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{\an1}- [Dalia] In this edition
of WEDU Arts Plus,

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{\an1}a local artists completes
hundreds of sketches

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{\an1}to help herself and our
community process COVID-19.

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- [Lisa] Sketching
came organically

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because it's a way
to process and share

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{\an1}with the online community,

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the experience of
living on earth now.

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- [Dalia] The roots of
a repertory theater.

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{\an1}- Coming out to Colorado,
to the Rocky Mountains,

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starting a theater, in
an honest to goodness,

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all West mining town,

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this is an adventure.

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- [Dalia] Historical
photographs of an epic journey.

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- [Alasdair] So
where are we now?

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{\an1}We're in a situation
where we're all imperiled,

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but we're still gonna
keep recording documents

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and what we do,

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because that story
is gonna be even

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perhaps more important than the
story of crossing Antarctic.

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- [Dalia] And the
palette of emotion

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experienced through
16 string quartets.

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- You would like
to play Beethoven

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because he expresses all aspects

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of the human the experience.

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- It's all coming up
next on WEDU Arts Plus.

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Hello, I'm Dalia Colon

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{\an1}and this is WEDU Arts Plus.

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When Lisa DiFranza got laid off

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from her job due to COVID-19

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the very next day she broke open

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{\an1}in a set of gouache paints

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she'd had sitting
around the house.

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Now more than 200
sketches later,

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the Bradenton resident is
using her daily art practice

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{\an1}to help heal our community.

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{\an2}- My name is Lisa DiFranza,

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and I'm here today
to talk with you

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about the Sketch-a-Day project

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that kind of emerged organically

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out of this COVID-19
world health crisis.

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So when I got laid
off from my job,

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I started sketching
and I didn't know it,

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but it was going
to be the beginning

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of sketching every day

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and posting it online.

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I come from a family
of visual artists,

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even though my sort of
career and work life

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has always been in the
performing arts as a director

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or as an educator.

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But I think sketching
came organically

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because it's a way to process
and share with the community,

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the online community,

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the experience of
living on earth now.

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I started posting on
Facebook and Instagram,

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I added Twitter.

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The response has been
really interesting

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and people were writing saying,

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{\an2}"This is part of the way I'm
processing through COVID,"

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or, "Could I get
a copy of this?"

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So I began to work with
Artsource Studio in Sarasota

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to make fine art limited
edition prints of the sketches.

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So when that started to happen,

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{\an2}I launched a website where
you can see the sketches

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and the odyssey of COVID
through my eyes anyway.

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- So at this point I have
purchased two of Lisa sketches,

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Splashy Sunset
Over Route 41 Motel

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and Hopeful Moon Over Bradenton.

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And what I found
with her sketches,

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{\an2}I was watching her posts these
everyday on social media,

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and they were so timely.

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We are all
experiencing this array

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of emotions every single day

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{\an2}and Lisa was capturing those
emotions every single day.

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And so there were some of those
that she captured an emotion

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{\an2}that I really related to.

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And so those were
the two I selected.

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One of them, is a moon
and it's beautiful,

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but it's hopeful.

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And she has that piece of it

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{\an2}and, it's over the water.

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{\an2}And the other one though
is an old motel on Route 41

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{\an2}and there was something really
poetic about that as well.

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And that, that wasn't that
stereotypical beautiful scenery,

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but she made it feel
really beautiful.

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And so I truly
appreciate her ability

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to capture all of these emotions

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that we've been feeling
during this time.

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And I think even though she
was doing it daily in the end,

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when you look back on
it and as a collective,

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it truly encapsulates
all of the things

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that we've been feeling.

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- As far as
processing COVID goes,

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I think tempest-tost is an
image of the Statue of Liberty

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that really to me,
sort of emerged

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from my confusion about
the American experiment.

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I've done a couple
of theater images.

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I miss theater.

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{\an2}I recently did a remembering
curtain call image

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that just came out of
missing that feeling

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{\an2}of being in a live theater

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for a live performance

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and the energy and
excitement of that.

