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WHAT A LOVELY EVENING THIS HAS BEEN.
I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THE SILENT AUCTION WAS UPSTAIRS AND THEN IT WAS DOWNSTAIRS, AND THEN IT WAS UPSTAIRS AGAIN.
SO THANK YOU TO THE AMAZING FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOARD FOR DOING A LOT OF SCHLEPPING TODAY.
SO MY NAME IS SHARON DE LEVY, AND I KNOW WE'RE ALL EAGER TO GET TO THE SHOW, BUT YOU KNOW, I HAVE A FEW THINGS TO SAY.
THIS IS MY THIRD YEAR AS PRESIDENT OF THE FRIENDS, AND I AM STILL LEARNING ABOUT THE LIBRARY.
I VAGUELY KNEW THAT WE HAD MUSEUM PASSES, BUT I RECENTLY LEARNED THAT WE HAVE 18 PASSES TO PLACES LIKE THE NEWLY REOPENED FRICK AND STORM KING.
THAT MEANS YOU AND ANYONE CAN GO TO THE NINE 11 MEMORIAL AMMA, GUGGENHEIM, AND MOHAWK PRESERVE FOR FREE.
THIS IS INSTEAD OF IT COSTING YOU $35 FOR JUST ONE VISIT TO ANY OF THESE AUGUST INSTITUTIONS.
I MEAN, I'M A DIEHARD FOREVER ENGLISH MAJOR, BUT EVEN I HAD TO DO THIS MATH
BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT'S NOT THE CASE FOR EVERYBODY.
AND THAT'S HOW THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY LEVELS THE PLAYING FIELD.
WE FOOT THE BILL FOR THE PASSES, WHICH RANGE FROM $60 TO 500 FOR EACH MUSEUM.
VERY SIMPLE AND SATISFYING MATH.
LET ME POINT OUT, THAT'S LESS THAN WHAT IT WOULD COST YOU TO GO TO MOHAWK OR THE INTREPID.
JUST ONCE YOUR $30 MEANS NOT ONLY YOU CAN GO, BUT A FAMILY OF FOUR CAN GO TO THE MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK OR WESTCHESTER CHILDREN'S MUSEUM FOR FREE AND HAVE A LOVELY DAY, INCLUDING 10% OFF THE CAFE.
THAT EQUATION ALONE SHOULD MAKE IT WORTH IT TO YOU.
AND IF YOU'RE A SENIOR, IT'S ONLY $15 TO BECOME A SUPPORTER.
SO YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS DOWNSIZING, WHETHER BY TRICKLE DOWN EFFECT OR FELL SWOOP.
THESE CONTRACTIONS IMPACT EVERYONE, INCLUDING LIBRARIES.
OUR FUNDING WILL CERTAINLY BE AFFECTED.
WE CAN'T PREDICT TO WHAT EXTENT YET.
I KNOW MANY OF YOU HAVE ALREADY ROLLED UP YOUR SLEEVES AND ARE GIVING MORE WHERE IT'S NEEDED.
IN ADDITION TO SUBSIDIZING THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM, WHICH THE FRIENDS HAS DONE FOR DECADES, WE'RE BRINGING YOU UKULELE LESSONS, SINGING WITH FLO AND A REFURBISHED CHILDREN'S ROOM, SOON TO BE KNOWN AS THE YOUNG ROOM AFTER OUR DEAR SUPPORTER, ED YOUNG, WHO LOVED THE LIBRARY AND WAS VERY GENEROUS TO US FOR ED, WE ARE ALSO PAYING TO REPLACE THE DECK FURNITURE AND AWNING.
SO YOU CAN READ OUTDOORS OVERLOOKING THE HUDSON IN COMFORT.
WE'RE ALSO THE ONLY PLACE IN TOWN TO GET SOMETHING NOTARIZED AS THE LOCAL BANKS NO LONGER PROVIDE THIS SERVICE.
EVERYONE'S LIKE, OH YEAH, I'M NOTARIES.
EARN A SMALL FEE FROM EACH TRANSACTION.
I WOULD LIKE TO PERSONALLY THANK JUDY KAISER, THE FRIENDS CO TREASURER, AND VALUABLE KEEPER OF SO MUCH LIBRARY INFORMATION FOR DONATING ALL THE FEES SHE HAS EARNED TO THE FRIENDS.
FINALLY, WE HAVE, IT'S NOT FINALLY, THAT'S A LITTLE FINALLY, BUT THERE'S MORE FINALIZED.
WE HAVE UPPED OUR GAME IN THE BOOKSHOP.
THE LIBRARY HAS A BOOKSHOP TUCKED INTO THE CORNER BEHIND THE CIRC DESK.
THE FRIEND SELLS CHILDREN'S YA AND GROWNUP BOOKS FOR ONE OR $2.
WE'VE INSTALLED NEW SHELVING TO MAKE YOUR BROWSING EXPERIENCE MORE PLEASANT.
WE ALSO DONATE SOME OF THE BOOKS.
WE GET TO VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK ON CHILDREN'S LITERACY.
BEYOND SPONSORING PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS HERE AT THE LIBRARY, WE'RE FUNDING WAYS TO UPLIFT THE COMMUNITY WHERE AND WHEN WE CAN.
HASTINGS LIBRARY GOES TO TOWN SUPPLIES LOCAL MERCHANTS WITH BASKETS OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS FOR FREE TO ENTERTAIN KIDS WHILE THEIR PARENTS ARE SHOPPING, SHARING A MEAL, GETTING A HAIRCUT.
WE ALSO WILL BE COLLECTING FOOD DONATIONS OUTSIDE OF FOOD TOWN TO HELP SUPPORT THE FOOD PANTRY WHOSE FUNDING HAS BEEN SEVERELY SLASHED.
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THING, BUT WE'RE NOT JUST A LIBRARY THING.WE TURNED LIBRARY GIVING DAY ON ITS HEAD.
INSTEAD OF ASKING PATRONS FOR MONEY, WE PROVIDED HOMEMADE BAKED GOODS AND DRINKS FOR ANYONE WHO DROPPED BY THE LIBRARY THAT DAY.
THINK WHAT YOU'D PAY IN THE REAL WORLD FOR UNLIMITED FOOD AND DRINKS ACCESS TO OVER 85 ITEMS IN A SILENT AUCTION AND IN HALF AN HOUR OR MORE TO A, A WORLD CLASS ENTERTAINMENT.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU PAID TODAY.
