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Uh,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lapl.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3578/collection_resources/164587/file/299698#t=9.2,11.12"},{"id":"https://lapl.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3578/collection_resources/164587/file/299698/transcript/88199/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSPEAKER_S1:\u003c/strong\u003e I lost my home, so. Yeah. Um,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lapl.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3578/collection_resources/164587/file/299698#t=11.12,14.76"},{"id":"https://lapl.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3578/collection_resources/164587/file/299698/transcript/88199/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSPEAKER_S2:\u003c/strong\u003e my dad nearly lost his home, but I lost several community spaces in Altadena, like my church and other places that I used to go to with my family. And my dad's house was a block away from burning down. So","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lapl.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3578/collection_resources/164587/file/299698#t=14.76,28.8"},{"id":"https://lapl.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3578/collection_resources/164587/file/299698/transcript/88199/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSPEAKER_S1:\u003c/strong\u003e I think a lot of the coping that I've done, I think is just sort of taking time, I guess, to think about it. Um, I think sometimes I also kind of pushed it down. I didn't really I tried not to think about it and just sort of focused on what's next. Um, I found that, you know, a good outlet for my sort of emotion. Um, I found that, you know, a good outlet for my growth was through theater. Um, I worked on I got the opportunity to work with a bunch of amazing people, including Sophia, on the Pasadena All Star Musical. So I thought that that was really impactful to me, and it definitely helped me grow and recover. And it gave me an opportunity to grieve and to, um, reflect in a space where, you know, I was supported and loved. So. I","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lapl.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3578/collection_resources/164587/file/299698#t=29.4,89.57"},{"id":"https://lapl.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3578/collection_resources/164587/file/299698/transcript/88199/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSPEAKER_S2:\u003c/strong\u003e mean, I think sometimes you don't realize how significant something is in your life until it's taken from you. Um, I went to Saint Mark's from when I was three years old to when I was in second grade, and so I spent five years of my life there at school. And I also had been going to that church since I was in kindergarten. I sang in their chorister group. I did acolytes like I lit candles, I held the cross. Um, I did readings, uh, I sang outside of choristers like just solo performances. And then when it burned down, it really put into perspective, like how much of my life was around that church. And it kind of brought me out of like, like feeling like I felt so much emotion for the people that I knew that lost their homes. But it really put into perspective, like how significant of a loss that was for me, because, like, my parents had put me in public school after second grade because it got really expensive. But that was a place where I felt a lot of like, I knew a lot of people there. Um, they knew me very well, and they had moved after they burned. After the church burned down, they moved their church to Eagle Rock. And I realized now that like the church where we were before it burned down was actually a huge part of that community space. A lot of people stopped coming after the church burned down. And so it kind of made me it put into perspective how significant community spaces are like not just the people within them, but the actual places that things are held. Um, but during that I, like Hendrix said, we were in like the Pasadena All Star musical, and I got to have an outlet of being able to talk to people. After that happened, we were out of school for a month. Um, we didn't really have anywhere else to go. So it kind of gave us an opportunity to interact with other people, and it made it so that it wasn't as hard to deal with it alone because everyone had lost something. And so I feel like it really brought us together in a way, and made it so that it wasn't as difficult to deal with our grief and like our emotions during that time. So we're currently at Saint Barnabas in Eagle Rock. They were nice enough to like, let us have that church on Sundays. And we also used some of their community spaces. Um, we had always been doing online zoom church services, and so I feel like maybe people have transitioned more to that. I usually go in person if I go. So but I have noticed that the population of people, because we have a lot of old people in that church, so it's a little harder for them to get to where the Saint Barnabas is. So I've noticed that a lot less people come now and like it's during the summer. So during the summer, usually my church slows down with the amount of people that come to services and stuff. But I've noticed a lot fewer people have been coming to services recently than they did, say, a year ago. And I feel like, like I said, a huge part of that is that the space was