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DECC and COVID, Duluth Playhouse, Voices of the Region
5/1/2021 | 27m 21sVideo has Closed Captions
Our series "Lessons from COVID-19" focuses on the devastating impact of the pandemic on la
Our series "Lessons from COVID-19" focuses on the devastating impact of the pandemic on large entertainment and convention venues and the people who work in that industry. We'll talk with Duluth Playhouse Artistic Director about live performances returning to the stage for the first time since the pandemic began. And we'll hear from Northern Community Radio's Heidi Holtan in this week's "Voices o
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WE CONTINUE OUR SERIES LESSONS FROM COVID-19" WITH A LOOK AT THE DEVESTATING IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC ON LIVE EVENTS, ARTS, AND THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY.
WE'LL TALK WITH THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AT THE DULUTH PLAYHOUSE, WHICH OPENS ITS FIRST LIVE EVENT IN MORE THAN A YEAR THIS WEEKEND.
AND ON VOICES OF THE REGION, RURAL LEADERS' VIEWS ON THE ISSUE OF IMPLICIT BIAS AND POLICING.
THESE TOPICS AND MUCH MORE NEXT ON "ALMANAC NORTH."
♪ HELLO AND WELCOME TO "ALMANAC NORTH," THANKS FOR WATCHING.
DENNIS IS OFF THIS WEEK AS WE ALTERNATE HOSTING DURING THE PANDEMIC.
BOTH SIDES CLAIMED VICTORY THIS WEEK FOLLOWING A MINNESOTA SUPREME COURT DECISION ON THE POLYMET PERMIT TO MINE AND DAM SAFETY PERMITS.
THE COURT RULED IN FAVOR OF POLYMET ON ALL BUT ONE ISSUE CHALLENGED BY ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS.
THE COURT RULED THE D-N-R MUST HOLD A "CONTESTED CASE HEARING" ON THE PROPOSED MINE'S TAILINGS BASIN AND SET A TERM IN YEARS FOR RESTORATION OF THE BASIN AFTER MINING ENDS.
MINNESOTA HELD ON TO ITS EIGHT CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS FOLLOWING POPULATION COUNTS RELEASED BY THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU THIS WEEK.
THE GOPHER STATE WAS PROJECTED TO LOSE A HOUSE SEAT DUE TO SLOWER GROWTH THAN WARM-WEATHER STATES.
BUT WITH THE CENSUS COUNT COMPLETE, MINNESOTA'S POPULATION INCREASED BY 7.6% TO JUST OVER 5,700,000 PEOPLE, ALLOWING IT TO HOLD ON TO THAT EIGTH SEAT.
WISCONSIN ALSO RETAINS EIGHT CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.
THE DULUTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WILL WELCOME A NEW AIRLINE WITH DIRECT FLIGHTS TO WARM-WEATHER LOCATIONS LATER THIS YEAR.
MINNESOTA-BASED SUN COUNTRY AIRLINES WILL BEGIN TWICE A WEEK FLIGHTS TO PHOENIX AND FORT MEYERS, FLORIDA, BEGINNING IN DECEMBER.
SUN COUNTRY'S SEASONAL FLIGHTS WILL BE IN ADDITION TO DAILY FLIGHTS OFFERED BY DELTA AIRLINES AND UNITED AIRLINES FROM DULUTH.
THE DULUTH ENTERTAINMENT AND CONVENTION CENTER ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK IT IS HIRING AS IT SLOWLY RAMPS UP STAFF FOR SUMMER EVENTS.
THE DECC HAS NAVIGATED THROUGH 13 MONTHS OF LOW OPERATIONS DURING THE PANDEMIC WITH MASSIVE LAY-OFFS.
THE DECC HAS A NUMBER OF PART-TIME POSITION OPENINGS, WITH DETAILS FOUND ON THEIR WEBSITE AT WWW.DECC.ORG.
OUR SPECIAL SERIES LESSONS FROM COVID-19 THIS WEEK FOCUSES ON THE DECC AND THE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC ON THOSE WHO MAKE THEIR LIVING IN THE ENTERTAINMENT FIELD.
