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This is Broadway coming to a U.S. military base
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This is showing the servicemen and women who are here that Americans care about them
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This show is sponsored by the U.S.O. It's just an amazing opportunity to see a Broadway production in a beautiful setting
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the best museum in the United States, and it was at no charge
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On the northeast tip in North America, on an island called Newfoundland, there's an airport
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It used to be one of the biggest airports in the world, and next to it is a town called Gander
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Everybody knows everybody else, and everybody in this room has a story about how they started that day
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Welcome to the Rock, if you come from away. You probably understand about a half of what we say
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They say, no man's an island, but an island makes a man. Especially when one comes from what my new friend had
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Welcome to the Rock. I came in here. I knew almost nothing about this show
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And then everyone came on stage and I was like, oh my gosh. And I'm going to be such a moving and amazing show
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And it definitely met all of my expectations. And in fact, exceeded all my expectations
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It was amazing. It was so cool Like they were talking about the planes And I was like looking around and I was like yeah Yeah live from Gatner Airport Tonight has just touched down I here with them
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Bonnie Harris. At a normal day we get a half dozen flights and now we've already got three times that many landing
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in two hours. It's a lot of noise. You can smell the fuel. You can smell the exact
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This is the perfect setup and the perfect venue to be able to pay tribute to the families that
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are part of this United States Air Force. It's about family, it's about taking care of each other, and that's what the USO does
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This is really cool for us because we're bringing Broadway to you guys here in Dayton
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Give it up one more time, not just for the cat, but also for all the people back here
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There's a whole army of folks back there that you don't even see that makes this happen
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None of this would have happened if it hadn't been for a woman who's sitting
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in the second row there. The president of no guarantees production. Give it up for her
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Thank you very much. I thought the show was amazing, and it just gets better every time
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and I love the show so much. After watching it, like, it was just so, like, moving
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and just, like, it was awesome
