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Speaker 1: We spoke just a couple of moments ago about Dancing

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Speaker 1: with the Stars on Channel seven with Nova Perish. She

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Speaker 1: was an absolute gun dancer, as so many of those

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Speaker 1: dancers are, and well, we have our very own Dancing

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Speaker 1: with the Celebrities coming up this weekend. Now it is

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Speaker 1: we know that Total Recreation organizes this fantastic charity event

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Speaker 1: that happens every year. They're a local group. They provide

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Speaker 1: opportunities for people with disabilities to get involved in the

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Speaker 1: community through sport and recreation, and Dancing with the Celebrities

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Speaker 1: sees local personalities partner with people with disabilities and after

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Speaker 1: five weeks of dance training, they're going to be putting

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Speaker 1: those skills to the test on Saturday night. And Total

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Speaker 1: Recreations event manager Ramona Bartlett joins me in the studio. Ramona,

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Speaker 1: good morning.

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Speaker 2: Good morning Katie. How are you.

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Speaker 1: I am very well. How has all the writing being going.

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Speaker 2: It's been going fantastic, so I think everyone's got some

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Speaker 2: really cool moves and there's a lot of little secret

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Speaker 2: things happening. I think so well.

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Speaker 1: My producer Crystal Gordon, who is taking part this year,

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Speaker 1: and I'm so pleased she's taking part because you know what,

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Speaker 1: for the last few years she was like, I'd love

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Speaker 1: to get to do that, So I know she's taking

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Speaker 1: it seriously. She is, she is she one of the

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Speaker 1: ones with secret moves, so.

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Speaker 2: Her and her partner Christas have been practicing very very hard,

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Speaker 2: and she's even been coming to the extra lessons as well.

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Speaker 1: But she has she's competitive, so I'm not surprised to

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Speaker 1: hear that. Rava. Tell me a little bit about some

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Speaker 1: of the well some of the people that are taking

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Speaker 1: part this year, yep.

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Speaker 2: So we have some amazing organizations that are taking part

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Speaker 2: as well as the Chief Minister. So we've got the

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Speaker 2: lovely Miss Vinoka, so she is amazing and she's taking

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Speaker 2: it super super seriously. She's competitive to she is very

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Speaker 2: very much so. And then we have some people from

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Speaker 2: Blue Gum, which is one of our sponsors, so that's Charany.

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Speaker 2: We have people from Accessible, another sponsor, Somerville as well,

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Speaker 2: and then we also have some lovely people just from

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Speaker 2: the community. So yeah, we've just got a really really

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Speaker 2: big range of people that have just come on board

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Speaker 2: and they're absolutely amazing. We've actually got two people from

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Speaker 2: well the husband and wife, so one's representing taks and

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Speaker 2: he is taking it so seriously it's not funny. So

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Speaker 2: we really do have this competitive sort of thing. Hepping

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Speaker 2: with a lot of the people and a really good

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Speaker 2: commodity as well, so they're really sort of trying to

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Speaker 2: sort of, you know, be friends but also be competitive.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. I love that. And do you know it's like

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Speaker 1: a huge social event, particularly for you know, for everybody

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Speaker 1: that is taking part. It means a lot, doesn't it

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Speaker 1: to those that are part of total recreation in terms of,

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Speaker 1: you know, a huge event for them every year.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and it's really a showcase of what they can do. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: it's just the amazingness of being able to sort of

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Speaker 2: get out there, perform and have this great opportunity to

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Speaker 2: sort of partner up with people. But even if they're

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Speaker 2: not partnering up, they're still a massive part of the night.

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Speaker 2: And I think it's just one of those amazing things

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Speaker 2: we can see that that joy that out thereness And yeah,

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Speaker 2: I love it, I really do.

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Speaker 1: It must be Alice as well to see people's confidence

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Speaker 1: grow as well as the weeks go on, and then

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Speaker 1: you know, the smiles on their faces when they get

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Speaker 1: to perform as well.

