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I'm Marie Lacey.
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And I'm the director of the Belfast
Community Gospel Choir.
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It came out of a passion that
I had to have a community choir
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that, through the genre of gospel
music, would just spread joy.
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I feel that people in 21st-century
life are desperate to
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feel part of a community,
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because we're all
rushing around doing our own thing
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and sometimes we're just not
connecting with one another.
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Two weeks or so after arriving in
Northern Ireland, I started
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talking to my wife about gospel
choirs, are there any gospel
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choirs in Northern Ireland?
And I was like, yes,
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this is the one!
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This is the choir I want to join.
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They were lively and they moved
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and they were really happy
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and I loved the music
that they sang.
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# How long... #
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It was the start of a new season
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and we always work towards
our big annual concert.
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I guess you've been building
up for it for months.
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Year on year, selling out the
Waterfront. That still astounds me.
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Anything can happen in that concert.
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So I've got things up my
sleeve for this year. Uh-huh.
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# We're not gonna sit in silence
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# We're not gonna live with fear
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# Ohhhhh
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# Ohhhhh! #
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I kind of grew up with gospel
music in the home.
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This is a really old album of my
mother, Margaret Leebody,
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and she was a very well-known
gospel singer in the province.
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And my mum played an accordion.
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Ah! Terrible instrument.
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So I followed in my mum's footsteps
and then,
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in the late '70s...
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..ta-da! I made my first album.
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And I don't know if you can see
the back of that, look how young
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and fresh I am!
The budget for this album was £500.
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Erm, which wouldn't even get you
a cover now.
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When I got to my sort
of early teens,
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I heard Oh Happy Day.
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And I just was completely bowled
over with the sound of the choir
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and that somehow touches the soul.
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It's soul music.
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Look! Oh, look at all those,
see, that was January 2011.
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We really only got up
and running in 2010. Yeah.
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There's only one person in that
whole photograph that's
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still in the choir.
Without exaggeration,
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hundreds have gone through
the choir.
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It's like a school where everybody
does their four or five years
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and then goes on. Look at those
photographs of us in New York. Yeah.
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Do you not think that just
completely sums up... Oh, aye.
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Yeah. ..the joy that
I experience. I know.
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You're a very joyous woman, Marie!
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That's why I love you so much.
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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
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We love Culture Night!
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CHEERING
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Because we love our city.
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We love our province.
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We love this island.
We love the world!
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CHEERING
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So here's a song that
you can sing with us.
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CHEERING
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Yeah! Here we go.
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# Oh, happy day
Oh, happy day...#
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Marie Lacey is a force,
she's a force to be reckoned with.
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She's choir mama, what can I say?
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She's so authentic,
what she says is what you get.
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Marie is the big force
behind the choir
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because she's such
a big personality.
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I'm not hearing it.
Is this actually playing?
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I'm going to slap your head!
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Marie is a legend.
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When she opens her mouth the voice
that comes out is like
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a soulful black woman
from the Motown era.
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It's incredible.
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CHOIR SINGS OH HAPPY DAY
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Two weeks or so after
arriving in Northern Ireland my wife
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immediately got in touch with Marie.
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Hey, my husband is from South
Africa. He wants to join a choir.
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He's a singer.
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And Marie was like, "Sounds good
but he has to come and audition."
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She was so chilled about it.
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I was like, I'm from South Africa.
I'm black. I can sing. Let me in.
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And that's us at the farm.
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We were just getting
to know each other.
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As you can see, she has her arm
around me so she was very keen.
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Right here.
She knew what she wanted.
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I was travelling around South Africa
and my wife was based in Cape Town.
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There was this one time
when we had, like, a family dinner
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and there was a lot of us -
maybe, like, 10 or 15 of us.
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And my wife decided to ask me,
out of everyone, to come
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and help wash the dishes.
I think she had a plan.
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And it worked.
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Because we washed dishes and
then we got to know each other.