HOW DID THOSE WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES ADAPT TO THE SUDDEN LOSS OF WORK?
WITH LIMITED IN-PERSON EVENTS AND RESTRICTIONS ON LARGE GATHERINGS, IT HAS BEEN A MONUMENTAL CHALLENGE.
>> WE HAD A RECORD YEAR IN 2019 ATTENTIVE SHOWS, CONCERTS, OUTDOOR EVENTS.
AND THEN MARCH 2020 IT AND BASICALLY SHUT US DOWN COLD.
>> WE HAVE TWO GREAT LABOR BODIES THAT WORK WITH US.
I WANT TO GIVE A PUBLIC THANK YOU TO BOTH.
THEY HAVE BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH.
THE DULUTH ENTERTAINMENT AND CONVENTION CENTER IS OUR FOUNDATIONAL ASSET.
CONCERTS, HOCKEY, LARGE CONVENTIONS, MIDSIZE GATHERING.
A MYRIAD OF THINGS THAT TAKE A LOT OF TIME, A LOT OF PEOPLE.
IT IS THE CLEANING, THE MAINTENANCE, THE CONCESSIONS.
>> IT STARTED WITH THE STAGEHANDS.
MY ROLE IS I WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE DECK.
ALL OF THE THINGS THAT MAKE THE MAGIC HAPPEN.
>> IT IS A FACILITY THAT GATHERS PEOPLE IN THE HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS.
THE IMPACT OF SHUTDOWNS WAS REALLY IMMEDIATE.
WITHIN THE FIRST MONTH, THINGS GOT CANCELED.
THE CALENDAR GOT CLEARED.
PEOPLE WERE FURLOUGHED.
NEARLY THAT ENTIRE STAFF WENT DOWN TO 12.
AND HAD TO STAY IN THAT STATUS FOR A LONG TIME.
BECAUSE OF THE SHUTDOWN ORDERS.
>> WE HAD ZERO WORK FROM MARCH UNTIL SEPTEMBER.
WE STARTED TO HAVE SOME POLITICAL GIG.
THOSE TEND TO BE BIGGER EVENTS.
LUCKILY, MOST OF OUR MEMBERS DO IT AS A SIDE JOB OR A SECOND JOB.
WE HAVE A FEW THAT TRAVEL NATIONALLY.
SOME RETIREES WHO DO IT ON THE SIDE.
>> ARE GUIDING PRINCIPLES HAVE BEEN CAN WE DO IT SAFELY?
THEY HAVE BEEN REALLY IMPORTANT.
WE DON'T WANT TO BE A SOURCE OF ANY OF THE SPREAD OF THE INFECTION.
WE WANT TO FEEL SAFE ABOUT DOING THINGS.
WE HAVE TO BE CREATIVE ABOUT HOW WE USE THE ENTIRE COMPLEX.
>> WE HAVE HAD PHONE CONTACT WITH SOME OF THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS IN THE LOCAL.
SOME OF OUR MEMBERS ARE OLDER.
WE HAVE NOT MET TOGETHER IN OVER A YEAR.
AS FAR AS TRAINING GOES, WE HAVE NOT HAD THAT MUCH WORK.
ONLY A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE WORKING LAST YEAR.
>> OTHER THAN A STATE OF MINNESOTA GRANT, WE HAVE RECEIVED NO OUTSIDE FINANCIAL HELP.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT WHEN THEY HEAR ABOUT ENTITIES GETTING FEDERAL HELP, THAT HAS NOT BEEN OUR SITUATION.
WE HAVE NOT FALLEN INTO THE RIGHT CATEGORIES.
WE HAVE HAD TO DO THIS BY DOING IT SAFELY.
I GIVE KUDOS TO THIS GROUP.
HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE I CONNECTED WITH.
WE BOTH ASKED, HOW DO WE GET TO YES?
HOW CAN WE DO THIS SAFELY?
HOW CAN WE DEMONSTRATE CONFIDENCE?
