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HillviewTV Team
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January 25, 2026
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48:17
Come see the Menlo Park tradition on Lion King kids. Presented by Encinal Elemntary.
Transcript
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All right, welcome. My name is Gina Watkins
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and I serve as Ensenal's
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assistant principal. Pardon me from reading from my page but I don't
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want to
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miss any of the people that I want to recognize today. It's
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really incredible
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to see this multi -purpose room so full of life and
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you know this is the
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incredible
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that we've all built this is Ensignal and I'd like everyone
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to get to know our
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neighbors if you'll just take a second to say hello to the person in front
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of you
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behind you and on either side
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Thank you, everybody.
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Thank you.
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All right, well, today is not just about a play.
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It's about the incredible growth that we've seen in these third graders over
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the last few months.
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An introduction to drama at this age is an incredible gift.
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Through this process, these students are learning
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confidence and creativity,
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skills that don't just stay on the stage,
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but they follow the students right back into the classroom.
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Let's be honest, it takes a massive amount of courage
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to stand on this big stage for a full musical.
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At just eight and nine years old,
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these kids are showing us what it means to be truly brave.
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A production on
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This scale requires a pride of dedicated leaders
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who have poured their hearts into our students.
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John Ashfield sitting right here in front.
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Our very, thank you.
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John is our very own Ensenal music teacher
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and the musical heartbeat of this show.
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John.
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been the steady hand guiding these students through every note and every
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lyric. His dedication to their songs and solos has given them the foundation they
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need to shine today. Bill Hairston. Bill, where are
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you? He's somewhere in here.
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There he is. I see you back there. Bill Hairston is our district
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director and the drama teacher at this middle school, Hillview. Even with
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his
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full schedule at the middle school, Bill has been at Encinol three days a week
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for the past many
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months. He uses his incredible expertise to guide these eight and nine -year
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-olds through the
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fundamentals of acting and staging with patients in care. And Becky
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Bullard. Becky, are you in here
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or is she behind the scenes? She's behind the scenes. Well, Becky is our choreographer,
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but
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Becky didn't just teach
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86 third graders how to move in sync.
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She did it while truly celebrating them.
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She has a gift, and anyone who knows Becky has seen this.
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She has a gift for noticing and honoring
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the individual strengths of every one of our students,
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all while leaning into the wonderful playfulness
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and silliness and energy
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that makes being eight or nine years old so special.
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I wanna take a special moment.
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for two people who have been the engine of this entire experience.
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Allison Giaggiani and Francesca Brazzioli.
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For months, Allison and Francesca have lived, breathed, and eaten
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The Lion King.
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They have poured countless hours into this production,
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working side-by-side with the directors every week.
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and managing our incredible army of volunteers.
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They've steered this ship with total devotion,
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all because they wanted our kids to have this magical experience.
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And we literally would not be here today without them.
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Thank you.
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And finally, we have to acknowledge the artistry that brought the
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African savanna to life.
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As they say, it takes a village.
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Adam Landry and Jessica Gronski for creating our stunning new giraffes
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and elephant.
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Iris Panaviha for jumping in with her sewing machine and artistic talent to
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create beautiful pieces in record time.
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And to all our parent volunteers, whether you worked on costume headbands, Rafiki
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sticks, flower arches, lobby decorating, and everything else, thank you.
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the world come alive and parents and teachers I put you
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guys together
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because you both I know view these children as yours so parents and
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teachers thank you for your support and your time and your flexibility for
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sharing your amazing children with us and finally back behind
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us you can't see
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them they're in all black tucked away back there is our Hillview tech crew
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these are
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students who are doing everything you see from the microphones to
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the lights
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and these will be many of the students that are in third grade now they will do
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this in just a few years so before we start just a few housekeeping reminders
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number one know where the exits are okay we have one up here we've got the two
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out the back of the lobby if you're at the top you can go down the steps to
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get back down bathrooms are located
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in the lobby, and then just so none of us
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have the embarrassing thing happen of our phone ringing,
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if you'll turn those off, that would be great.
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And with that, please join me in welcoming
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the cast of The Lion King.
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Transcription by CastingWords
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Thank you.
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And now that you have heard me then.
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As I said, I would have taken over to a question and said that
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I'm not sure if you have to appropriate.
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I've got an idea for them so far.
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Ladies and gentlemen,
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I've got some.
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Thank you.
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Thank you for having me.
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Thank you.
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We'll be right back.
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Thank you.
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I told you she got a plan in her life,
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and I didn't ask her how to film her.
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I'm not just a plan to lose her-
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She taught her in the film her life.
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I think you made her so happy to be a happy woman .지peln.
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지peln.
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She taught me how to do her with the gay woman.
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and I taught you that she taught me how to do her.
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Thank you.
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it's almost like how they're being
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really comfortable in the house.
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ehh
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the social
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is also
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is
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as
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...
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Thank you.
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Any way?
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Well, our good friend.
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Hey, you're on the good friend, pal.
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We don't have a good friend.
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I'm sorry.
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I'd love to be here.
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I'll let you live.
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Thank you.
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We'll be right back.
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Thank you.
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Thanks.
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Happy New Year to all the rest.
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Thank you.
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Do you have any job done?
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Yes.
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Yes, no.
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Yes.
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I love you.
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Yes, yes.
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We'll be right back.
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you're like, what would your best think?
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What a great, great, great!
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What a great, great!
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What?
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What's up?
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What?
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Or what?
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What?
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We can't believe you're going to die.
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We're going to die at the end of the actual time.
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And we're going to do what it's worth,
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and we're going to die at the end of the day.
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We're going to die.
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Thank you.
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We'll be
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right back.
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Thank you.
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We'll be right back.
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Thank you.
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We'll be right back.
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Thank you.
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The end.
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As you can see, if you can go back to the TV program,
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I see a little bit more.
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You have so much time to start with the program,
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and you don't want to see the data.
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So how do you think?
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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I'm not going to be able to do that.
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You're not going to be able to do that.
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You don't want to be able to do that.
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I'm going to be able to do that.
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Do you think we're gonna prove to them that we will keep a hold of
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it, probably.
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We'll be right back.
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Thank you.
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To be continued...
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If I want to pick you, you can do it, and you'll like that one again.
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I can't believe you can send it all back to the other one.
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Thank you.
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I'm going to go back to New York and I'll go back to
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New York in the UK.
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I can't even go back to New York.
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I'm going to go back to New York, New York, and New York.
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Thank you.
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The Animal Kingdom, Ms.
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Collier
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Pierre's Villagers.
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Ms. Reuters Villagers.
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The Rafikis.
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Pride Rock Friends, Mufasa, Zazu, and Sarabi.
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Jungle Friends, Pumba and Timon.
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The Villains, Scarb, Shubb.
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Shenzie, Banzai, and Ed.
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Simba, Nala, Simba, and Nala.
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Thank you.
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that's right yes all performers this way into the drama room
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thank you again ladies and gentlemen for being at this wonderful wonderful production
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we do have another audience coming in and
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another show at four o 'clock so we do ask everybody to
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uh maybe come around exit this way
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Come around if you're going to get your child.