YES, THIS IS A LIBRARY FUNDRAISER, BUT WE ALSO HOPE IT FEELS LIKE A VILLAGE MOOD RAISER.
I KNOW THANK YOUS CAN BE SO BORING, BUT I HAVE TO THANK THE HARDWORKING, TRULY SPECTACULAR FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOARD WHO WORKED THEIR COLLECTIVE TUSHIES OFF TO MAKE THIS EVENT.
I WANNA THANK DEBBIE QUINN FOR BEING THE BEST LIBRARY DIRECTOR AS WELL AS THE LIBRARY BOARD FOR ALWAYS SUPPORTING US.
AND I, I ABSOLUTELY WANT TO THANK THE MANY, MANY LOCAL MERCHANTS WHO DONATED SO GENEROUSLY TO OUR SILENT AUCTION.
PLEASE SHOP LOCALLY WHEN YOU CAN.
FINALLY, WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU TO DONATE A WING, JUST CONTRIBUTE $30 AGAIN, 15 IF YOU'RE A SENIOR AND KNOW YOU ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
IT DOESN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT YOU.
SCHMO AWARDS
SIXTH, ALMOST ANNUAL ONCE UPON A MUSICAL BROADWAY GALA CONCERT.
SO THIS YEAR WITH THIS, UH, SMORGASBORD MOTLEY CREW OF TALENT THAT AGREED TO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME FOR THIS EVENING FOR A GOOD CAUSE, WE FIGURED WE WOULD MIX IT UP.
AND IN THE SPIRIT OF BROADWAY MISCAST CONCERTS, WE ARE SINGING SONGS THAT IN TRADITIONAL SHOW BUSINESS, WE WOULD HAVE NO BUSINESS SINGING
SO SIT BACK, RELAX, AND ENJOY BECAUSE TONIGHT ANYTHING GOES, ANYTHING HAVE CHANGED.
AND WE'VE OFTEN REWOUND THE CLOCK SINCE THE PURITANS GOT A SHOCK WHEN THEY LANDED ON PLYMOUTH ROCK.
IF TODAY ANY SHOCK THEY SHOULD TRY TO STAND INSTEAD OF LANDING ON PLYMOUTH ROCK, PLYMOUTH ROCK WOULD LAND ON THEM.
IN OLDEN DAYS, A GLIMPSE OF STOCKING WAS LOOKED ON AS SOMETHING SHOCKING.
NOW HEAVEN, NO ANYTHING GOES GOOD.
AUTHORS TO WHO ONCE KNEW BETTER WORDS NOW ONLY USE FOUR LETTER WORDS.
THE WORLD HAS GONE MAD TODAY AND GOOD'S BAD TODAY AND BLACKS WHITE TODAY AND DAYS NIGHT TODAY WHEN MOST GUYS TODAY THAT WOMEN PRIZE TODAY ARE JUST SILLY JIGGLES.
AND THOUGH I'M NOT A GREAT ROMANCER, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE BOUND TO ANSWER.
WHEN I PROPOSE ANYTHING GOES WHEN GRANDMA MA WHOSE AGE IS 80 IN NIGHTCLUBS IS GETTING MET WITH ANYTHING GOES WHEN MOTHERS PACK AND LEAVE FOR FATHER BE 'CAUSE THEY DECIDE THEY'D RATHER BE TENNIS PROS, ANYTHING GOES.
IT'S SAYING YOUR PRAYERS YOU LIKE, IF GREEN PAIRS YOU LIKE IF OLD CHAIRS YOU LIKE IF BACK STAIRS YOU LIKE, IF FLO BEARS YOU LIKE WITH YOUNG BEARS, YOU LIKE WHY NOBODY WILL OPPOSE.
WHEN LITTLE ME WHO'S PAST IS SHADY CAN END UP A TITLED
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LADY, THEN I SUPPOSE ANYTHING GOES.AND THOUGH I'M NOT A GREAT ROMANCER, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE BOUND TO ANSWER WHEN I PROPOSE ANYTHING GOES.
HI INGS LOCAL ALLISON, OUR DIRECTOR, INGS HASTINGS LOCAL.
UH, SHE GAVE US PERMISSION TO DO A LITTLE BANTER.
SO I'M JUST GONNA DO A LITTLE PRES SONG.
I GREW UP IN A VERY MUSICAL FAMILY.
MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS DID THEATER.
MY MOM'S A PIANIST AND A LOCAL ACTRESS.
AND WE WOULD DO A LOT OF SING-ALONGS IN THE DEN.
AND WE HAD A FEW GREATEST HITS.
ONE OF 'EM WAS EVERYTHING'S COMING UP ROSES.
AND THE OTHER WAS THIS SONG CALLED IF MY FRIENDS COULD SEE ME.
NOW, I LOVE SINGING THIS SONG.
I USED IT FOR MY AUDITIONS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE.
AND THEN WHEN I MOVED TO NEW YORK, I USED IT FOR MY AUDITIONS BEING A PROFE, ATTEMPTING TO BE A PROFESSIONAL ACTOR THERE,
UM, BUT THE THING IS, I NEVER BOTHERED TO FIND OUT WHAT IT WAS FROM.
WE DIDN'T HAVE GOOGLE AND CHAT GBT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND I GUESS WE DIDN'T HAVE THE CAST RECORDING.
SO I GUESS AFTER SOME AUDITION WHEN I WAS A YOUNG STRUGGLING ACTOR IN THE CITY, SOMEBODY SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN ICONIC SONG ASSOCIATED WITH GWEN VERDIN AND SHIRLEY MCCLAIN FROM SWEET CHARITY.
RIGHT? YOU KNOW THAT, UH, OKAY.
SO I STOPPED SINGING THAT SONG 20 YEARS AGO.
IT WAS A LITTLE, I GUESS IT WAS A LITTLE TACKY TO DO THAT.
NOW WE'RE IN A DIFFERENT TIME, RIGHT? WHERE IT'S TOTALLY ACCEPTABLE, ESPECIALLY ON AN ANYTHING GOES NIGHT LIKE TONIGHT,
MY NEIGHBORS BURNED, THEY LIKE TO DIE WHEN I TELL THEM WHO IS GETTING IN AND GO IN OUT IS AH, IF THEY COULD SEE ME NOW, THAT LITTLE GANG OF MINE, A MEAT FANCY CHOW AND DRINKING FANCY WINE.
