WEBVTT 00:07.740 --> 00:09.970 tell me about the choir that you 00:09.970 --> 00:12.970 wouldn't , I'm within during faith 00:12.980 --> 00:16.200 choir . Um , I've been here since 00:16.210 --> 00:19.660 february . It was an outlet 00:20.040 --> 00:22.151 for me because the job that I have is 00:22.151 --> 00:24.373 so challenging because I'm in charge of 00:24.373 --> 00:26.429 the whole theater , I have personnel 00:26.429 --> 00:28.429 throughout each , our pet yard . So 00:28.429 --> 00:30.596 it's very challenging . Sometimes it's 00:30.596 --> 00:32.596 good to have something that you can 00:32.596 --> 00:34.762 fall back on . So when I came here , I 00:34.762 --> 00:36.929 mean they don't know what they've been 00:36.929 --> 00:39.096 very beneficial to help me get through 00:39.096 --> 00:42.100 a lot of my days , Tell me about what 00:42.110 --> 00:44.380 songs you sing we're going to sing , 00:44.390 --> 00:47.650 God is , we're also singing um , 00:48.140 --> 00:51.920 um , total praise , which is a 00:51.920 --> 00:53.753 beautiful song . Total praise is 00:53.753 --> 00:55.920 basically going to be a combination of 00:55.920 --> 00:58.087 all choirs um , through all services , 00:59.840 --> 01:01.896 tell me your feelings about memorial 01:01.896 --> 01:04.007 Day , Memorial Day is a very , it's a 01:04.007 --> 01:07.000 very special day , you know , um , I'm 01:07.000 --> 01:09.056 coming from a family that's been the 01:09.056 --> 01:11.111 military , I've been in the military 01:11.111 --> 01:13.111 myself as well . So um , I'm really 01:13.111 --> 01:15.167 looking forward to doing this , this 01:15.167 --> 01:16.944 concert . Um , and once again , 01:16.944 --> 01:19.000 hopefully we actually touch and move 01:19.000 --> 01:22.920 some people out here . What is the 01:22.920 --> 01:25.460 most exciting part of being a fire 01:25.470 --> 01:29.020 bonding bonding with different 01:29.020 --> 01:31.076 people , it's going to be honest , a 01:31.076 --> 01:33.298 lot of people who come into quite a lot 01:33.298 --> 01:35.353 of them are shy , a lot of them hold 01:35.353 --> 01:35.220 back , but once you get comfortable , I 01:35.220 --> 01:37.276 mean the choir is just like family , 01:37.276 --> 01:39.331 it's like your family away from your 01:39.331 --> 01:41.553 family . So the more you get , the more 01:41.553 --> 01:43.720 you around them , the more comfortable 01:43.720 --> 01:47.230 you become No question is there 01:47.230 --> 01:50.220 anything um , know that once again , I 01:50.220 --> 01:52.387 just enjoy being inquired and I'm just 01:52.387 --> 01:54.710 glad I was able to come in the midst of 01:54.710 --> 01:56.766 some of these people that we haven't 01:56.766 --> 01:58.988 acquired , they're very touching , very 01:58.988 --> 02:01.210 spiritually grounded people . So , uh , 02:01.210 --> 02:03.990 once again that makes it a lot easier , 02:03.990 --> 02:05.934 especially when you come in here , 02:05.934 --> 02:08.101 sometimes we're coming here later . We 02:08.101 --> 02:10.323 all have had a rough day . We often big 02:10.323 --> 02:10.230 now , but this is the place where you 02:10.230 --> 02:13.300 can kind of let all that go and then um , 02:13.300 --> 02:15.578 with your personnel that you have here . 02:15.578 --> 02:19.410 So now tell me about that fire 02:19.410 --> 02:22.120 group that needs England . Uh , it's a 02:22.130 --> 02:24.241 wonderful group . I've been over here 02:24.241 --> 02:27.500 in Afghanistan since June 2008 . So I 02:27.500 --> 02:29.611 have gone through a lot of members on 02:29.611 --> 02:31.722 require a lot of directors , a lot of 02:31.722 --> 02:34.580 chaplains . Uh , it just seems to be a 02:34.580 --> 02:36.950 close knit group is every group comes 02:36.950 --> 02:38.894 in , they have their own different 02:38.894 --> 02:41.020 dynamic , but all in all we get along 02:41.020 --> 02:44.800 quite well . So I enjoy , You've been 02:44.800 --> 02:46.910 here since 2008 , tell me about a 02:46.910 --> 02:49.077 little bit about that and how this has 02:49.077 --> 02:52.930 helped . Um , when I came over here , 02:52.940 --> 02:55.162 you know , I was going through a lot of 02:55.162 --> 02:57.273 things and I like to sing , I sing in 02:57.273 --> 02:59.273 the choir back home . So being over 02:59.273 --> 03:01.384 here , being around a group of people 03:01.384 --> 03:03.440 that believe like I believe have the 03:03.440 --> 03:05.551 same morals that I have . Um , it has 03:05.551 --> 03:07.440 helped me out tremendously , It's 03:07.440 --> 03:09.496 helped me to grow , has helped me to 03:09.496 --> 03:11.607 overcome a lot of things in my life . 03:11.607 --> 03:13.773 Um it just help me help me to become a 03:13.773 --> 03:16.180 better person . Um I love these guys 03:16.180 --> 03:18.236 and I wouldn't trade him for nothing 03:18.236 --> 03:22.090 else . What is the most exciting part 03:22.100 --> 03:24.500 about singing in choir ? I guess the 03:24.500 --> 03:27.460 most exciting part is being able to 03:28.040 --> 03:30.790 just get up there and express myself 03:30.790 --> 03:34.210 through songs um and then also to see 03:34.210 --> 03:37.020 that people are responding to that 03:37.030 --> 03:39.690 expression , it always makes me feel 03:39.690 --> 03:41.746 good to know that something that the 03:41.746 --> 03:43.857 choir did touch somebody out there in 03:43.857 --> 03:45.968 the audience , you know , for them to 03:45.968 --> 03:48.246 tell you that that's on minister to me , 03:48.246 --> 03:50.468 that's all help me get over a situation 03:50.468 --> 03:52.412 that I was going through . So that 03:52.412 --> 03:54.357 always brings me tremendous draw , 03:56.240 --> 03:58.184 tell me about the memorial concert 03:58.184 --> 04:00.730 that's coming up . Um this is only the 04:00.730 --> 04:04.240 second concert this choir has done um 04:04.240 --> 04:07.640 and I'm excited . Um this is 04:07.650 --> 04:09.890 actually one of the first ones where 04:09.890 --> 04:12.650 we've actually brought in um choir 04:12.650 --> 04:15.200 members from other services and got 04:15.200 --> 04:18.220 them um intermingle with us . Um I'm 04:18.220 --> 04:20.276 looking forward to it ? I think it's 04:20.276 --> 04:22.387 gonna be very exciting um and I think 04:22.387 --> 04:24.220 people are gonna be tremendously 04:24.220 --> 04:26.480 blessed . Is there anything else that 04:26.480 --> 04:30.220 you would like to add um just to those 04:30.220 --> 04:31.960 out there that are looking for 04:31.960 --> 04:34.230 something to do , come out here , 04:34.230 --> 04:36.580 joined the choir , we need musicians , 04:36.590 --> 04:38.830 uh we need singers Just come out , 04:38.830 --> 04:40.830 enjoy yourself and express yourself 04:40.830 --> 04:40.860 through song .