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HillviewTV Team
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January 25, 2026
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49:25
Join the MPCSD tradition of Lion King. Presented by the students of Encinal Elemntary School.
Transcript
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test test all right if everybody can find a
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seat we'll get the show on the road all
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right
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good afternoon everybody my name is Gina Watkins and I serve as Ensignals
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Principal welcome today. It is an
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incredible joy to stand up here and look
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into this Hillview Auditorium and see it's so full of life. If
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you just take a
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quick look around, this is the community that we've all built. This
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is in large
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part by every single person in this room. And to kick everything off,
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I want
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everyone to get to know
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your neighbors so please turn around and say hello to the person in front of you
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behind you and on either side
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all right thank you everybody so today is
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not just about a play
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it's about the incredible growth we've seen in these third graders over the
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last few months an introduction to drama at this age is
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such a gift through this
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process these students are learning confidence and creativity skills
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that
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don't just stay on this stage but they follow our students right back into the
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classroom let's be honest
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Next, it takes a massive amount of courage to stand on this big stage
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for a full musical.
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And at just 8 and 9 years old, these kids are showing us what it means
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to be truly brave.
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A production of this scale requires a pride of dedicated
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leaders who have poured their
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hearts into our students.
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John Ashfield, and he's sitting right up here in the front.
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John Ashfield is our very own Encinal music teacher
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and the musical heartbeat of this show.
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John has been the steady hand guiding these students
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through every note and every lyric.
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His dedication to their songs and solos
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has given them the foundation they need to shine today.
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And Bill Hairston, who might come out of the,
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there he is.
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Thank you, Bill.
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Bill Hairston is our district director
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and the drama teacher here at Hillview Middle School.
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And even with his enormously busy schedule here at Hillview,
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he's been at Ensignal three days a week
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for the past many months.
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He used his incredible expertise to guide these eight and nine
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-year -olds through the fundamentals of acting and staging with incredible patience
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and care.
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And finally, Becky Bullard, she's probably in the back, but
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Becky Bullard is our choreographer.
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And I have to say, I know she's a phenomenal choreographer, but
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that's not what stands out to me about her.
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Becky didn't just teach our 86 third graders
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how to move and sync,
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she did it while truly celebrating them.
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She is a gift for noticing and honoring
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the individual strengths of every student
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and also 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 for two people
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who've been the engine of
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this entire experience.
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Alison Jagtiani and Francesca Bragioli.
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So if you don't know this about these two superstars,
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for months, Alison and Francesca have lived,
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breathed, and eaten the Lion King.
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They've poured countless hours into this production,
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working side-by-side,
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with the directors every week and managing our incredible army of volunteers they
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have steered
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this ship with total devotion all because they wanted our kids to
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have this magical experience
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and we quite literally would not be here today without them so big thank you
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to them
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and finally we have to acknowledge the
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artistry that brought the African savannah to life that you'll see in just
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a moment. As they say, it takes a village. Adam Landry and
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Jessica
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Gronski for creating our stunning new giraffes and elephant. Thank
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you.
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Iris Panavia for jumping in with her sewing machine and artistic
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talent to
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create beautiful pieces and records.
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time. Thank you. And
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finally, to all of our parent volunteers, whether you worked on costume
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headbands, Rafiki sticks, flower arches, or lobby decorating, or
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I'm sure there's many other things
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I'm forgetting about, but thank you. You've made this world come alive. And
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parents and grandparents
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and friends who are sitting here, and all of the teachers.
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We have many of them here today.
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Thank you for your support, your time, your flexibility,
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and for sharing your amazing children with us.
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And I put the teachers with the parents
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because they feel like they own these kids
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as much as the parents do.
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A couple of housekeeping things.
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Oh, no, no, the most important before I say that.
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If you take a peek around you in the shadows of the room,
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up in the back, you will see a bunch
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of Hillview Middle School students.
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students who are doing all of the lighting and all of the tech work that goes into this
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So middle schoolers giving up their weekend for the elementary school is pretty cool.
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And you're going to be amazed at what they do.
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And that's not all.
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There's also the Hillview broadcasting crew, so you'll see we've got cameras
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on either
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side of the room.
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I'm just going to say that I was one of their fifth grade teachers, so I feel a special
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connection to them.
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They are on the side of the room.
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sides doing all of the filming for this production. Again, totally student -run, so fantastic
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there.
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Thank you. Thank you, Hillview. And just a couple of housekeeping things.
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Of course,
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we want everyone to know where the exits are. So you can see over here, you can go out the
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two back ways like you came in. If you're near the top and needed to get out, in the
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back doors,
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there's steps. So you'll see an exit sign and can go down the steps. The bathrooms...
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located in the lobby. And then just so you don't get the embarrassing phone call in the
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middle of the production, we'll make sure everyone silences their phones. And with that,
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we'll welcome the cast of The Lion King. Enjoy.
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Thank you.
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Transcription by CastingWords
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Transcription by CastingWords
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We'll be right back.
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Thank you.
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I remember there was 161, that he was about 1 ,000 people,
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and he was relying on their community
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entirely in Jaya.
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What is news for you?
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Oh, I say, I don't know why I don't hear the statement since you must be in jail.
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What do you think about it?
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You stay with my uncle.
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You don't trust me at my name.
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I'm a king, brother, you're saying a question.
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I'm a lawyer, you're saying.
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You know, you don't want to know that
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radio as my son and the teacher too.
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I don't want to know what.
