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it's all about happy. Yeah, everybody's keeping on your back. Nobody. It's a power going If you What's that? Young time? Nobody. Oh, its home turf time. And this is Dominique bringing you home grown talent from around the bay. Today we'll take a listen to be

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Towns, Best jazz band, and we'll take a ride with Fremont's fastest female. But first we're gonna take you back in time in honor of the 2/100 anniversary of the Constitution. Check out this rhyme. I call we the people way. The people of the United States came

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out today to celebrate our proud tradition of revolution, which brought about our constitute. Once upon a time, this land was ruled by a king. But the people said no. This is not the thing from far away England. King George, The Third Rule America. The law was

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his word, But the people didn't like what he had to say. He was out of touch too far away and a monarchy has total control. But the people said we want to play a role. No taxation without representation. We want to govern our own nature. We

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wanna vote, We want a voice. We want a government. That's our own choice. Week. The people of the United States came out today to celebrate our proud tradition of revolution, which about our Constitution. So they fought a revolution, got rid of the king. But after they

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won, came the hardest thing to find a way to run the land. That gave a voice to every man to get everybody to agree, to build a nation of democracy, to write the highest law, a fair solution. And that's why they rotgut constant, too. 17 87

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Philadelphia P To debate and compromise They found a way, but our Constitution wasn't really until December 17 91 Ben Franklin said. Our country was a rising when they guaranteed rights to everyone. Freedom of speech, freedom of press, freedom of religion and due process. The right to

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assemble protests and position the Bill of Rights. A Democratic truck way. People of the United States came out today to celebrate our route commission that revolution which brought about our constitution. The 13th Amendment outlawed slavery. Black people got the vote in 18 70. That was amendment

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number 15, but we're still a long way from Martin's. Amendment 19 gave women the vote. Can you believe that was just 65 years ago? What makes our Constitution one of a kind is its ability to change with because the original document that they wrote didn't give

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women the right to vote. Blacks were slaves with no rights whatsoever. And laws like that can't last forever. And Indian was called 3/10 of a man. But lots of great people have taken the stand to make those changes to make it fair. And you could make

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a difference if you really can. The people of the United States came out today to celebrate our proud tradition of revolution brought about our Constitution. Way E se To change the Constitution amendment is the way lots of people are calling for the are a cause of

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time to still changing. There's more to do. And the future of this nation is up to you because the U. S. A is a rainbow place. Let's strive for freedom for every race. A more perfect union week can achieve somebody scream if you believe. If you

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don't like my rap, go ahead and impeach me. But I've got something called freedom Most PC, freedom of speech is a rapper, that friend. If you don't believe me, I'll say it again. Unless the people who work hard so you could have a say So I

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hope you folks on Election Day all you people around the baby in this spirit and help me say yeah, yeah happened Yeah, yeah, yes, yeah, Okay, History with a hip hop beat and in the home turf tradition of bringing you all different sounds and styles, our

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next segment will feature young musicians who are taking up the jazz heritage, and we'll meet a hunter's point kid who's a goodwill ambassador to the Ivory Coast of Africa. So stay tuned to the turf. When home turf continues, you may be in it. So chill out,

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kick back and hang loose for a minute. Mhm, Yeah, Welcome back. I'm proud to introduce you to ah, homeboy from Hunter's Point, who traveled all the way to the capital of the Ivory Coast in Africa as a goodwill ambassador. He was chosen by the mayor, and

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it's no wonder everyone on his turf seems to love Anthony Bell autograph. The mayor comes up there to the center, and I used to go up there every Tuesday and she would have contest is like reading and spelling math. And I was studying really hard for

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them. So I want mostly All of the contest is So when I last one, she told me that she had a surprise. I said, okay, and I didn't know what was really gonna happen. And so on the next week, she told me She says she needs

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a guest toe. Come taboo, John. As an ambassador, she said it would be you and I was happy. Mhm. The Ivory Coast is on the equator of Africa, and the place we went is Abbas. John Abbott. John is the capital of their country. It was fun

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cause I got to meet new people, people that I've never seen. He's so lots of like important people in average on like the Ambassador. Mayor, I want you to meet Mayor Mobile, the mayor of Abidjan, Velvet Davis. It was kind of funny at first because I