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And of course, I
worked in theater

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so much that it's so close to me

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and I feel for all
the workers in theater

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who really have no work.

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Also there's some of
the sunrises and sunsets

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that are close to me

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because they're right
from our neighborhood,

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our doors and our
dock and the river

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and the river has
just been so much

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{\an2}a part of this time for me.

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And I have never had the time
to see and think in this way.

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I think sketching marks the day,

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whereas everything
else is blurry,

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but sketching every day
I wake up and I do this

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and it marks a new
day (chuckles).

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The other thing I think
that's therapeutic

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is being able
through social media,

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which is weird because I'm
not a big social media person,

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but being able to
share with other people

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and get a response.

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{\an2}So I feel like that helps
to process communally

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even when we can't.

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- Well, I think what Lisa has
been able to remind us all of

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is that art has the ability
to speak when our words don't.

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And so whether it is relating
to something that she created

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or creating something
on your own,

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it really is therapeutic
in so many ways.

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{\an2}And when we're alone, as we
have been so much recently,

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that connection through
art is even more vital

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than it ever was before.

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- I think there is
nothing more gratifying

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than making something
from nothing.

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And my advice
would be just do it

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{\an2}don't judge what comes out.

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One thing that
I've really gotten

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out of the sketch of day thing

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is sometimes I don't
love the sketch

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and it's really been
very, very wonderful

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to not get too hung up about it

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because I know next
day's a new day.

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{\an2}I know I can start again.

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{\an2}Another blank piece of paper,
just produce it, share it,

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produce it, share it.

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- Lisa DiFranza
sketches are on display

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at Art Ovation Hotel in Sarasota

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through January 18th.

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The exhibition is
called "Timelapse 2020".

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To see more visit
lisadifranza.com.

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In the 1960s, the people
of Creede, Colorado

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{\an2}founded a theater company
as a way to revive

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and sustain a
struggling mining town.

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Now more than 50 years later,

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{\an2}the company is a nationally

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recognized theatrical
enterprise.

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- [Carrie] Christy Brandt
commute to work is two blocks.

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{\an2}Still, most days it takes
nearly an hour to navigate.

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Traffic can't be
blamed for the delay.

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Nope, Creed is
not prone to that.

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What holds Brandt up? Her fans.

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- Hi babe, how are you?
- I'm good. (kisses)

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- I think some people that
come here aren't necessarily

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{\an2}that attracted to everybody
knowing who you are,

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everybody knowing what you do

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and where you are every day.

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I truly feel like I'm a
part of this community.

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- [Carrie] That sense
of community has had

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a more practical purpose too.

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It has helped the Creed
Repertory Theater to thrive.

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♪ I got it all ♪

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♪ Right ♪

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♪ Here ♪

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(crowd cheering)

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Understanding that though,
means looking back 50 years.

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{\an2}- Well, and you see them,
the mine had shut down

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{\an2}and we was afraid that the town
would dry up and blow away.

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So we created this to
keep the town a gone.

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- [Carrie] I feel like
it was 23 years old

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when Creed Repertory Theater

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put on its first
productions in 1966.

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{\an2}- This is the mining town

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{\an2}and it was rough and tough.

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And we had never seen
anything like actual theater.

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{\an2}So it was just mind
boggling how those people

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could remember all
of those lines.

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- [Carrie] But before a
single line was spoken

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{\an2}Liken and Jim Livingston had
to pitch the theater idea

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to its junior
Chamber of Commerce

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a foreign concept in
the small community,

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250 miles Southwest of Denver.

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- Everyone fished and
not everyone went around

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and partied from ranch to ranch.

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So there might be
something in town

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and it might be
good for the economy

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{\an2}and it might also be
good for the local people

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who didn't get to do
a whole lot of things.

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{\an2}- [Carrie] Creeds Chamber
of Commerce agreed.

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Still a key component
was missing, the talent.

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- I knew that if we
were gonna do it,

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{\an2}there was no frame of
reference here for theater.

