oñoñoñoñoñoñoñoñ - hey, i'm valerie june. coming uon "reel south." - [verie] this sll townin misssippi as a surising cim to fame. ♪ a attachéttac hé - [valer] the clton high schl show choir has won national champiships ye after year. - beg from a sma town, i n't th ink would'venown t t performi could ba care . - [verie] thr demandg rectorelieves t hem. - nepeopleyou're not undetandin whatt's gonnta ke. we wl do it l night ng ifhat's wh it ta s. - [verie] bucan they win g one mo t ime? - iteally gis you th couragto do anhing in fe. - all of these pple comi fromifferent

backgro unds and rking fo thatame purp ose. it'so powerful. - [valer] let th musiplay witatta ch up next on reel south . - [annncer] major funding for reel south was provided by etv endowment, the national endowment for the ar ts center for asian-american media, and by south ar ts. [laid-back blues music] ["man done wrong" by valerie j une] ♪ [sizzle so und] - clinton is a small town in mississippiright tside ja son. it's a reay greatplace row . so of the ings youcan do iclinton are go tchurch, nt sh, and show cho . [cering] [upbeat sic] it's harto expla whatttaché ibecause

wh i tell eryone iame om the sw choir rld, they immiately tnk "gl ." anthats nothgwhat i eerienc . wh i went rough wavery ecial beuse, you now, we we one ofhe numbe one ow choirin the w ld. ♪ ahh hh [david] 've beento9 competions nce i'veeen here withttaché a we havebeen nam grand cmp ion in0 of t m. - we'rexcted to the st and tlook the est. - in any given wee we're putting hours a eek. i mean, 's serio stuff. - exceence is e only o ion. - [all] wherever ile ads- [did] i'm nna enjoy thri de.- [a] i'm goa enjothe ri . - every year, we, you know do some competitions in the south but we pick one venue somewhere in the nat ion for the big coetitionof the ear. th year, is at loslamitoshigh schl in calor nia. our sort of rival, i guess you

could say,for thlast dece habeen thisc hool namejohn burughs, whs fr burbankcalifo ia and of crse, thell be there asill twinurg, o o, and thenount zn, illinois. will geon b us becae they d't fly uthwest to jacks anymo re. thaturts so ere's not a ple big enough to get us ono we he tous tnew orleans over thr hours ay and then we will y to losngel es - [b] don't rget youid. - it wilbe many the kid firstime on airpl e.it's jt so funo see ho mu their wld opens up to t visioof what out there. - 's kindaike our per wl of thseason, to sa - it'sinda evething all fourears hati feelike i'veorked for. - i'm st kindaervo us it's mfirst ye and 's a lotn the line. - if i lose, as a senior that would be pretty awf ul. i just don't wanna think that w ay - see, nwe don'tgo arod thin ng we're anhing gre, we jus know wt everyby else does d then we

work all theittle deils sohat we c show at atever ty can dogood, wean do th t oo.plus we n do thi thisthis, anth is. th's why wdon't fltuate in the rkings chbecauswery to cover everlast ltle detail. - i was at the time, teaching in special education next door to the choral departm entand my pncipal h callede in and asked me if i wld like e chal musicrogr am the progm was just almt defu t. i an, it w just dying. i s a gradte fromindia from t nor th so some the frids thati had at i graated w itthey h alreadystartea show c ir.and ey were havi rea ll od fortu with that. iteemed li the thing r me t do i wanteto builda chor progr .- it wasery unusl fo a small, conservative townn missis

ppi to have something like t his. - they d not ink i wacr azy. i had e studenbody predent whwas stevstanfo . he was eremely pular d if he s going d o it en a lotf otherguys flowed suit.becaushe was cool.[lau ghs] - winonaarner fod seral of uthat we were hanging t in theootball cker rooand sa "h, would all be ierestedin beingn a showho ir?" weidn't kn what a show cir w asand sosu re. shtook us wn the hl and en we sa for h and she said"okay,ou're goa be part oth g up." i member bng in aclassrm within ona,discussi naming isgroup anit was o ious th we were taking this oortunity for inpuwhere sh didn wanna te it. and becae she said "welhat doou y'all thinabout tach é?" anwe're sa ng "att hé?" obously weept ving oth ide as and theninally, e got frustrat with usnd s ai "we'reonna be lled att hé. "y'a sit down." the firstwo year