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didn't know really what to do. But after about two days, I got the hang of everything. All of these things are older than me. I didn't really try to be an ambassador. I tried to be myself because it's like I can't be a person that I'm

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really not. So I just stayed myself. What favorite thing was the dancers they had masks on? Yeah, they're, like, really got into the booth on there cause we it's what can I say? It's like a tradition to be picked to dance in front of an important

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person from another country. They really play drums. They have little hand instruments. Their dances aren't like ours that the music is sort of my cars. They jump around a lot. Then they turned a lot. They like moving their feet a lot. E a lot clothes they

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wear. Or, like Di, he keys. And like little dresses, I brought my mom back a little president. It's a dashiki. The food I ate was nice, like custard with the avocado on top. We had a little chicken, not really stuff that we ate here, like they

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didn't really have, like, think that. I thought they would have like pizza, but they had hamburgers and that was good. It wasn't really like I thought, and they had poverty. People didn't have much clothes or food. They needed, like lots of things hard life. They don't

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live in houses they live in like tense mud made tents. And that's all learned a lightly like We have a really good compared toa where they live Now. I know not to take granted of the things that you get. Take what you have and not what

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you want. And so that's what I learned a lot. What you're just trying to protect. It was nice my mom would have went. I know she would have said just what most of other people said. It's like she was coming home. I'm thinking my daughter, Moaner

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Anthony Bell spreading goodwill in the Bay turf style. He talked about the music, and a lot of our music finds its roots in Africa, especially the rhythms and improvisation of jazz. And if you're looking for good jazz head to be town. Berkeley High School Jazz Ensemble

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has received standing ovations from Japan to the Monterey Jazz Festival, and now they're jamming on home turf. It's Friday night show time for the Berkeley High School Jazz Ensemble Road to the High School. Little Theater may not have been long, but it's been filled with plenty

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of hard work. 1234 Charles Hamilton has been teaching and directing the jazz ensemble at Berkeley since 1980 his students or young. But together they work on charts that would challenge any musician. Mhm. Most of the music we worked on

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it is on a college or professional level. It's amazing that these kids can handle it. I thought I was gonna come in playing music on a much lower level, but to my surprise and amazement, they were playing music that on the level that I was playing

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on, there are 17 people in the jazz ensemble with their own individual talents and their own personal stories. In addition to playing with finesse and style, they have a responsibility to the total sound. For instance, pianist Jacob Schmidt, while an excellent player, is usually in a

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supporting role. The role of a piano player isn't to be really out there. It's kind of it's definitely in the background with the rhythm section and the horns air. Mostly what the highlight is one of the most important things about music to me in general is

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just communicating with other musicians and just having the opportunity to do that with 17 other people is really amazing for me, you know? I mean, there's a lot of energy in a big band. You can really feel it. You sure can. One of the things they

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try to do in rehearsal is focused that energy so that when they perform their what Charles calls a mean machine that puts lead alto player Stefano Desire IGA front and center e like having the air going through me and into the horn. I think e feel

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close to the horn, and it's almost like a part of my body. It's an extension of my body. I like playing in the big band situation. It's a group of 17 dynamic individuals interacting, and so it's a challenge in that way. It's also exciting because just

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the sound you get the powerful sound and the full sound. It's just beautiful. All right, all right, let's let's let's work. Let's work out this little bug right here. Let's work out this little bucket B. Hey, we can pause. We composite as long as we want

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it. You know he could go. Let me just like that. I'm saying, Let me queue it. There's a rich tradition in jazz of taking the music and those who play in here it further and further to an edge that is yet to be reached, excited and

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challenged by their legacy. Young musicians air helping to keep the heritage of jazz alive in the eighties on stage in Berkeley go like a chain reaction of energy going back and forth between a crowd and a performer in a performance you can surpass that which

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you I thought you could cheat, and it could be really meaningful for you as a part of a larger group was just the musicians and the audience sharing and experience together. Yeah, you're not having fun at it, then can hang it up. I've always had fun

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and music. I love music. That's all I ever wanted to do. That's all I know how to do. And I have fun doing it here. Burke the high. So as long as I'm having fun at it, I think that's my big the war. I can't imagine