AND BRING THE ARTS BACK?
TIMES OF CRISES ARE WHEN WE NEED THE ARTS THE MOST.
THAT REALLY HAS BEEN A MODEL THAT HAS WORKED.
♪ [APPLAUSE] >> THEY ARE LOOKING AT WORKING WITH US TO INSTALL CAMERAS IN SYMPHONY HALL TO CONTINUE SOME KIND OF IN PERSON COMPONENT MOVING FORWARD.
THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THEY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.
>> OUTDOOR STUFF IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
COMING UP THIS SUMMER.
AS FAR AS THE BIG SHOWS, YOU CAN'T SOCIAL DISTANCE.
THERE IS NOT ENOUGH SPACE.
IT WILL BE A LITTLE WHILE BEFORE WE GET BACK TO SOME KIND OF NORMALCY WITH THE SHOWS.
>> THE BIG QUESTION I GET IS, WHEN OF THE CONCERTS COMING?
I CANNOT TELL YOU.
WE CAN'T PROJECT WHEN STATE GUIDELINES WILL CHANGE.
WE HAVE GROWN AND EVOLVED ORGANICALLY BASED ON ONE LINE.
AND THEN THE PANDEMIC FLU THAT APART.
AS WE REBUILD, WE HAVE HAD TO LOOK INWARD.
LOOK AT THE MODELS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN FOR GRANTED.
I HAVE BEEN ON AUTOPILOT.
DECIDE WHAT DOES THE NEXT 50 YEARS LOOK LIKE?
FROM OUR STANDPOINT, ONE BIG TAKE AWAY WOULD BE VIRTUAL.
EVEN AS WE BRING THINGS BACK.
WE KNOW PEOPLE WANT TO GET TOGETHER.
WE HEAR THAT ALL OF THE TIME.
WE KNOW VIRTUAL HAS BEEN HELPFUL FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN'T OR WON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE COMING IN PERSON.
WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THAT.
THERE WILL BE A PHYSICAL, IN PERSON PART.
THAT IS SOMETHING THE PANDEMIC HAS TAUGHT US.
JULIE: THE DULUTH PLAYHOUSE HAS BEEN AROUND AND THRIVING FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS, BUT THIS PAST YEAR MAY HAVE BEEN ONE OF ITS MOST CHALLENGING.
THIS WEEKEND, THE PLAYHOUSE IS BRINGING ITS FIRST LIVE PERFORMANCES TO THE NORSHOR THEATRE STAGE SINCE THE PANDEMIC SHUT DOWN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY.
JOINING US NOW IS PHILLIP FAZIO, THE PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AT THE PLAYHOUSE.
WELCOME, THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
IT IS A REALLY EXCITING WEEKEND WERE YOU.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE GETTING BACK ON THE STAGE?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.
I CAN'T EVEN DESCRIBE WHAT IT FELT LIKE TO BE BACK IN A THEATER WITH ACTUAL PEOPLE AND DOING A PERFORMANCE AGAIN.
WE HAD A REALLY SHORT REHEARSAL PROCESS.
WE MADE SURE WE WERE DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT, STAYING SOCIALLY DISTANCED, WEARING OUR MASKS.
THEN WE BLINKED AND WE WERE THERE.
I WAS GIVING A CURTAIN SPEECH IN FRONT OF ACTUAL PEOPLE.
I LEFT THE STAGE AND OUR CAST CAME ON AND OPENED THE SHOW AND PEOPLE WERE CLAPPING AND CHEERING AND STANDING UP AT THE END.
IT WAS ALMOST AS LIKE NO TIME HAD PASSED.
IT WAS VERY MAGICAL.
JULIE: TALK ABOUT THAT FIRST PERFORMANCE.
IT IS STRAIGHT -- BRINGING BACK SOME POPULAR MUSIC FROM AN EARLIER PERFORMANCE.
>> WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT OUR FIRST EVENT, I THOUGHT BACK TO FEBRUARY 2018, THE LAST REOPENING WHEN THE PLAYHOUSE DID THAT.