lost and the space held so much significance and community for so many people. Um, like, we had a community hall, which was where after every service we would eat and we would like, socialize. And then that building was also where the choristers rehearsed, like the elementary kids who did choir, um, and the adult choir. And so, so many of those spaces were really significant to everyone. And so I think that when that was lost, it kind of drew people away from the community. When I feel like it might have been a better opportunity to come together more. But I noticed that it slowed down a lot. They're they're trying, um, like, they do have the places where we can eat and socialize after they have places for like adult ed, they do like, um, courses with where they watch documentaries, read books, things like that, and they talk about it. Um, so I definitely think that they're trying to bring back the community space, but it's it could never be the same as what it was before. Like, that building was over a hundred years old. Uh, so many generations of people had been coming there. And so for that all to be taken, it was really a shock. And so I think that as much of the effort is there to bring back that feeling of community, it can never be the same as it was. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lapl.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3578/collection_resources/164587/file/299698#t=89.57,344.03"},{"id":"https://lapl.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3578/collection_resources/164587/file/299698/transcript/88199/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSPEAKER_S1:\u003c/strong\u003e Um, every two years, the Pasadena Unified School District brings together all of the, um, brings together all the high schools and to produce And design, produce and stage a musical. And this year, our 2025 all star musical was Hadestown. And, uh, it was. And so it was. We got casting calls in October or September of 2024. And then there were crew applications. There were auditions, callbacks. Um, and then the fire hit. So we kind of had to push everything back a little bit. Um, but yeah, we we did. We put it on at the Pasadena High School auditorium. And, and it was a great show. Um, so many incredible actors, actors and actresses. Um, I personally worked on the technical aspect. I was a sound engineer. So I got to work with a lot of the sound equipment, the Microphones, the speaker system. Um, but yeah, it's just an overall like it's an overall opportunity for high school students to put on a Broadway musical on Broadway scale. Um, and, you know, add a level that is professional and, um, similar to what someone in the theater industry might actually put on. Okay,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lapl.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3578/collection_resources/164587/file/299698#t=344.07,438.32"},{"id":"https://lapl.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3578/collection_resources/164587/file/299698/transcript/88199/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSPEAKER_S2:\u003c/strong\u003e so Hadestown follows the story of Orpheus and Eurydice, which is Greek mythology, and it's basically about how, um, Orpheus and Eurydice met, and then Eurydice gets taken by the fates. She sacrifices herself to be sent to the underworld, basically, which is called Hadestown. Um, and it's basically following Orpheus's journey through music to get Eurydice back. And at the end, he isn't able to. And it becomes this eternal cycle of how him trying to find her and him being unsuccessful. Um, during that time When the fires hit, it really snapped into reality. Kind of because the story of Hadestown is so profound in today's society. And I think when the fires hit, that destruction really brought us into the story of Hadestown. And I feel like that's why it was so significant that we came together during that time, because we could relate to that story like it was a story of finding each other through music, something that we were all working towards, through doing this musical together and being able to be in that space during a time where we are relating to the events of this musical that we are putting on, it's really significant, and I feel like that really brought us into a better performance and being able to get even closer together, because we really put ourselves into the shoes of the people in the musical. And I feel like just being able to have that experience was like out of world. Out of body experience for me and for everyone. Because it was really like, wow, this is what we're going through as well. Like politics, socially and the environmental aspects of what had been going on in January, it really like was so relatable to the events of the musical. And so that was what was really significant about that. Okay. Okay. So, um, I remember the day of the fires very clearly because it was obviously a really windy day. And I remember we had had scheduled rehearsal that day and I had said, I hope that they cancel rehearsal because I don't want to deal with all of the wind. And they did end up canceling rehearsal. But then our auditorium where we were rehearsing almost burned down. So I remember realizing, like, shoot, I should not have like, thought about that because then we didn't have rehearsals for quite some time, and it was really like I had gotten to know so many people like all star musicals, every high school in our district, and I wouldn't