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[applause]

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- Cuando desde el momento 

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que  epmiezo a caminar en el senario,

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siento que es mi momento en el mundo...

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- For orchestra conductor

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Paula Madrigal,

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music grounds her.

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- Que es mi espacio en el mundo y yo me siento feliz

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[♪♪]

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- In every way, 

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all the time. 

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- Me siento llena.

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Me siento plena

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[♪♪ - symphony performs]

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[♪♪- squeaky violin]

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- Even at times like this.

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Este dedito y este son amigos.

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Cuando veo 

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 a un nino 

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aprender musica, mi corazon se llena es buena

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When I see a little child

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learn the music,

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my hearts get so happy.

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(laughs)

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[♪♪]

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Yo creo que si

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ellos aprenden 

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algo de esa calidad

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ellos entienden 

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que ellos merecen cosas asi.

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[Applause]

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- Originally

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from Guadalajara,

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Mexico,

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Madrigal moved

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to the United States

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in 2014 after studying

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cello and conducting

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at the

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Universidad Autónoma,

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in Guadalajara.

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She believes

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her connection

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to music began

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at the very beginning

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of her life.

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-I think, like

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all humans, it starts

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the moment

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that we are born,

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when

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we do our first yell.
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That's the first moment

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where I probably listen

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something myself  (yells)

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and I fall in love

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with my voice.

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(Laughs)

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- Now

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Madrigal is

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the Music Director

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of the nonprofit

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Orquesta Northwest.

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Their goal:

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to empower

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the next generation

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of aspiring musicians,

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especially those

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in the Latino community.

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- Por que ellos se sen como yo 

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y eso llena mi corazon.

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Yo creo que todos los seres humanos, 

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merecen tener la experienca 

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de aprenderia y vivir  

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porque se un nivel artistico y intelectual un poco mas alto que la musica que a veces escuchamos popular.

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y intelectual 

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un poco mas alto que la musica 

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que a veces escuchamos popular.

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- You know,

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you never heard of,

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like a famous

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violinist who's Mexican.

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just a way to show,

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especially when

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I'm playing music, that,

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Yes, I'm...

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This is my heritage.

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This is where I am from.

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This is my background.

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That's kind of showing

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that we can do

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that, too.

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- For Madrigal

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and Orquesta Northwest,

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what's worse

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than not hearing

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the music,

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is not having access

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to it.

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-Todos esos jovenes 

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reciben un instrumento gratuito.  

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Ellos no paga nada 

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por el instrumento o por las clases.

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por las classes.

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[♪♪]

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Repite.

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- What we want

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to try to avoid

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is having young people

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who have that drive

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and that talent,

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and don't have

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the opportunity

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to fulfill it,

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to see where

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it could take them.

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[♪♪ - violin music]

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- I had

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lessons when

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I was younger,

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but they were expensive

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and I couldn't

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really keep going.

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joining Orchestra

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Northwest,

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it kind of helped me

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grow a lot as a musician

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and as like

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it gave me more passion

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for what I do.

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[♪♪]

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I’ve played in n orchestras

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where I'm the only one

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in my demographic

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or in my

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economic situation.

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In this organization,

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even though it may

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not be as big

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or as prestigious,

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I feel like

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it's a lot more

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valuable to me

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because I can relate

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to the people

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I'm playing with.

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[♪♪]

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- Even more important

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is access to technology.

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Thanks to a grant

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from the City

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of Seattle's Information

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Technology department,

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Orquesta was able

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to buy their students

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new iPads.

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- Pues es la realidad, que ahora estamos viviendo 

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entonces, ya casi todos los musicos 

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usan su iPad no ese es como 

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una oficina.  

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Si tu no tienes computadora, 

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pues estas astasado.

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[♪♪ - violin solo]

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- I don't have a

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printer at home

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I couldn't

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go to get my music

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printed at school.

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kind of like

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gives me that chance

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to download

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as much music as I want,

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whenever I want,

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even if I'm just

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like, curious

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and a piece or anything.

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I can just find it.

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[♪♪ - violin solo]

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very fluent

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with the technology.

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knew what to do

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with them.

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the composer

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that they're playing

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or investigating

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different violinists,

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different musicians,

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and they're

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studying music.

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valuable things

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that inspire them.

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As far as we can tell.

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- I was gifted this

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for nothing.

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I didn't have

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to pay anything for it.

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I've always wanted

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an iPad

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for playing music,

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and when I got one,

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I thought they

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giving me this tool

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to learn.

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I want to respect that

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- Love of teaching.

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Love of learning.

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Love of sharing.

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Madrigal ties

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these threads together

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through her

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love of music.

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- The reason

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we're a Latino arts

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and culture

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organization is

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because we have a Latina

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Artistic Director

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who shapes

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the artistic vision

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of everything,

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and it's special

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because of that.

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(Sings - “La la la...”)

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- It's really cool

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that she thought

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to create something

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like this

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for people

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of the same heritage

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as her

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I want to keep it

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through my life

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because it's something

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that makes me happy.

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[♪♪ - Orchestra plays]

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Hay muchas cosas ahorita 

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que  estan atacando 

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quizas la comunidad latina 

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y es muy importante nosotros nos unamos.

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[♪♪]

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Me hace feliz 

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ver a mi communidad 

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vivir sin miedo.

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[♪♪]

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Y en la music, no?  

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En la musica donde todos ponemos 

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nuestro corazon 

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haciendo musica.  

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es algo.

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Eso es algo bello y trae paz.

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♪♪

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(applause)

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