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I knew a drama department at
one of the major universities

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would be able to supply that.

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{\an2}And if someone were crazy
enough to come here,

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because we didn't
have any money,

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just a raw material

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and an old opera house
and few other things,

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well then maybe we
could pull it off.

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- [Carrie] It doesn't
theater students

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{\an2}from the University of Kansas
caught wind of the idea.

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Crazy or not, Steve Reed was
among those who embraced it.

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- I was thinking, okay,

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coming out to Colorado,
to the Rocky Mountains,

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starting a theater, in
an honest to goodness,

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old West mining town,
this is an adventure.

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{\an2}- We opened our homes in our
community with those kids

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to put those plays on.

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{\an2}We gave them a chance
and they gave us a chance

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to learn what theater
was all about.

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{\an2}So it was a two way deal.

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- I've never been to
a place like this,

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where you feel like people,
once you're in their family.

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- [Carrie] CRT garnered
national attention

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during Maurice LaMee,
12 years of leadership.

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As former Executive
and Artistic Director,

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LaMee also helped
expand its footprint,

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{\an2}both in and out of Creed,

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{\an2}adding a second theater
and staging work in Denver.

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- I think you have
to be more cautious

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when you're the Denver
Center Theater Company

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{\an2}or you're, a major
theater company in a way.

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There's more at risk

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here you can kind
of take chances

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{\an2}no one's gonna know that
you messed up (laughing).

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- [Carrie] Jessica
Jackson is Creed's

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{\an2}current Artistic Director.

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- I found an audition
advertisement for
the 2015 season

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and it said, quote,

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"We're hiring a
family of artists."

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Does that stem from the
fact that the community

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and the theater are
so tightly knit?

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{\an2}- When we bring in our
summer company of about 90,

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we're increasing the
population of Creed

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by 20 something percent.

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And so we feel like we
have a responsibility

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to bring in people who are going

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to not only be good
company members,

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but be good community
members too,

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because whether
you like it or not,

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{\an2}you are not anonymous here.

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You are a member
of this community.

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- [Carrie] As a
founding company member,

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Gary Mitchell was among
the first to experience

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the close relationship
between the theater

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and the community.

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{\an2}- Well, it was Mr. Roberts.

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It was June 26, 1966

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we'd been working on
this play for 10 days,

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but we'd also been working on
building a theater for 10 days

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and surviving as a
company for 10 days.

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{\an2}We were having so much
fun finally doing a show,

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even though the paint was wet.

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{\an2}And there was this incredible
feeling and energy.

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- [Carrie] The theater has had

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less than incredible
moments too.

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- But then in 1970,
when the theater burned,

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that could have been yet for me

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I mean, the managing
directors that year,

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now they could have just said,

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{\an2}"We can't do this anymore."

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But they came out here

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they met with some
of the townspeople

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and they all got
together and say,

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"We can do this,
let's just do it."

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- [Carrie] And
they did restoring

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the theater scorched
interior in one month's time.

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Audiences then, and now
are eager to fill seats.

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Jessica Jackson pointed
out part of the reason

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for strong ticket sales
is CRT is longstanding

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{\an2}and exceedingly rare choice

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to run performances
in Repertory.

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{\an2}- There is the opportunity
for audience members

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to see six different
performances in
one weekend here.

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And that is a monumental
task for an actor.

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That means being able to
run four different shows

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in one week.

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(audience applauding)

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- [Carrie] And for the
production and technical crew,

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it means this.

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(bright upbeat music)

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There's something else
that sets Creede apart

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from other theater companies,

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instead of its actors
slipping out the stage door,

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after a show, they
do the opposite.

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{\an2}- This is a very valuable
experience for Creed.

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It makes everybody that
comes to the theater,

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feel more a part of the theater,

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{\an2}and it makes us understand what
this art can do for people.

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{\an2}- [Steve] There've
always been ups and downs

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there always are,

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but this community
is just so amazing.

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{\an2}- [Phil] I'm mighty proud
of what they're doing.

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And we had no idea that
it would last this long.

