Chelsea, MA Unsorted, 26 Jul 2021

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From YouTube: Florestina Finding Friends

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City of Chelsea, An original play by Marianne Ramos, Chelsea Senior Center

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Welcome everyone bienvenidos, I'm marianne ramos and thanks to cctv, channel 3. we're going to be showing you an original play. I wrote during the pandemic, it's called fleuristena finding friends you'll see that a lot of the props are looking different because they're made out of recycled material, and we have a lot of surprises. We hope children and adults will enjoy this production. We even have an original song that you might want to sing along.

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So I'm really excited I'm really happy. All the actors are people of chelsea senior center, even though they may play a second grader or third grader there. We were all of the age to join the senior center. So thank you so much for tuning in and I hope you like it hi, I'm florespina. That means forest girl. You can call me tina.

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Okay, a month ago we moved back here just mom and I my dad's still in peru, trying to care for the trees of the amazon, but now we're stuck in this tiny apartment in a big cold city in the usa and I'm long, no yard. At least we have a window. The birds I watch are so poor, they're, so clean, no, yellow, no green and they eat the the crumbs off the street poor, guys out front. I spied one little tree, wow he's stuck in a tiny square in the sidewalk.

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My dad always says: trees need friends too. So I'm calling him rv I'll bring him water when it doesn't rain. I'll pick up all that trash that falls on him, mama even helped me build a little fence to protect. Him is nice. She said one day.

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I need people, friends.

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Mom was so mama's so concerned. She says arby's nice friend, but you need real people, friends, and so how is she gonna get her people, friends, she's, going to summers.

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And you know what else tina said all my people, friends who are behind me in brazil, just like my dad and the mom said he'll be back with us soon. I'm proud daddy's.

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Coming next morning, yes, daddy's coming back soon, that is coming back soon. My.

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Tina wondered well, this is a new place. Will these kids, like me, will I have friends so it was the first day of school. I was on my computer.

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With me, and we looked inside and the kids were laughing and talking.

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Will they laugh at me?

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One boy said all by himself busy with his host and there was an empty chair and I said, can.

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I sit here. Oh my name's tina. What's yours, oh.

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Okay, so the teacher said the teacher had a real smile for everybody and she wanted them to know that we're all here to learn together. Her voice was happy and she said good morning. Children.

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Good morning, we're all here to learn together.

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No you'll see.

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We'll see- and she even told him that everyone has something to teach and the kid said.

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It's true we're all important. In fact, why don't you what else is important.

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Okay, so um so on the blackboard myestra put the word important: okay, okay, so now that we know we're all important, the children were excited pick me pick me up.

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It could be important to you.

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Okay, very good, so the teacher looked over there and she picked lindy.

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Lindy came with her picture. Come on lindy. What do you have? Let's see.

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What we call this it's beauty but in fact, there's a hundred.

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Okay, so kid and lindy liked to talk in spanish, so she said.

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And her mom works in a beauty parlor, that's why she says beauty is important and so teacher took her picture. Daliano maestra.

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Well, tea, okay,.

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And teacher said a little more about beauty.

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In fact, you know what there is all kinds of beauty, in fact, there's a 100 plus. In fact, why don't you each think about what's really to you and bring in pictures and we'll put them on the board? I mean.

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Okay, so the teacher invited everyone to bring in their beauty pictures, but more children wanted to turn look at them. Go! Oh, my god, they're so excited.

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Maxine you come show me your picture.

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Money money's important to me my family, keeps saying we need more money.

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And the t and cell brought her picture to the teacher and the teacher made a promise that tomorrow tomorrow.

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We're going to take her picture and explain what money money.

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I have I have a picture orlando and I did this one together.

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Oh look at that. I drew trees in orlando through o's.

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You know the o's that he drew above the trees. What could they stand for.

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And I also drew a picture of my daddy because he's taking care of the trees in the amazon.

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That's so good.

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And teacher will have a surprise about trees, so the children went home and they enjoyed their families. They enjoyed their food, they enjoyed their rest and the next day of school. The teacher had promised something she had promised money math. So let's see how that started.

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um Orlando had all these zeros that all the children got a zero. So who can help orlando pass out his zeros.

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Pass out easier because.

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Teacher asked the class what.

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You know be, and they said.