have met those people otherwise. Like, I wouldn't be friends with those people otherwise. Like, I wouldn't have met Hendrick if we hadn't been working together. And right after that, like maybe a week or two after, we had been like, hey, we should meet up. Um, it was someone in our cast birthday. And so we were like, hey, we should meet up. And so we met up at a park in South Pasadena, and that was really just an experience for us to be together where we were separate since school was canceled and everything for so long. And so that really made me realize, like how together we were. And that was a really big like I had brought my camera that day because I like taking photos. And so I took a lot of like candid photos. And we were walking around South Pasadena and it was like really an experience for me to be like, these are the people that I actually really care about. This is my community. Like, I really care about these people. And it was so nice to have that community during that time because obviously if I hadn't been in the musical, I wouldn't have had that. And so that was my outlet during that time. And so eventually we were able to rehearse in places like this, and then we got back to actually rehearsing. And then during that time we were just trying to find our ground. We eventually got back to our auditorium, and then we were able to put on an amazing show. And I think really us being able to connect together during that time made it even better. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lapl.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3578/collection_resources/164587/file/299698#t=438.36,684.74"},{"id":"https://lapl.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3578/collection_resources/164587/file/299698/transcript/88199/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSPEAKER_S1:\u003c/strong\u003e Um, I one of one, one memory that really stands out to me is, um, during one of our first rehearsals in the auditorium, um, the, the crew was tasked with painting some of the walls black in order to absorb some of the light, to make it more of a ambient atmosphere. And I remember, um, I never at that point I'd never heard the musical before. I just sort of joined on a whim because I thought it would be fun. Um, and so I had never heard what Hadestown was about. I didn't even know the story. And then, you know, I'm painting this wall, and I just hear, like, the, like, the most, like, soul feeling like jazziest or funkiest music I have ever heard. And I'm like, whoa, I have never heard anything like this. This is amazing. And so, you know, I'm painting the wall and I'm like, losing my mind at how good it all sounds. And you know, when it's over, I, like, lean out the window. I'm like, yeah. Let's go. Woo! And you know, that feeling has sort of stayed with me the entire time throughout the entire production. Every show was like, oh my God. Um, that was great. Like better than the last. And, you know, being on crew and being especially part of sound where your job is to make is to make sure that the actresses who are actually singing and the actor and the actors were actually supposed to be speaking or can be heard by everybody. And so it's my job to make sure that everyone, um, is, you know, ready and able to perform their best. And so when they actually do go out and perform on stage, um, and I can hear them sing and they're hitting these, like, incredibly high notes and they're, and they're like, so much emotion. I'm just, like, filled with joy. And it's like some of the greatest memories I have. Um, and I remember, you know, like the first time I'd actually sat in the audience and watched the show, um, we had just finished a very important set piece that sort of represented the boundary between, um, the over, like the overworld where Earth is and the underworld where Hadestown is. And that was a big arch, and it was decorated with. industrial like dystopia on one side and flowers and greenery on the other. And so when I saw that for the first time, I was like, oh my God, that looks amazing. And I don't know, it's just so much pride. And I was so it was just such a time of immense joy. And I've met so many incredible people. I've met Sophia, I've met, you know, dozens of people I would have never met either way, either other or otherwise. Um, you know, and these are like people that I'm going to continue to talk to for, you know, as long as I as long as I live, I hope so. Yeah. And it's just it's just great. So that definitely helped me cope. It helped. Um, I think it helped a lot of others cope too. And I think if I didn't have that outlet of creativity and of emotion, I think my ability to cope with the tragedy would be, you know, so much more impacted and would be more so much less pronounced, I guess, as a group. Um, I would say community is everything. It's, you know, we are Altadena strong. And so, you know, I've we kind of think we think of ourselves as like the phoenix that's going to rise from the ashes. And that kind of mentality is so healthy, especially in an environment where everything is lost. You know, I'm driving through the western part of Altadena. I've seen the rows of houses that are either charred or they're gone. Um, and especially now that the Army Corps has come through and demolished everything, it's just sort of a barren landscape. But, you know, instead of seeing, um, instead of just feeling sadness, I see possibility. I see a future where Altadena is thriving again. And that's and community has helped me do that. You know, um, my mom is the chair of the town council. And so she's been she's been in like an incredible role model for me, not only in that she's been coordinating much of the response, but she's also managed to be a steadfast, um, person in my life and someone that I've been able to count on. And so I think community is one of the most important things in a tragedy, um, surrounding yourself with friends and people who are like minded or have similar experiences is not only healthy for you, but it's healthy for everyone else. Um,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lapl.