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And of course the celebrations will happen between now and VE Day itself on Thursday
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Let's go to Sophie Rieper at the moment who is in Wrexham in the town hall there
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Morning Sophie. Morning to you both. Well the band has finished but we're now involved in some dancing
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They're just taking a brief pause while the music changes. But let's see if we can speak to some people
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whilst we wait for the dancing to recommence here. Excuse me, my lovely
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Can I ask you a quick question? Are you having a good day today celebrating V-Day
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Brilliant. I think you win the award for the best hat. Are you enjoying the dancing
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Lovely. Thank you. Yes, loving it. Oh, I'm so glad. What about yourself, my lovely
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Are you having a good day? Oh, wonderful, yes. How special is it to be marking V-Day 80 years on
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I remember the day. I remember it very well. I've got some pictures
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We're dancing on a Monday. Yeah. Well, here she is. It's the lady of the hours, the dance teacher
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She's got more energy than perhaps anyone I've ever met before. Let's go and see if we can have a quick word with her
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although she is currently teaching. Julie, let me ask you, how important is dancing
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How important is that to feeling free? Oh, it's amazing. We wanted to be dancing to free but I can get the song So we dancing on our theme tune which is Dancing on the Monday Glam up Do your hair
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Don't say no! And how special is it to be marking V-Day 80 years off? Amazing
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Yeah? Yeah, absolutely Sophie. We love it. You're absolutely fabulous. Thank you. Shall we
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get involved? I think, hang on, let's see if I can, come on. It's hard with a microphone, I'll tell you that
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Yeah. live TV there's nothing like it but it's I'm having the best time today we've had
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Welsh cakes we've had tea we've had dancing the bunting is out and we're
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raising money for the Royal British Legion which is of course very very
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important and the mood the atmosphere here Bevan Andrew it's all about
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celebrating you can see there you can see on the screen a shared moment of
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celebration and that is what today is all about it's celebrating the sacrifice
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that was made all those years ago by our men and women and marking that and celebrating what they sacrificed to give us
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And that is, of course, our freedom. A phenomenal day here in Lankolyn Town Hall
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I better get back to my dance class now, so I'll leave you to it. Ooh, cha-cha
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Brilliant, Sophie. Well done. Absolutely fantastic. She's quite a good mover, isn't she
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I want whatever they're drinking in Wrexham. I tell you