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And then I booked a date, like, an
evening walk with her, by the beach.
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You know what I mean?
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And, you know, after that,
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I kind of knew that
there was something there.
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If you think - now that
I'm thinking about it,
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it was a big decision and it was
a decision that didn't just
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involve me, it involved
my family, my mom
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and my aunts.
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But I moved anyway.
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Now I'm stuck. No, not stuck!
I love being here, now I'm here!
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Nowadays, I don't do
face-to-face auditions.
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I just ask people to submit
a video of themselves singing.
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And it really is all that I need.
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So here we go. Let's have a listen.
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She is gorgeous.
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I love her.
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# Amazing grace...#
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Yep.
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I need people who are not only great
singers, but they're animated.
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They're fun.
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So, you could sing like Beyonce
but if you stand there like a pole,
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no emotion, you're just going to
stick out like a sore thumb.
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# Sun in the sky...#
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She is amazing. Let me just
make a note of her name.
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The combination of a brilliant voice
and a brilliant presentation,
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just makes me go, yes!
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And I get goose bumps.
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# ..new life for me. #
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So I would be drawn to the people
who are showing me
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they're desperate,
they love the choir
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and they want to be part of it.
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This is the perfect crop of singers.
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This is just amazing.
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MARIE MURMURS DISTRACTEDLY
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I am so excited about tonight.
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Because it's like
first day of school,
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where, you know, all the kids
are really excited and they've
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got their new uniforms on
and they're just...
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And new books and everything.
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So it's like us, we've got a new
song to start learning tonight.
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But also, they've to catch up with
each other
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and all the stuff they've been doing
throughout the summer, and so
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there's a lot of activity.
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There's always babies being
born, I'm telling you.
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It's the most fertile group
of people in the country!
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I created the baby boom!
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EXCITED CHATTER
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OK, OK, OK, OK, everybody.
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Shhhh!
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So we need to get started.
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We've lost 15 minutes.
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Message about name badges.
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Have them where they're visible.
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Don't be hangin' them
on your crotch or somewhere.
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It's awful, especially the guys.
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We do not want to
look in that region!
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Right. On your feet.
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I'm a bit late.
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But that's cool. Hey!
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DISTANT SINGING
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Choir runs on a cup of tea.
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Absolutely.
They need their cups of tea.
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# Great praise
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# Great love, great praise... #
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If Marie's happy, I'm happy
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and if Marie's not happy,
I'm not happy.
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# You deserve it
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# You deserve great praise.
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# Just you and me against the world
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# World
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# Gonna leave this life behind... #
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This is the night that I...
It's a terrible photo
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but it's the night I decided I was
going to audition for choir.
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So BCGC were the entertainment
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and, like, I was on my feet
being a total king bean.
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Knew all the parts and all the
harmonies because I had seen the
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choir so many times.
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Three months later, I auditioned.
And the rest is history.
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So, that's what? Like, five,
six years ago now.
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Vamoose!
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Like, I would have loved to have
joined really young
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but I was just too damn petrified.
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If it had come a year earlier
I probably wouldn't, but because
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I've been working through stuff
in counselling or therapy or
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whatever, then I was like,
this is the right time, I'm going
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to actually be brave and audition,
and if I don't get in,
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then hopefully I'll not die.
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Being a teenager's
hard for everyone.
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And early 20s
are hard for everyone.
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But then, add on
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some crappy mental health into that,
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it's just a bit...shit.
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I, like, had constant
shakes, was constant...
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I was in therapy
for years and years.
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Like, different forms of counselling
and things for years.
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And I did things that I loved
and I was at uni and training
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for a career I loved
and then it all just...
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..totally hit the pan, as it does.
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Like, life is good
and life is now free of all that,
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but choir was very much
at the start of that.
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And, like, I remember my dad
talking to Marie one day
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and being like, "You've done
wonderful things for our daughter."
