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The halls of RFK junior high often echoed with the sounds of music.

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The Kennedy Chorale.

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The Kennedy Madrigals.

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And because Kennedy Now-Tunes

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They are all part of long standing family of songs.

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But, as with every family, there was a skeleton in the closet.

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The boys' eigth-grade glee club.

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The singing group from hell.

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Twice a week, we transformed Mr. Frace's choir-room into kind of a chamber of musical horrors.

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Oh, my gosh.

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Randy Mitchell - baritone.

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Doug Porter - monotone.

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Paul Pfeiffer - no tone at all.

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And of course...me.

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Not that we didn't have heart.

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It's just that the thirteen-year-old-male voice isn't exactly...Designed for...well...

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For singing.

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Hold that note.

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Hold that note.

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We weren't the stuff tabernacle choirs are made of.

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So, out of a mutual respect for the arts...

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And humanity...

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We'd reached an agreement.

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We wouldn't push Mr. Frace...
if he wouldn't push us.

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Awright, awright - that's enough!

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Just, uh...get out your books and study.

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All in all...
A pretty equitable arrangement.

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It isn't fair. Every other group gets to sing some songs and stuff - why can't we?

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Well, maybe because we...stink!

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Then why are we here?

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Because we have to be here.

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Right, Warren?

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Warren Gander.

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No one had ever heard him sing a note, much less say a word.

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So, what you're saying is that we're losers. Is that it?

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But if Paul was looking to...
Unite us in chorus...

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He had just heard our best effort.

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Face it...

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We knew where we stood.
At the bottom of the heap.

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And we were smart enough not to seek the limelight.

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Until, that is...

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Who's she?

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My name is Miss Haycock...

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And if there's anything I want to impress upon you...It's...

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Use your diaphragms..always use..
Your diaphragms...

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What she say?

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Do you hear how that sounds...full and supported...

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If you're doing it right...

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You'll feel it down here...

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I'm thrilled to be taking over...
The eigth-grade boys' glee club...

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And when we sing, we'll always sing like this...

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Because we're always going to remember...To use our -

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Diaphragms.

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She was fresh out of teaching-school.

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She was full of ideas.

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And, oh yes...the woman was a total lunatic.

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Well, I think she's great.

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Paul? Get a grip.

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Why? Just because she sang...a little?

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A little?

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I just hope she doesn't think we're gonna sing like that.

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Well, maybe not at first.

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But once we master this diaphragm thing...

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Diaphragms or no diaphragms...

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Miss Haycock's arrival had sent a shudder of fear through all of us.

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I don't want to sing.

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That's why I took glee club in the first place.

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Yeah, why do we have to have a student-teacher, anyway.

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Relax, guys. There's nothin' to worry about. This won't last long.

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What do you mean?

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I mean...This is her first job -
she has to look like she's trying...

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Mitchell did have a point. In theory.

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Maybe he's right.
Maybe she'll...get over it.

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Trust me - in a couple of days...
She'll be acting just like Frace.

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Put away your songbooks,
we won't need them after all.

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And that who's that?

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We'll need the entire hour for voice auditions.

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Who wants to be first?

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First?

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Was she joking?

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Anyone?

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Only a complete doofus would want to be f-

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OK, then.

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It was time to show Miss Haycock exactly who she was up against. In other words...

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It was time to sing.

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My country 'tis of thee...

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Sweet land of liberty...

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Of thee I sing...

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Land where our fathers died...

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From every mountainside...let freedom ring.

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There. We'd laid it out for her.
Clear as a bell. The folly of it all.

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The hopelessness. The complete -

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Yes! Yes!

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That's the kind of passion we all need.

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Huh?

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I found that very moving.

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Thank you, Kevin!

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Sure, any time...

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Atta way, Caruso.

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Any time at all.

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She made you sing? All of you?

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That I'd like to see.

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She said Kevin had passion.

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Really?

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She made a total fool out of me - so can we just forget it?

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Well, I think she sounds very sweet.

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So do I.

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Right gesture...wrong shoulder.

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Winnie, the woman's a fruitcake, OK?

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In fact...

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Somebody oughta...lock her up!
In fact, somebody oughta -

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Kevin...That's not very nice.

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Uh-oh.

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What if it were me up there...standing there, scared out of my wits, teaching my first class?

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Uh, well...

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Is that how you'd treat me?

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OK - this was tricky.