I LIKE THOSE STUMBLED BUMS TO SEE FOR A EFFECT THE KIND OF TOP DRAWER, FIRST AWAY CHUMS I ATTRACT.
ALL I CAN SAY IS, WOW, WE LOOK AT WHERE I AM TONIGHT.
I LANDED POWER RIGHT IN A POT OF JAM.
IF MY FRIENDS COULD SEE ME NOW, IF THEY COULD SEE ME NOW, THAT LITTLE DUSTY GROUP TAR RAPING AROUND THIS MILLION DOLLAR CHICKEN COOP, I'D HEAR THOSE THRIFT SHOP BUMS. SAY, BROTHER, GET HIM DRESSED UP IN TAILS AND DRINKING, TONIC AND GIN.
ALL I CAN SAY IS, WOW, WAIT TIL THE RIFF AND WHA SEE JUST EXACTLY HOW HE SIGNED THE SORT OF GRAPH.
IF MY FRIENDS COULD SEE ME, FRIENDS COULD SEE ME.
NOW,
WE'VE BEEN FRIENDS FOR A REALLY LONG TIME NOW.
WE LIKE TO CALL EACH OTHER OLD FRIENDS, BUT WE'RE NOT THAT OLD.
SO WE KNEW EACH OTHER BACK IN UNDERGRAD AT BROWN UNIVERSITY.
AND, AND STAYED FRIENDS ALL THROUGH NEW YORK.
AND NOW WE LIVE IN THE SUBURBS RAISING CHILDREN.
AND THIS SONG IS ABOUT JUST THAT HAVING AND RAISING CHILDREN.
AND IN THE, THE SPIRIT OF OUR, OUR MISMATCHED CASTING, UH, UNFORTUNATELY I MIGHT NOT EVER BE CAST AS ALEXANDER HAMILTON AND ALISON SUMMIT WILL PROBABLY NEVER BE AARON BURR.
I MEAN JUST PROBABLY, MAYBE, PROBABLY NOT.
TONIGHT'S THE, THE FIRST, LAST TIME.
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GET YOUR CAMERAS OUTWHEN YOU CAME INTO THE WORLD, YOU CRIED AND IT BROKE MY HEART.
I'M DEDICATING EVERY DAY TO YOU.
DOMESTIC LIFE WAS NEVER QUITE MY STYLE.
WHEN YOU SMILE, YOU KNOCK ME OUT, I FALL APART.
YOU WILL COME OF AGE WITH OUR YOUNG NATION.
WE'LL BLEED AND FIGHT FOR YOU.
IF WE LAY A STRONG ENOUGH FOUNDATION, WE'LL PASS IT ON TO YOU.
WE'LL GIVE THE WORLD TO YOU AND YOU'LL BLOW US ALL AWAY SOMEDAY SOME DAY.
PRIDE IS NOT THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR.
THERE IS SO MUCH MORE INSIDE ME NOW.
OOH, PHILIP, YOU OUT SHINE THE MORNING, SON.
I SWEAR THAT I'LL BE AROUND FOR YOU.
I'LL MAKE THE WILL COME WITH OUR YOUNG NATION.
WE'LL BLEED AND FIGHT FOR YOU.
IF WE LAY A STRONG ENOUGH FOUNDATION, WE'LL PASS IT ON TO YOU.
WE'LL GIVE THE WORLD TO YOU AND YOU'LL GLORY US ALL THE WAY.
YEAH, YOU'LL BLOW US ALL THE WAY.
UM, NATHAN, NATE, NATE, COME ON UP.
NATE, WHAT WERE YOU DOING IN 2006? IT'S FUNNY YOU ASK NATHAN.
WHAT WERE YOU DOING? IN 2006, I WAS CAST IN THE FIRST NATIONAL TOUR OF WHAT I THINK IS ONE OF THE GREATEST BROADWAY MUSICALS EVER.
WHAT WERE YOU DOING, JAMIE? WHAT WERE YOU DOING RIGHT AFTER THAT? OH, RIGHT.
IN 2007, I WAS ALSO CAST IN THAT SAME PRODUCTION WITH NATE.
FUNNY AS IT MAY FUNNY ME, IT LATER IN 2007 ISLAND DOING ALSO JOINED THE SAME CREW OF JERSEY BOYS WITH THESE.
WAIT, WE WERE ON TOUR TOGETHER AND ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO, SO WE KNOW EACH OTHER REALLY WELL.
SO NOT LIKE THAT FOR MANY, MANY SHOWS.
THIS SHOW, THIS SONG THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO SING, THERE WAS THREE OF OUR WONDERFUL WOMEN SINGING THIS GREAT SONG OF WHICH JAMIE WAS ONE OF THOSE WOMEN.
AND SOME OF US BOYS WERE STANDING BEHIND THEM, FAKE PLAYING THE GUITAR.
SO WE WATCHED THEM PLAY THIS SONG OVER OR SING THE SONG OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
AND TONIGHT YOU GET TO LIVE YOUR DREAM.
WE'RE GONNA SWAP IT AROUND A LITTLE BIT AND WE'RE GONNA BE THE ONES IN FRONT WITH JAMIE'S HELP.
HE WENT AWAY AND YOU HUNG AROUND AND BOTHERED ME EVERY NIGHT.
AND WHEN I WOULDN'T GO OUT WITH YOU, YOU SAID THINGS THAT WEREN'T VERY NICE, MY BOYFRIEND'S BACK AND YOU'RE GONNA BE IN TROUBLE.
HALA HALA MY BOYFRIEND'S BACK.
WHEN YOU SEE HIM COME AND BETTER COME OUT.
I'M THE DOUBLE HALA HALA MY BOYFRIEND'S BOYFRIEND'S BACK.
YOU'VE BEEN SPREADING LIES THAT I WAS UNTRUE.
HALA MY BOYFRIEND'S BOYFRIEND'S SAY, LOOK CRAP NOW.
'CAUSE HE'S COMING AFTER Y WHO?
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HEY HALA, MY BOYFRIEND'S BACK.HEY, HE KNOWS I WASN'T CHEATING.
NOW YOU'RE GONNA GET A BEATING.