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- [Gary] It's grown
beyond anything

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that I ever could have imagined.

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This is something great.

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- [Carrie] But
for Christy Brandt

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{\an2}and everyone else at
Creede Repertory Theater,

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it's just another day at work.

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- Find out more about
this theater company

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{\an2}by visiting creederep.org.

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Legendary explorer,
Sir Ernest Shackleton

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{\an2}undertakes a transient Arctic
expedition with his crew.

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Those treacherous
times are brought

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to life in historic
photographs by Frank Hurley.

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(dramatic music)

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- He hired Frank Hurley
to be as photographer,

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who is the best of
the best at the time.

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They put together
an amazing team,

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but then they get stuck in
the ice for almost two years.

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{\an2}To me is an amazing story

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and then to have them
all make it back alive.

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It's just an
extraordinary story.

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(dramatic music)

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- The whole point I
think, Hurley there

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{\an2}was to then create the film
and the stills photography,

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{\an2}which would then be sold
on their return to Britain

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and the money from those sales

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would effectively
underwrite the cost

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of the expedition
for Shackleton.

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(dramatic music)

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{\an2}I think Shackleton's a
very modern communicator.

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He and Hurley have a real
skill in communicating ideas

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about what they're trying to do

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and modulating
what they are doing

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'cause they failed in
the idea of reaching

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to cross the continent.

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So where are we now?

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{\an2}We're in a situation
where we're all in peril,

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but we're still
gonna keep recording

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{\an2}and documenting what we do

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because that story is gonna
be even perhaps more important

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than the story of
crossing the Antarctic.

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{\an2}- Well, my grandfather was
aware of the importance

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of photographs and media

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because like all expeditions,

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they had Chubb, they
had to pay their debts

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so they could do
that by lecturing

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and writing and
having exhibitions.

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Also of course, above all,
to get the story out of that,

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because it was such a novelty.

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{\an2}They're not quite vague about
where the Antarctic was.

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It was probably for
polar bears with that.

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- We think there were about 400

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glass plate negatives that
had been processed by Hurley

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and we have 98 in the
society's collections.

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So there is, I think
another 30 to 40

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that have never been discovered.

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{\an2}The reason why Hurley
destroyed the glass plates

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on the edge of the
ship, has it saying

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was that he didn't want
the other men to take

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from the souvenirs.

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So he had done the pre
edit on the photographs

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{\an2}and the ones that he chose,
I think are the best.

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I think he did an edit

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that was just perfect in terms

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of the very best
quality pictures.

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{\an2}If you look at the Pantheon
of great photographers,

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Hurley is there.

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And I know speaking
to many documentary

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filmmakers and photographers,

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{\an2}they absolutely recognize
his contribution.

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Many of them have
been inspired by him.

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{\an2}And I think going forward
over the next generations,

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that won't diminish.

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{\an2}The story of the leadership
is such an exceptional one.

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I think, we can
all learn something

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{\an2}from what Shackleton does.

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And I do think it's a
really modern approach.

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I think, it could have
happened yesterday

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with the right people in charge

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with the right set of skills

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{\an2}and this idea of
communicating with his man

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and saying, "This is
what we're gonna do

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"We are gonna get to safety."

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{\an2}It's a very modern concept.

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(gentle music)

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{\an2}There's a very famous picture
called The Nightwatchman.

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And if you look
in the photograph,

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there is this very
ghostly fifth face now

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that appears in the background.

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The one thing we
haven't been able

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to use to identify who it is,

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but that wasn't seen before.

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And then in many
of the photographs

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{\an2}you see the kind of mid ground
detail has just opened up.

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The other ones that
I love are the ones

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where you have depth of field.

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So the pictures of the
interior of the ship,

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the Reps, as they described it,

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you can now see each
of the different rooms,

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each of the little cubicles and
the names they gave to them.

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And maybe the best
one is a photograph

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of the interior of
Shackleton's cabin,

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{\an2}which has all of the books
from their library there.

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Before you couldn't
read the spines

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now you know exactly
what they were reading.

