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Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.52,0:00:30.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Whistling)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.98,0:02:39.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Whistling ends)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.96,0:02:44.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.30,0:02:45.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.80,0:02:48.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.40,0:02:49.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.33,0:02:51.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was whistling.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.90,0:02:54.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm trying to do this in English.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.60,0:03:00.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is a chubby,\Ncurly-haired guy from Holland --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.83,0:03:02.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why is he whistling?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.37,0:03:05.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well actually, I've been whistling\Nsince the age of four, about four.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.83,0:03:07.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My dad was always whistling\Naround the house,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.02,0:03:11.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I just thought that's part\Nof communication in my family.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.11,0:03:12.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I whistled along with him.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.83,0:03:16.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And actually, until I was 34,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.32,0:03:20.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I always annoyed and irritated\Npeople with whistling,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.88,0:03:22.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because, to be honest,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.60,0:03:25.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my whistling is a kind\Nof deviant behavior.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.91,0:03:30.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I whistled alone,\NI whistled in the classroom,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.20,0:03:32.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I whistled on bike, I whistled everywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.91,0:03:36.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I also whistled\Nat a Christmas Eve party
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.31,0:03:38.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with my family-in-law.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.06,0:03:42.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they had some, in my opinion,\Nterrible Christmas music.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.76,0:03:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I hear music that I don't like,\NI try to make it better.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.52,0:03:47.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.93,0:03:51.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when "Rudolph the Red-Nosed\NReindeer" -- you know it?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.44,0:03:54.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Whistling)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.36,0:03:56.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it can also sound like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.09,0:03:59.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Whistling)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.24,0:04:02.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But during a Christmas party --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.22,0:04:04.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at dinner, actually -- it's very annoying.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.46,0:04:08.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So my sister-in-law asked me a few times,\N"Please stop whistling."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.94,0:04:10.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I just couldn't.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.25,0:04:11.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at one point --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.48,0:04:13.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I had some wine,\NI have to admit that --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.71,0:04:16.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at one point I said,\N"If there was a contest, I would join."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.01,0:04:18.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And two weeks later,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.48,0:04:21.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I received a text message:\N"You're going to America."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.91,0:04:23.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.82,0:04:26.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, OK, I'm going to America.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.67,0:04:28.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would love to, but why?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.30,0:04:30.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I immediately called her up, of course.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.48,0:04:35.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She googled, and she found\Nthis World Whistling Championship
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.09,0:04:36.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in America, of course.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.89,0:04:38.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.22,0:04:41.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She didn't expect me to go there.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.60,0:04:44.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I would have lost my face.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.76,0:04:46.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know if that's correct English.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.77,0:04:49.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the Dutch people here\Nwill understand what I mean.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.32,0:04:51.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.81,0:04:53.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I lost my face.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.60,0:04:56.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.60,0:04:59.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she thought, "He will never go there."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.22,0:05:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But actually, I did.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.83,0:05:06.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I went to Louisburg, North Carolina,\Nsoutheast of the United States,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.40,0:05:08.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I entered the world of whistling.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.41,0:05:11.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I also entered the World Championship,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.94,0:05:14.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I won there, in 2004.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.60,0:05:18.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.54,0:05:21.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was great fun, of course.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.92,0:05:28.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to defend my title --\Nlike judokas do and sportsmen --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.44,0:05:30.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought, well let's go back in 2005 --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.81,0:05:31.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I won again.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.99,0:05:33.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.53,0:05:35.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I couldn't participate\Nfor a few years.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.65,0:05:40.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in 2008, I entered again\Nin Japan, Tokyo, and I won again.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.22,0:05:42.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what happened now
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.60,0:05:46.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is I'm standing here in Rotterdam,\Nin the beautiful city, on a big stage,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.44,0:05:48.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm talking about whistling.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.37,0:05:51.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And actually, I earn my money\Nwhistling, at the moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.88,0:05:54.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I quit my day job as a nurse.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.60,0:05:59.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.60,0:06:01.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I try to live my dream --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.60,0:06:04.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, actually, it was never my dream,\Nbut it sounds so good.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.77,0:06:06.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.60,0:06:08.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, I'm not the only one whistling here.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.92,0:06:11.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, "Huh, what do you mean?"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.07,0:06:13.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well actually, you are going\Nto whistle along.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.08,0:06:19.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then always the same thing happens:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.54,0:06:22.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people are watching each other\Nand think, "Oh, my God.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.34,0:06:24.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Can I go away?"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.51,0:06:25.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, you can't.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.95,0:06:27.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.75,0:06:30.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually, it's very simple.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.12,0:06:33.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The track that I will whistle\Nis called "Fête de la Belle."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.05,0:06:35.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's about 80 minutes long.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.90,0:06:37.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.32,0:06:39.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, no, no. It's four minutes long.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.90,0:06:43.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I want to first rehearse\Nwith you your whistling.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.07,0:06:45.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, so I whistle the tone.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.84,0:06:47.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Whistling)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.90,0:06:50.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.25,0:06:52.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sorry, I forgot one thing --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.06,0:06:55.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you whistle the same tone as me.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.66,0:06:57.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.53,0:07:03.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I heard a wide variety of tones.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.69,0:07:08.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Geert Chatrou and audience whistling)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.100,0:07:18.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Whistling ends)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.23,0:07:19.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is very promising.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.61,0:07:20.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.82,0:07:22.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is very promising.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.19,0:07:24.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll ask the technicians\Nto start the music.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.90,0:07:28.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if it's started,\NI just point where you whistle along,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.16,0:07:29.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we will see what happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.76,0:07:31.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.82,0:07:39.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, I'm so sorry, technicians.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.87,0:07:44.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.12,0:07:45.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm so used to that.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.34,0:07:46.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.39,0:07:47.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I start it myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.74,0:07:48.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.93,0:07:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, here it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.20,0:07:53.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.57,0:07:55.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.54,0:08:01.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Whistling)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.31,0:08:07.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Whistling ends)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.48,0:08:10.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.52,0:08:12.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.63,0:08:18.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Whistling)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.22,0:09:02.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's easy, isn't it?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.40,0:09:09.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Whistling)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.75,0:09:40.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now comes the solo,\NI propose I do that myself, OK?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.77,0:09:43.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.40,0:09:49.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Whistling)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.40,0:12:02.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.40,0:12:11.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Max Westerman: Geert Chatrou,\Nthe World Champion of Whistling.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.15,0:12:13.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Geert Chatrou: Thank you. Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.01,0:12:17.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,MW: Can we all learn this, Geert?\NJust enough practise?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.44,0:12:19.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can we learn how to whistle like you?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.93,0:12:22.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,GC: I can't explain.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.28,0:12:24.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,MW: Or you have to start\Nat the age of four, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.69,0:12:26.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,GC: Yeah, I gues, yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.25,0:12:29.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My technique is a little different\Nfrom the other whistlers I guess.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.51,0:12:31.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,MW: Just a hint - you need water.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.15,0:12:32.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,GC: Yeah. To wet my whistle.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.65,0:12:35.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,MW: Okay. Thank you very mutch.\NGC: Thank you.