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I think I'll close
with this one.

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This is called Tides
of Change, and it's

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by a group of five
spellers called

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the Band of Brothers,
national supergroup spanning

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from coast to coast.

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And I just recorded an
album of their songs

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that's going to be up.

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I mean, I think literally
like tomorrow it goes

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live on Spotify and everything.

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And it's called Constellation.

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And they were getting together
over Zoom for the last 6 or 8

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months, meeting every couple of
weeks, writing a bunch of tunes.

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And this is called
tides of change.

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And it feels like it feels
like a nice note to end on.

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And then I'll hand it
over for the Q and A.

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So once again, thank you
guys so much for listening.

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Thanks to Teva for making this
happen, and Arizona Poetry

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Center.

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It's just such an amazing place.

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And want to say again, to
it feels important for me

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to mention that in a
perfect world, oddly enough,

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I would not be here at
all, and it would just

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be the spellers
themselves getting

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to share their work directly.

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So I feel obviously
very blessed to get

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to be an intermediary
in that process,

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but also really want to make
sure to be shining the light

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back on the writers themselves.

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It's not about me.

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It's like a fluke
of circumstance

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that I'm up here
singing the songs,

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but really, it's their work.

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They're the people who
deserve to be celebrated.

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Are a bunch of awesome
writers here with us today.

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I encourage you to say
hello, chat with them

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after the event wraps up.

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If you have a question
for them, you could ask.

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And if you have a
compliment, I bet

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they would receive
it real graciously.

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So yeah, thank you all.

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And the biggest thank you
of all goes to the spellers.

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You guys, thank you for
trusting me with your words

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and letting me share them here.

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It's really the great
blessing of my life

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to get to work with you all.

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So thanks for being here.

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This is tides of change
by the band of brothers.

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To close us out for the day.

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[SINGING]

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Love how the moon

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Pleasingly

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Is pulling on

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The loving sea.

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I need that balm of the tide

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To wash away what's in my mind,

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Cause everything

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Comes in waves,

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The tides of change.

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Each of us longs to be saved.

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Carry us away on rolling waves.

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Leave your shell on the shore.

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You needn't carry it anymore,

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Cause everything

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Comes in waves

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The tides of change.

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Waves are shimmering in the sea.

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Waves are shearing inside of me.

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Shallow waves and deepest dives,

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Believing in all that thrives.

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And everything

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Comes in waves,

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The tides of change

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Everything

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Comes in waves,

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The tides of change.

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[APPLAUSE]

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Thank you so much.

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And let's have an extra round
of applause for the spellers,

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too, for writing
these awesome tunes.

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Thank you, thank you, thank
you, thank you, thank you.

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And with that, I'll
hand it over to Mike.

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