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If you take the money, sign and you've got somebody else, that's a one, I'm sure so anyway,.

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Earlier so anyway, people were not feeling those zeros. What good is a zero? Let's find out.

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So, let's take our money sign and put it up.

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So she called on maxine to come forward because maxine loves to make a money sign.

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The picture of money.

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So now I'm going to show you how to do math with it and next.

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Yes, who's that who's got a zero.

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One by one, you have zeros. If you all, come and put your zeros.

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Come on children put your generals together at first we had ten.

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And then we had.

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Okay, look at that every zero makes the money every zero.

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Very happy and excited, and so did orlando after supper mom and I took a walk in the neighborhood.

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We passed the beauty, parlor hi.

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Heidi now wendy was there: that's beautiful.

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Thank you. Thank you. So much lindy.

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On the second corner, they ran into the pizza palace.

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Hi my family works here.

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Well, they got a free pizza each as they continued to walk along. Of course, they said. Thank you.

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Thank you so much maxine for the pizza. I will see you next time.

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And you know um her mom said I.

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People, friends.

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Like my people.

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They were so happy, but then.

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Back home, I stopped poor army from the window. Mom said.

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Like has something.

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Whose house will the party be whose.

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House mommy, we go orlando.

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House orlando's house: oh thank you, mommy orlando amigo,.

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And she also said you'll be meeting a new person or a new somebody whose name is daddy daddy.

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Having a graduation party yay.

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Thank you mommy. Thank you. So.

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That night, I could hardly sleep so much to wonder who would donnie be? Is it orlando's big sister? Does she speak english, spanish or oh, like orlando? I can hardly wait to.

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And it sure looked different, there were trees and yards and gardens and birds singing reminded me of.

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And so we followed the sound of music and sure enough. We were in the yard.

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And sure enough dottie was the was the person that graduated and orlando's mom even had a diploma to show the people.

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Oh, my god, daddy graduated puppy school.

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Special permission to go to school with orlando and help him do his very best, because he'll feel so confident. Yes, yes, so anyway, people were enjoying themselves so much, but tina wanted to stay with the music because she loved the music, so mommy.

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I go to orlando. He played music mommy, okay, so.

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All right going.

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To go to orlando and orlando went to eat some food because he was angry.

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Congratulations.

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Over there, with his friends and his doggy and no heat, but first he had just to do a special song.

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So, let's see what happened next, there's a special special song that tina was inspired to sing because it was such a happy time.

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Yeah- and orlando said oh, but did he actually say oh yeah.

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Atlanta is talking everybody miracle, we don't know who else might come to the party right now we're happy and we're going to sing a song. Are you? Is everyone ready to sing.

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And we were so excited and happy, and orlando actually said: oh yeah, oh yeah,.

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But unfortunately, the mood changed.

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Hey look who's here that mean junior who invited you here, you punk, I get!

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No! No, yes, come.

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And then she explained that it's time to give a chance to junior junior.

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Was brave enough.

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To come and face you all because he wanted to say.

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I'm sorry I beat up the tree see I bought my brother just got out of the hospital and I bought him this beautiful balloon and was taking it to him, but he got caught in a tree and popped, I'm so mad. I'm sorry! It's okay! It's no excuse.

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That's no excuse junior.

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But but although maxine was very upset,.

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He's all right welcome to our body. um We you enjoy our body with us. No matter. I forget you, okay,.

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Yeah, okay- and I forgive you too- we forgive junior right, yeah.

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Can I sing a song for daddy.

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Mom jumping for joy and kissing.

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Her telephone she.

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Just got a good good news: what.

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One more time- and the name of the song we know is- I am oh, so we're so excited today for all the good news. Yes, perhaps orlando.

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Everybody wanted to sing the song that celebrates friendship, saturday's forgiveness, celebrate yes,.

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So you can join in too. Are you.

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Hi, everyone isn't this wonderful that we all together all of these very special people worked so hard so so hard to bring this show to you here we love our community. We love our chelsea. We love the internet viewers too, from all over the world. So thank you so much for watching our show and please consider a hundred kinds of beauty.

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Maybe there's something that you want to send a picture of. It could be a drawing. It could be a photo. You can do it electronically to channel three. You can drop it off at channel three because we want to do a new show called one hundred times beauty, and you see that.

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Thank you so much thank.

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