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I was like, oh, he notices it, too!
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Erm...
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..yeah!
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# I don't get lonely
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# Don't get sad... #
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To dress the Waterfront stage
I think is quite a tricky thing.
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It needs to all fit in with what
Marie's theme and vision is.
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Hopefully I will get the
green light to go ahead
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and start cutting fabric and
threading pom-poms and all of that.
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Papa Bear! What's happening?
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Seeing the choir for the first time,
they weren't a normal choir.
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But there was something about
the joy of the choir that made me
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just want to be a part of it.
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Jenny, did I ever tell you
about my mug drawer?
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Right, people need to know this.
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Never mind the choir,
this is very, very important.
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If you're planning your kitchen,
don't do mugs in a cupboard,
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where they're all packed up on top
of each other and they fall out...
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No.
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May I present the mug drawer?
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Where everything sits beautifully,
where you can lift out a mug,
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it's not knocking anything else
over, it's beautiful.
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Yeah...
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My background is architecture
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and I have always been really
interested in stage and set design.
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Marie gave me the opportunity
to get involved with dressing
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the stage every year.
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We all fit together on stage
at the Waterfront
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and it is an amazing sound when
you get all the choir together.
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OK, what I want to do is see if
it ties in with your vision.
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I can't promise a winter wonderland,
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but I think if we use
the trees again...
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So last year this was them,
and then we use fabric cut like snow
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that I can then staple
around the trees.
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We don't go over the top
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but we do want to kind of frame
the choir as best as possible.
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Do you worry about the show, Marie?
Do you get anxious?
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I think I'd rather use the word
apprehensive.
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Will the sound be right?
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Will the lights be right?
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Will the set be built?
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I don't know
if you can see the snow or not.
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You know, we are going to get there
and think, "What's that?"
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Or it might work really well.
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I totally trust you
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to bring that to fruition,
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because I know that you know
what you're talking about.
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That's brilliant.
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KNOCK ON DOOR
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Thank you so much.
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Thanks for having us.
249
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So we've nine days to go
until the Waterfront concert,
250
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so there's a lot to do.
251
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So basically we are going to
hang, like, a snow curtain.
252
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Aw!
253
00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:08,760
But what you need to do is thread
all of the pom-poms on to the line,
254
00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:11,600
so that's what we're
going to do tonight. Cool.
255
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Only about 39 to go.
256
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It's fiddly.
257
00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:18,200
It is fiddly, but not bad.
258
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# God's sweet grace
259
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# Thank you, Lord,
for your amazing grace. #
260
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ALL: Yeah!
261
00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:36,720
Oh, yes.
Who needs tenors, girls?
262
00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:41,320
I've only ever dreamed of using
a string quartet,
263
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and last year was
the first time we did
264
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and I just knew I could never
do a concert without them.
265
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It's just so exciting,
you know, I just...
266
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It gives me such a buzz.
267
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STRINGS TUNE
268
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PIANO PLAYS
269
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# O little town of Bethlehem... #
270
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A bit high for me.
271
00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:22,520
# How still we see thee lie. #
272
00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:28,880
I wanted a choir
that would be excellent
273
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and would strive for excellence.
274
00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:40,440
I'm easily pleased and I appreciate
the work people put in,
275
00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:44,120
but when it's excellent,
I'm beyond pleased,
276
00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:46,520
I'm just ecstatic.
277
00:16:46,520 --> 00:16:53,040
# O Little town of Bethlehem. #
278
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He really loved it.
279
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LAUGHTER
280
00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:04,040
I get nervous a lot when I'm going
to sing a solo every time.
281
00:17:04,040 --> 00:17:05,800
There's no pressure,
really, from the choir -
282
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it's just pressure from oneself.
283
00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:09,840
I'm doing the solo...
284
00:17:09,840 --> 00:17:11,480
Cool.
285
00:17:11,480 --> 00:17:13,680
That's good. What song?