if u wantedo be in ta ché, yowere morthan lcome toe in.the thiryear, webegan toave audi ons. you hateo hurt peles' fli ngs. it's jt the wait is. ose peop whose ildren d not mak it myhone wld ring f thewall whei would me h om on friy anthroughsaturdaynd the w kend anthen i wld have veral conferens the ne w eek. i was onof threepeople msophomor year that actuallmade iinto e attachshow choir.i was rt of se as mratta ch [laughs] my idolsn attach wereendall spa rks d mary cwf or kendalwas just ready brdw ay.♪ whehe sang ng them lls i meanyou justanted toget upnd sing with im. we allanteto be ahis le vel. [iistinguiable nging] [audienccheeri ] ♪- the ar that i firsstar

teit wasike ougoal in fe. weere gonna walkway with thachampionship anwe praiced, an practid, and pctic ed d practiceand wh we filly did n the coetit io i an, pele w er cryingand wailg, and w ping cause wead workeso h ar and can still bringup tt mery o at it fe like towin thatompetion and el like was an iegral part of the fit gr ou fr clintono win a jor ow cho competi ti anthen it nt on fr the . my ynger ster, whoas sen years apart from me, wh sheas in thshow cho evertime outf the teif youuys wento a mpetitio they ca b ackwith gd medalsnd i n't thinof a t e en that dn't happen.- just or an houago, thclinton gh sch lattaché show cir roed back to t ow - night inlinton, e hi school udents ay they areumber one in t cou

ntand th have e rerds to pve it. - i dot know, 's justthe greast feeling.- th have trd very, ry rd to len everything th i, as aeacherhave wand to tea t hem and that just noalways the casen education. ♪ won'tou give the night [jazzy m ic] - yoknow, wethoughwe were ol. we h a smoke machi, we d "nparkinon the dce flr" in r sequin ownswithur jazz ha nds.i thinthe mostadvanc lightinwe hawas a blk li gh and music] ♪[audiee cheering] - in clion, it'sa fami aff ai thbrothewas int and en the ynger brother anthen theittle sier d then they ve on d becomeared and they ha kids and thos kids e in it d it ju perpetu es.- pants thatave en in at

ché, especial the wom, just expect tt their kidsare gog to beg to singand dae at certain age d then y're justonna t ready r atta é cause at's wt we k w. [melw piano mu sic] the biggt chlengwas mo y. itasn't until, i would obably say lateight ie at a budt was even giv to attaché. we sll contied to fundraiswith pecans, th car w heof coue, the sdents d pay forheir ownut fits and we d have a w befactors at helpedto payor some the udents w could n aff or toe in there. - soone sponred me. i dot know w it wasbut somee sponsod me tookare of m accepte me foryou kn o i was d ther wano looki at, you knowthe coloof my skin or ythingike that. i was trted as aerson wh i waa memberf atta é.- a thd of thestuden were at east inationahonor so et had cerleader bandembers, udent council fice rs and thene had so peop that wod

ne ve haveeen invoed or ev knowsome of ose students at they uld haveven ven themhe time d ay.so it beca like fami .i'm nogoing toay thatthere weren'ever pro ems t they wked as aeam anth how i t ght wathisas a team, jus like footbalte am.- i ner playedports, w pick on quita bit t i found sort ofalvation the fact that i c ou excel thigroup an thateople noce d meand noced that was talented a it sort ofsaveme and hped me g throh those ffic ul gh schoo junior gh yea . taché seed to br ing alof thoselements,whethethey be hlet ic or acadecs, kidsfrom t b an kids thawould ha beenerhaps tught oas outcast they alcame gether tbecome o u nitand well becam very gd frie

sand woed towara common g l. and i thk that'srobablyone ofhe life ss ons take allhe way through l ife cause ofhe show oir. it didt matterf youwere othe foball t eam, yoknow, whever u wantedo do you we all accted andlooked uto aua lly. and e communy waso suprt ive.that w what waso wonderfuas w ell. so i thi any kidhat real had music in their h rtsand waed to peorm it you kn, ey couldo thatand fe confide that they wergonna ve the suort of the cmunityand altheir fr nds. they weren't gna be ma fun or anytng like at. anthat's n true for evercommun y. - think mo communies it not tru for. - 's rlly not d to mi thinthat's just so nder fu - was theumber on thing do in o t own.it wasither ay foball or in attaché. so it s thcool thi to do thank g it was e co thing tdo 'ca e wh if it w one o the, you kw, cho sthat no one nted join, iould h e ver gott into

