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COMING UP NEXT ON THE LOCAL SHOW, WITH SUMMER VACATION JUST AROUND THE CORNER, WE'LL DROP IN
ON A NEW CHARTER SCHOOL DOWNTOWN. ALSO WE'LL CELEBRATE WORLDS
OF FUN'S 40th BY GOING COASTER CRAZY WITH A MAN WHO MAKES MODEL ROLLERCOASTERS.
AND WE'LL SHOW YOU WHAT'S IN STORE FOR THIS YEAR'S CELEBRATION AT THE STATION WITH
SING HE OLETA ADAMS. PRINCIPLE FUNDING FOR THE LOCAL SHOW PROVIDED BY FRANCIS
FAMILY FOUNDATION, FREDERICK AND LOUISE HARTWIG FAMILY FUND, KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION, HEALTH CARE
FOUNDATION OF GREATER KANSAS CITY, JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, JOHN AND EFFY SPEECE
MEMORIAL TRUST, BANK OF AMERICA TRUSTEE, RICHARD J. STERN FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS,
COMMERCE BANK TRUSTEE, AND KCPT MEMBERS. THANK YOU.
HI. I'M NICK HAINES. AND I'M RANDY MASON.
WELCOME TO THE LOCAL SHOW WHERE EACH WEEK WE TRY TO LIVE UP TO OUR NAME WITH STORIES ABOUT THIS
PLACE WE CALL HOME. THIS WEEK, YOU MIGHT SAY THE THEME IS SCHOOL OR WHAT WE DO
WHEN IT LETS OUT. WE'LL START BY INTRODUCING YOU TO A NEW CHARTER SCHOOL THAT
LOTS OF US ARE JUST BEGINNING TO LEARN ABOUT, THE CROSSROADS ACADEMY, SPONSORED BY THE
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI. IT'S WRAPPING UP ITS FIRST YEAR IN OPERATION, OFFERING GRADES K
THROUGH 5. EVENTUALLY THEY'LL EXPAND TO K THROUGH 8.
BUT DESPITE THE NAME, YOU WON'T FIND IT IN THE CROSSROADS. THIS SCHOOL THAT EMBRACES WHAT
THEY TERM 21st CENTURY LEARNING IS ACTUALLY SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF DOWNTOWN.
WE DETERMINED AT THE VERY BEGINNING THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE DOWNTOWN.
THE ORIGINAL QUESTION WAS, WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PERFECT SCHOOL, AND SO WE TALKED
ABOUT THAT A LOT. WE TOURED A LOT OF SCHOOLS, AND WE WENT TO CHICAGO TO ST.
LOUIS, VISITED SCHOOLS IN NEW YORK, AND TRIED TO SEE -- THEY WERE HIGH PERFORMING SCHOOLS,
WHAT WERE THEY DOING. THE BASIC MODEL FOR US IS THAT EVERY STUDENT IS SPENDING
EVERY MINUTE OF THE DAY WITH AN EXCEPTIONAL TEACHER, STUDYING RIGOROUS CURRICULUM AND A
FOCUSED CLASSROOM. MANY OF THOSE TEACHERS HAD WORKED PREVIOUSLY WITH THEM AT
ANOTHER CHARTER SCHOOL, GORDAN PARKS ELEMENTARY. THEY JUMPED AT THE OPPORTUNITY
TO TEACH A DIVERSE STUDENT BODY FROM AN AMBITIOUS CURRICULUM USING WHAT'S KNOWN AS COMMON
CORE STANDARDS. AND BECAUSE THE SCHOOL SITS LITERALLY RIGHT BEHIND THE LYRIC
THEATER, TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF DOWNTOWN'S CULTURAL AND CIVIC AMENITIES.
EVERY DAY CLASSES CAN BE SEEN STREAMING DOWN CENTRAL TO TAKE RECESS AT BARNEY ALICE PLAZA.