286
00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:15,200
..at the Christmas concert.
287
00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:17,640
Sanctuary. That's good.
288
00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:20,080
You nervous?
I'm a little bit nervous.
289
00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:23,360
I think it's like the song before,
you're kind of aware
290
00:17:23,360 --> 00:17:27,280
of everything, aware that there's
2,000 people in the audience.
291
00:17:27,280 --> 00:17:29,800
You always come across as really
confident, so to me,
292
00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:31,640
I feel nervous watching you.
293
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I'm a good actor.
294
00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:35,480
I feel nervous watching you
because I'm like, "Oh."
295
00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:38,440
But then you sing the first line
and everyone's like, "Oh, yeah.
296
00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:40,560
"You've got this." Yeah.
297
00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:44,200
That looks pretty good, doesn't it?
298
00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:45,840
Yeah, that's...
299
00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:47,960
How many rows is that?
300
00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:50,360
I try not to get stressed,
301
00:17:50,360 --> 00:17:55,760
cos it's not in my character to
be stressed, but I am only human.
302
00:17:55,760 --> 00:17:59,080
Before such a huge show,
the panic kind of sets in.
303
00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:02,560
I had to take two people out
of those two top rows, so...
304
00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:05,560
It's like making sure the band
are definitely all
305
00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:09,840
available for a particular
rehearsal, making sure
306
00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:14,520
the string quartet have their
arrangements done, going down to the
307
00:18:14,520 --> 00:18:19,720
Waterfront and making sure we have
the right space for 135 singers.
308
00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:23,000
So there's lots of little things
like that all going on.
309
00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:27,680
I wanted to say about my dress -
no, I haven't got a dress yet!
310
00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:33,800
# Yes, I'll be right on time... #
311
00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:40,680
Best not to ask.
312
00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:45,400
We will do the same
thing by dressing it,
313
00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:48,320
lying down at the side
then stand them up.
314
00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:50,160
Can we lift in this last one?
315
00:18:51,360 --> 00:18:53,800
Sorry, we'll just get this
out of your way now.
316
00:18:56,560 --> 00:19:02,000
These are the tree frames
we used last year, but this year
317
00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:04,920
we're using them again but just
dressing them differently.
318
00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:07,920
So we'll put bases on them
to make sure they're stable,
319
00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:12,400
then dress them so hopefully it
doesn't take too long to do.
320
00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:16,600
I would leave it a bit less because
that one I probably started too low.
321
00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:22,720
When you look at them from the back,
they kind of disappear,
322
00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:25,160
the frames just disappear
into the back cloth.
323
00:19:34,120 --> 00:19:37,160
Here we go, here we go! Show time!
324
00:19:44,640 --> 00:19:47,920
And it's like going to the ball
and the girls go crazy.
325
00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:51,800
There'll be girls getting
their make-up done, spray tans,
326
00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:55,360
hair done -
not looking too bad myself.
327
00:19:55,360 --> 00:20:00,160
It's lovely, because I just feel
like a mummy watching all her kids
328
00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:02,560
attending a big party.
329
00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:04,120
It's so cool.
330
00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:09,040
BUZZER
Hello, Security.
331
00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:11,080
Hi, Marie Lacey from the choir.
332
00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:12,680
Come on in.
333
00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:19,840
This is me here.
334
00:20:21,560 --> 00:20:23,880
Let's get some sweet
fragrance in here.
335
00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:27,760
KNOCK ON DOOR
336
00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:30,680
The stage is a little behind, so...
337
00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:33,640
That puts us back a lot then.
338
00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:35,680
I think we're back about an hour.
339
00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:37,880
Oh, stop it!
340
00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:39,680
Is Linus down there?
341
00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:41,120
Yeah, he's down there.
342
00:20:41,120 --> 00:20:43,320
Right, well, I'll go
and catch up with him.
343
00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:44,800
I've loads of messages here.