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Speaker 2: Yes, no, that is that is one of the better things,

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Speaker 2: and it does. It does take a little bit. So

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Speaker 2: the members actually start probably about six weeks before the celebrities,

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Speaker 2: just so that they have that extra sort of time

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Speaker 2: to get really ahead of the steps, and then they're

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Speaker 2: them as well. So it is amazing.

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Speaker 1: It's beautiful, Romona. How many years have you been organizing

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Speaker 1: this wonderful event?

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Speaker 2: So it's actually been going since two thousand and six, wow,

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Speaker 2: and I've been doing it for the last seven.

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Speaker 1: So you like, is it a real highlight for you

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Speaker 1: in terms of I know it will be a lot

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Speaker 1: of work, but it must like so much work, but

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Speaker 1: it must be a real highlight for you. Then seeing

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Speaker 1: the members' faces and just you know, everybody enjoying themselves times.

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Speaker 2: And it's one of those things that once it all

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Speaker 2: comes together and it's just huge night and it's this

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Speaker 2: I'm always just so relieved but also so happy, and

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Speaker 2: it's just it is. It does take a lot of work,

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Speaker 2: but it's so worth it.

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Speaker 1: So this Saturday night is when it's happening. Do people

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Speaker 1: still have time to donate or if they haven't purchased

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Speaker 1: a ticket yet, is there still time?

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Speaker 2: Yes, still time to get your tickets, but you will

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Speaker 2: have to be quick because I will probably close it

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Speaker 2: off by about tomorrow right off. Yeah, we're going very

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Speaker 2: very quick a short amount of time. Lift.

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Speaker 1: How much money are you hoping to write?

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Speaker 2: So previous years with between the twenty to sort of

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Speaker 2: thirty thousand, well yeah, yeah, so we're hoping to aim

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Speaker 2: about the same as that. So last year we put

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Speaker 2: money towards getting us at a new vehicles so you

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Speaker 2: can get the guys out and about a bit more.

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Speaker 2: This year we're hoping to sort of renovate our recuim

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Speaker 2: a little bit so it's a bit more of a

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Speaker 2: user friendly space, wonderful style. Yeah, so we do put

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Speaker 2: the money towards good things.

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Speaker 1: One, it's all local. It's a wonderful, wonderful cause, so

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Speaker 1: I think it's a great thing to be involved in.

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Speaker 1: Just remind us of where they can go if they

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Speaker 1: either want to make a donation or come along with

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Speaker 1: the not.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so if you do want to come along on

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Speaker 2: the night, it can go to ww dot Total Recreation

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Speaker 2: or dot au so our website has all our lovely

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Speaker 2: ticket forms up there. If you do want to make

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Speaker 2: a donation, you can go to give now. We have

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Speaker 2: a general giving page.

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Speaker 1: There as well.

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Speaker 2: So i'd love to see you there.

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Speaker 1: It'd be great, wonderful, Ramona. Just before I let you go,

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Speaker 1: I know that they've been having their final dance practice

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Speaker 1: is together. How's it all looking? Have you got any favorites?

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Speaker 2: Oh? Yes, I definitely do have some favorites. I must

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Speaker 2: have met. Crystal's one of them.

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Speaker 1: She's decided what she's gonna wears excited.

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Speaker 2: I think she said something about black so yeah, so

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Speaker 2: that should be good. And then one of the ladies

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Speaker 2: from some of the rel and her partner, Matthew, they're

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Speaker 2: just doing absolutely fantastic and they're just really really good.

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Speaker 2: So we've got a tango and a Charmaine this year,

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Speaker 2: and the tango is just sort of that really fun

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Speaker 2: sort of you know stamp kind of you know, powerful

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Speaker 2: sort of thing, and it's amazing. It's it's Yeah, I

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Speaker 2: think everyone's looking really really good, fander elastic dancers.

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Speaker 1: All good stuff. Well, I've no doubt it's going to

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Speaker 1: be another wonderful night. Ramona, thank you so much for

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Speaker 1: your time this morning. Always lovely to chat with you.

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Speaker 2: Thank you, Katie, thank you