OR HEADING DOWN TENTH TO VISIT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY. A HEARTWARMING SIGHT FOR
DIRECTOR AND DOWNTOWN COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY KEMPER THE THIRD. WHEN WE POLLED THE DOWNTOWN
NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND RESIDENTS, THE ONE THING THEY WANT AT THE TOP OF THE LIST IS A
SCHOOL. THE 20-SOMETHING'S WHO MOVED DOWNTOWN FOR THE EXCITEMENT END
UP HAVING LITTLE SOMETHING'S, AND THERE IS NO PLACE FOR THEM TO GO, AND NOW WITH CROSSROADS
WE HAVE THAT. I WASN'T SURE WE'D EVER HAVE A SCHOOL.
I WAS HOPEFUL, BUT I WASN'T SURE, AND WHEN I REALIZED IT WAS HAPPENING, IT WAS SORT OF LIKE A
DREAM COME TRUE. IT WAS PHIL KIRK'S REAL ESTATE SAVVY THAT HELPED THE
CROSSROADS ACADEMY FIND ITS HOME. CURRENTLY THEY'RE PAYING DST A
DOLLAR A MONTH FOR THE BUILDING, WHICH LAST HOUSED 360 ARCHITECTURE, THE VERY SAME
BUILDING WHERE ALMOST A CENTURY AGO A YOUNG WALT DISNEY WALKED THESE HALLS WORKING HIS FIRST
JOB IN THE MOVIE BUSINESS. IT'S TAKEN CONSIDERABLE RENOVATION, AND WHILE THERE IS
STILL NOT QUITE WHAT YOU WOULD CALL A GYM, EVEN WITH 190 KIDS PACKED INSIDE, THIS
NONTRADITIONAL SPACE SEEMS TO BE WORKING OVERTIME. THE SCHOOL DAY HERE RUNS FROM
8:00 TO 4:00, AND THAT'S NOT ALL. WE HAVE A LONG SCHOOL YEAR.
WE HAVE 194 SCHOOL DAYS COMPARED TO MOST SCHOOLS IN THE STATE, WHICH ARE 174 SCHOOL DAYS, SO
ALL TOTALED, STUDENTS AT CROSSROADS ACADEMY ARE GOING TO SCHOOL 37% MORE TIME THAN WHAT
THE STATE REQUIRES. PEOPLE WHO TOUR OUR SCHOOL SAY, HOW ARE THE KIDS SO CALM
BUT YOUR TEACHERS DON'T HAVE TO SCREAM AT THE KIDS, YOU KNOW. YOUR TEACHERS DON'T HAVE TO --
YOU KNOW HOW THEY WRITE THE NAME ON THE BOARD AND PUT A CHECK IF THEY'RE BEING NAUGHTY OR
SOMETHING, THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT, BECAUSE THE KIDS KNOW, HERE ARE THE RULES, AND THE
THINGS THAT THEY ARE DOING IN CLASS, THEY HAVE A PURPOSE. STUDENTS START TO HAVE TROUBLE
AND MAKE POOR CHOICES WHEN THEY DON'T SEE VALUE THROUGH THEIR WORK.
TODAY WE'RE GOING TO FOLD PAPER AND IDENTIFY THAT FOLDED EDGE, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE
IMPORTANT WHERE THE FOLD IS. I KNOW THAT THE ARTS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT, AND SO I'M A
FULL-TIME ART TEACHER TEACHING TO EVERY CLASS TWICE A WEEK. THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. AND THAT WAY MY FISH GETS A LOT BIGGER, AND SO LATER WHEN WE
CUT THAT OUT --. I'M NOT TRYING TO CREATE 198 ARTISTS THAT WILL GO ON TO BE
ART SCHOOL STUDENTS IN COLLEGE, BUT I WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO APPRECIATE IT.
SO MUCH VISUAL STIMULI SO CLOSE BUY IS AN ART TEACHER'S DREAM, NOT TO MENTION THE
POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS THAT DEVELOP DOWN HERE, LIKE THE ONE WITH THE QUALITY HILL PLAYHOUSE
WHERE CROSSROADS THEATER CLASSES ARE STAGING THEIR MUSICAL, AND THE KANSAS CITY BALLET.
