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- And up next to the stage we have, Rio.

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(Crowd cheering)

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♪ I hope you didn't catch a tan ♪

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♪ I hope you'll find the right man ♪

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♪ Who'll fix it for ya ♪

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- Well I love music

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I've always had a passion for music

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I believe music is cleansing for the soul

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in all different ways, so

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for me I wanted to give something back

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Open Mic Night is a recharge for me

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and we used to have it every
Sunday at the same time

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19:00 to 21:00

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Now that we're social distancing

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we can't have it anymore

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and being away from home
people still need to recharge

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So this is me giving them a recharge

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and giving myself a recharge.

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♪ I just want to see
how beautiful you are ♪

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♪ You know that I see it ♪

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♪ I know you're a star ♪

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- Yeah, I think Open Mic is great outlet

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for soldiers to come out

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we needed some place to go

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some place safe to go
and express ourselves

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and put our voices out there.

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- It gave me something to look forward to

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during the week,

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so like, if I had a hard week

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I would just be like

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Okay I'm going to Open Mic Night

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- Socially distance ourselves in DFAC

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and we still have our full conversation

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so that's good.

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And then we did this

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to replace Open Mic Night

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- [Amanda] Anytime you get a
chance to give back to others

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you should take advantage of that

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continue to listen to your music

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as we're all sitting
here, social distancing

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I know this is a time where
people have a lot of worry

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people are anxious, people are
missing people back at home

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People don't get to spend
time with their families

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so this is a season of
us loving on each other

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be kind to each other

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and if we have nothing else

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we always have music
to get you through it.

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♪ You're the water when
I'm stuck in the desert ♪

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♪ You're the Tylenol I
take when my head hurts ♪