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3578/collection_resources/164587/file/299698#t=684.82,992.77"},{"id":"https://lapl.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3578/collection_resources/164587/file/299698/transcript/88199/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSPEAKER_S2:\u003c/strong\u003e I've learned that it's really important to like like Kendrick said, community is really important. But I also learned that community is something that Everyone experiences and you shouldn't, um, you shouldn't, like, abandon the idea of community just because, like, you may not know someone very well, like, everyone around you is a part of the community. So, like, my dad works for the American Academy of Pediatrics and he's the executive director of our region, which means that he kind of like, communicates with a ton of people and tries to organize things. For there's this thing called Reach Out and Read, where he organizes book donations and stuff so that kids learn how to read when they're younger. Um, and I have a very distinct memory. Within the week of the fire, um, my dad had a friend that worked at the Pasadena Convention Center, which was a shelter at the time, and so I had gone with him that day, and I was looking at all of the people who were at the shelter at the time with food, books, uh, care items, things like that. And I realized, like, wow, this is so much bigger than just the people I know. Like, this is everybody. And I think that that part of community is so important, like not only realizing that the people you know are in your community, but also everyone else that you don't know. Um, I remember like I had a ton of friends, like in elementary and middle school. And then the next thing I hear from them is their house burned down. I hadn't communicated with them in years, and that was the first thing that I had heard since talking to them. And that was really jarring for me because it was like I could have still been communicating with this person, and now it's like they have just gone through something unimaginable, and I haven't been able to communicate with them at all about it. And I, I knew a lot of people who had lost their homes, but it also was the people that I had known a while back that also lost their homes, that I had no way of getting in touch with and communicating with them. And that really put into perspective, like how important it is to communicate with people. Um, like, I was lucky enough to have people that I was able to communicate with, um, like my friends who had lost their homes. I was checking in on them. I was making sure that they were in a safe place. Um, people in Hadestown, I was able to communicate with them in person. Like that sort of thing was really important to me. But I also think that it's important, like through this experience, to realize that community isn't just about the people you know, it's about your entire area. It's about all of the people that you may glance at in a day, like people that you walk by on the side of the road, like it's not just your friends or your family, it's your entire area. And that's what really, that's what I learned during the fire. Like it was don't just be a stranger to people. Realize that everyone in your community is important and everyone is in your community is going through something and like, don't not communicate with people just because you may not be very close with them because everyone's going through something totally. I mean, um, like I go to Marshall and our drama program has gotten smaller as the years go by. But by auditioning for the all star musical. And then I got into the All Star musical, I was able to get to know so many people that I wouldn't have gotten to know otherwise. Um, people from Pasadena High School, people from Blair, people from Muir. Um, and it was more than just my drama department. It was everyone. And it really gave me a safe place. Like with our amazing director, Miss Volpe. Um, with the people who are in charge of designing the costumes, the people who are in charge of teaching us the music, um, all of that really made me realize, like, how talented everyone is and how talent goes beyond the talent that I know, like these people I had never heard before. Really. Like, maybe I'd gone to a show or two before then, but I hadn't really gotten to know these people as people. And so through that experience, I was really able to get to know these people that I had never known before as who they are, and not just what they sound like or what they look like or how they act. And so I feel like that was a really important experience for me to get to know people that obviously I wouldn't have gotten to know in person like that if I hadn't been in the musical. And I know that some people didn't get into the musical, and I felt like that community aspect I felt kind