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(cheering)

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^- Here today, we are taking part in the

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^Dragon Boat Festival, so we are all getting in a boat

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^and rowing really hard to get to the finish line first.

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(rowers shouting in unison)

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- We have a thousand participants in the races,

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^and up to 3,000 spectators, so it's a big event.

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^It's Nashville's biggest riverfront event.

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The Marine team is a fan favorite, for sure.

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We were all excited to see you guys out there paddling,

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and you know, I think it's a great reminder to our community

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of the service that you all are doing.

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- [Lauren] The Dragon Boat Festival is just

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part of a local outreach event, and one of the things

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we're doing at Marine Nashville is getting inside

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the community, acting within the community,

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making sure we're a part of the projects

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and a lot of the local things going on

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right here in Nashville and Davidson County.

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- [Rowers] Two, three, four!

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I couldn't imagine a better Marine week,

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and it's truly because the people

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of Nashville are so happy we're here.

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And I gotta tell you, we're happy we're here.

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It's so nice to see such a supportive community.

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It's so nice to be part of a community

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that loves its people and loves its Marines so much,

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and this is such a great town, and I think everybody's just

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happy that they got the opportunity to be a part of this.

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It's really, it's helped us understand

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the themes of community and country for us.

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- And it's just been really fun to sort of share

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the Riverfront with the Marines this week.

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(whistling and cheering)

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This is our first time,

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I hope it's not the last time!

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(laughs)

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(audience cheering)