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Very tricky.

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Maybe you should think more about things like that, Kevin.

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It was pretty clear I was gonna have to find...

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The moral highground, here.

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And fast.

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Fwa...fwa...

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Fwa...to sustain the note we simply let the air flow out gently...

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Now, you try.

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Fwa...fwa...

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Trouble is, our glee club wasn't exactly built for high ground.

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We'd been weened on low expectations.

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Why's she doing this to us?

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Even Warren Gander was showing signs of strain.

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Now, men...I have a surprise for you.

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Great. What was it gonna be now?

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Today, we're going to begin our first song! "Stout-hearted Men".

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I have copies for all of you.

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Alright - that ripped it.

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No one, but no one...

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Had ever threatened us with an actual musical arrangement.

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And, that's not all...

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We're going to be singing it next month at the Spring Sing concert!

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What?!

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I know, I know...we don't have much time.

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But as I told Mr. Frace...my boys are up to it. And he agreed!

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And suddenly it was clear.

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Our reputation was on the line, here.

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Our tradition. Our bad name.

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Miss Haycock?

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Yes, Kevin.

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Do you really think this is a good idea?

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Why not?

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Well...I...we...just think that...

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Kevin...

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What if it were me standing up here?

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Kevin?

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You think what?

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That...it would be...

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Fine.

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I knew you'd all feel that way!

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Think of it. We're starting on...

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A new adventure. Together.

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And so in a flash, our fate was sealed.

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The glee club's...

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Miss Haycock's...

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And, of course...

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Mine.

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Men, men, men...alright basses...

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Over the next few weeks, Miss Haycock struggled to bring out our best.

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Now, tenors...ahhhhhhh!

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Ahhhhhhhhhh!

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Which, coincidentally, happened to be our worst.

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Splendid! Now remember...diaphragms. Diaphragms!

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Meanwhile, I found myself trapped between raw enthusiasm...

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And outright malice.

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Ow! Hey!

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Nice goin', Arnold.

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What's that for?

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That'd be great Miss Haycock.
We'd love to sing in the Spring Sing.

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Come on, I didn't say that.

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Well...not exactly.

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We're gonna look like idiots in front of the whole school...

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Not to mention our parents.
What are we gonna do?

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Well, for one thing, we're not gonna mention it to our parents. Deal?

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There's something else we could do.

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We could practice...

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Look, you got us into this, Arnold.
So you gotta get us out.

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How?

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Talk to her.

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She's never gonna listen to me.

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Why not? You're Mr. Passion.
You're the only one she will listen to.

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Talk to her.

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Our lives are depending on it.

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Easy for them to say.

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But how do you talk to someone...

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Who can't even hear?

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Excellent. Excellent!

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The fact was, even though we sang harmonies...

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That would make Quasimodo wince...

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chords not found in nature...

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Good! Better!

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Nothing detered Miss Haycock.

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With a wisdom born of weeks of experience...

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She pushed on, blindly - no! deafly...

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Toward a goal that was...
Obviously beyond our grasp.

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I know...

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Let's march in place.
Let's try that - come on!

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We wanted to believe in her...

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But it was pretty clear, sooner or later, someone was gonna have to burst this bubble.

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Someone like...

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Pssst! Arnold...Huh-hmmm!

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Me.

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It's now or never, Arnold.

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Aw, what the heck...was I a stout-hearted man?

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Or a craven coward.

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Miss Haycock?

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Yes, Kevin?

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We've been...Thinking this whole thing over. And...

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See...

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We don't really wanna be in the Spring Sing.

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It's just that...we're not any good.

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So...

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Maybe we shouldn't do it.

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There. Difficult, of course, but...
Best for everyone concerned.

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You...really feel this way? All of you?

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Yeah...

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I see. Well...

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I had no idea...

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And there ya had it.

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We'd finally gotten through to her.

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Miss Haycock was coming to her senses.

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She was going to see reason.
She was going...

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To cry...

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Needless to say...We handled it...
With a certain maturity.

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Well, what you do that for, Arnold?

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Me? You told me to!

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Way to go, Kev.

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I can't believe you did that.

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You were supposed to talk to her.
Not make her cry.

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We had no idea what to do next.

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The only thing that could help us now...was a miracle.

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And then...it happened.

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Ahhhhhhh...

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It took the tears of a student-teacher to bring a song to...The lips of Warren Gander.