THE LORE OF THE PLAYHOUSE PRODUCTION STILL LOOMS LARGE IN OUR HALLWAYS.
THEY SAID YOU SHOULD DO THAT SHOW AGAIN.
WE WERE TRYING TO CREATE AN EVENT OR OUR LATEST REOPENING.
WE THOUGHT, WOULDN'T IT BE FUN IF WE BROUGHT BACK OUR THREE LEADS FROM MAMMA MIA AND PUT TOGETHER A MEDLEY OF ABBA SONGS.
WE CAN GET THROUGH THAT THE FIRST TIME AND THEN FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN TAKE STEPS TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIGGER AND BOLDER NEXT TIME.
JULIE: YOU HAVE A LIMITED NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE.
IS IT A FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED BASIS?
OTHER TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE?
>> THANK YOU FOR ASKING.
THERE ARE STILL A COUPLE OF TICKETS LEFT FOR THIS WEEKEND.
GO TO OUR WEBSITE.
WE SPENT MONTHS AND MONTHS GOING OVER OUR SAFETY PROTOCOLS.
ONE ASPECT OF THAT WAS CREATING A SOCIALLY DISTANCED SEATING CHART THAT MADE CHIRPY COULD BUY THEIR TICKETS IN ADVANCE.
WE ARE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE SIX FEET AWAY FROM THE NEXT POD.
SO WE CAN GET THEM IN SAFELY.
AND OUT SAFELY.
AND MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THEY ARE IN OUR SPACE, THERE IS NO CHANCE OF THEM HAVING TO COME IN CONTACT WITH PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THEIR POD.
JULIE: HOW HAVE THE ACTORS AND MUSICIANS AND STAGEHANDS WHETHER THIS PANDEMIC?
>> WHERE DO I EVEN BEGIN?
WE WERE HAVING A CONVERSATION ON OUR FIRST REHEARSAL ABOUT WHAT THE PANDEMIC HAS DONE TO US.
WHAT IT HAS BEEN LIKE TO BE AN ARTIST AT THIS TIME.
SOME OF US GOT INTO THIS BUSINESS WHEN WE WERE TEENAGERS.
WE REALLY HAVE NOT STOPPED DOING THE CRAFT.
WE CAN HAVE 14 MONTHS WHERE WE ARE IN OUR BUBBLE AND IN OUR APARTMENT.
WORKING ON ZOOM AND NOT BEING ABLE TO WORK ON YOUR CRAFT IN FRONT OF OTHER PEOPLE.
IT'S LIKE PART OF OUR SOUL WENT INTO A CAVE.
NOT TO BE DRAMATIC, BUT WE ARE DRAMATIC PEOPLE.
PEOPLE GET TO SING THE SONGS WITH THE PEOPLE THEY WERE IN THE SHOW AT LAST TIME.
TO SEE THEM START TO SHAKE OFF THAT PANDEMIC SHELL AND COME BACK TO BEING THE BULL THEY WERE BORN TO BE.
-- THE PEOPLE THEY WERE BORN TO BE.
JULIE: WHAT DOES THE REST OF THE SEASON LOOK LIKE?
>> NEXT UP, WE HAVE A REALLY AWESOME SHOW AT THE FAMILY THEATER.
COMING BACK AT THE NORTH SHORE, WE HAVE AGE OF A AREAS.
THEN WE WILL OPEN OUR SEASON WITH SPAM A LOT.
JULIE: GOOD TO SEE YOU BACK ON STAGE.
NEXT WEEK, OUR SPECIAL SERIES CONTINUES AS WE EXPLORE THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC.
HOW DID CITY LEADERS COMMUNICATE PANDEMIC PROTOCALS TO THEIR CITIZENS?
WE TRAVELED TO ELY AND SPOKE WITH THE MAYOR ABOUT HOW HIS TOWN HAS BEEN IMPACTED BY THE PANDEMIC.
>> THE LESSON OF COVID'S DOCUMENTS THE HISTORY OF THIS EVENT.