STUDENTS VISIT THE CENTER WEEKLY FOR MOVEMENT TRAINING, OR EVEN THE GALLERY AT THE ROASTRY,
WHICH RECENTLY HOSTED A FIRST FRY EXHIBITION OF ARTWORK PRODUCED BY LISA'S CLASSES.
ONE OF THE MOST HIGHLY DEVELOPED IN DEVELOPING CULTURAL SCENES IN THE UNITED STATES IN
DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY, AND TALK ABOUT BROADENING HORIZONS, TALKING ABOUT ASPIRATIONALS.
DEAN SAW THAT AND COMMUNICATED HIS VISION TO A LOT OF US WHO SAID, AMEN, BROTHER.
WE KNOW THAT KIDS CAN SHOW HOW THEY LEARN IN DRAWING AND PAINTING AND THINGS LIKE THAT,
SO IT'S NOT JUST STUDENTS HAVE TO SHOW HOW THEY KNOW THINGS THROUGH A CERTAIN MODE.
KIDS CAN SHOW HOW THEY KNOW THINGS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL DAY.
SO HERE ARE THE STANDARDS AND THE SKILLS PER QUARTER. HERE IS SOMETHING MOST OF US
HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE, A SIX-PAGE REPORT CARD. INSTEAD OF THE USUAL A'S, B'S,
C'S AND D'S, THE ACADEMY BREAKS DOWN EACH SUBJECT TO SPECIFIC SKILLS THAT STUDENTS MUST PROVE
THEY'VE MASTERED, ALL THE WAY STRESSING TO THEM A QUARTET OF CHARACTER SKILLS THAT, IN THE
LONG RUN, WILL HELP BUILD A BETTER PERSON IN AND OUT OF THE CLASSROOM.
THE TEACHERS DO HAVE THESE DATA TEAMS, AND THEY MEET TO LOOK AT HOW STUDENTS ARE SHOWING
GROWTH, AND SO OUR TEACHERS HAVE TO HAVE TEAM SKILLS, AND THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO LET
COLLEAGUES HELP THEM. YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT LIKE THESE ARE MY KIDS AND YOU CAN'T HELP
ME. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CREATE IN THE VERY FIRST YEAR A CRITICAL
MASS OF GREAT HE EDUCATORS, ANDI THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT TEACHERS ARE VERY ATTRACTED TO
IS THAT OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH OTHER GREAT TEACHERS AND THAT OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH A GREAT
PRINCIPAL. ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE VERY PROUD OF IS THE COST PER STUDENT
THAT WE CREATED THIS FACILITY FOR. IT'S VERY, VERY ECONOMICAL.
THIS HAS BEEN A VERY COST EFFECTIVE ENDEAVOR, AND THAT MEANS MORE RESOURCES FOR THE
KIDS. THERE WERE SOME KIDS WHO TOOK A WHILE TO KIND OF LEARN THIS
NEW CULTURE, BUT WE HAVE FOUND THAT THOSE KIDS ARE DOING GREAT NOW, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE KIDS NEED
STRUCTURE, AND IF YOU PUT A STUDENT WHO IS STRUGGLING THROUGH A SCHOOL WHO IS
STRUGGLING, THEN THE KID IS GOING TO STRUGGLE EVEN MORE. I LIKE TO COME DOWN AND SEE
IT WHEN THE KIDS ARE ARRIVING. I DON'T GO IN, BUT IT'S JUST FUN TO SEE THEM, AND THEN I HEAR
FROM ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE HOW MUCH JOY IT BRINGS THEM TO SEE YOUNG KIDS DOWNTOWN.
YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST VERY, VERY PLEASANT. CROSSROADS, ACADEMY, BY THE
WAY, DEFINES THE BOUNDARIES OF DOWNTOWN FOR ITS STUDENT BODY AS THE MISSOURI RIVER TO LYNWOOD,
STATE LINE TO WOODLAND. CLASSES FOR NEXT YEAR, INCLUDING THE SIXTH GRADE THEY'LL BE
ADDING, ARE ALREADY FILLED UP. THERE IS A WAITING LIST. HARD TO BELIEVE, BUT THIS
SUNDAY MARKS THE 40th ANNIVERSARY OF THE OPENING OF WORLDS OF FUN.