WHAT MADE YOU THINK HE BELIEVED ALL YOUR LIES? I I YOU ARE A BIG MAN NOW HE'LL CUT YOU DOWN THE SIDE.
WAIT AND SEE MY BOYFRIEND'S BACK.
HE'S GONNA SAVE MY REPUTATION.
HALA HALA MY BOYFRIEND'S BACK.
YOU, IF I WERE YOU, I'D TAKE A PERMANENT VACATION.
HALA HALA MY BOYFRIEND'S BACK.
WE GONNA BE SORRY YOU WERE EVER BORN.
HALA HALA, MY BOYFRIEND'S BACK, THE KIND OF BIG AND HALA HALA MY BOYFRIEND'S BACK BOYFRIEND BACK.
YEAH, I CAN SEE MY BOYFRIEND'S BACK.
MY ANYTHING GOES TRULY ANYTHING GOES.
I'M NATHAN SHERICK, AND I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING ME COME DOWN RIVER.
I LIVE UP IN HEADLESS HORSEMAN TERRITORY IN SLEEPY HOLLOW.
WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD LIBRARY THERE, BUT I THINK THIS ONE SOUNDS A LOT MORE FUN.
UM, I WORKED FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS ON TOUR AND ON BROADWAY AND I'M HAPPY TO DO IT.
BUT IN THE FIRST SONG, THE FIRST SHOW THAT I DID WITH MY WIFE, UM, WHO WAS HELPING US RAISE THREE CHILDREN AND TWO CATS AND A DOG AND A LIZARD UP THE RIVER
AND THE LEADING LADY SINGS THIS SONG LOOKING FOR HER BOW.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU THIS EVENING.
THERE'S A SAYING, OLD SAYS THAT LOVE IS BLIND STILL WE'RE OFTEN TOLD SEEK AND YE SHALL FIND MIND.
SO I'M GONNA SEEK A CERTAIN LAD I'VE HAD IN MIND LOOKING EVERYWHERE.
HE'S THE BIG AFFAIR I CANNOT FORGET.
ONLY MAN I EVER THINK OF WITH REGRET.
I'D LIKE TO ADD MY INITIALS TO HIS MONOGRAM.
TELL ME WHERE IS THE SHEPHERD FOR THIS LOST LAMB? THERE'S A SOMEBODY I'M LONGING TO SEE.
I HOPE THAT HE TURNS OUT TO BE SOMEONE WHO WATCH OVER ME.
I'M A LITTLE LAMB WHO'S LOST IN THE WOOD.
I KNOW I COULD ALWAYS BE GOOD TO ONE WHO WATCH OVER ME.
ALTHOUGH HE MAY NOT BE THE MAN.
SOME GIRLS THINK OF AS HANDSOME TO MY HEART.
WON'T YOU TELL HIM PLEASE TO PUT ON SOME SPEED.
OH, HOW I NEED SOMEONE WHO WATCH OVER ME.
ALTHOUGH HE MAY NOT BE THE MAN, SOME GIRLS THINK OF AS HANDSOME TO MY HEART.
WON'T YOU TELL HIM PLEASE TO PUT ON SOME SPEED.
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MY LEAD.OH, HOW I NEED SOMEONE WHO WATCH OVER ME.
SOMEONE WHO WANTS JERRY CORMAN.
MY MOTHER WAS A LIBRARIAN REFERENCE.
UH, THIS IS, UH, FROM THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WHICH IS ON BROADWAY RIGHT NOW.
DID I JUST HEAR AN ALARM START RINGING? DID I SEE SIRENS GO FLYING PAST THOUGH? I DON'T KNOW WHAT TOMORROW IS BRINGING.
I'VE GOT A SINGULAR IMPRESSION.
I'M GLIDING SMOOTH AS A FIGURE SKATER.
I'M RIDING HOT AS A ROCKET BLAST.
10 YEARS LATER, I'VE GOT A SINGULAR IMPRESSION.
DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO STOP THIS TRAIN.
WHATEVER I DO, I BARREL ON THROUGH.
WHEN I DON'T COMPLAIN, NO MATTER WHAT I TRY, I AM FLYING FULL SPEED AHEAD.
I'M NEVER WORRIED TO WALK THE WIRE.
I WON'T DO ANYTHING JUST HALF-ASSED.
BUT WITH THE STAKES GETTING SOMEWHAT HIGHER, I'VE GOT A SINGULAR IMPRESSION THAT THINGS ARE MOVING TOO FAST.
I FOUND A WOMAN I LOVE AND I FOUND AN AGENT WHO LOVES ME.
THINGS MIGHT GET BUMPY, BUT SOME PEOPLE ANALYZE EVERY DETAIL.
SOME PEOPLE STALL WHEN THEY CAN'T SEE THE TRAIL.
SOME PEOPLE FREEZE OUT OF FEAR THAT THEY'LL FAIL, BUT I KEEP ROLLING ON SOME PEOPLE CAN'T GET SUCCESS FROM THEIR ART.
SOME PEOPLE NEVER FEEL LOVE IN THEIR HEART.
SOME PEOPLE CAN'T TELL THE TWO THINGS APART.
BUT I KEEP ROLLING ON, OH, MAYBE I WON'T FOLLOW THROUGH, BUT OH, WHAT ELSE AM I SUPPOSED TO DO? I DREAMED OF WRITING LIKE THE HIGH AND MIGHTY.
NOW I'M THE SUBJECT OF A BIDDING WAR.
I MET MY PERSONAL AFRO WHO DIED.
I'M DOING THINGS I NEVER DREAMED OF BEFORE.
WE START TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP TOGETHER.
FOUND AN APARTMENT ON 73RD THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY'S PRINTING MY FIRST CHAPTER, 2000 BUCKS WITHOUT REWRITING ONE WORD.
I LEFT COLUMBIA AND I DON'T REGRET IT.
I WROTE A BOOK AND SONNY MADE A REDDIT.
I JUST KEEP ROLLING ALONG AND I THINK WELL, WELL, WHAT ELSE IS IN STORE? GOT ALL THIS AND MORE BEFORE 24.
IT'S HARD NOT TO BE SURE I'M SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL.
I'M FEELING PANICKED AND RUSHED AND HURRIED.
I'M FEELING OUT MANEUVERED AND OUT CLASS.
BUT I'M SO HAPPY THAT I CAN'T GET WORRIED ABOUT THIS SINGULAR IMPRESSION.