EVERY SO OFTEN, GO THROUGH THE LESSONS LEARNED.
WE ALWAYS PLANNED FOR ANOTHER EVENT THAT HAPPENED.
JULIE: WE'LL HAVE MORE ON LOCAL COMMUNITIES COPING WITH COVID NEXT WEEK ON "ALMANAC NORTH."
♪ IT'S TIME NOW FOR VOICES OF THE REGION.
EACH WEEK WE HEAR FROM A JOURNALIST IN OUR BROADCAST AREA AND THE STORIES THEY'RE REPORTING.
THIS WEEK, HEIDI HOLTAN OF KAXE RADIO IN GRAND RAPIDS IS OUR GUEST.
♪ >> EACH WEEK, WE GET A CHANCE TO HOST A STATEWIDE CONVERSATION.
WE RECENTLY TALKED TO THE POLICE CHIEF IN BEMIDJI.
BREE ASKED ABOUT IF THERE IS A WAY TO WORK WITH HIS STAFF ON THEIR INHERENT BIASES.
I INTERVIEWED A YOUNG STUDENT OF COLOR IN THE GRAND RAPIDS AREA.
SHE WAS ON THE POLICE ADVISORY BOARD.
SHE SAID THEY SAID THEY DO NOT SEE RACE.
I ASKED THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WHAT SHE THOUGHT ABOUT THESE THINGS.
>> OF COURSE THERE ARE WAYS TO TOUCH MORE IMPLICIT BIAS.
THE IMPORTANT QUESTION FOR CONSTITUENTS AND VOTERS IS, WHO IS ENSURING THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS TAKING THE ISSUE SERIOUSLY?
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ARE OVERSEEN IN THE MOST DIRECT WAYS BY THEIR GOVERNING BODY.
THEY ARE ELECTED DIRECTLY BY VOTERS.
AND FUNDED BY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
WE NEED TO SEE REAL CHANGE IN HOW THESE DEPARTMENTS ARE PERFORMING.
THIS IS A CONVERSATION WE ALL NEED TO START HAVING READ WHEN I HEAR LEADERS SAY THEY DO NOT SEE COLOR, WHAT I HEAR IS I DO NOT SEE YOU.
>> SOME OF THE PARTNERS WE HAVE TALKED TO THINK THAT THESE PROBLEMS ARE NOT HERE.
THEY ARE BRINGING UP TOPICS THEY REALLY HAVE NOT EXAMINED OR.
IT IS CAUSING SOME FRICTION IN THESE TOWNS.
IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THESE POLICE DEPARTMENTS ARE RACIST.
THERE ARE WAYS TO KNOW AND LEARN MORE.
♪ PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WANTING TO GET OUT ON THE LAKE AND OUT ON THEIR BOATS AND NYACK AND -- KAYAKS AND DO THE THINGS THEY HAVE DONE IN THE WINTER.
WE SPOKE TO THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF AN OUTDOOR PROGRAM.
PEOPLE HAVE THESE IDEAS THAT IF THEY ARE A STRONG SWIMMER, THEY WILL BE OK.
EVEN THE BEST RESCUE SWIMMERS COULD NOT MOVE THEIR LIMBS WITHIN ONE MINUTE WHEN YOU HIT WATER THAT IS STILL VERY COLD.
THERE ARE SMALL MISTAKES WE CAN MAKE DURING A COLDER TEMPERATURE THAT COULD HELP SAVE OUR LIVES.
>> IF I COULD TEACH PEOPLE ONE THING THAT WOULD SAVE MORE LIVES , IT IS PEE IN A BUCKET AND THEN POUR THE BUCKET OVER THE SIDE.
THAT IS SO TRUE.
>> PEOPLE DO NOT THINK ABOUT, THERE ARE IS NOT MANY PEOPLE OUT ON THE LAKE.
YOU DON'T HAVE AS GOOD A CHANCE OF PEOPLE SEEING YOU AND COMING IN HELPING YOU.