IN 1973, ADMISSION WAS $6.95. YOU KNOW, TODAY IT'S TWICE THAT JUST TO PARK YOUR CAR.
BUT THAT DOESN'T STOP PEOPLE LIKE RANDALL STRONG WALLACE. THIS WORLDS OF FUN SUPER FAN
HEADS TO THE PARK TWICE A WEEK, AND AS YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE, HIS LOVE AFFAIR WITH ROLLERCOASTERS
INVOLVES MORE THAN JUST RIDING THEM. HE CALLS IT HIS COASTER CAVE.
IN THE BASEMENT OF HIS SOUTH KANSAS CITY HOME, RANDALL STRONG WALLACE IS PUTTING THE FINISHING
TOUCHES ON THE SAM BEE Z SINGER, ONE OF WORLD'S OF FUND'S ORIGINALS, THERE WHEN THE PARK
OPENED IN 1973. TO THE DISMAY OF FANS, IT WAS DISMANTLED IN 1997 AND SHIPPED
OFF TO A NEW LIFE IN COLOMBIA, SOUTH AMERICA. DO YOU HAVE AN ENGINEERING
BACKGROUND? I DON'T. I THINK THE METHOD THAT I USE
IS CALLED EMPIRICAL ENGINEERING, AND BASICALLY MEANS THAT I'M FOR THE MOST PART SELF-TAUGHT AND
TRIED. SO YOU'RE DOING ALL OF THIS WITH NO BACKGROUND WHATSOEVER IN
ENGINEERING? ACTUALLY, IT'S ALL GRAVITY. ANYBODY THAT KNOWS ANYTHING
ABOUT GRAVITY COULD BUILD A MODER ROLLERCOASTER. THIS IS HIS 61st WORKING
ROLLERCOASTER. HE'S BEEN AT THIS A LONG TIME. MANY OF HIS MODELS HAVE BEEN ON
EXHIBIT AT UNION STATION, CLASSIC WORLDS OF FUN COASTERS LIKE THE ORIENT EXPRESS, THE
SCREAM ROLLER, HE HAS CAPTURED THEM ALL IN MINIATURE FORM. RANDALL TRACES HIS ADDICTION TO
HIS LAND GRANDMOTHER. SHE KNEW HOW CRAZY I WAS ABOUT ROLLERCOASTERS, SO SHE
TRIED TO MAKE A ROLLERCOASTER CAKE AND IT FELL OVER. SHE HAD MADE A BROWN PAPER
ROLLERCOASTER CAR TO GO ON THE CAKE. SHE SAVED IT AND PUT IT ON THE
SHELF, AND I SAID WHAT IS THAT? SHE TOLD ME THE STORY. I SAID, THIS IS COOL.
CAN I HAVE THE CAR? LATER ON IN LIFE, I HAD A BIG BROTHER THROUGH THE BIG BROTHER,
LITTLE BROTHER PROGRAM, AND WE WERE GOING TO BUILD AN ACTUAL RIDEABLE BACKYARD ROLLERCOASTER,
BUT WE NEEDED TO MAKE A SCALE MODEL OF IT FIRST, SO HE AND I BUILT MY VERY FIRST MODEL AND IT
WAS A SCALE MODEL OF THE ROLLERCOASTER WE WERE GOING TO BUILD.
HE AND I NEVER GOT AROUND TO IT, BECAUSE I ENDED UP MOVING UP TO KANSAS CITY.
I KIND OF COMBINED THE TWO THINGS, AND FROM THERE, IT KIND OF EVOLVED, EVENTUALLY I FIGURED
OUT HOW TO MAKE THEM WORK. WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE RIDE IN THE PARK?
MY FAVORITE RIDES, HANDSUP, IS ACTUALLY PROWLER. AND YOU'RE GOING TO FORCE ME
TO RIDE THIS? I'M NOT GOING TO FORCE YOU TO RIDE.
YOU SHOULD NEVER FORCE SOMEONE TO RIDE A ROLLERCOASTER, BUT I WILL LET EVERYONE KNOW WHAT A
BIG CHICKEN YOU WERE IF YOU DON'T RIDE IT WITH ME. LET'S GO.
