Hi, everybody.
Welcome to the Poetry Center.
Thank you so much for being here and spending a little bit, yeah,
spending a little bit of time with us, especially
on a Saturday.
Thank you so much.
My name is Paola Valenzuela.
I work here at the Poetry Center as the event and development
coordinator and I'm so excited for this concert.
Seeing everybody here today-- our Saturdays are like quiet.
So it's just nice to see so many people here at the center.
Yeah, it's already made my weekend better
and I hope that this event makes your weekend better.
So yeah.
And then before we begin, I just wanted
to let everybody know that the bathrooms are on the other side
of this wall to my right.
There's a water fountain there if anyone needs it.
And then folks probably saw this as you all were coming in,
but there is two tables in the back with some folks
that are going to tell us a little bit
about their organizations today.
But if after the event you have any questions
or you want to ask questions, yeah, you'll
find them back there.
But yeah, once again, thank you for being here.
You're in for some amazing music.
I'm really excited.
I hope you are too.
And before we begin, I'm just going
to have Sarah and Alton just come up here and say a couple
words.
So yeah, thank you.