I'VE GOT A SINGULAR IMPRESSION.
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MY NAME'S JEN GA AND I USED TO LIVE DOWN HERE, BUT, UH, I, I LIVE UP NORTH EVEN FURTHER THAN ONE OF OUR NAS.I'M UP IN PUTNAM VALLEY IN THE WOODS NOW.
UM, BUT WHEN ALLISON ASKED ME TO SING, I WAS HAPPY TO COME BACK DOWN.
AND WHEN I FOUND OUT WHAT THE THEME WAS, I WAS REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE THERE'S A SHOW THAT WAS THE FIRST BROADWAY SHOW I EVER SAW WHEN I CAME FROM CLEVELAND, OHIO IN THE EARLY NINETIES WITH MY PARENTS TO SEE CITY OF ANGELS.
DO ANY OF YOU REMEMBER THAT GREAT SHOW, CY COLEMAN.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT FEMALE PARTS IN IT.
IN FACT, I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY HAVEN'T REVIVED IT YET,
AND THE STORY IS THAT ONE OF THEM IS THE AUTHOR.
SO THAT FELT RIGHT FOR A LIBRARY SHOW.
ONE IS THE AUTHOR AND ONE IS HIS CHARACTER.
YOU JUST DON'T THINK WELL GET THIS DUMB GUM SHOE.
WELL, IS YOUR MOUTH LONELY WITH ONE FOOT IN THERE STONE? YOUR BRAIN ONLY HOLDS THOUGHTS.
I PUT IN THERE JUST WHAT YOU ARE A SPELL OUT.
ONE SPECK OF LINT THAT FELL OUT THE LAST TIME THAT I PICKED MY BRAIN.
YOU ARE SO JEALOUS OF MY TRACK RECORD TOL SOY DO TELL US YOUR FEEBLE HACK RECORD YOUR WEAK KNEES, BRAND NEW, SOFT AND UNSTABLE.
ONE SMALL THREAT, AND YOU FOLD LIKE A CAR TABLE.
OH, I WRITE THAT YOUR BROADS AND BED BOARD LORD, GO HOME AND SOAK YOUR DENTURES.
YOUR PEN IS NO MATCH FOR MY SOUL.
I TELL YOU, YOU ARE OUT OF MY MIND, YOUR EQUAL PARTS.
AND NO ONE WOULD DOUBT ME WITHOUT ME.
YOU ARE SO THICK, YOU EAT, BREATHE, SLEEP FICTION.
I'M YOUR MEAL TICKET KNEE DEEP IN CHEAP FICTION.
HEY, I'M A FAMOUS SHAMUS AND MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW YOUR NAME.
YOU JUST UP HERE RIGHT INTO THE AIR AND NO ONE WOULD CARE OR NOTICE YOU EVER.
WERE HERE A PUPPET AND STAR, A LOSER.
WHO'S DESTINED TO FALL? I'M EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO BE.
LET'S DEAL WITH THE WHAT THE HEY OTHER.
NATE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO FOLLOW THAT INSTEAD OF ME?
UM, SO MY OTHER BROADWAY SHOW, UH, ASIDE FROM JERSEY BOYS WAS BEAUTIFUL, THE CAROL KING MUSICAL.
SO I'VE MADE A CAREER AT SORT OF REAL LIFE STORIES PUT ON, UM, PUT ON STAGE, UH, WITH GREAT GREAT SONG FOLKS.
UM, BUT CAROL KING NOT ONLY BEING A GREAT FOLK AND ROCKSTAR AS WE KNOW HER AS AN ARTIST, PRIOR TO THAT WAS A PROLIFIC SONGWRITER IN THE MOTOWN ERA AND HAD MANY, MANY HITS FOR GROUPS LIKE THE SHIRELLES AND THE DRIFTERS AND OTHERS.
AND SO, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'D LIKE TO SING A SHIRE SONG,
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UH, WRITTEN, WRITTEN BY, UH, I'LL JUST BE ONE SHARELLE I'LL BE THE SHELL ONE.UM, BUT THE, UH, WRITTEN BY CAROL AND HER, UH, HUSBAND JERRY GOFFIN TONIGHT, YOUR MIND COMPLETELY.
YOU GIVE YOUR LOVE SO SWEET TONIGHT.
THE LIGHT OF LOVE IS IN YOUR EYES.
BUT WILL YOU LOVE ME TOMORROW? IS THIS A LASTING TREASURE OR JUST A MOMENT? CAN I BELIEVE THE MAGIC IN YOUR SIDE? WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW? TONIGHT WITH WORDS UNSPOKEN? YOU SAY THAT I'M THE ONLY ONE, BUT WILL MY HEART BE BROKEN WHEN THE NIGHT MEETS THE MORNING SUN? I'D LIKE TO KNOW THAT YOUR LOVE IS A LOVE I CAN BE SURE OF.
SO TELL ME NOW, AND I WON'T ASK AGAIN.
WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW? WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW? SO THIS SONG, UH, IS A DUET.
UM, I WAS INSPIRED BY MY COLLEAGUES WHO JUST SANG AN INCREDIBLE DUET.
BUT I WOULD, I DECIDED I WAS GONNA SING ALL THE PARTS MYSELF,
ANYTHING GOES, UH, THIS IS FROM A SHOW THAT I HAVE DONE BEFORE.
UM, UH, BUT I NEVER GOT TO PLAY EITHER OF THESE TWO ROLES.
UH, SO TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT AND ALSO, UH, SPEAKING OF RAISING CHILDREN, UM, IT JUST, IT FELT IMPORTANT TO NOW, NO MORE QUESTIONS.
YOU SAY WHAT FOR PLEASE NO MORE.
BUT THEY DON'T, THEY DISAPPOINT.
IN TURN, I FEAR FORGIVE, THOUGH THEY WON'T.
YOU CAN'T UNDO LEFT BY FATHERS YOU NEVER KNEW.
LET'S DO IT FREE FROM THE TIES THAT BIND.
NO MORE DESPAIR OR BURDENS TO BEAR OUT THERE IN THE YONDER RUNNING AWAY.
WHERE DID YOU HAVE IN MIND? HAVE TO TAKE CARE.
UNLESS THERE'S A WAY YOU'LL ONLY BE WANDERING BLIND.
JUST MORE QUESTIONS, DIFFERENT KIND.