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Don't send me back to me for more than
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it's a country.
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I need you to.
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Yeah, I'm a good dude.
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Yeah, fine.
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You look at the other name.
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Yeah, I'm good.
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Well, not.
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It would be fair.
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So, that's a good idea.
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Thank you.
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Like for all of these and not just simply that they want to come.
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And we want all these great benefits for that.
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That's one of our goals, that we're going to go ahead with them.
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We want to come up with them, and I don't know what you guys are doing.
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So just like your boards are struggling and there were things that
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they're asking
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to bring to the discipline group or anything specific about the best community look at.
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Thank you.
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Thank you
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very much.
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I am lucky to tell you no one's thinking about how you can it.
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Yeah, what do you think?
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I'm like, you think, I'm like, oh, I'm kidding.
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Like, what is going to be the whole thing?
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You know, what do you think?
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You know, that's what you want to do.
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You know, I'm sorry.
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You know, I'm not going to be the whole thing.
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I'm not going to be the whole thing.
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It's not, you think.
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You know, you're the whole thing.
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I'm going to open the table
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to the door for a long time.
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I'm going to open the table to the door for a long time.
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Right, that's it.
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Oh, did you all click to?
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You want to go to the next step?
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She'll talk about the card.
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Why don't you tell me that I'm going to open the table to the door for a long time.
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I'm going to open the table.
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Is why I will see you.
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Thank you.
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I love 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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I'm going to do it again.
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No, no, no, no.
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No, no, not for anybody.
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Nobody knows.
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I think that's it, that's all
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I think of you.
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That's why we're going to be the way.
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So I would like you to get out of it.
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I would like you to sit free,
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Fletcher, Fletcher, y'all, be ready for that.
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I will film me over the top on the top off
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the top of the top.
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I want to start with that.
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It's not a place to get this right, to it.
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So I'm going into a company over the line.
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Just try to make a big piece of communication.
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We'll be right back.
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Thank you.
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and start seeing all the kids doing the same.
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I can't tell you what you need,
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but when you're seeing them,
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I can't tell you what I mean.
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I can't tell you what you need.
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I can't tell you the kids.
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I can't tell you.
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We'll be right back.
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Foi o tempo agora,
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comlear o meu filho,
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amores!
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Tchau!
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Diz assim mesmo!
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Não fui mais amado ainda.
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Desce de dificuldade!
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Deve-se dificuldade!
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E tem dificuldade?
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Não estou de rico!
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This one can take care of me.
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Thank you.
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So all of you need to get a right thing to look up at the great Jesus that passes
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down from the great church.
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And I need to feel like I need to remember those people, those teachers, because I am totally right.
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I don't know what's going on, I don't know what's going on, I
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don't know what's going on.
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I don't know what's going on.
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More! More!
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Can you guys look forward?
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Go!
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It's going to come forward.
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Go!
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Thank you.
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We'll be right back.
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Love, Britney, and Britney.
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One, one, two.
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One, two, one, two.
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Two, three, four.
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Four, four, four.
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Five, four, five, zero.
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Five, four, five, one, three.
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Five, five, nine, four, five.
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You're your God.
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You're out.
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You're so close.
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I'm a dead.
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You're dead.
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And I'm here.
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I'm for you.
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You're so young.
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I'm looking at my son.
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I'm here.
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You're he.
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He's a child.
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Good to lose.
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See you.
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What does that mean?
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I'm already a fool.
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I'm already an arid.
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This is how you are a friend.
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I'm already an arid.
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This is how you're not.
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...
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Thank you.
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Let's do that.
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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 love you, I love you, I love you, I
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love you.
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to do all the questions.
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So now I need to make more of your friends today.
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I'll bring a few of you that are able to get them.
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And one time to see it around when it's not required to get help.
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So, it asks you to start with your team.
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Come back.
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And you can say, what's going on right here?
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And I'm going to let him go.
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See, I can't.
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But I can't see what I'm saying anymore.
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You're not proud.
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I can't believe it.
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Everybody takes me a test.
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But, you know, I'm not going to do anything.
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I'm not going to do anything.
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Bye.
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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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Thank you so
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much for joining us.
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I can't move back.
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Well, sometimes that is happening.
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I think it's not here to do that.
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That's why I learned.
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What happened to you?
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You're not just in that matter.
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You're right.
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I'm wrong.
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I can't move back.
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I'm wrong.
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Be small and a heart.
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Hey, don't harm.
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The infection is more new.
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I'm not going to get at all.
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I said, I don't eat any of your lives.
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You're in Boston, I'm not going to get caught.
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I'm not going to get caught.
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But my father and I will try to get caught.
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I'm going to get caught.
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You got caught.
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That's why I thought it.
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I'm just going to get caught.
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Hey, don't forget.
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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 can't believe it.
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Thank you.
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We'll be right back.
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We're not doing good jobs.
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But there's nothing.
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The person has to do that.
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You have to decide what.
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We're not doing good jobs.
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We'll see you next time.
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We'll be right back.
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Thank you.
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Oh, God!
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See you next time.
45:51
Thank you.
47:44
Animal Kingdom.
47:49
Ms. Pindar's Villagers.
47:55
Ms. Ludlow's Villagers.
47:59
The Rafikis.
48:05
Pride Rock Friends, Mufasa, Zazu, and Sarabi.
48:12
Pumbaa and Timon.
48:17
The villain, Scar, Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed.
48:24
Simba, Nala, Simba, and Nala.
48:47
Thank you.