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being what obvious because I've been with it ever since I was a little. It really gives me a sense of peace, and it's kind of it's like a discipline. Aiken do it'll just afterwards, I'll feel really content with myself. Yes. Berkeley High Jazz Ensemble. 17 people,

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but one sound. Thank you. Okay, look. Oh, Oh, my God. Jumping jazz in Berkeley Now we're gonna take another short break for some words To the wise we get back Will be on the fast track at the Bay Land Raceway in Fremont. You

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won't want to miss it So be there taking a break on your h t But we'll be back in a flash with Lady Di Home Home, home, home, Home with it. Yeah, Mhm. Yeah, We're back and on a roll Shiny Burgess may not look like a

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drag racer to you, but it over 100 miles an hour You don't get a very good look. Anyway, this home girl from Tracy cruises up to Fremont to burn rubber at the Bay Lands Raceway every Wednesday night, the hottest cars on baiter head for Bay Lands

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Raceway in Fremont to put their wheels to the test. The race is short about the length of a run around the football field, but from a dead start to the quarter mile finish line, these speedsters get up to over 100 miles an hour. One of the

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fastest and most skilled drivers is a teenager from Tracy Shannon Burges. She doesn't fit the stereotype of the tough drag racer. First, she's female. Second, she's shy, polite and petite, but she's got everything it takes to win. It takes dedication, determination and skill. Do you have

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to know your car? You have toe. Be able not to be afraid of the power that it has. You have to be able to use the power to turn your best time, but you can't be afraid of it. One thing it takes to finish first

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is a raw car, and Shannon puts in a ton of time fine tuning her bad barrack Oudeh. Well, a lot of people just leave them stock and they just run it the way it is. They drive it in and they race it. Some people make a

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few changes so that they could get a little more horsepower out of it. You just need thio basically. No, you're pulleys your belt, what you could take off to increase your horse power and that that's what we dio. You do have to know some of the

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basic things though she loves the fresh feeling of the fast lane, she isn't a wild teenage driver. She takes the speed seriously. Shannon knows there's a time and place for the race. When I see people burning out on the street racing each other on the street,

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I don't know. I think that's kind of stupid because they have the track to do that at and it's legal there. And I don't see why they should endanger other people when they could go to the track. It's perfectly legal. I think it's more competition. If

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you did it at the track anyways, she has had to pay a lot of dues to win respect in what many considered the man's world of drag racing, some of the boys were kind of apprehensive about it. They didn't know what to think. They kind of

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felt threatened because a girl was kind of invading their territory. You know, they're the one who knows everything about cars and when they would talk about things, they would say things that I knew we were right and I would catch him on it. They didn't like

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that, but eventually they get used to me and I've made friends with a lot of them, and they're all really supportive of me now. They really pull for me. It seems the challenge just makes her stronger. Each race brings brand new excitement for this quiet girl.

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She knows she's got power in her hands as I pull into the lane back up and I'm gonna do my burnout. I start to get really excited because I'm hoping that the tires will get really hot so that I'll grab good out of the hole. So

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I dio I do three burnouts. I do, too. Dry hops. And then, as I pull it to line and I staged a Paul, I get real excited and I get really nervous because I'm hoping that I had a good light because I fixed all my concentration

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on the light so that I'll leave is a good reaction time. So I'm getting her only nervous rise out then, and then as the lights go down, I leave on the yellow, a good run. You can usually feel it, give run. I get real excited. They

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don't work out. Situation broke out at least once in a way that you want. You got it Yeah, all right. She's going into semi fine. It's a lot of work for a race that last seconds, but the thrill of speed and power makes it all worth

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it. She will be back again and again for win after win. Yeah, the girls got guts. Always come to the end of h t time. We've got barely enough for this one last round. That's a wrap. The final take. The sign says, Stop. We gotta hit

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the brakes complete Next week, we'll be back with more, Same day, same time, same TV for with homegrown talent. I know you're with it because this is your show. And don't you forget it Got to be fly and you know it's true because it's your terms

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and it's all about you. But time, like I said before. So I'll see you next week on TV for same day, same time, same place to be on your double devastating number one h t. Thank you. Mhm. It's all about what happened. Yeah, everybody's keeping on

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your It's a power going you about if you that is me, you're everybody. Yeah, well, yes. Mhm.