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WHERE ARE WE EVER TO GO? RUNNING AWAY WILL DO IT.THE FARTHER YOU RUN, THE MORE YOU FEEL ON FIND FOR WHAT YOU HAVE LEFT UNDONE AND MORE WHAT YOU'VE LEFT BEHIND.
BUT WE DON'T, WE DISAPPOINT IN TURN.
WE WON'T LIKE FATHER LIKE SON.
CAN'T WE JUST PURSUE OUR LIVES WITH OUR CHILDREN AND OUR WIVES? TILL THAT HAPPIER DAY ARRIVES? HOW DO YOU IGNORE ALL THE WITCHES, ALL THE CURSES, ALL THE WOLVES, ALL THE LIES, THE FALSE HOPES, THE GOODBYES, THE REVERSES.
ALTHOUGH WONDERING WHAT EVEN WORSE IS STILL IN STORE.
ALL THE CHILDREN, ALL THE GIANTS.
I HADN'T HEARD YOU SING THAT BEFORE ALLISON.
GRATITUDE'S A BIG WORD NOW, RIGHT? GRATITUDE.
PRAY HANDS, GRATITUDE,
BUT, UH, ASK ANYONE WHO REALLY KNOWS ME, WHAT I COMPLAIN ABOUT THE MOST.
UH, THE THING THAT I'VE BEEN GOING ON AND ON ABOUT FOUR YEARS.
WHAT DO I WANT THAT I'VE NEVER HAD A HOUSE.
JUST, JUST A LITTLE HOUSE, JUST A LITTLE BIT.
A YARD FOR MY CHILDREN TO PLAY IN A DRIVEWAY FOR TWO CARS.
SO THAT WHEN MY MOM COMES OVER, SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO SLEEP ON THE COUCH JUST LIKE TONIGHT.
BUT I LIVE IN GREENWICH AND REAL ESTATE IS HARD TO COME BY WITHOUT YOUR START.
SO WHAT'S THIS LITTLE BLACK MUSLIM WOMAN SUPPOSED TO DO? YAH.
WHAT WOULD'VE BEEN SO TERRIBLE?
ALL DAY LONG I'D BE BU IF I WERE A WEALTHY MAN, WOULDN'T HAVE TO WORK HARD.
IF I WERE A BITTY, BITTY RICH IDOL.
I'D BUILD A BIG TALL HOUSE WITH ROOMS BY THE DOZEN, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TOWN.
A FINE 10 ROOF WITH REAL WOODEN FALLS BELOW THERE WOULD BE ONE LONG STAIRCASE JUST LEADING UP AND ONE EVEN LONGER COMING DOWN
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LEADING NOWHERE, JUST FOR SURE.I'D FILL MY YARD WITH CHICKS AND TURKEYS AND, AND DUCKS FOR THE TOWN TO SEE AND HEAR SQUAWKING JUST AS NOISY AS THEY CAN.
AND EACH LOUD WE'LL LAND LIKE A TRUMPET ON THE EAR AS IF TO SAY HE LIVES A WEALTHY MAN.
AH, IF I MOVE A RICH MAN, I ILE ILE DIG ALL DAY LONG.
I, IF I WERE A WEALTHY MAN, I WOULDN'T HAVE TO WORK HARD.
DLE DIGGER, DIGGER DIGGER DIG.
GOT HOME IF I WERE A BIT BIT RICH, DIGGER N***A.
I SEE MY WIFE, MY GOLD LOOKING LIKE A RICH MAN'S WIFE WITH A PROPER DOUBLE CHIN SUPERVISING MEALS.
I SEE HER PUTTING ON AIRS AND STRUTTING LIKE A PEACOCK.
SHE'S IN SCREAMING AT THE SERVANTS DAY AND NIGHT.
AH, THE MOST IMPORTANT MAN IN TOWN WILL COME TO FUN ON ME.
THEY'LL ASK ME TO ADVISE THEM LIKEM IN THE, IF YOU PLEASE TE PARDONING PROBLEMS THAT WOULD ALSO RABBIS EYES
AND IT WON'T MAKE ONE BIT OF DIFFERENCE IF I ANSWER RIGHT OR WRONG.
WHEN YOU ARE RICH, THEY THINK YOU REALLY KNOW.
DON'T I?
AND I DISCUSS THE HOLY BOOKS WITH THE LEARNED MEN SEVEN HOURS EVERY DAY.
THAT WOULD BE THE SWEETEST THING OF, AH, IF A B***H, MAN, I, THAT THAT OLD DAY GOT ALL DAY LONG, I'D BITTY BITTY BU IF I WERE A WEALTHY MAN, I MORE THANT HAVE TO WORK HARD, DIE, DIE.
DIGGER LORD, WHO MADE THE LION AND THE LAMB? YOU DOREE, I SHOULD BE AS I AM.
WOULD IT SPOIL SOME VAST ETERNAL PLAN IF I WERE A WELL, THE GET IT OKAY, SPEAKING, STICKING WITH THE JEWISH THEME, UM, I'M JAMIE AND I GREW UP IN MIAMI AND SO DID THE COMPOSER OF THIS NEXT SONG, SHIKSA GODDESS, WHICH IS ALSO FROM LAST FIVE YEARS.
UM, ALLISON'S NERVOUS FOR ME BECAUSE I CAN'T FIND THE RIGHT LYRICS.
UM, AND IT, THIS IS, THIS SONG IS SUN BY THE MAIN CHARACTER.
JAMIE, MY NAME TOO, BUT THE MALE IN THE SHOW.
AND, UM, FUNNILY ENOUGH, UM, I ALSO HAVE NEVER DATED A JEW
SO ANYWAY, IF, DOES EVERYBODY HERE KNOW WHAT SHIKSA IS OR NO? YES.
EVERY IF ANYBODY DOESN'T KNOW, RAISE YOUR HAND.
A SHIKSA IS BASICALLY A, A FEMALE, A NON-JEWISH FEMALE WOMAN OR GIRL.
OKAY? SO THIS SONG IS CALLED SHIKSA GODDESS.
OKAY? ALMOST EVERYBODY ON PLANET EARTH.
SO PRAY FOR ME THAT THIS GOES WELL.
THEY, ANYTHING ELSE? ANYTHING GOES
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WAIT, WAIT.WHAT HAPPENED? WE WANT TO DO THIS IN A DIFFERENT OH GOD.