sic. so thankoodness ended up in clton to bable o, u know, apprecie th, enjoy is anfind t love ofy li fe - e clintohigh hool aaché c ir wille coeting inhe sh stopperinvitational walt diey wor . - ey're rely up ainst at, in t show chr circ t, yomight y the g bo ysi uld say at it's ry mu like thfinal ur the ncatournament. i can rember askg davi fehrhen we we in orlandowoulhe be inrestedin coming toli nton d taki over thprog ra anhe s ai"i mht b "we'll tk about at l er." - you kn, the scol th i taught at was in sullin, illinois. d the hi school s justullivan gh sch l and startedhe suivan sin rswhicthen comted inwon two tional cmpions ps with a student enrollment of 325 stude nts. - second place ... rum roll] goes tsulliv singersin sullin highch l. [audiee cheering] and the grd chpi on.attachshow cho, clinto highchool, wona cost lo! - myast yeart sullan, at

ché got granchampionn florid and llivan g sec onand that then when e deded thatas it. she retid and th said, "come ge me."♪ take a lo ♪ ♪ forgeyour troles rget youblue s - i've bn the directoror 24 years. i flew dn the fit time and listed to 'e and wentack home anthen madthem flyboth mwife and d own the cond tim ause we' a t ea ople wergreat, jt like the peop where ias f rom, you know, justormal, good oldeople at like their and mam th have a sp ectand wantetter fo their ds than ey hadfor emselvesrowing p. a free rd ock musi [audnce chee ng] ♪ therare 76 sdents th y ear. 45 a singersance 17re p

it an14 are rew. [band sic] [che ing] ah, yeah fe the per of wa and j t, if y think wt, wa, wait, it it just makes that mu moreuilding d exci ng at the end yep. and pose! teaching mus, achi danc teachinperformi very imrtant anwe havekids oall diffent ty s fr all difrent ckground race, rig ion, yoname it inhis grouand in the e th's not iorta nt 's notmporta to bejudgment about p plebut 's impornt to be judgmtal ab t how u do somhing w l. cause th's theimportt th in becae if we n getpeoplef all types togree ohow to do sometng w elthe wod's a sile pla . ♪onight wown the ght - e biggestakeawayfor for a

aché definely davife hr.i mean, at he inilled me at aoung a s incredle and iidn't know whai was le ning at tt time e her. but the dicationand thdiscip ne that i lrned fro mr. hr andtt achélives th me to day. workg in thi busiss in th c razyentertnment instry i now unrs tand what he was ing to s. was makg it harfor . he reall was.he wasaking itard to say"look,his is wt you'regonna ve to de w ith "in the al wor ." two, thr, fo .- when got in re, i di't kn i coulding really.then iot in he and he pued that t of me me how. you ow, he tgh t me tes, andey siatures, d, you know, ad voiceand chesvoice, just this that i ever understo and wldn't have undstood wiout hi - has rlly foed methrouga lot oflo od sweat,nd tearso goeyond my lf. 's taughme that en i dot know wt i'm capable of. - co on, p ple![yelli

] - finitelyhe greatt teher that've ever ad. henows howo get onou when u're doi somethi w rong and how encoura you when you're dng sometng r ig athe right ime. - i've aays loveto dae but beg in attaché has show me you n acally do is as a re er. you ow, peop, alumnihave ce in andalked to us abt what they're doing no a bout they'rperformi on oadway, on crui shi ps they'reancing wh nce compies and j ust opened my eyeso all the dos that iould t e at i didt know really est ed.- attaé, as fa as pforming es s been vy lu ck 've had p star cotry singers, opera singers, professional dancers, choreograph er we have otr musicteachersband dirto rs.- humes me tosee many st ents volved imusic. had a dmmer, keh rl ock. he's t number o drumr interniona ll r a litt town like cnton, i inkthat's aretty bide

al. anwe alwayfeatured im.in fact, we but an tire sta for hwherthe stagcrew uld brg that ut with h sitti on it and thene would havehis own ttle drush ow. [audiee cheeri] and thatas probay thhighli t ofhe sprinand fallreview w keith c lockplayg the drums. we also ve docto laers, den sts, so manprofessi als.the poinof thisprogram not to od uce profesonal pformers,the poinof this ogram is tteach evyone at they' allprofesonal perrmers inwhatev field ty ch ooto go to.peoplerom otheplaces tnk wee a prive arts s ool, th think tt we're st some lite rich h en. if they ly knew. now,o you understa, new peop le? now you undstand what thehole r t the yeas been for? would yohave eve got this po int if we did it any other ay? wod you ha ve?you cado it.you've ened it u don't serve