ARE YOU READY? THERE IS NO CHICKEN'S WAY OUT NOW.
HERE WE GO. I RAISE MY HANDS AT THIS POINT.
YEAH. SEE, IT'S A GREAT RIDE. DID YOU EVER RIDE THE
SAMBEEZZINGER? I DID THIS IS A LOT LIKE IT. YOU CAN'T SEE WHERE YOU'RE
GOING. 40 SECONDS. (SCREAMING).
WHAT DID YOU THINK? DO I THROW UP NOW OR LATER? LATER.
RANDALL'S BASEMENT IS FILLED WITH COASTER MEMORABILIA FROM OLD WORLD OF FUN MACKS AND
PICTURES TO THE ORIGINAL BLUE PRINTS, STACKS OF THEME PARK MAGAZINES WHERE HE HAS AUTHORED
ARTICLES, AND THEN THERE ARE SOME RARE ARTIFACTS. THIS IS A SIDE PANEL FROM THE
TIMBER WOLF. DID THAT FALL OFF THE TIMBER WOLF?
NO. LIKE A LOT OF YOUNG KANSAS CITIANS, RANDALL WENT TO WORK
FOR WORLDS OF FUN AS A TEENAGER, BUT THE NOVELTY OF GETTING TO RIDE ALL THE COASTERS FOR FREE
NEVER WORE THIN. EVEN KNOW IN HIS EARLY 40s, HE'S A SEASON TICKET HOLDER AND
SAYS HE STILL TRIES TO HEAD OUT TO THE PARK TWICE A WEEK. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE MET THEIR
PARTNERS BY WORKING AT WORLDS OF FUN. THERE ARE SO MANY CHILDREN
WHO OWE THEIR LIVES TO WORLDS OF FUN, BECAUSE MOM AND DAD MET HERE, FELL IN LOVE, GOT MARRIED
AND HAD THEM. STARTED BY LAMAR HUNT IN 1973, WORLDS OF FUN WAS INTENDED
AS JUST A SIDE NOTE ATTRACTION TO A GRAND 500-ACRE ENTERTAINMENT AND HOTEL CORRIDOR
THAT WAS SCALED BACK DUE TO A LAGGING ECONOMY. IN 1982, ALMOST A DECADE AFTER
ITS OPENING, OCEANS OF FUN, AT THE TIME, THE LARGEST WATER PARK IN THE WORLD, SPLASHED ONTO THE
SCENE NEXT DOOR. BOTH PARKS WERE SOLD TO THE CEDAR FAIR ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY
IN 1995. IT'S BEEN 40 YEARS NOW OF WORLDS OF FUN.
WHAT'S DIFFERENT FOR THIS ANNIVERSARY YEAR? WE HAVE A LOT OF REALLY NEAT
STUFFED PLANNED FOR THIS WEEK. THE BIGGEST AND BEST NEWS IS PROBABLY NOW THAT WE HAVE WORLDS
OF FUN AND OCEANS OF FUN ALL AT ONE ONE PARK AND ALL IN ONE PRICE.
SO ALL JUST ONE PARK? NO MORE BARRIERS? THAT IS IT.
ALSO NEW THIS YEAR IS DINOSAURS ALIVE, AN ENCOUNTER WITH 35 LIFE SIZE PREHISTORIC
BEASTS. YEP, THEIR TAILS THRASH, THEY CLAW AND THEY ROAR, AND YOU PAY
FIVE DOLLARS MORE ON TOP OF YOUR TICKET PRICE FOR THE THRILL. WHAT'S NEXT?
HOW ABOUT THE MAMBA? OH, MY GOODNESS. ALL RIGHT.
NOW, THIS RIDE IS MORE MY STYLE. THIS IS NICK HAINES REPORTING FROM WORLDS OF FUN FOR KCPT.
OCEANS OF FUN, BY THE WAY, OPENS FOR THE SEASON THIS SATURDAY.
YOU CAN CHECK OUT VIDEOS OF RANDALL'S ROLLERCOASTERS AT HIS WEBSITE, MODEL COASTERS DOT COM.