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Men, men, men, men, men, men...

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Men, men, men...Men, men...

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And the rest is history.

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Men, men, men...Men, men, men...

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Men who will fight for the right they adore...

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Start me with men who are stout-hearted men...And we'll soon give you ten thousand more...

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And so began the great glee club comeback of nineteen-seventy.

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"Give me some men who are stout hearted men"

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There were only two weeks left before the big Spring Sing,but during those two weeks...
"Who will fight for the right they adore"

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We breathed...slept...
"And we'll soon give you ten thousand more..."

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And ate..."Stout-hearted Men".

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It became our anthem...our battle-cry...

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As we rallied round our secret weapon...

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It was kind of...infectious.

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"When stout-hearted men..."

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And when the day had finally arrived...we had gone from horrible...

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To...

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Men.....!

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Magnificent!

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Well, anyway...we were ready.

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¢Ý Follow every rainbow... ¢Ý

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¢Ý Till you find your dreams.¢Ý

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I'm not ready for this.

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Sure ya are.

268
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No, I'm not.

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Oh, come on, Paul - it's just one song.

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Or so I kept telling myself.

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Look around. These guys are practically professionals.

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People are paying a buck-fifty to see them.

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And us.

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Uh-oh.

275
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That sneeze was a bad sign.

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A very bad sign.

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Take a deep breath.
You know how you get once it starts.

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It's my nerves.

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Come on, Paul - what's there to be nervous about? Remember?

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We've got Warren.

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Here they are!

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My boys.

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Come on, everybody. Gather 'round.

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I brought something for you.

285
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Here. Pass these out.

286
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Everyone gets one.

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Yep...Miss Haycock was in her element.

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Whatever element that was.

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I'm so proud of you all.
Ever since I was a little girl...

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No, jeez, don't tell us this.
We don't wanna...

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I've dreamed of standing up in front of a choir and molding them in song.

292
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Tonight will be my very first time.

293
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And I have you to thank.

294
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My men. I'll never forget any of you.

295
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The funny thing is, in a way, that turned out to be true.

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Alright.

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Let's line up...

298
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We're next!

299
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And so, from the murky depths of Mr. Frace's choir room...

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the eigth-grade boys glee club finally stepped into the light.

301
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Sure, we had misgivings.

302
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But gazing down on Miss Haycock's...

303
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Confident face...I knew we had nothing to fear.

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She believed in us.

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And, of course, we believed...

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In Warren.

307
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But as I look back on that night...

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It isn't the anticipation I remember best.

309
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And it isn't the faces in the audience...

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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...

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What I remember best...

312
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Is that...Warren Gander's voice chose exactly that moment...

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Awwwkk.

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To change.

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AhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhAwwwkk.

316
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It was...cruel.

317
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Before our very eyes...

318
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Warren had transformed from lyric tenor...

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To...

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Awwwkk.

321
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Well...a bullfrog.

322
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So the rest of us did the only thing we could.

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We panicked.

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Keep going!

325
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Keep going!

326
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Men, men, men, men...

327
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But the die was cast.

328
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Paul sneezed.

329
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Which was too much for Doug.

330
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Somebody laughed.

331
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And I dropped my music.

332
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Keep going!

333
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It was kind of a chain reaction.

334
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I'd like to say we rallied...

335
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But...we didn't.

336
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It was no one's fault, really.
I guess we'd just been pushed...
Beyond our limits.

337
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We we're a bunch of eigth-grade boys.

338
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Not an ensemble of...
Stout-hearted men.

339
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As for Miss Haycock...

340
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She'd dreamed of molding us into something we weren't.

341
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But that night...

342
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She got her wake-up call.

343
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The only problem was...she wasn't there to answer it.

344
00:19:30,387 --> 00:19:33,180
We never found out where Miss Haycock disappeared to,

345
00:19:33,180 --> 00:19:36,345
although some said she'd gone back to college.

346
00:19:36,345 --> 00:19:39,319
Still, I like to think that - where ever she is...

347
00:19:39,319 --> 00:19:43,669
there's a warm spot in her heart for the eight-grade boys' glee club.

348
00:19:43,669 --> 00:19:47,779
After all, we'd learned from her, and in a way...

349
00:19:47,779 --> 00:19:53,081
she'd learned from us.
We'd learned together.

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Men.....!

351
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Or so I like to tell myself.

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