. u don't serve ything ili fe. that's all silliss. you don'deserveanythi, you ha to ea whatou get ili fe. yore not od anything.you owit to yoselvesyou owit to yo famil s, yoowe it tyour counities,ou owe ito t he earn stuff. that's wt's madehis ace and ll continue making igreat sohank y .tonigh what time? - [sdents] six. - six. - bere he ev makes t show,all learn ifundamen ls. singing vocal ndamenls ncing fuamenta how topin on yr polepostur all tt kindst ufbut th once final has show together, he givess the muc anthen we ill fo s onhe fundantals on that sic. [singi vocal ercis es] [davidrhythmichere, right? at cannobe... .[pbbblbmu ddy.- he dn't justick tes on aia no. actuallknow howto reathe mu c d pick t notes out ours

ves. anthen choographer co in, thewe l ea alkinds ofancing to the music, d then we fally areble mix it geth er [piano pyi ng] - let's wa til right on the beat, h uh? - th year's mpetitio set, it a simplstory with girl ana guy.and th come togeth and the meet this hu carni l. ey falin lovand theye hang so mu fun tog her. but then get disacted with a theseides, right? i an, there's althese ladies a everythg's ju ing on a then i eat on the firsgirl i w w ith,casey,nd thenshe ge mad at me. the sho i'm kin likeull of m elf. at's wha"mirrorman" iab out.'causet's saying l e no o could le you tter thaa mirroran. the's loveut the thers a breaup. d then ithe end the sho i'there plding wither toake meack, i'mleadingbecausi now re ized i was idi otit kda does rallel high schl dr am [pianolaying

opening the ow todayas okay. and th the fir ... [playi pia no girls, total blew aga in [playing pia no] ju 'cause e third note is the high est does not make it the loude st. and you changed tone quality aga in. and once again, it only takes one but there was more than one to day. [sging witpiano] ♪ yaaa ahh h aaaahhthat thirdote is t ftest onof the four, y es?and wead people did it total wrong a in. why? d we can do th . th your tensity ♪ a thousand mi les there wa't that one.it's got be th most iense ne at's er existed the ce of thplan et. en two soths outa little bit d then tee, we sta now ening the resat ors anshow theand thenfour, 're singing. d th hap pe - [sdents] o. - we then beeady tocongralate oth

people. there's no margin for error. - so hopeful, all th preparion and rd w or we've do, hopefully alof is work n't be i vain and wel be abl to pl it tog her. ♪'m gonnanjoy the ide ♪ ahhh y eah - don't beeve ya ♪h ye ah i n't belie th at you don'mean t t. u are nomeaning it! yodon't se to have a c lue. some of you new people understand, you don't have a c lue how hard this is gonna be. wh'st me at this pot of the ear? everythi ng. it's gonna take everything you possibly h avebecausthey havwh at?- [sdents] more. - they have mo re. they have more of everythi ng. they have mo re! do it again. come on,on't be so stiff. move! [pno playing] - if somody don't pu thr weig around here in aaché, we theyget caed outor it. i an, that just wh it

. i me, we mht get m but ifou're nopull in your wght, wt else are we sposed to do? - hel first ll you this stu at the ginn in of theear and u'll be ke kay, well maybe he's exaggerating a b it."- brinit h omlet's ! si! - anthen we' actual see i he tellss that w haveo sometis li ke spithen we ing. and was kindlike whe i was ninth g de i wali ke oes he aually me t hat?"is he jt tryingo get e point ross l e "that wennunciate?" [david] it! spit!- buno, i acallyaw a broadwayhow and e ac to the famo like le roleas like,pitt in when he s singin and was li kay, wowhe was sio us "lik he was r real, ke th is the al dealsf at "a profeional does."- you tta singere, bre he! please t me band ma connectn the with eh ot her. i came ihere and was obably t worst d cerin t historyf atta é. was athlic but could t move irhyt hm to ts day, still fd myselfetting aittle tahead the b t. th's alwaybeen struggleor me. - threyears ag wh i got i l ike somebodhad tolde i wa