HE ALMOST HAD ME GO UP TO THE EERS UP THERE.
THAT WOULD'VE BEEN TALK TALKS TO MONK YOURSELVES.
HOW'S EVERYBODY FEELING? ARE WE HOT THIS YEAR? NO, IT FEELS VERY COMFORTABLE IN HERE THIS YEAR.
ANYWAY, I DO LOVE THIS TOWN, AND I'M, I'M SO GRATEFUL TO BE A PART OF THIS BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY.
I AM BREAKING MY MOTHER'S HEART.
THE LONGER I STAND LOOKING AT YOU, THE MORE I HEAR IT SPLINTER AND CRACK FROM 90 MILES AWAY.
I'M BREAKING MY MOTHER'S HEART.
THE JCC OF MIAMI IS SHAKING AND CRUMBLING TO THE GROUND, AND MY GRANDFATHER'S ROLLING.
IF YOU HAD A TATTOO, THAT WOULDN'T MATTER IF YOU HAD A SHAVED HEAD, THAT'D BE COOL IF YOU CAME FROM SPAIN OR JAPAN OR THE BACK OF A VAN, JUST AS LONG AS YOU'RE NOT FROM HEBREW SCHOOL, I'D SAY NOW I'M GETTING SOMEWHERE.
I'D SAY, HEY, HEY, SHES A GODDESS.
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR SOMEONE LIKE YOU.
YOU, I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR DANICA SCHWARTZ AND ERICA WEISS AND THE HANDLEMAN TWINS.
I'VE BEEN WA THROUGH HEATHER GREENBLATT, ANNIE MCUS, KAREN PINCUS, AND LISA KATZ, AND STACEY ROSEN, ELLEN KAPLAN, JULIE SILVER, AND JANIE STEIN.
I'VE HAD SHABBAS DINNERS ON FRIDAY NIGHTS WITH EVERY SHAPIRO IN WASHINGTON HEIGHTS.
BUT THE MINUTE I FIRST MET YOU, I COULD BARELY CATCH MY BREATH.
I'VE BEEN STANDING FOR DAYS WITH A PHONE IN MY HAND LIKE AN IDIOT.
I'VE BEEN WANDERING THROUGH THE DESERT.
MY PEOPLE HAVE SUFFERED FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, AND I DON'T GIVE A S**T.
IF YOU HAD A PIERCED TONGUE, WOULDN'T MATTER IF YOU WANT HER IN JAIL.
I'M NOT UPSET IF YOUR MOTHER AND YOUR BROTHER HAD RELATIONS WITH EACH OTHER AND YOUR FATHER SOLD VIAGRA ON THE INTERNET.
I'D SAY, WELL, NOBODY'S PERFECT.
I'D SAY, HEY, HEY, SHE'S A GODDESS.
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR SOMEONE LIKE YOU BREAKING THE CIRCLE, YOU TAKING THE BLOOD.
IF YOU DROVE AN RV, THAT WOULDN'T MATTER IF YOU LIKE TO DRINK BLOOD.
IF YOU GOT A POWERFUL CONNECTION TO YOUR FIREARM COLLECTION, I'D SAY, ACTUALLY THAT'S A DEAL BREAKER.
I'M YOUR HEBREW SLAVE AT YOUR SERVICE.
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR PSALM, I'VE BEEN PRAYING FOR PSALM ONE.
I THINK THAT I COULD BE IN LOVE.
SO WE'RE ABOUT TO SING A SONG FROM ONE OF THE MOST BELOVED MUSICAL COMEDIES IN HISTORY SHOW, A LITTLE SHOW CALLED GUYS AND DOLLS, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO LIVE ON A ROCK UNDER ROCK,
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HEY, UNDER PLYMOUTH ROCK.GOOD FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO LIVE UNDER ROCK, UH, GUYS AND DOGS, IT'S THIS WONDERFUL SHOW ABOUT TWO COUPLES, NATHAN DETROIT, WHO, UH, HAS THIS ILLEGAL GAMBLING RING AND HIS FIANCE, FIANCE OF 15 YEARS.
SO YOU CAN SEE SOME TROUBLE BREWING THERE.
AND THE HIGH ROLLER SKY MASTERSON, VERY GOOD LOOKING DUDE.
AND, UH, SARAH BROWN, WHO, UH, IS, UH, SAVING SOULS AT THE SAVET SOUL MISSION.
AND LOTS OF HIJINKS AND WONDERFUL CHOREOGRAPHY AND MUSIC ENSUE IN THE SECOND ACT.
THE TWO LADIES ARE, UH, COMMISERATING OVER THEIR, UH, LOVE, INTERESTS, UH, LACK OF COMMITMENT.
AND THEY, UH, THEY COME UP WITH AN IDEA.
AND I DO THINK THIS MIGHT BE THE FIRST TIME IN MUSICAL THEATER HISTORY THAT WE HAVE TWO NATHANS SINGING A SONG FROM GUYS IN DOLLS, WHICH IS ALL ABOUT NATHAN DETROIT.
SO YOU'RE ALL A PART OF HISTORY HERE.
ONE NIGHT ONLY, RIGHT HERE, ONE NIGHT, ONE NIGHT ONLY AT WANAMAKERS AND SAXON KLINES, A LESSON I'VE BEEN TAUGHT.
CAN YOU TELL? YOU CAN GET ALTERATIONS ON A DRESS YOU HAVEN'T BOUGHT.
I'M SARAH HAD ANY VEGETABLE MARKET FROM BORNEO TO G NOME.
YOU MUSTN'T SQUEEZE THE MELON TILL YOU GET THE MELON HOME.
NOW DOESN'T THAT KIND OF APPLY TO YOU AND I, YOU AND ME? WHATEVER.
WHY NOT? WHY NOT? WHAT MARRY THE MAN TODAY? TROUBLE THOUGH HE MAY BE MUCH AS HE LIKES TO PLAY CRAZY AND WILD AND FREE.
MARRY THE MAN TODAY RATHER THAN SIGH AND SORROW.
MARRY THE MAN TODAY AND CHANGE HIS WAYS TOMORROW.
COME AND HACK HIM AND MARRY THE MAN TODAY.
GIVE HIM THE GIRL HIS LAUGHTER.
