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Connect

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Inspire

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As you can see, these instruments are...

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these are the same instruments

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but they're just played differently.

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With my violin, I play classical music.

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With my fiddle,
I play old-time fiddle music.

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There is also two different ways 
you can play the violin.

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There's classical music and

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there's old-time fiddle music.

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Classical music could be 
considered more strict.

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You really have to follow 
the way the music is written

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and to be a professional-class player,
you need good posture.

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Personally, classical music
wasn't my thing.

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I am a guy who doesn't really
like to follow the rules

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and fiddle music gave me 
the freedom to play whatever I want.

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My name is Lia

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and my name is Kai.

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We are here today to talk to you about

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how playing an instrument

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can open unexpected doors 
to new experiences.

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Playing instruments hasn't only given us

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an appreciation for music,

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but also unique life-experiences

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we would have never had otherwise.

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When I was four, my mom 
had this crazy idea

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to get us start to play

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on some kind of musical instrument.

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So, she brought us 
to a music teacher in Chiluac,

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who showed us all 
the different varieties of instruments.

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One instrument that really
intrigued me was the violin.

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I told her I really wanted 
to get started on it,

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and off we went.

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After a couple of years, I decided

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to follow my brother's footsteps

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and take on the violin as well.

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We started taking lessons from teachers

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around the Fraser Valley every weekend.

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Starting a musical instrument 
not only helped my musical sense,

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but it can also give you

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a better future by getting jobs

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by touring or playing 
in bands or even teaching kids.

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Every summer we go to fiddle camps

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in contests all around Canada.

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We get to meet new people, 
it's so much fun.

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It may be only for two weeks,
but it's so worth it.

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And if you ever decide 
to play a musical instrument,

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I am sure there is 
a camp for it somewhere,

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and hopefully you can make

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as many friends as we did,

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because you can have 
a really good time and jam.

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Speaking of fiddle camps,

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it's better than it sounds because

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we get to see our friends from Alberta,

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Saskatchewan, and even Manitoba.

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It's the one thing our family 
looks forward to every year.

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It gives us the chance 
to share our passion with others.

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In these camps, we learn new tunes,

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we get taught by 
the best fiddle players in Canada,

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and like she said before, we meet new friends.

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Um...playing music

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not only gave us confidence 
in our playing ability,

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but in everyday life experience
such as going to school.

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When I was in grade one,

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I was the shyest little boy 
you could ever meet;

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I'd be to afraid to talk to anybody,

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my teachers would 
always ask me questions,

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I'd be just freeze up 
and not know what to say.

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The only people I was 
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were my parents.

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Playing a musical instrument can give you

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something to be proud of

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and something 
your parents can be proud of.

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It can give you a head start 
by playing in school bands

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or even music classes.

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Not only do I love playing
violin on a daily basis,

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but it also helps me with stress relief.

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Say I come home one day
and I have lots of homework

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and I'm just not having 
the greatest day.

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I pick up my violin
and cool down a little bit.

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Music also got me and 
my brother closer in a way.

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Yeah, sure we have 
our ups and downs

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just like any other pair of siblings.

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And, yeah sure it may bug me sometimes 
when he doesn't count in a song

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and I don't know when to start playing

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but people usually say 
we are more like friends than siblings.

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It also gives me and my sister

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something to talk about, 
something we can relate to

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and we can jam

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and like she said before,
it gives you career advantages

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such as playing in a band.

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Now we want you 
to pick up an instrument

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and just get inspired by the music.

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You may not find 
the right instrument on the first try:

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for example, I started 
playing guitar a couple of years back

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and I didn't think 
I'd get anywhere with it,

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but I have to admit, 
I am not that bad at it.

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And I've been playing 
piano and cello

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half as long as 
I've been playing violin

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and I'm already playing 
advanced tunes on both instruments.

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Music can also help you 
when you are bored,

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like when you come home 
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you can just pick up your instrument 
and just start playing to pass time.

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I hope all of you will learn 
some kind of music

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whether is singing 
or playing an instrument.

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It may be hard at first

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but you will eventualy get used to it.

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Me and my sister, 
when we first started performing,

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we were always 
too scared to go on a stage.

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Our legs would be shaking,
I wouldn't know what to say,

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and would always repeat myself.

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But now we have two CDs out,
we write our own tunes,

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we compete in contests all around Canada,

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we're starting a programme, 
a charity programme,

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to start teaching kids the fiddle

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and we both played in the Olympics.

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I hope our story will inspire you,

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cause... hey! if you have got
a passion for music

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don't be afraid
to start chasing that dream.

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Thank you and we wish you 
the best of luck and

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we are going end off 
with a tune here.

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(Violin music)

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(Applause)

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Thank you!

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Connect.

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Inspire.

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Act