of apologetic for because the all star musical is such a amazing experience, and I feel like experiences like that should be able to be found at our home campuses. I feel like experiences where you're able to work with amazing people, you're able to have an awesome community where everyone feels welcome and appreciated. I feel like that should be able to be found not just in this place that is exclusive, but also everywhere. I feel like everyone has the right to have a community space where they feel welcomed, and they get to know people that they wouldn't know otherwise. And I feel like that's another thing that I really learned from this experience is that everyone deserves that community space, not just the people that were like, good enough to get in or anything. I think everyone deserves that. And it taught me things that I'll bring back to my school, things that I'll bring back to my family life, things that I'll bring back to my friends and like things like that. And it's really important to me specifically. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lapl.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3578/collection_resources/164587/file/299698#t=992.81,1321.88"},{"id":"https://lapl.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3578/collection_resources/164587/file/299698/transcript/88199/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSPEAKER_S1:\u003c/strong\u003e Um, I think the Hadestown experience is I call I call everyone the Hades team, and that's the name that I'm going to keep using. Um, I think coming together and meeting all of these amazing individuals from all of these schools across the district, um, it's sort of an eye opening experience as to how diverse and how, um, and how, like, valuable. Um, the students in our district are and, you know, it's there are people that I've met, you know that I wouldn't have met otherwise. I wouldn't have met Sophia. I wouldn't have met, um, a lot of the crew and a lot of the, um, technical ass people that were part of the show. But it's also, you know, it was a great space for, um, for, like, enjoyment, for fun. And we had fun while doing it, and it wasn't, you know, we weren't necessarily in a work like it wasn't like, oh, it's this is a job, you know, we can't have fun. But but here it was like some of the most fun I've ever had. And so the community in, you know, throughout the district is very important because at the end of the day, we're all affected and we're all part of pusd we're not. There might be inter-school rivalries, but at the end of the day, we're all trying to get to the next day. And so I think the Hadestown community really helped me get to the next day, And it gave me something to look forward to, especially when everything that I was looking forward to was either canceled or burned up. And so I think it was just an experience that I'm not going to forget. And that was so healthy to, um, our community as a whole. And I think it's going to make the future musicals better. And yeah, um, starting with like Altadena and Pasadena, I see, like a more aware community. I see a community where, um, we're all more connected. I see, um, a community that's still showing up for each other, and that's more so now, um, I see I see rows of houses with people living in them. Now, I don't see I hope that, you know, um, people who are going to come back to Altadena. We're going to repopulate our Altadena with, um, people that are that are with great people and people who are, who want to live in Altadena and not just, you know, developers who want to put up a housing complex. And so, you know, I see a community where we're all united, I guess, and from someone who's, you know, lost their home and pretty much everyone on my street did, too. I'm excited to see, you know, all of the new things that people are going to do with their land. Um, I'm excited to see all the new houses that come up. I'm excited to see, um, all of the new stores that come up. And I'm overall just excited to see, um, life being brought back to Altadena. And Because, you know, for a couple months after the fires, it was sort of a dead dystopian gray zone. And I saw on the maps, you know, Google Maps, um, in the car, it was just a gray landscape. And I hope in the future we're going to see a green, um, a a green, maybe a maybe a sandy sort of map. And it's not going to be a depressing map. It's going to be a beautiful map. And, and so I'm really excited to see where that's going to go. Obviously,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lapl.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3578/collection_resources/164587/file/299698#t=1321.96,1567.82"},{"id":"https://lapl.