GIVE HIM YOUR HAND TODAY AND SAVE THE FIST FOR AFTER SLOWLY INTRODUCE HIM TO THE BETTER THINGS, RESPECTABLE, CONSERVATIVE AND CLEAN READER'S DIGEST, GUY LOMBARDO ROGERS, PETE GOSHES, OVAL CHAIN.
HANDLE IT ME GENTLY MARRY THE MAN TODAY AND TRAIN HIM SUBSEQUENTLY.
CAREFULLY EXPOSE HIM TO DOMESTIC LIFE.
AND IF HE EVER TRIES TO STRAY FROM YOU, HAVE A POT ROAST.
HAVE A HEADACHE, HAVE A BABY, HAVE TWO, SIX.
MARRY THE MAN TODAY RATHER THAN AND SORROW.
MARRY THE MAN TODAY AND CHANGE HIS WAY.
WELL, WE'RE KIND OF BRINGING IT ON HOME NOW.
I'VE COME HOME TO HASTINGS, ONE OF MY FIRST HOMES.
UM, SO, SO THIS SONG IS ACTUALLY A BEAUTIFUL ARRANGEMENT OF TWO SONGS THAT WAS ARRANGED BY JERRY CORMAN.
UM, AND THE FIRST PART OF IT KIND OF FITS INTO OUR, OUR EVENING ABOUT THIS SORT OF ANYTHING GOES.
AND YOU'LL SEE WHEN I SING IT BECAUSE I'LL NEVER GET TO SING IT, BUT GOSH, IT'S A GREAT SONG.
UM, AND THEN THE SECOND PART OF THE SONG IS ACTUALLY APPROPRIATE FOR ME TO SING.
UM, BUT, BUT I WANTED TO, TO DO IT TONIGHT BECAUSE IT FELT LIKE A GREAT WAY TO SEND YOU ALL HOME.
UM, BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT KIND OF WHAT THE LIBRARY DOES FOR YOU ALL.
THIS IS A PLACE WHERE YOU COME AND YOU HAVE COMMUNITY, BUT IT'S ALSO A PLACE WITH ALL OF ITS MANY TOES UP THERE THAT TAKES YOU OUT INTO THE WORLD.
SO THE PART OF IT THAT I ALSO WANNA SHARE WITH YOU IS THAT IT'S, IT'S A WONDERFUL PARTNERSHIP BECAUSE THE FIRST SONG IS BY ONE OF MY FAVORITES, ROGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN.
AND THE SECOND PART IS BY ANOTHER ONE OF MY FAVORITES, WHO YOU ALSO HEARD TONIGHT, STEVEN SONDHEIM.
SO, UM, OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN HAD A VERY SPECIAL GIFT WHEN IT CAME TO CAPTURING METAPHORS FROM THE NATURAL WORLD.
AND AS LYRICS INSPIRED COUNTLESS COMPOSERS WHO CAME AFTER HIM.
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WHO WAS NOT ONLY INSPIRED BY, BUT ACTUALLY MENTORED BY THE MASTER.AND THAT IS NONE OTHER THAN THE BRILLIANT STEVEN SONDHEIM.
STEVEN WAS 10 YEARS OLD WHEN HE MET MR. HAMMERSTEIN, WHO WAS THE FATHER OF HIS SCHOOLMATE AND FRIEND JAMES.
AND IN HIS TEEN YEARS, WHEN SONDHEIM BECAME SERIOUS ABOUT PURSUING A CAREER WRITING MUSICALS, HAMMERSTEIN TRULY TOOK HIM UNDER HIS WING.
AND THE REST IS, AS THEY SAY, HISTORY.
SO HERE WE GO WITH TWO SONGS FROM THE GREAT MASTERS.
THERE'S A BRIGHT GOLDEN HAZE ON THE MEADOW.
THERE'S A BRIGHT GOLDEN HAZE ON THE MEADOW.
THE CORN IS AS HIGH AS AN ELEPHANT INSIDE, AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S CLIMBING RIGHT UP TO THE SKY.
EVERYTHING'S GOING MY WAY, GIVING YOU MY BEST CURLY.
ALL THE CATTLE ARE STANDING LIKE STATUES.
ALL THE CATTLE ARE STANDING LIKE STATUES.
THEY DON'T TURN THEIR HEAD AS THEY SEE ME RIDE BY.
BUT A LITTLE BROWN MAVERICK IS WINKING HER EYE.
OH, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL, LET ME SEE THE WORLD WITH CLOUDS.
TAKE ME TO THE WORLD OUT WHERE I CAN PUSH THROUGH CROWDS.
TAKE ME TO THE WORLD, A WORLD THAT SMILES WITH STREETS INSTEAD OF MILES WHERE I CAN WALK FOR MILES WITH YOU.
TAKE ME TO THE WORLD THAT'S REAL.
TEACH ME HOW TO LAUGH TO FEEL.
JUST HOLD MY HAND WHENEVER WE TAKE ME ALIVE.
LET ME SEE THE WORLD THAT SMILES.
TAKE ME TO THE WORLD SOMEWHERE I CAN WALK FOR MILES.
TAKE ME TO THE WORLD GOING IN THE GROUND WHERE BIRDS THAT MAKE A SOUND ARE BIRDS.
WE SHALL HAVE THE WORLD COME TRUE.
I'LL HOLD YOUR HAND AND EVERYTHING'S GONE IN MY WAY.
OH, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY WHERE I CAN WALK FOR MILES DAY, WHERE I CAN SEE SOME SMILES DAY.
WHERE YOU'LL BE BY MY SIDE DAY WHERE I CAN BE.
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ONE MORE HAND FOR THOSE AMAZING, AMAZING, TALENTED YOU.I HOPE YOU ALL REALIZE THEY DONATE THEIR TIME AND TALENT.
I MEAN, THEY COULD BE DOING A CABARET SOMEWHERE ELSE, BUT THEY'RE DOING IT FOR US.
FIRST OF ALL, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF FOOD.
SO WE HAVE DESSERT SO PEOPLE CAN, UM, ENJOY THAT.
ALSO, IN 10 MINUTES, WE WILL BE CLOSING THE SILENT AUCTION.
SO GETTING YOUR LAST BIDS, UM, PEOPLE WEARING A HAT ARE PEOPLE WHO CAN CLOSE YOU OUT.
IF YOU WON THE BID, WE WILL CLOSE YOU OUT.
YOU'LL PAY, YOU'LL TAKE YOUR THING.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR COMING TONIGHT.