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is the brothers in company podcast news entertainment current events and everyday

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life all from the brothers perspective here is your hosts and the brothers chris

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and derrick make some noise in here.

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All right, ladies and gentlemen, welcome. Welcome to another edition of the

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Brothers in Company podcast. My name is Derek. And my name is Chris. Yes, ladies and gentlemen,

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happy Friday to you and yours. It is Friday, April 5th, 2024.

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And if you are in the Charleston area, you know what time of year it is.

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The first weekend of april a lot of things

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going on in the city and around the low country so

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we just want to just come to you guys tonight you know

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through your friday night so welcome to the brothers and company podcast everybody

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hey hey hey what's going on peoples we are back yeah yeah it's been a little

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minute yeah it's been some time since uh last month when we did the uh black

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expo Oh, so speaking of which,

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we want to shout out everybody who came to the table.

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Yes. Thank you so much, guys. You're definitely absolutely come and support

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us. Checking us out at our table. And we had our BIC Park, Rivers of Comedy podcast there. Have my book there.

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You know, it's been a good crowd. People with a lot of some networking and just getting to know people.

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And it's been amazing. Yeah, it's been an amazing experience for the both of

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us. Chris had his table with his poetry book, which is still out right now.

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Colors Can Overcome Levels of Real Stages. Still out right now on Amazon.

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Right here, right here, right here. Yes. And if you like to get a copy as well,

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you can definitely shoot me an inbox.

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I do have Facebook, Twitter, Instagram.

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Oh, right there, right there. Yeah, we got it right there on the screen.

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And it's $12.99, guys. It's right on Amazon. You can definitely inbox me or

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you can purchase a copy right on Amazon.

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You can just type in my name, Chris Lucius C. Laird Gwynn, and it's put in colors

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and then my book will pop up. All right. Yes. So make sure you guys follow us on social media at BIC Podcast,

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And also we are on Apple podcast, Google podcasts, Spotify, and all the other

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Absolutely. Yes. Yes. And also keep in mind as one thing, what is that? Yes.

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review us, listen to us. Yeah, that's right out. out.

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Nope. You don't have to take out anything else at no cost to you.

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No cost to you. Not at all. Yes. So Chris, how's everything going?

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Everything has been going well. It's been a busy week, busy,

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busy few months. I know we just did the expo as we stated.

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And a lot of offers been coming up to me.

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I'm doing more open mic nights i'm doing

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some poetry events i'm doing more vending opportunities okay

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next week i'll be going to florence south

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carolina to do a vending opportunity at i think it

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was at saint luke greater ame church yeah i've

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been doing my book and then you know amazing things

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happening next month may 3rd right yeah

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talk about it absolutely yes so me

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and troop seeker will be be performing for

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this year's north charleston arts fest on may

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3rd from six to seven i'll be

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doing my 30 minute poetry set and she'll be

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doing her 30 minute poetry set and the event is free it is located at the park

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circle gallery right here in north charleston all right that sounds good most

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definitely come check us out support spoken word artists and performers as well

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and And you can definitely go on the website, the North Charleston Arts Fest for the full calendar of events from the 1st through the 6th.

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Okay. Yes, yes, indeed. Make sure you guys check it out.

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The North Charleston Arts Fest got Truthseeker and we got C Lyric over there,

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you know, doing their spoken word poetry performance.

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So you guys, please go check it out. Absolutely.

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And thank you again for all my friends and supporters and my fellow poets for

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definitely sharing it on their stories and their walls and letting the community

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know what's going on in the community. I definitely appreciate the love.

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And thank you, Big Bro, for definitely creating the flyer. Oh,

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yeah. Oh, yeah. We got to make sure we represent represent well.

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Absolutely. Yes. Yes. Parks and Recallery and the North Charleston Arts Fest.

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They liked it. They shared their own their stories.

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So it's approved. Yeah. Well, that's good. That is good.