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3578/collection_resources/164587/file/299698/transcript/88199/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSPEAKER_S2:\u003c/strong\u003e physically, I'm hoping that people who lived in Altadena rebuilt or people who want to move into Altadena, rebuild in a place that is in a way that is charming for the area. I don't like, Kendrick said. I don't want there to be a ton of housing complexes being built in Altadena. I grew up there. Um, my dad, like I've lived in one house with my dad, like my entire life, basically. And so that house was really significant to me. And when it almost burned down, that was really like drawing for me because I had no matter how much I criticized that house, like if I even if I don't like it very much like that has been my home. So I don't want to see Altadena become this massive, um, I'm trying to find the word, uh, like a plan. Yeah. Like I don't want to see it become sort of like super money making based, like, I don't want to see a ton of, like, apartments being built everywhere. I don't want to see crazy restaurants or cafes being built that no one really wants there. Um, but emotionally and socially, I want to see in Altadena more, uh, more of that community aspect being brought past the fire. I remember so many donation centers and so much volunteering popping up during the fire and people helping people they didn't even know. And I want to see that go past the fire. And I want people to not be strangers. Um, I feel like during the fire, we helped each other because we were all going through something. But everyone is always in need of help, and I feel like going past this, I feel like people should really think about that. It's not just you like needing help. Sometimes it's everyone needs help sometimes, and you should be willing to help anyone. Not just because, like, yes, the fires were a massive, jarring experience to our community, but massive, jarring experiences in our community happen a lot, and I feel like people need to put into perspective that this isn't just about you. This isn't just about the people you know. This is about everyone. Like I said earlier, it's about being able to help anyone, not being a stranger. So in the future, I do want to see our community become closer past, like just helping each other during the fire. I want to see people helping people if they are having a party or if their car got stolen or something like, I want to see those things where like it only affects a couple people, but people are still helping. Um, and you had asked about earlier, you had asked about like experiences that I had during like the all star musical. Um, and for the all star musical in the future, I want to see more of that community aspect, like continuing. I'm lucky enough to be able to be in one more before I graduate, and so I'm really excited for that. But a really distinct memory I have was so I turned 15 a couple months ago, and my dad is from Argentina. So we have this thing called a Fiesta de quince, which is like a quinceanera, but in Argentina. And so I wanted my birthday was on a Saturday, and so I really wanted to have a party at my dad's house, but my dad's house was covered in ash at the time, and so obviously that was impossible. Um, the day of my birthday was a 12 hour rehearsal where we were doing cue to cue, which is basically we determine every light and sound cue during the entire show. And that means that mainly the actors are just standing on the stage and the tech people do their thing, and then we move around as we need to so that they can figure out all, of, all of the cues. And that day, my dad had brought a huge cake. And during our our dinner break, we were able to celebrate my birthday and everyone sang to me. And that was a really good memory for me because it it it like through all of the grief of that day, like such a long rehearsal, like I really felt so appreciated in my community that I had gotten to know over the past several months. And so that was really like an incredible experience for me. And my dad spent a lot of money later so that I could have like a proper birthday party at a nice place near here. But, um, that day was such a significant memory for me because it really reminded me that I wasn't alone. And like, I had people that appreciated me. And I want in the future for people to have that experience in All Star and in our community. I want people to realize that they're not alone, and that there are people that are here for them. And I want everyone to be there for everybody, because it's not just about the people, you know. For.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lapl.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3578/collection_resources/164587/file/299698#t=1567.82,1838.81"},{"id":"https://lapl.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3578/collection_resources/164587/file/299698/transcript/88199/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSPEAKER_S1:\u003c/strong\u003e Yeah, I you know, like Sophia said, I want to see that community grow. I want to see I hope to see, you know, bigger things going on. You know, while Hadestown was a great show and I'm so proud of all the work, I think that there's always possibility to grow and do better. And I think with the bar being set so high with Hadestown, I think all the experience that's gone into it is going to be transferred over to the next one. And so I'm so excited to see, um, how much the musicals have improved, I guess, or how much the experience has improved. And so I'm so excited to see, um, all of the technical things. I'm excited to see all the acting, all of the, um, the music. So I think that this was an incredible experience that's going to make the next ones better. Well, as I think a lot of it is, um, I think since we live in such a desert climate, I think a lot of people are going to move away from grass, I guess, and manicured lawns and maybe just go more of a, um, sort of a desert kind of feel like with, um, native plants. Um, instead of having grass, it might just be sand, it might just be compacted sand. And that's what my family is going to do when they rebuild. We're not going to have a big lawn like we used to. 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