TRADITIONALLY MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND MARKS THE OFFICIAL BEGINNING OF SUMMER ACTIVITIES,
AND IN KANSAS CITY, ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO OBSERVE IT WILL BE COMING UP THIS SUNDAY NIGHT.
THAT'S THE ANNUAL BANK OF AMERICA'S CELEBRATION AT THE STATION FEATURING THE KANSAS
CITY SYMPHONY. IT'S A FREE EVENT AT UNION STATION, COMPLETE WITH FIREWORKS
TO CAP OFF THE EVENING, BUT IF YOU CAN'T GET DOWN THERE, YOU CAN WATCH IT LIVE RIGHT HERE ON
KCPT. EVERY YEAR, THE ORCHESTRA PLAYS A MIX OF PATRIOTIC FAVORITES AND
MUSIC THAT ARTISTIC DIRECTOR MICHAEL STERN THINKS WILL BE FITTING FOR THE OCCASION.
THEY'VE HAD SOME GREAT GUEST ARTISTS IN RECENT YEARS, LIKE MARCO CONNER AND BOBBY WATSON.
THIS YEAR, KANSAS CITY'S OWN OLETA ADAMS WILL BE FEATURED WITH THE BAND.
THE GREAT KANSAS CITY SINGER STOPPED BY TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON HER MUSICAL JOURNEYS.
SUNDAY NIGHT, YOU'RE GOING TO BE SINGING ON STAGE JUST ACROSS THE STREET FROM A PLACE WHERE
SOME PRETTY AMAZING THINGS HAPPENED FOR YOU? I'M TALKING.
YES. I THINK 1975 WAS THE FIRST TIME I PERFORMED IN KANSAS CITY AT
CROWN CENTER AT THE SIGN BOARD LOUNGE. I'LL TELL YOU, WE HAD SOME
AMAZING TIMES, AMAZING TIMES THAT WOULD RIVAL ANYTHING THAT I'VE DONE SO FAR, AND I'VE
TRAVELED ALL OVER THE WORLD. I'VE BEEN IN SOME PRETTY BIG ARENAS.
I'VE DONE SOME VERY MEMORABLE THINGS, BUT MY HEART IS HERE IN KANSAS CITY WHERE WE HAD GREAT
TIMES. WELL, YOU WERE PLAYING THE PIANO.
YES. YOU'RE REALLY A TALENTED MUSICIAN AS WELL AS A GREAT
SINGER, AND THAT PLACE MUST HAVE REALLY PUSHED YOU ALONG TO HAVE TO REALLY GET THERE.
I HAVE TO CREDIT ALL OF THOSE DAYS -- THOSE WERE THE OPPORTUNITES TO HONE MY CRAFT,
TO LEARN ABOUT NOT ONLY THE BUSINESS BUT THE CREATIVITY OF MUSIC AND HOW TO PERFORM TO AN
AUDIENCE, NOT JUST AN AUDIENCE WHO CAME TO HEAR YOU, BUT AUDIENCES THAT DIDN'T COME TO
HEAR YOU WHEN YOU HAVE IN THE HOTELS, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT CONVENTIONS, AND THEY HAVE
NOTHING TO DO WITH EACH OTHER, AND YOU'RE TRYING TO PLEASE PEOPLE, AND NOT UNDER THE BEST
SITUATIONS. WELL, I SUPPOSE IT DEPENDS ON HOW YOU LOOK AT IT, BUT PEOPLE
WHO ARE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL, IT CAN GO EITHER WAY. AND THEN TWO GUYS NAMED
ROLAND AND KIRK WALK IN. LIFE CHANGES DOESN'T IT? THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED WHEN I
MOVED OVER TO THE HIGH AT IN IN -- HYATT IN A LITTLE ROOM CALLED THE DUCK CLUB.
THEY HEAD PERFORMED AT MEMORIAL HALL, I BELIEVE. TEARS FOR FEARS.
