English subtitles for clip: File:Harry Connick, Jr. at the White House.webm

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Mrs. Obama:
Hey!

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(cheers and applause)

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You're all excited?

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Audience:
Yes!

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Mrs. Obama:
See, Harry, we
got a good crew here.

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Well, welcome to
the White House.

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Yay!

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(applause)

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How many of you have
been here before, ever?

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What, for a tour?

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Audience Member:
No.

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Mrs. Obama:
No?

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What were you doing here?

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Audience Member:
Easter.

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Mrs. Obama:
Easter egg, that's
coming up soon.

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You all have to come back for
this year's Easter Egg Roll.

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Well, I'm pleased
to welcome you all.

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You guys students
of Myrtilla Miner?

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Yeah, yeah.

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Well, you guys are part of
the glee club of the school?

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Audience:
Yeah.

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Mrs. Obama:
So you all are singers,
everybody has got a good voice.

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That's great.

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Well, you guys are from the
school here in Washington,

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and we want to welcome you to
the press preview for a big

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dinner that we're
having here tonight.

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Since I've been First Lady, one
of the goals that I've had is to

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make sure that kids from the
community get a chance to

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partake in some of the really
interesting and cool stuff that

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we have to offer here and to
learn more about how government

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works and to get some
unique experiences,

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because we do a lot
of fun stuff here,

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and sometimes it's just
for grown-ups or just for

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politicians, and we always want
to make sure that some of the

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kids get to experience some of
the things that we're doing.

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And tonight is a
really special night,

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because we have all of the
governors from all the states

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from all across the country
who are here this weekend,

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and we're having a really fun
annual Governors Ball here tonight.

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And they're here all weekend,
so we've done a bunch of

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different things with them.

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Yesterday I spoke to all the
governors about a new initiative

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that I'm starting
on child obesity.

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We're trying to make sure that
all you guys grow up healthy,

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eating your vegetables,
exercising,

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and that the entire nation is
working to help you do that.

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So I talked to all the
governors about it.

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It's called, "Let's Move," so
that we're all getting up,

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moving for you all.

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And tonight, right
here -- well, actually,

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right down the hall -- we're
going to have a big ball.

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It's a big dinner.

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Everybody gets dressed up.

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I'm going to wear
white, just so you know.

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The press gets to hear that.

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I'm going to be wearing white.

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That's all I'm telling you.

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And the men will be in tuxes,
and all the secret service,

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they have their tuxes on now,
so they look pretty spiffy.

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And then tomorrow the President
talks to the governors,

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and he has a big meeting
with them, and then I host,

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along with Dr. Jill Biden, who's
the Vice President's wife,

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we have all the spouses
back here for a luncheon.

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So it's a pretty busy weekend.

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And events like these are really
important for the government,

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because you know how when you're
working with somebody and if all

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you're doing is
working with them,

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you don't really get
to know them, right?

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So sometimes you need to
know people outside of work,

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and you need to sit down
and have a nice dinner and,

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you know, not talk about
politics and business,

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and just get to know
each other as people.

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Well, that's why
tonight is important,

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because it really gives people
a chance to not talk about the

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things that they
don't agree with,

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but they get to understand
what they have in common.

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And sometimes having
fun helps you do that.

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And this is a night that's
supposed to be fun,

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and it's supposed to encourage
people to get to know each other.

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Last year we had the
governor's ball here,

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and you know who
we had performing?

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We had Earth, Wind & Fire.

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You all know Earth, Wind & Fire.

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You may be a little young
for Earth, Wind & Fire,

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but we know Earth, Wind & Fire.

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So imagine all the
governors and the President,

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they were dancing to a congo
line right here in this room,

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because the band played here.

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So it was a lot of fun.

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But this year our entertainment,
very special guest,

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somebody who I love dearly and
has just been a friend to us for

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a very long time, Harry Connick,
Jr. is going to be here.

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(applause)

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And he's pretty excited, because they're just off of a big Super

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Bowl win, because he's from New Orleans, and he's very proud.

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He's been traveling around --
I've seen you on Ellen and everybody.

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You're just so happy
that the Saints have won,

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and we're very happy for you,
and he's being joined by his big band.

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And for those of you who don't
know anything about Harry,

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he is a singer, he's a composer.

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That means he writes music.

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And he can act.

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Can you imagine that,
that triple threat?

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Can you dance?

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Harry Connick, Jr.:
Not very well.

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Mrs. Obama:
Well, that's okay.

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Dancing's okay.

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But he's not just -- he
can't just do all that,

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but he can do it
all really well,

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because he's won three
Grammy awards, right,

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he's won one Emmy, and he's sold
over 25 million albums worldwide

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and earned more than, more
number one albums than any other

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jazz artist in the
history of this country.

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Right?

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Something like
that, right, Harry?

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So that's pretty good stuff.