344
00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:52,080
Now you see that we're running late,
345
00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:54,800
that puts me under pressure.
346
00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:02,680
We are way behind time.
347
00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:04,320
About an hour.
348
00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:06,160
We'll be all right.
349
00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:20,760
It's very far behind, isn't it?
350
00:21:20,760 --> 00:21:22,400
Yeah.
351
00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:26,360
I have to say, this has never
happened in previous years.
352
00:21:26,360 --> 00:21:29,080
The stage is usually
all built by now.
353
00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:31,720
But, you know, there's nothing
you can do about it -
354
00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:34,160
you just have to remain calm.
355
00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:45,160
# Wash me in the water
356
00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:48,800
# Cleanse me in the mercy
of your love
357
00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:54,480
# I need a heavenly touch... #
358
00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:56,120
Should we get ready now?
359
00:21:56,120 --> 00:21:58,600
7.10, I want everybody lined up.
360
00:21:58,600 --> 00:21:59,960
What time is it now?
361
00:21:59,960 --> 00:22:02,280
It's early yet,
but I'm just letting you know.
362
00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:06,880
I'm doing the solo,
a song called Sanctuary,
363
00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:10,520
that's why I'm, like,
fidgeting, moving, dancing.
364
00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:12,680
Really nervous. Pissing myself.
365
00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:17,240
# ..a helping hand
366
00:22:18,680 --> 00:22:20,880
# It's gonna help me stand
367
00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:24,520
# It's gonna help me stand
368
00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:34,080
# Cos I just need a helping hand. #
369
00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:36,240
THEY CHEER
370
00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:51,760
Let's go.
371
00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:54,080
Let's get the choir started.
372
00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:56,840
PA: Good evening, everyone, and
welcome to the Waterfront Hall
373
00:22:56,840 --> 00:22:59,120
and Belfast Community
Gospel Choir...
374
00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:03,480
CHEERING
375
00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:16,280
# We lift our hands in the sanctuary
376
00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:20,400
# We lift our hands
to give you the glory
377
00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:24,480
# We lift our hands
to give you the praise
378
00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:28,280
# And we will praise you
for the rest of our days
379
00:23:28,280 --> 00:23:30,200
# Yes
380
00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:35,640
# Yes, Lord,
for the rest of our days
381
00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:40,120
# Hallelujah
Hallelujah... #
382
00:23:40,120 --> 00:23:43,840
When you grow up in a township,
you have two options.
383
00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:48,480
It's either you go
the route of prison or death,
384
00:23:48,480 --> 00:23:51,800
or you go a route
of bettering yourself.
385
00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:56,480
# We praise you, Lord, today
386
00:23:56,480 --> 00:24:00,880
# Yes, Lord,
for the rest of our days
387
00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:05,320
# You're good and perfect
in all of your ways
388
00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:08,520
# Yes, Lord,
for the rest of our days
389
00:24:08,520 --> 00:24:10,000
# Hallelujah... #
390
00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:14,280
And music was kind of
like my saviour.
391
00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:18,320
So instead of going outside
and, you know, being with a gang,
392
00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:21,800
I would lock the door,
close all the windows and throw
393
00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:25,960
in a cassette, a gospel cassette
and just get lost.
394
00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:29,840
# Hallelujah, hallelujah,
hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah
395
00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:33,400
# Hallelujah, hallelujah,
hallelujah, hallelujah
396
00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:37,160
# Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah
397
00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:39,520
# Hallelujah
398
00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:42,080
# For the rest of our days
399
00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:49,360
# And we will praise you
for the rest of our...
400
00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:56,480
# ..days
401
00:24:56,480 --> 00:25:01,760
# Hallelujah, hallelujah. #
402
00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:05,000
CHEERING
403
00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:11,520
What about the dress?
404
00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:14,360
Oh, my goodness, I was in New York.
