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Speaker 1: Well, we are hoping that the beautiful dry season whether

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Speaker 1: we got told by the Bureau of Meteorology yesterday that

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Speaker 1: it is due to arrive for the King's Birthday Long weekend,

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Speaker 1: or as we like to call it in the Northern Territory,

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Speaker 1: glenty weekend, because that is where everybody's going to be

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Speaker 1: for the next few days. And we know that Greek

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Speaker 1: culture is such a huge spotlight of some of well

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Speaker 1: really ahead of Darwin's biggest, one of our biggest festivals,

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Speaker 1: it is Glenty.

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Speaker 2: It's happening all weekend.

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Speaker 1: And joining us well in the studio right now is

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Speaker 1: one of the Glenty organizers, Eleanor Gamatos.

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Speaker 3: Good morning to you, Gali Metta Okatie a.

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Speaker 2: Very well, thank you. I should know some Greek phrases

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Speaker 2: should night on the weekend, es please do now.

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Speaker 1: Everything's kicking off tonight, literally kicking off the with the football.

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Speaker 3: Yes, so tonight we've got the Glendie Cup, which is

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Speaker 3: you know, we've got our rivals, our Greek rivals, Olympic

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Speaker 3: and Hellenic going off.

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Speaker 4: We start off with a mini room game at six pm.

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Speaker 2: Also the young one's playing first, that's cool.

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Speaker 3: Followed by we've got a women's match yep, and then

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Speaker 3: the men How awesome.

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Speaker 2: Ye, passion there, passion.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we actually recently we had I think it was

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Speaker 3: theyll televised it. So yeah, they're very passionate about their

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Speaker 3: football or soccer.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's right. Nothing gets in the way of soccer

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Speaker 2: that is. That is for sure. It'll be fantastic tonight.

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Speaker 2: So what time is that kicking off?

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Speaker 4: So that'll start at six pm and it's quite a

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Speaker 4: it's a nice program. We've also got some dancing groups

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Speaker 4: in there, so it's.

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Speaker 3: More like a gala that because it's really over the

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Speaker 3: last few years, has sort of growing and developed into

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Speaker 3: a bigger event.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: How cool.

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Speaker 1: You know.

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Speaker 2: I love sport, I love festivals.

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Speaker 1: I love everything that is going to be happening over

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Speaker 1: the next few days. Now, tell me in terms of

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Speaker 1: the Glente over the weekend, what are we expecting?

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Speaker 2: How many day does it kick off?

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Speaker 3: So kicks off on Saturday ten am and both days

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Speaker 3: it'll run from ten am to midnight Saturday Sunday, so yeah,

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Speaker 3: there's lots of time to get down, get your favorite foods,

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Speaker 1: The food on offer is going to be absolutely phenomenal.

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Speaker 1: Talk me through sort of how many people first off

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Speaker 1: you're expecting to attend and then how you cater for

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Speaker 1: that many people?

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Speaker 3: Wow, So over the weekend we probably forty thousand. We

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Speaker 3: generally have come through over the Saturday Sunday. So as

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Speaker 3: we speak, we've got teams at the Greek Hall doing

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Speaker 3: gift oathers. So the meatballs so starting to prep. So

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Speaker 3: food prepping has begun and dor mother rolling is tomorrow.

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Speaker 4: And it's huge. We're talking huge numbers like the meatballs.

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Speaker 3: We're looking at maybe two hundred kilos of meat balls,

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Speaker 3: four hundred kilos of dor mothers, two ton of octopus,

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Speaker 3: and then all the other clubs that have got their

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Speaker 1: My mouth is just watering thinking about all of the food.

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Speaker 1: It is going to be absolutely amazing and what like,

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Speaker 1: I just love the way that the Glente really like.

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Speaker 2: It just highlights all, you know, all of.

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Speaker 1: Our Greek culture in the Northern Territory and I think,

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Speaker 1: are is it correct that we have one of the

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Speaker 1: biggest Greek populations out like outside of Greece in Australia.

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Speaker 1: I think is Darwin the second largest outside of Melbourne

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Speaker 3: Something, and I'd say definitely per capita, Yeah, he would

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Speaker 4: Yeah, that's to Melbourne.

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Speaker 1: And the Greeks know how to put on a fantastic festival,

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Speaker 1: food and everything that you've got on offer is just incredible.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and I think it's really great to highlight that,

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Speaker 4: It's a community run event.

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Speaker 3: It's not commercial so it's and they're raising money for

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Speaker 4: Fees so it's all give back to community.

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Speaker 1: So it's great, yeah, which is so wonderful. Now in

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Speaker 2: To be where do you get them all with.

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Speaker 1: You?

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Speaker 3: So please please send out to everyone bringing your friends

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, So aside from the food, tell me what else

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Speaker 3: they'll be over the weekend. There will be a program

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Speaker 3: We've obviously got language at the university, so information about that.

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Speaker 3: And then we've got other stools that have come up

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Speaker 3: the dance groups have got some souvenirs and things from

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Speaker 3: Greece's something for everyone.

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Speaker 2: There really will.

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Speaker 1: Be, and I understand you're actually live streaming it to

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Speaker 2: Is that correct?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, that's right.

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Speaker 3: So Greek Beat a radio station in Melbourne. They're coming

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Speaker 4: So that's really good as well.

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Speaker 2: That is wonderful.

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Speaker 1: How great to think that, you know, because I'm sure

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Speaker 1: potentially hear it or listen to us. Yeah, definitely, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I reckon, that's wonderful. Now tell me I know that

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Speaker 1: the event also raises money for charity. I understand you've

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Speaker 1: chosen Vinnie's this year. No, sorry, the Salvation Magual Apologies.

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Speaker 3: Their red Shield appeal and the focus is that they've

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: So we're looking at raising money for equipment or for

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Oh that's a really good thing to do.

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Speaker 1: Now where can people find out more if they want

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Speaker 1: to want any further detail on when maybe some of

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Speaker 4: Yeah, so program will be released on if not late this.

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Speaker 3: Afternoon tomorrow on the social pages, the Glendee social page

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Speaker 3: and in addition to that, it'll go through Anti.

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Speaker 4: News will also put it on a Believe tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: Good stuff well wonderful and as you said, I believe

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Speaker 1: we've got some dancers and goodness knows what else is

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Speaker 1: going to be happening on the station over the next

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Speaker 1: couple of days as we prepare for that.

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Speaker 2: The Pip, the olive, pip spitting the.

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Speaker 1: Competition, all sorts of fun stuff, beautiful, good stuff. Well,

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Speaker 1: Eleanor Gamarshall, see, he's lovely to have you in the

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Speaker 1: studio this morning. All the very best for what is

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Speaker 1: no doubt going to be an incredibly busy weekend. Thanks

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Speaker 1: so much for joining us to thank you, thank you,