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And he's here to perform
with his band tonight,

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and some of the members of his
band are leading musicians in

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New Orleans.

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And I just got to meet
some of them, as well.

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And just so that you know who
they are, drummer Bobby French,

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he leads the New Orleans
Tuxedo Jazz Band,

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and that is one of the original,
the original tuxedos have the

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longest history, over 100 years
of continuous performance in New Orleans.

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So just think of that, a
band that has been playing.

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They've been together -- well,
they're not 100 years old,

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but they've had members
playing for 100 years.

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(laughter)

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Some of them are, right?

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Right?

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You all don't look like 100.

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Pianist and singer Al Johnson,
who's known in New Orleans for

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his song, Carnival Time.

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It's a famous song that they
play during mardi gras,

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which just happened, right,
just happened, mardi gras.

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Trumpeter Shamarr Allen, and
Shamarr began playing at age

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seven years old.

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How many seven-year-olds
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Any eight, nine?

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Who's the youngest?

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So, can you imagine somebody
starting to play the trumpet at

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seven years old, right?

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So he's pretty good, and he's
currently a member of the brass

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band called the Underdawgs,
spelled D-A-W-G-S, that's dawgs.

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(laughter)

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We also have Calvin Johnson,
Jr., and Calvin plays the

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saxophone, and he studies
music at the University of New Orleans.

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Right?

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So these are guys
working, studying,

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they're staying in school, learning how to play their instruments.

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We also have Andrew
Bayham, and Andrew sings,

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he plays the trumpet, and he's
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Funky Nation.

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Don't you like saying that,
Big Sam's Funky Nation?

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Audience Member:
Yeah.

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(laughter)

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Mrs. Obama:
I like saying it.

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These folks aren't just
talented musicians,

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and this is important, you guys,
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playing music and earning
money and performing,

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but they're also
community leaders, too.

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And that's really important
for you guys as you grow up,

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because even if you can sing
and you dance, the question is,

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what do you give back
to the community?

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And these guys are living
what they believe in.

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They work tirelessly to
help rebuild New Orleans,

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because you all know what's
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There was a big
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and it devastated the city.

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And Harry and Branford Marsalis
-- have you guys heard of

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Branford Marsalis?

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He's also a famous jazz
musician, as well.

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Harry and Branford co-founded
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Village, and it's a collection
of more than 70 homes for New

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Orleans' musicians who were
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They built these homes in
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Orleans Branch of
Habitat for Humanity,

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and they did it with the help of about 70,000 volunteers who came

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to help from all
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Musicians Village gives artists
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for preserving the rich cultural
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For the musicians
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who are performing actually
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is that right?

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Musician:
Yeah.

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Mrs. Obama:
That's very cool.

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Even during its darkest days,
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preserve is that music is so
important to a city, you know.

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How do you all feel when
you all are singing, right?

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You feel good, right?

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It makes you feel happy.

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So no matter what's going on in
your lives, when you're singing,

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you feel good, right?

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So imagine a city that didn't
have its music, right?

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It's sort of like a person
who didn't have its soul.

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And what Harry and his band
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is to make sure that even in
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preserved that culture
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and for that we are very
grateful for you, Harry,

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and for all of you
all for what you do.

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They're inspiring you guys, and
they're here early because they

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want to inspire each of you.

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So this is a big deal.

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Right?

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So you guys are going to join
me in giving a big round of

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applause to Harry Connick,
Jr. and the Big Band?

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Audience:
Yes.

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Mrs. Obama:
All right!

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(applause)

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Harry Connick, Jr.:
Thank you very
much, Mrs. Obama.

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And I want to thank all
of you for coming here.

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This is a very, very
exciting moment for me.

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When I look out and I see all
of these beautiful young faces,

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I look at my band and I say,
I need to get a new band.

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(laughter)

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Because my guys are
getting really old.

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Maybe there is some potential
musicians among you guys.

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Mrs. Obama was speaking
about the Musicians Village,

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which is a project that I put
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in New Orleans, and we've
built 80 residences.

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And among the people living
in this New Orleans Musicians

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Village are musicians.

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80% of the people that are
living there are actual musicians.

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Music, as you know,
is so, so important.

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It was important to me.

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I had heroes growing up that
would play music and I would

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listen to, and they've inspired
me to become the musician I am today.

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If you guys wouldn't mind
parting a little bit,

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if you can see this handsome
guy on the drums back here,

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I started playing with him when
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His name is Bob French, and he
is the son of a very famous

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musician named Papa French.

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Well, I used to go listen to
them play at a club called

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Tradition Hall, and
Bob was playing drums,

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and I was fortunate enough to
spend time playing music with him.

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If I can direct your
attention over here,

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here is a picture of Bob sitting
in the rubble of New Orleans

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immediately after
hurricane Katrina.

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You can see there's a big truck
upside down there under a house,

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there's another
overturned truck here,

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and there is Bob sitting
with his snare drum.