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That's wonderful. And I also want to give a shout out to we had a we got a new

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series, a new series of episodes called Creators Conversation.

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If you all are following us on social media and also watching us on YouTube,

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we have a new series called Creators Conversation where we showcase artists,

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entertainers, businesses, professionals.

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Content creators on the show to give them the platform and give them the spotlight

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so they can talk about who they are, what they do, and how they serve the community.

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Absolutely. yes yes i love that i love

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that yes so i want to give a shout out to jaylen williams

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of the just music podcast he was

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our first he was our

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first he was our first guest on

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the uh creators conversation and also i

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want to give a shout out to angel brown who was also

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on the podcast awesome second episode all

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right yes most definitely

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thank you guys for definitely being guests on

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the first few guests on content creators yeah yeah

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so i'm about to ask like how was that experience like you know interviewing

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these two talented people in the community i think it was a good experience

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to to interview them just like

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one-on-one interview it's more like a conversation Conversation to small,

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like getting to know them for what they do and for who, you know,

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who they are, what they do in the community. They're talented, very talented and passionate people.

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They are passionate about their craft.

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You know, if you have a chance, watch the episodes and, you know,

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we got the clips on Instagram and everything. So it's been a good it's been a very, very, very good experience.

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And we have one more episode coming up. We're working on right now.

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We have a new guest that's going to join the creators conversation.

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Yes. So that's going to be out next week, probably around either Sunday or Monday.

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Day and it's going to feature simply shaquille yes

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she simply shaquille shaquille hickman is

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going to be a guest on the show and she does hair care she has

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she does she's a licensed cosmetologist who i met at the black expo so she does

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hair care she has uh she does hair care for clients and everything yeah so we're

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gonna have a conversation you know on sunday and then the The episode should

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be out on Monday. That sounds good.

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Yeah. Look at us. Yeah. Amazing. Yeah. Yeah. Amazing. So we want to open that

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door for you guys to be on the show.

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So if you guys want to be a part of the creators conversation,

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make sure you follow us on all of our social media, Facebook,

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Twitter, and I always say Twitter, but it's faith. It's X.

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It's still Twitter to me. Yeah. I don't, I don't say X when I do my low performances.

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Yeah. Yeah. I don't know why they call it X. I don't know either, but it is what it is.

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So follow us on social media at BIC Podcast.

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And you can send us an email at contact at brothersandcompanypodcast.com.

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And we'll be more than happy to put you on the show so we can spotlight you

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guys and just let you guys tell your story and have that conversation with you all.

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So we definitely appreciate it. Absolutely. yeah so like I said earlier it's a busy weekend here in Charleston

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tell me about it a busy weekend we got the bridge run woo yeah.

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As he's wearing his Charleston, the Cooper River Bridge Run hat.

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He got the hat on and everything. That's right. That's right. Yeah. Just to talk about that a little bit.

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This will be my second time doing the Cooper River Bridge Run. Right.

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Yes. All right. Me and my coworker, Kathy, we won the rifle drawing.

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You know, that's like a time winning. You know, we're going to be racing for free.

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And it's going to be amazing. We're going to have a good time.

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Like, you know, we went to the vendor. you know, at the convention center.

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And, you know, I picked up my, um, my packet with my number,

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my shirt is, is this going to be awesome time.

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So I can't wait. I'm pumped and ready and decided.

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Oh yeah. Oh yeah, definitely. Yes. A lot of people, that's the base.

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Everybody's going to be there. It's going to be fun. So I'll be on ready.

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Yeah. I got my bag. I got, you know, I've already, yeah, you got everything,

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everything ready at the bag over there and everything.

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So you see the bag, ladies and gentlemen, right here. Yeah.

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There you go. He'll be out there tomorrow and the race starts at eight o'clock,

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I think, 8 a.m. 8 a.m. Yeah, 8 a.m. tomorrow.

