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why almost 30 acts in total came out to

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show the folks that box from that they

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are more than just military underneath

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those uniforms . Mr James Hunter is the

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mastermind behind this Apollo style

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events for them , it's their peers ,

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it's the people that we work with every

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day . The people that you know they

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fight with every day . So that's why

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some quarter that uh you know that I do

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this because it's on their levels . No

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one no one is higher than anyone and no

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one making any money . They just enjoy

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doing entertainment . In two nights the

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entertainers took their turn on stage

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one great action after another . But

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unlike the Apollo , these performers

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aren't judged by the crowd , were

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looking for stage presence , appearance

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and overall performance . So you got

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somebody that's rehearsed uh

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pronunciation . Uh clearly stay on the

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rhythm and uh they really project their

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voice or they give a polish dance

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routine . It makes it a whole lot

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easier as a judge to help put the

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artists at ease , they rubber tree

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stump before stepping on stage . It's

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not to get a splinter in their hands to

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bring the performers hope it's a good

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luck to him and rub it before they come

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out and then they come out and perform .

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So that's basically history . Behind

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the Tree of Hope . This is actually

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called the Tree of Hope . Tree of Hope

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is one of the additions that makes this

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show more Apollo esque . Unlike the

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Apollo , the crowd can't boots are not

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so good acts off the stage , Lucky for

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them . However there weren't even act ,

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it was pretty good , you know , I mean ,

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I mean people forget that just took the

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soldiers that were not talented , but

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from what I've seen , everybody . Yeah ,

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everyone has their own talent , you

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know , people singing , dancing ,

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whatever , you know , I rain dance .

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We um there are a lot of very ,

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very talented people , a lot of them we

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knew before and we knew their

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capability . So I personally didn't

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know who's going to play what I feel

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that , you know , we've been blessed as

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a group and you know , it's just

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showing now . So we're very happy

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with their beautiful gospel dance ,

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praise dance , danced away with first

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place in bagram Scallon show , senior

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airman jeremy , Hostetter , bagram

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Airfield Afghanistan .