Buncombe County Government, NC Recreation Services, 14 Apr 2011

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From YouTube: BC :: Special Olympics Athlete Interviews

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Special Olympics Athlete Interviews is a short informational video in which Grace Young from Buncombe County Special Olympics interviews five Special Olympics athletes. They discuss sports, events, trophies, traveling, and making friends through the Special Olympics. The athletes invite others to join them by supporting Special Olympics. For more information call Grace Young at 828.250.4265 o r email here at grace.young@buncombecounty.org

A

Hello, everyone, my name is grace young and I'm with special olympics buncombe county, and I'm here today to introduce you to five of my athletes who participate in all of the different fields that we have to offer. First, one is my gentleman is alex alex. Would you like to introduce yourself.

B

My name is alex padden. I am 19 years old.

A

And what um sports have you done.

B

I've done track and field since I was in 10th grade. That's when I found out that they had like basketball and that kind of stuff. So I started with basketball and then I did soccer and I did swimming and softball skills in bocce ball.

A

And what's your favorite.

B

Basketball and soccer.

A

All right- and I think you just got back from a soccer- meet didn't you.

B

A

And how did you do.

B

We we tried our best saturday, we lost all three again and only scored two points, as in our last game and I've heard another point and then sunday we lost both games. So we got a fourth place ribbon.

A

That is wonderful. Isn't it great to have a good time.

B

A

All right and now what are you practicing.

B

A

So you're ready for the new basketball season.

B

A

All righty well, thank you alex for coming today. Okay,.

B

You're welcome.

A

All right well now, I'm here with barry and barry, um was on our bocce and he'd like to introduce himself to everybody out there. So go ahead. Mr barry.

C

um I'm barry tarrev, I'm one of the athletes. What.

A

Sports, have you done in the past.

C

In the past, I've done softball and paltry.

A

C

And I did a little bit of basketball too a couple of times.

A

And do you have any medals or ribbons at home.

C

I have um quite a few medals and quite a few ribbons at home, plus.

A

C

Have a trophy too do.

A

You like special olympics.

C

I love special olympics, I, like being with everyone and everything.

A

Great great well, thank you for coming today, barry. I appreciate you helping with this little ad to get the word out.

C

A

Rob how long have you been doing special olympics.

D

I've been doing it since I was nine years old and it's really fun to get out there to meet new friends and new people who you're going against, and I just want to tell everybody out there in buncombe county if you're alone, please I beg you to come join us. It is fun, it is fun to participate and you get to have a lot of fun with new friends.

A

What sports do you like the best.

D

A

We hope to have a lot of people join us. Don't we.

D

Yeah come join special olympics, it is fun.

A

All right, thank you, mr rob. We are here now with bobby davis he's another one of our athletes. In fact, bobby brought a few of his medals and ribbons to share with everybody bobby talk to me about special olympics.

E

It's because uh I was I like, I like uh basketball, baseball, like what kind of sport I like. Let's see, uh I I like uh just football sports.

E

I like uh running jogging.

A

E

That's yeah that too, you.

A

Swim, how long have you been doing special olympics.

E

uh I I wanted a a swim team.

A

How old were you when you started at 2006. six years old, my goodness, you've been doing this a long time you're a pro. Aren't you do you like it.

E

A

Do you meet new friends.

E

I I do. I got frankie bryan tim butler.

A

All right, so maybe what we need to do is invite people to join us sure.

E

Come and join us the first, the olympics, 2002.

A

All right- and maybe we can get a picture of your medals and share that with everybody else, how's that sound today, that's perfect, all righty! Thank you for coming today bobby well. We also have one of my female athletes here and you'd like to introduce yourself to everybody. My name is who, and what do you do in special olympics.

F

um I do botchy soccer basketball.

A

And bowling, and do you stay pretty busy yeah all right and do you have a lot of medals and ribbons at home yeah? What do you like the best about special olympics.

F

Well, a special faith is fun and it can come and join us, and um it's like.

F

I have a lot of fun.

A

You like to travel yeah, we travel a lot, don't we yeah? We have a good time. Traveling we go all over the state. Don't we yeah all righty. All right alex has a special invitation to everybody out there.

B

Won't you come join us all in special olympics and participate in this.

B

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