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And I think the message is very
clear that no matter how bad the

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times are, as Mrs. Obama
said, in the darkest times,

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music will always
get you through.

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And all of you guys are singers,
and I think you all know that.

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Well, now if you look
at this other picture,

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the top portion is a picture of
the same neighborhood right now.

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This is what it looks like now.

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There are 80 beautiful homes.

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They're all different colors.

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And most of the people living
in those homes are musicians.

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Not only does Bob live
there, but Shamarr Allen,

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who is an incredible young
trumpet player, lives there,

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and Calvin Johnson also
lives there, as well.

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It's an amazing thing.

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What we're really
excited about, kids,

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is this bottom part
of the picture.

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This is a rendering of a
building that's going to be

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built very soon.

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We've actually started the
construction on it now.

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It's called the Ellis
Marsalis Center for Music.

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Ellis Marsalis is a great, great
music educator and a great pianist.

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He has a bunch of kids, and some
of you have heard of Wynton

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Marsalis or my friend
Branford Marsalis,

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those are two of his sons.

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Well, this is the center for
music that we're starting to

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build that's going to have
classrooms where people like

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Shamarr or even Bob
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It's going to have
Internet access.

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It's going to have
a performance space.

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It's going to have a
recording facility.

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So it's a really
good thing to have.

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Our city is based on tradition,
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culture down there, the
tradition would be lost.

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So this is a really
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and I'm so happy that you young,
bright people are here to see

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this, because as you grow older,
this community will develop,

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and there's going to be a lot
of kids just like y'all who are

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going to be great community
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And I'm honored to share
the stage with these guys.

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And let me introduce
the other ones, too.

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This is Mark Braud from
New Orleans on trumpet.

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On base, he's not
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but we still like him okay.

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His football team is
the worst football team.

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(laughter)

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The St. Louis Rams.

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Whereas, the New Orleans Saints
this year are the best football team.

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Just so you know, there's always
a little bit of contention

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between us.

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His name is Neal Caine.

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He's a great guy.

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And over here is my
buddy Lucien Barbarin.

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Now, Lucien comes from a long
tradition of New Orleans musicians.

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His Uncle Paul wrote a very,
very famous song called

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The Bourbon Street Parade.

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In fact, I think we should
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That might be a nice way.

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Here's a little sample of the
type of music that we play in

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New Orleans.

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And again, thank you to Mrs.
Obama and to the President,

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both of whom wrote a personal
check to our Musicians Village,

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which we're just blown away by.

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They don't just talk about
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they actually
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and to that we're very grateful.

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So here's a little
New Orleans music.

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I hope you enjoy it.

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(applause)

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All right, now, if y'all
know the words to this one,

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you don't have to
be a Saints fan,

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but you can sing along anyway.

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I think you all know the words.

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You got it, man.

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♪♪(music playing)♪♪

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♪♪(singing)♪♪
Oh, when the Saints
(Oh, when the Saints)

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Go marching in
(Go marching in)

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(speaking)
And they tell
me you can sing.

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♪♪(singing)♪♪
Saints go marching in

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(speaking)
Come on, I'll teach it you.

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♪♪(singing)♪♪
Oh, I want to be in that number

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Oh, when the Saints
go marching in

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(speaking)
You repeat after me.

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♪♪(singing)♪♪
Oh, when the Saints

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Derrick Hopkins, Jr.:
Oh, when the Saints

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Harry Connick, Jr.:
Go marching in

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Derrick Hopkins, Jr.:
Go marching in

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Harry Connick, Jr.:
Oh, when the Saints
go marching in

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Derrick Hopkins, Jr.:
Go marching in

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Harry Connick, Jr.:
How I want to be in that number

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Derrick Hopkins, Jr.:
In that number

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Harry Connick, Jr.:
When the Saints --

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(speaking)
You wanna try it yourself?

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Derrick Hopkins, Jr.:
♪♪(singing)♪♪
Oh, when the Saints

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Go marching in

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They go marching in

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I want to be in that number

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When the Saints go marching in

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♪♪(music playing)♪♪

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Saints

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Go marching on

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When the Saints go marching on

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Oh, I want to be in that number

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When the Saints go marching in

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(applause)

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♪♪(music playing)♪♪

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(cheering)

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Harry Connick, Jr.:
Lucien Barbarin, Shamarr Allen, Mark Braud, Calvin Johnson,

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Neal Caine and Bob French.

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Thank y'all so much.

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And what is this
young man's name?

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I want everybody
to hear your name.

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Derrick Hopkins, Jr.:
Derrick Hopkins, Jr.

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Harry Connick, Jr.:
Derrick Hopkins, Jr., come up
here, take another bow, Derrick.

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Come on up here.

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Take one more bow.

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(cheers and applause)

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You're a junior, I
knew I liked you.

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Thank y'all so much,
thank you Mrs. Obama,

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and thank everyone
for having us.