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And then people, there'll be like the bus shuttles will be shuttling different

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places from Mount Pleasant to downtown Charleston and at the Coliseum in North Charleston.

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OK. So I think it's run between five. I think it's five o'clock through six.

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Forty five. I think. OK. Yeah.

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Yeah. It's on the schedule on the email. So definitely check out the Cooper

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River Bridge Run website, and they'll definitely have all the shuttle information,

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the times, and when the race starts.

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Okay. So everybody's meeting where? At the convention center?

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Just different people. Okay. Just those that stay in the North Charleston area will be meeting near.

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Okay. And the bus will shuttle and pick everybody up. And then other places

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like downtown and Mount Pleasant, they got their destinations. Okay. So, you know.

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But we'll all be meeting at the Mount Pleasant area. Yeah, yeah,

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yeah. And Mount Pleasant, yeah. At the starting line. Starting line, right.

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And then after that, you know, at the finish line, we'll get medals and they'll take pictures.

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And then they'll have a little bridge, Cooper River Bridge Run, you know, after party.

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Right, yeah. Where they'll be having music and free food and,

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you know, giveaways. So definitely check that out.

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Yeah, guys, definitely check it out. And shout out to all the bridge runners

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out there getting ready to run that bridge tomorrow morning.

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Let's get over it. Let's get over it, guys. We can do it. Yeah.

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I'm pumped and ready. Yeah, yeah, definitely. You know, it'll be on TV,

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be on the local station out here to watch it.

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Yeah. I can't believe it's already here because I did it last year.

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And I'm like, oh, my God. Yeah, just second race. Time just goes by fast.

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You know, before you know it, you're right here back again.

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So yeah here we are yeah so

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i'm gonna make sure i'm gonna get some rest yeah definitely get some

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rest tonight yeah yeah definitely because i i wake up

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early in the morning anywhere it's on like 4 35 o'clock so this

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ain't this ain't nothing okay so very good

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i'm very excited so that's one of many events that

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i'll be doing yeah so we got that we

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also i think the tennis open is still

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going on this weekend i think there's yet a

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the credit one charleston open and daniel

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island still going on right now oh yeah and you

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got the river dogs starting their season this weekend

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and you got the flower town festival

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this weekend oh yeah and somerville so i'll be

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out there sunday there's a lot going on yeah yeah

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yeah so it's a lot of events going on

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i mean if you guys

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just go where they're outside so it's gonna

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be a little yeah but you know definitely just dress just

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for the occasion you know yeah yeah you know yeah

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so guys just yeah because there's a lot going on this weekend

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so you guys just go out there have some fun check out the events and everything

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i'm so for you know for the you know bring out the family and everything and

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just enjoy yourselves out there and definitely be safe and watch one another

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absolutely yeah absolutely yeah yeah amazing so So how was your week so far?

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You know, you had to work hard and anything going on that you're working on?

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Just working on the creator's conversation, you know, working on the new series

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and still taking some classes this spring and getting ready to take some classes in the summer.

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Yeah, just kind of keeping busy and everything. So, yeah. Yeah,

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so that's what I'm working on. Awesome. Sounds good. Sounds like you got a busy schedule, too.

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Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So ever since I put my book out, it's been booking busy. Yeah.

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I kind of knew it was going to be like this. So definitely because,

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you know, you already work or perform with other poets and then you got your

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book out and then you can, you know, market your book out to,

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you know, different events and venues.

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Absolutely. Yeah. So you got that going on. Absolutely. Yeah, absolutely.

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Along with, you know, open mic nights again next week. I'll be I got selected

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again. I did it last year. I'll be performing poetry in the park. Okay. Friday, April 12th.

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It's going to be at the Goose Creek Central Creek Park at six o'clock. All right.

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And then, you know, and then also me and my friend, Mr.

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Ralph Anthony Young, we, uh, he's the fine artist and creative,

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no fine artist and I'm graphic designer, you know, for this is happening.