405
00:25:14,360 --> 00:25:19,640
You need to know that when you're
a plus size, you don't get sequins.
406
00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:23,120
And I was in New York and went
into Bloomingdale's, I said,
407
00:25:23,120 --> 00:25:25,320
"I'm looking for plus-size ladies."
408
00:25:27,360 --> 00:25:32,080
"I'm sorry, madam,
we don't have plus sizes.
409
00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:35,280
"We do have some expanding sizes."
410
00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:37,720
LAUGHTER
411
00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:39,680
"How far do they expand?"
412
00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:46,480
So I went to Macy's, and look what
I found in an expanding size.
413
00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:50,320
Sequins! I can't believe it,
I've got sequins on.
414
00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:54,640
Anyway, you're the voice.
415
00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:23,840
# This time, we know we
all can stand together
416
00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:26,680
# With the power to be powerful... #
417
00:26:26,680 --> 00:26:30,320
There have been times when the choir
have just nailed a song
418
00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:32,360
and I have just burst into tears.
419
00:26:32,360 --> 00:26:35,200
Because I just can't believe
this is my choir,
420
00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:39,680
sounding like how
I imagined it would sound.
421
00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:45,360
# We're all someone's daughter
We're all someone's son... #
422
00:26:45,360 --> 00:26:49,080
You can come to a BCGC gig -
even as a choir member -
423
00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:53,840
sad, homesick,
whatever the case may be,
424
00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:58,360
and then when you leave the concert,
you just leave feeling relieved.
425
00:26:58,360 --> 00:27:00,840
# You're the voice
Try and understand it... #
426
00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:05,880
It's almost like you've just took
off whatever was burdening you
427
00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:09,280
and you just go home renewed
and full of joy.
428
00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:12,120
# We're not gonna live
in silence... #
429
00:27:12,120 --> 00:27:16,880
BCGC to me is more
than being in a choir -
430
00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:20,480
BCGC is a huge part of my life.
431
00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:26,000
# Oh-wo-wo-wo
432
00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:31,520
# Oh-wo-wo-wo
Oh-wo-wo-wo
433
00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:36,120
# We're not gonna
sit in silence... #
434
00:27:36,120 --> 00:27:41,000
I know for one I'm so grateful and
so thankful for having my place in
435
00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:45,720
the choir for what it has brought to
my life and for what it does for me,
436
00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:48,120
and I'm so thankful to Marie
for giving me that
437
00:27:48,120 --> 00:27:49,760
because she didn't need to.
438
00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:56,440
There's just been amazing
friendships formed
439
00:27:56,440 --> 00:28:02,320
and I love knowing that I created
that place for that to happen.
440
00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:06,200
# Oh-wo-wo-wo
441
00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:08,760
# You're the voice
Try and understand it
442
00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:11,680
# Make a noise and make it clear
443
00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:17,280
# Oh-wo-wo-wo
Oh-wo-wo-wo
444
00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:22,360
# We're not gonna sit in silence
We're not gonna live with fear
445
00:28:22,360 --> 00:28:26,520
# Oh-wo-wo-wo
Oh-wo-wo-wo... #
446
00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:35,040
I'm a very contented choirmistress.
447
00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:40,120
I want to create an experience for
the audience, not just a concert.
448
00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:43,400
They said it was the best
show we've ever done.
449
00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:45,440
There was one point
during You're The Voice,
450
00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:48,040
I got goose bumps all up
my arm and it was just like,
451
00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:51,920
"This is some kind of
weird magic going on."
452
00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:54,120
Oh, it was good, it was good.
453
00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:57,960
The atmosphere was just
perfect and I just let go.
454
00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:01,360
The choir has given me a lot
of sense of feeling welcome,
455
00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:04,480
and family - it's definitely
helped me feel at home.
456
00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:09,640
I'm already moving ahead,
I've had new songs arranged
457
00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:14,040
and a set list in my head
put together for the summer.
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