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Speaker 1: There is a lot going on in the Northern Territory

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Speaker 1: and I am going to get to all of that

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Speaker 1: detail flowing out of court in a few minutes time.

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Speaker 1: But well, I'm pretty excited to say, you know, I

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Speaker 1: love catching up with young people in the Northern Territory

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Speaker 1: doing awesome stuff. And my next guest is a seventeen

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Speaker 1: year old. Her name is Lily Downs. She's a Darwin

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Speaker 1: High School student who was recently named the runner up

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Speaker 1: at an international youth music competition, up against.

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Speaker 2: One hundred and twenty eight other young.

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Speaker 1: People, and Lily's now on a mission to chase her

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Speaker 1: singing dreams. She's raising funds to go to New York

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Speaker 1: and she joins me in the studio. Good morning, Lily,

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Speaker 1: morning Katie. Lovely to have you on the show this morning.

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Speaker 2: Thank you so much.

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Speaker 1: Now, tell me a little bit about the international youth

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Speaker 1: music competition.

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Speaker 2: What did you sing and how did you go?

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Speaker 3: I sung to Fine Gravity and it was I actually

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Speaker 3: was very surprised when I got the results. From being

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Speaker 3: quite honest, when I saw the email letting you know,

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Speaker 3: go second place, I'd almost completely forgotten i'd entered it

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Speaker 3: because I'd had such a busy month doing other singing things.

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Speaker 3: But I was honestly, so honest because I didn't think

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Speaker 2: Well. So was it like a live comp or did

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Speaker 2: you have to submit something? How did it work?

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Speaker 3: It was an online taping process, so we had to

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Speaker 3: record it and it was like very scary because it's

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Speaker 3: interesting to hear yourself back when you record yourself singing.

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Speaker 3: And so it was really exciting when I got the

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Speaker 3: news that I'd come second out of all the competitors.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, unbelievable.

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Speaker 1: Like I love hearing about young people in the Northern

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Speaker 1: Territory doing great stuff, whether it's whether it's in the arts,

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Speaker 1: whether it's music, sport, whatever it is, because we've got

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Speaker 1: so many talented young people like yourself.

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Speaker 2: Now you're also really.

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Speaker 1: Involved in musical theater as I understand it, and the

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Speaker 1: anti musical school called the well it's called the Beat.

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Speaker 1: And also will you took part in Pitch Perfect as well?

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Speaker 1: A competition that happened in Darwood at the Turf Club

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Speaker 1: was that on the weekend.

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Speaker 3: That Yeah, so the petition for that the finalists was

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Speaker 3: on the weekend and I got second there as well,

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Speaker 3: So that was also very exciting.

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Speaker 2: Wonderful stuff. Now, was that the one that you were

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Speaker 2: up against our friend Davo. You're at the stage with

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Speaker 2: the friend's pass Ah.

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Speaker 1: Right, So you've obviously done a lot in recent weeks.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's been very full on and yeah, it's great

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Speaker 3: to see how it's all taking off of me at

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Speaker 3: the moment.

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Speaker 1: It's really about singing. Obviously very good at it. What

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Speaker 1: do you love about it?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's my passion and I just love to see

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Speaker 3: the emotion and evokes some people and obviously it's something

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Speaker 3: I enjoy so feeling that within myself and feeling the

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Speaker 3: emotional connections to music and it just brings people together

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Speaker 2: So I just love it.

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Speaker 1: And do you get a real buzz like when you're

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Speaker 1: up on stage or do you feel nervous?

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Speaker 2: And then once you get going.

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Speaker 1: You're like, oh wow, look at how the audience is

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Speaker 1: reacting to this.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, once you're in a role, it's like wow, look

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Speaker 3: at like the emotions people are like having because of

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Speaker 3: my singing.

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Speaker 2: It's really great. How beautiful I think. I love this.

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Speaker 2: I think it's amazing.

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Speaker 1: Now, tell me a little bit about the recital that

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Speaker 1: you are planning to go to in New York in September.

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Speaker 3: So we're trying to raise eight thousand dollars to get

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Speaker 3: me to New York to the winner's recital. And once

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Speaker 3: I get there, I'll get a trophy for second place,

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Speaker 3: and I'll get an award, and I'll get to present

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Speaker 3: my work Define Gravity in front of all these people.

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Speaker 3: And you know, I'm hoping fingers crossed that there's some

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Speaker 3: into the future.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that would be incredible.

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Speaker 1: Like, it's it's about getting yourself in front of you know,

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Speaker 1: those other audiences, isn't it.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's it'll be full on, but it'll be so

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Speaker 3: so exciting and so worth it.

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Speaker 1: And so eight thousand dollars you need to raise. You

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Speaker 1: have you got your go fund Me page going already?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we've got to go fund me page up, and

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Speaker 3: so far in total, not including like including the go

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Speaker 3: funny page here, I think we've raised roughly three thousand,

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Speaker 3: two hundred dollars, so we're almost halfway there.

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Speaker 1: That is awesome, So you're not far off, no off.

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Speaker 1: We'll make sure that we share that on our mixed

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Speaker 1: one oh four nine page as well, so that we

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Speaker 1: can try and help you to get some of that.

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Speaker 2: Support, because if there's a business or somebody.

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Speaker 1: a wonderful thing to support a young person like you

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Speaker 1: chasing your dreams. Yeah, you know, it's such a cool

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Speaker 1: thing to do. Now where I know you've got a

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Speaker 1: trivia night planned as well on the eleventh of July.

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Speaker 2: Is that rich? So where's that happening? Is that at

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Speaker 2: the Trailer Boat Club?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's at the Trailer Boat Club and the doors

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Speaker 3: open at six thirty four seven pm start.

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Speaker 2: Awesome, So what can people expect on that night?

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Speaker 3: So we will also be raffling off some prizes as

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Speaker 3: well as they will be prizes for the winners, and

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Speaker 3: we're still working out the details as to what the

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Speaker 3: prizes will be, but we hope some people will turn up.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and so if there's anybody out there listening that's

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Speaker 1: some prizes, is.

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Speaker 2: That something they can do.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I'll tell them to contact us here at the station.

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Speaker 2: That would be great. We're always good at passing those

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Speaker 2: details on.

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Speaker 1: Oh, Lily, it's so lovely to speak to you this morning,

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Speaker 1: and it's so lovely to find out more about what

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Speaker 1: you are doing and your incredible efforts. And I'm going

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Speaker 1: your music as well to some of your singing.

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Speaker 2: Yeah that hopefully you like it. Well, I'm sure will.

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Speaker 1: Isn't it funny, you know when we're like when you're

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Speaker 1: in the public eye like you are at the moment

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Speaker 1: when you're singing, you still think to.

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Speaker 2: Yourself, oh goodness, I hope people like what I do.

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Speaker 1: But you literally just come second in an international competition.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's almost like a little bit an imposter syndrome.

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Speaker 2: You're like, good back, I love it, do you know?

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Speaker 1: It's like you're humble as well, which is really really nice,

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Speaker 1: especially considering how wonderful you are doing. So thank you,

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Speaker 1: so very much, thank you for your time this morning.

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Speaker 1: It's lovely to meet you and all the very best.

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Speaker 2: Thank you, Thank you,