♪ >> WE ARE CONTINUING ON AND TALKING TO WOMEN ACROSS THE NORTH LAND ABOUT HOW THEY HAVE AIRED DURING THE PANDEMIC.
WE ARE 13 MONTHS INTO IT.
WE WERE SO STRUCK BY HOW WOMEN HAVE BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH.
WE HAVE WOMEN WHO LOST A PARENT OR A SISTER.
AND A WOMAN WHO HAD A HUSBAND WHO HAD TWO FORMS OF CANCER.
GRANDPARENTS RAISING THEIR GRANDKIDS.
EVEN WOMEN WHO HAD TO GET A DIVORCE BY THIS TIME.
THERE IS SO MUCH THAT WOMEN SHOULDERED.
HEARING ECHOES OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THEIR LIFE.
IT IS SO POWERFUL.
IT STRUCK ME SO MUCH THAT THEY ALREADY SEEN TO BE TAKING WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED AND THEY WANT TO TRANSFORM INTO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
WHO ARE WE NOW?
I AM HOPING WE CAN DO A FOCUS GROUP WITH DOMESTIC SURVIVORS.
PEOPLE MAY KNOW THAT IT GOT WORSE.
BUT YOU DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW THE STORIES.
THE WHOLE THING WITH THAT CYCLE IS ISOLATION.
THEY DON'T TELL ANYONE.
THAT CAN BE VERY POWERFUL TO HEAR.
♪ JULIE: NEXT WEEK, WE'LL HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH MINNEAPOLIS-BASED FILM MAKER LARKIN MCPHEE ON A FILM SHE PRODUCED FOR NOVA CALLED FIGHTING FOR FERTILITY.
THE FILM ILLUMINATES A NATIONAL DISCUSSION ON THE EVOLUTION OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES.
IT ALSO FOCUSES ON THE CAUSES OF INFERTILITY AND THE STRUCTURAL INEQUALITIES FACED BY THOSE FACING FERTILITY CHALLENGES.
>> WE WENT AROUND THE COUNTRY TO TELL STORIES.
WE BEGAN IN MY BACKYARD IN MINNEAPOLIS.
THIS COUPLE IS ABOUT TO GO THROUGH SOME REVOLUTIONARY SURGERY.
ANOTHER STORY WAS IN PORTLAND, OREGON, WHERE WE FILMED A TRANS MAN.
AND WE WERE IN SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, TO KNOW HIM A COUPLE THAT WAS DEALING WITH A NEW TYPE OF EMBRYO.
IT IS A VERY EXPERIMENTAL TIME RIGHT NOW WILL FACING AND DEALING WITH THIS KIND OF EMBRYO.
WE WERE ABLE TO DOCUMENT THEIR STORY.
THIS FILM IS ABOUT THE CHOICES PEOPLE HAVE TODAY.
JULIE: WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THE MINNESOTA-PRODUCED FIGHTING FOR FERTILITY COMING UP NEXT TIME ON "ALMANAC NORTH."
FINALLY THIS WEEK, A VIDEO FILMED AROUND THE WORLD SENDS A MESSAGE OF TOGETHERNESS AT A TIME WHEN THE PANDEMIC KEEPS US AT A DISTANCE.
AND IT FEATURES A LOCAL CONNECTION, AS DULUTH MUSICIAN DISABILITY RIGHTS ACTIVIST GAELYNN LEA COMPOSED THE SCORE OF THE VIDEO TITLED PLUME.
♪ THE VIDEO FROM FILMS.DANCE FEATURES 21 ACROBATS FROM AROUND THE WORLD AND THEIR UNIQUE MOVEMENT STYLES.
GAELYNN SAYS SHE NEVER WOULD HAVE IMAGINED AMERICAN VIOLINIST HILARY HAHN PERFORMING AN INTERPRETATION OF ONE OF HER IMPROVISATIONAL PIECES.
BEAUTIFUL!
CONGRATULATIONS!
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THANKS TO OUR GUESTS AND THE CREW HERE IN THE STUDIO.
I'M JULIE ZENNER, HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND, WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
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