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And I'm like the choreographer and, you know, the creative director for the

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event, our creative team. So we created our third fashion show. It's called This Is Happening Spring Awakening.

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Spring awakening ring awakening yeah so actually

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i was the one who created the title for the event

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okay and all of us collectively is gonna like put

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in our input in designing the set the lighting and the whole scenery all right

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it's gonna definitely be a wonderful spring themed fashion poetry show definitely

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come check that out it takes place on june 15th from six to eight at At the

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James Island Arts and Culture Arts Center,

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located at 1248 Camp Road, Charleston, South Carolina, 29412.

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Tickets are $5 plus a mini service fee.

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So all proceeds go to our set, our lighting, our, you know, the whole,

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you know, scenery, you know, and equipment and stuff. Right.

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You know how putting on the vans is kind of expensive. So we definitely want

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to ask the community for help so we can continue having our events,

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you know, for the future. Yeah. So you guys go out there and please support Chris and Ralph Anthony.

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Matter of fact, just give a shout out to Ralph Anthony Young. Yes. Yes.

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Yes. Big shout out to Mr. Ralph Anthony Young.

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The talent of creating our this is happening poetry fashion.

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He does it all. So, yeah, amazing. Yes. Yes. Yes. So definitely please go check it out.

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This is happening Spring Awakening on June 15th, 2024 at the James Island Arts

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and Cultural Center from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Absolutely.

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Yes. Please go out there and support this support this platform, everybody.

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Absolutely. Yeah. And then you went to our last fashion show called The Ballad of Winter. Right.

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Yeah. Yeah. That was a, that was a good show. Very creative.

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Everybody was dressed in different, I guess, different apparel.

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Walked around like they had a red carpet or whatnot and walked around you know

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the audience was in the middle and they had the red carpet going going around

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and then they do their uh their poetry at the front of the stage really nice

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very creative we got a lot of creativity, in this area a lot of creativity we got

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music we got poetry entertainment every everything

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thing absolutely yeah absolutely and it all comes

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together collectively right and

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then also i'm sorry shout out to tadia white she's our

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music director for this is happening uh yasmin our

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before our you know our you know people our crew and then mv i'm sorry mv she's

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amazing so she's part of the team and and also just everybody in general who

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helped us put this is happening We definitely appreciate everybody's hard work.

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So definitely appreciate all of my This Is Happening crew, Raphael and Fionn

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Young, and our community. Definitely, because it takes a team of people, of creatives to come together

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to put on a show and a platform like that.

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So that's really impressive. You guys will be very impressed.

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You guys will be very proud of what this group has put together.

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Other so definitely yeah because it's definitely a great

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show you guys gonna watch yeah absolutely definitely looking

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forward to it you know we me and the crew we've

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been doing meetings you know almost every week or every

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other week trying to prep for the next fashion show so definitely come out and

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support we putting all our hard work and our dedication into having you know

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making it great even better every year every time that we put on a different

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show so we definitely want to make it better than the next. So yes, definitely.

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Yeah, definitely. Yes, yes, yes. Ladies and gentlemen.

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So we got a lot of.

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Things going on between now and throughout the summer we got poetry we got creators conversation,

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and we got events everything going on guys

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i mean this is the time of year where we

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get we got all the events outdoor events

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we got music events we got artists

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creatives you know people touring you

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know got tourists coming into the area and everything so yeah

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this is the perfect time for you guys to come check it out

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so we yeah greatly appreciate it

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so not gonna hold you guys too

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long i know guy this is a busy weekend and

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chris gotta get ready for the bridge run tomorrow yeah i gotta gotta get it

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ready yes yes early morning but i'm super excited so yes so and also you guys

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make sure you look out for the new episode of creators conversation with with our special guest,

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Simply Shakila. Simply Shakila Beauty.

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Shakila Hickman will be joining the podcast, having a conversation with her.

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So that's coming up. So you guys look out for that. And also make sure you guys check us out on social media at BIC Podcast.

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