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So you can see they
how the whole set

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{\an2}of Encyclopedia Britannica.

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(gentle music)

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- The sheer beauty of the images

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gets most people are interested.

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- These photographs are
given an opportunity

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to see what was like
a hundred years ago.

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But there's the whole
art side of this,

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the whole concept of
these platinum prints

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and how these glass
plates survived

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and how beautiful
they really are.

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{\an2}There is as fine as any
black and white photography

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I know of.

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(dramatic music)

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{\an2}- Learn about
current exhibitions

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{\an2}at the Bowers Museum
at bowers.org.

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Listen and watch as
the Amenda Quartet

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of Rochester, New York
attempts to play all 16

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of Beethoven String Quartets.

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{\an2}We'll also see what they're
learning along the way.

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{\an2}(energetic quartet music)

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- [David] Project
Lord VIG is a project

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of the Amendment String Quartet.

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In fact, we formed
for this project,

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{\an2}which is to play all the
Beethoven string quartets.

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There are 16 of them.

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{\an2}(energetic quartet music)

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It's a gigantic project

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and our excitement
about it was such

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{\an2}that we have been at it
for almost six years now.

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- [Mimi] Beethoven
wrote 16 string quartets

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and it's something that
a lot of string quartet

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want to do is to be able to play

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all of the Beethoven
instruments quartets.

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- [David] I think most,
maybe all the quartets

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{\an2}I've ever heard of that
have dared to take it on,

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have been full-time
string quartets.

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Of course, we're all
professional musicians,

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but we all make our livings
through many means orchestra

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and teaching other
projects, businesses,

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even outside of the quartet.

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These are extremely
difficult works,

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{\an2}and most full-time quartets
will play almost every day

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{\an2}rehearsal almost every day.

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{\an2}We don't have that luxury.

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{\an2}And so we have to be extremely
efficient as we work.

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{\an2}(energetic quartet music)

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- We were playing the 16 pieces

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over nine months between
September of this year

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to June of next spring

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{\an2}and playing about one
quartet every three weeks

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and playing all the
quartets in different venues

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{\an2}around the Rochester area.

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Music of Beethoven from
all different periods

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at the same time like
we're doing today,

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{\an2}you're learning so much
about him and his development

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{\an2}and the way that his music moves

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{\an2}and it's different from
the beginning to the end.

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(gentle quartet music)

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- We would like
to play Beethoven

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because at least for me,

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because he expresses all
aspects of the human experience

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from exuberant joy and
hopefulness to tragedy, despair,

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and even anger, frustration,

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it's all there in the
music and all presented

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with the most
brilliant technique,

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compositional technique as well.

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He had it all, mind and heart.

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(gentle quartet music)

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- [Mimi] And a few
of us have played

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in full-time string
quartets before.

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{\an2}And we just decided we
wanted to do this project

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about five years ago.

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- They told me it is
incredibly relevant to us now

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it's timeless music,
it's beautiful music

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and it touches people
of all different ages

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{\an2}and of all different times.

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{\an2}Beethoven moves people in ways

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{\an2}that everything in music

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{\an2}and music is just universal.

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{\an2}(energetic quartet music)

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{\an2}- To rehearse with
colleagues whose artistry

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and opinions you respect
so highly as I do,

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my colleagues is
a great pleasure.

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It brings you to a
better level of yourself

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and as for me, there's
nothing more satisfying

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after all these
decades of playing

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and to get better

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and to play more beautifully.

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And so they told me
and Patty and Mimi

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all inspire drive that process.

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{\an2}(energetic quartet music)

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- [Mimi] Feel so
fortunate to be able

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to play this wonderful music

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it's so delightful
and so life affirming.

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{\an2}(energetic quartet music)

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- To hear more visit
amendaquartet.org.

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And that wraps it
up for this edition

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of WEDU Arts Plus.

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{\an2}For more arts and culture
visit wedu.org/artsplus.

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Until next time,
I'm Dalia Colon.

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Thanks for watching.

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