YES. I GUESS I KNEW THEY WERE THERE BECAUSE MY BOY -- BOYFRIEND AT
THE TIME AND DRUMMER, NOW HUSBAND, SAID TEARS FOR FEARS, THEY'RE HERE, AND I THOUGHT,
WELL, THAT'S NICE. YOU KNOW, WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE ALWAYS COME IN TO THE CLUB AND
LISTEN, AND THEY WERE SO MOVED THAT TWO YEARS LATER THEY LOOKED ME UP.
THEY HUNTED ME DOWN, AND CALLED ME. IN 1987, THEY CALLED AND ASKED
ME TO BE A PART OF THEIR RECORDING THE SEEDS OF LOVE, AND THE SONG WAS CALLED "WOMAN IN
CHAINS," AND IT IS STILL ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS TODAY. THAT'S AN INCREDIBLE SONG,
REALLY MOVING. AND YOU PERFORM IT VERY POWERFULLY.
THANK YOU. THAT SORT OF LED TO A CHANCE TO GO MAKE CIRCLE OF LIFE, WHICH
IS A SONG YOU'RE STILL IDENTIFIED WITH. YES, VERY MUCH SO.
CIRCLE OF ONE IS A SONG THAT OPRAH USED TO LIKE TO WORK OUT TO, AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT IN
'91, SHE INVITED ME TO BE ON HER SHOW BECAUSE SOMEONE WAS PLAYING "GET HERE" WHEN SHE WAS TAKING A
SHOWER AT THE STUDIO, YOU KNOW, AND SHE CAME OUT OF THE SHOWER AND SAID, WHO IS THAT?
AND SHE'S BEEN REALLY -- SHE WAS VERY, VERY HELPFUL IN REALLY PUSHING MY CAREER BY HAVING ME
BE ON HER SHOW A COUPLE OF TIMES AND INVITING ME TO BE A PART OF SOME PRIVATE THINGS.
IT WAS REALLY NICE, VERY NICE. WELL, THAT SONG WILL RESONATE NICELY OFF THE STAGE I THINK ON
SUNDAY NIGHT WITH MEMORIAL DAY FEELING IN THE AIR, BECAUSE IT'S GOT A PERTINENCE, I THINK.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. THAT SONG IS VERY CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH VETERANS OF THE
WARS, AND IT STARTED OUT AS A PART OF DESERT STORM, AND IT WAS A CAMPAIGN FOR PEOPLE TO WIN
OPPORTUNITIES TO SEND MESSAGES TO THEIR LOVED ONES IN THE WAR IN '91.
I'VE HEARD SO MANY STORIES OF PEOPLE WHO SENT MESSAGES WITH THIS SONG OR THEY HEAR THE SONG
RIDING ON A BUS, AND THEIR LOVED ONE WAS OVERSEAS IN THE WAR, AND TEARS WOULD JUST COME DOWN, AS
WELL AS IT HAS MOVED A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN COMFORTED BY THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE.
I'M HAPPY THAT I HAD THAT KIND OF HIT, BECAUSE YOU CAN HAVE THE WRONG HIT.
WELL, IT'S GOING TO BE PLAYED WITH THE SYMPHONY BEHIND YOU. YES.
DO YOU DO THAT MUCH? OCCASIONALLY. I'VE DONE THAT IN EUROPE,
PARTICULARLY, AND IN HOLLAND. I'VE PERFORMED WITH THE BOSTON POPS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME WITH THE KANSAS CITY SYMPHONY.
CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT? I WAS LOOKING IT UP JUST TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE I COULDN'T
RECALL ANY TIME. FIRST TIME. AND I'VE BEEN HERE FOR A LOT OF
YEARS, BUT YEAH, I'M HONORED. AND LOOKING OUT ONTO THAT SEA OF PEOPLE I THINK IS A VERY
SPECIAL EXPERIENCE WITH THE LIBERTY MEMORIAL BACK THERE. UNION STATION LOOKS GORGEOUS
BEHIND IT. TRUST ME, FROM HAVING BEEN THERE BEFORE, I KNOW THE FEELING THAT
EVENT BRINGS OUT IN PEOPLE. I THINK THEY WILL REALLY ENJOY YOUR INTERPRETATION, AND YOU GET
TO SING ANOTHER SONG OR TWO, AS WELL, I BELIEVE. YES, YES.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SINGING SONGS WITH MUSIC CORPS FOR THE WAR HEROES WHO HAVE BEEN
DRASTICALLY AFFECTED BY THE ACCIDENTS THAT HAPPEN IN WAR, AND THEY'RE RECUPERATING AND
REHABILITATING AND USING MUSICAL THERAPY BY PLAYING INSTRUMENTS, THE INSTRUMENTS THAT MEAN THE
MOST TO THEM, AND I'LL BE SINGING WITH THEM AND PROBABLY PLAYING WITH THEM AS WELL, AND
THE ORCHESTRA WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THEM, A LEONARD COHEN SONG, SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD
TO THAT. MUSIC IS THERAPY, AND I'VE SEEN THIS HAPPEN EVERYWHERE.
HOW IT SOOTHES THE SOUL, AND I SEE MYSELF AS THAT, REALLY THAT, NOT AS SOMEONE WHOSE GOAL IS TO
BE FAMOUS, BUT MY GOAL IS TO SOOTHE ALL OF THAT -- THE STORMS THAT HAPPEN IN HUMAN BEINGS, BED
THAT'S WHAT GIVES ME SO MUCH PLEASURE. AND YOU GET TO TAKE YOUR
HUSBAND ALONG. LIKE YOU SAID, ONCE THE BOYFRIEND NOW THE HUSBAND
RESPECT WHOM SOME PEOPLE WILL REMEMBER PLAYING WITH BANDS AROUND THE SEE.
YES. NEVER LEAF HOME WITHOUT HIM. WE'RE VERY, VERY FORTUNATE TO
GET TO TRAVEL TOGETHER. THAT WAS JOHN PLAYING ON THAT HIT SONG AND ALL MY RECORDS.
HE IS A GREAT SOURCE OF INSPIRATION FOR ME AND FOR WRITING SONGS.
I GET A LOT OF WONDERFUL IDEAS FROM HIS PLAYING AND HIS -- HE'S GOT A VERY WONDERFUL SCOPE WHICH
RANGES FROM CLASSICAL TO JAZZ AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN, AND HE'S PROBABLY MORE WELL ROUNDED
THAN I AM, AND WE HAVE A REALLY FUN TIME TOGETHER. YOU NEED TO GET BACK TO THAT
GARDEN, BECAUSE THIS IS PLANTING TIME. I KNOW, WHICH IS WHY I'M
TRYING TO ENJOY THAT NOW. THERE'S SOME GOOD WEATHER IN STORE.
I'M SURE IT'S GOING TO BE BEAUTIFUL ON SUNDAY NIGHT OUT AT UNION STATION.
OF COURSE, PEOPLE CAN WATCH IT LIVE HERE ON KCPT AS WELL. IT STARTS AT 8 O'CLOCK.
IT WILL BE THE SYMPHONY, A CHANCE TO HEAR OLETA ADAMS. WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING
BY AND SEEING US ON THE LOCAL SHOW. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SPEAKING OF MUSIC, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THAT KCPT WILL BE ADDING SOMETHING NEW TO OUR
OPERATION LATER THIS YEAR. WE'RE ACQUIRING THE RADIO STATION 90.9 THE BRIDGE, WHICH
PLAYS A FORMAT JONAS TRIPLE-A, ADULT ALBUM ALTERNATIVE. SHOULD BE FUN FOR LISTENERS
WHO HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO HEAR MUCH OF THAT KIND OF MUSIC ON THE RADIO.
ALSO IT WILL GIVE US A CHANCE TO THE TV SIDE TO SOMETIMES SHARE SOME MUSICAL TALENT WITH YOU IN
NEW AND INTERESTING WAYS. AS WE LEAVE YOU THIS WEEK, HERE'S A TASTE OF WHAT THAT
MIGHT LOOK LIKE, A LITTLE VIDEO WITH THE BAND FITZ AND THE TANTRUMS PLAYING LIVE AT WEIGHT
AND MEASURES STUDIO IN THE CROSSROADS. SEE YOU IN JUNE!
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