> 03:21.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% EXCUSE ME, I THOUGHT YOU SAID 03:15.533 --> 03:23.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% YOU WANTED ACT ACROBATS AS WELL? 03:19.133 --> 03:25.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% AND THEY SAID CAN YOU DO ANY? 03:21.066 --> 03:26.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% AND I SAID WELL, YEAH. 03:23.933 --> 03:29.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% AND THEY SAID COME ON UP AND 03:25.566 --> 03:30.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20% SHOW US. 03:26.500 --> 03:35.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% SO HERE I AM WITH MY LITTLE 03:29.433 --> 03:38.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% EIGHTH GRADE SELF GET UP ON 03:30.800 --> 03:39.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% STAGE AND I STARTED DOING MY 03:35.666 --> 03:43.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% ACROBATICS FROM BOZO'S CIRCUS 03:38.000 --> 03:46.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW I AM 03:39.633 --> 03:47.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20% A SHARK. 03:43.666 --> 03:49.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> RANDY'S STAR ROSE QUICKLY. 03:46.033 --> 03:49.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THE CHOREOGRAPHER OF THAT SHOW 03:47.800 --> 03:51.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% INVITED HIM TO TRAIN ON 03:49.566 --> 03:54.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% SCHOLARSHIP. 03:49.966 --> 03:57.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% HE BECAME A PROFESSIONAL DANCER 03:51.733 --> 03:57.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% AT AGE 15 WHEN HE WAS INVITED TO 03:54.200 --> 04:01.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% JOIN THE JOSEPH HOLMES DANCE 03:57.500 --> 04:06.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20% COMPANY. 03:57.833 --> 04:08.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% 19 YEARS WITH JOSEPH HOLMES THE 04:01.800 --> 04:09.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% LAST SEVEN AS ARTISTIC DIRECTOR. 04:06.433 --> 04:11.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> NOW HE IS CHAIR OF THE DANCE 04:08.466 --> 04:15.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% DEPARTMENT AT CHICAGO ACADEMY 04:09.666 --> 04:17.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% FOR THE ARTS WHERE HE HAS BEEN 04:11.900 --> 04:19.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% TEACHING SINCE 1994. 04:15.100 --> 04:21.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% >> OK GUYS. 04:17.066 --> 04:23.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% PLACES FOR STAND BY ME. 04:19.500 --> 04:24.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:12.5% [♪♪♪] 04:21.633 --> 04:26.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> THEY HAVE A PASSION FOR DOING 04:23.266 --> 04:29.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% WHAT THEY DO. 04:24.433 --> 04:32.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% AND THEY ARE VERY GIFTED AND 04:26.600 --> 04:35.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% TALENTED YOUNG ARTISTS. 04:29.433 --> 04:37.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% ALL THEY WANT TO DO IS DANCE. 04:32.666 --> 04:40.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE I COME 04:35.900 --> 04:43.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% FROM LOOKING INTO THOSE 04:37.800 --> 04:45.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% BEAUTIFUL EYES AND SEEING MYSELF 04:40.833 --> 04:47.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% IN THEIR EYES. 04:43.400 --> 04:48.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THEY REMIND ME OF MYSELF WHEN I 04:45.766 --> 04:53.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% WAS THEIR AGE. 04:47.000 --> 04:54.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% BECAUSE I WAS THERE AGE WHEN I 04:48.766 --> 05:01.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% FIRST STARTED. 04:53.166 --> 05:02.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" THIS IS 04:54.200 --> 05:04.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% JAY SHEFSKY. 05:01.466 --> 05:06.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> RANDY DUNCAN WILL BE HONORED 05:02.933 --> 05:07.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% AT THE CHICAGO ACADEMY OF THE 05:04.766 --> 05:08.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% ARTS ALL SCHOOL SHOWCASE ON 05:06.200 --> 05:10.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% FEBRUARY 9TH. 05:07.133 --> 05:11.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THE EVENT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 05:08.466 --> 05:13.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% AND YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ON OUR 05:10.566 --> 05:15.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20% WEBSITE. 05:11.033 --> 05:17.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% IN 1994 RANDY DUNCAN WAS