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geemotionaab out. [laughs] so rry. - w we geto go relax.thangoodss thatthe dais over but evything iaccompli ed. tting the sta waing throh the space, taking ce of thecostum, the sets tting thpit togeer so we don't do mu tomor w. ke i sd, the knowhat to o.tomorr's the f d ay. ready? - wee re y. - we're ady. [mlow pianmu sic] [chaer]- we h a good ght's sleep st night weere all haustedfrom therip yest day. - i ate out 40 pces of bac and an el et. after thlong daye had, it s not th bad tryi to fa asl eei'm chard up, rey to g i'm thinking aut every ing. ju everyong, every coume ange,

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get thr po of ey have ke, litt meetgs and stuff to g it do . i definitelyish i cod be aly on th wall those mti ngs. i beit'd be nny. mom, maksure notto mesup my poof. ause i wked it for wh ile. thiss our foth ye doing this.i thini've got it. asher if s needs mhe lp. hey.my momust waed me to checknd make sureyou we good onour ha . so wt room a you i ey're rollingit rig now, m, but e said tt if youcould lp that'be g oo - te her i'lbe the in ain ute. - o'helpin robbpush his ox? - on two, go eam. we're gog to 7 i can hp anothelittle girl, hemama's n here anshe eds me roll he hair'cse notverybody mamaets to come. and ve been that spot. nocasey's en plentof timewhen i hen't beeth ere and had to g anothermother troll her air so we trto heleach other. is evebody dre ed? [girls] yes.- are all ex ted? - i'm ally exc ed. m ready go in a k ill. - i ke the oer girland likeuys to but feel likthey ke, preped us really wl for th isthe on thing tt likei feelervousor is like st makincostume anges but

othethan t t, li i just el totay prepared.and 're just getti ready. 'cause ty reallyon't ha anythinto do but st iron shirt anpa nts. - you on your irt? - it 11 o'clk and you're sll aslee wh is th ? it time toet up. it's imptant to dress up ocompition y becauswe've be taug to believe that wn you ok go, you fe g oodand wh you fee goodbout you elf, at ten to anslate the stage. so that way, our overall peormance vel willncre ase. - wh do you nna do, rg an? u wanna ave it a theneparate lat er- whatbout tt pie right ere? yeah, this one'sonna ha to have c url. okay. e, you'rwelc om [lgh ter] e higherhe ha, closero god.- the gher theair, w t? - closer to god. todais bitrsweet b ause it weird tthink abt not beg a partf it any re.yeah, st the n t... life guess whout atthé. - this iher lastompetiti so s's been ing th sie ninth

ade. excitedsad, u know, rvous. evythingas to me to aend at se point. we have do si kis s. or wll mess our makeup. all ght, youeady, gi? - won't er mpete togethern a stagag ain. - emio nal. [lgh ter] i'm feelg the tears. - [mom] u need aissue? [somber sic] - the girls ve each her. ey've haeach oths' backs you knowthrough erything t just aaché s ff. ju life, s ool, theyove ch other a i t hi 's a fridship th'll havefor threst of eir li . it'sust genue lo ve- it crees like, bond at's likincredible.

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feelinanxious,'m noreally nvous because i' been taht everything i nd to k w and i'm ady to o. - can we just go that way a little more? 're likeaught inhe midd of the ad h er - 's intimating toee e other groups a und'causehen itets a little me real, u know at you'ractuallycompetg agai t thesother rely goodgroupsnd t pressure is dinitely on. - is is r first s alitos cpetiti .but 're defitely nna do o b estto me our seors pr d. thnerves a for sure getng w or the oser we t to cpeti ng- thiss like p-game w. we're about to gto warm-up. is is goa be jus aserverack g the chaionshipfootba g ame. nerveright no th're pret mel lo i've beetrying t breae and focu but abt two mites fore we' on st e, i'm goa be lika wired ose. your colr's kia messed up. - ank yo - detail detai .- nestly, m feelin a tabit sentimen l.i meani was on in he three ars d it wasrobably e besthree yea of my life. it'slown by d like, eing

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oday i started hearing about casey about two and a half years ago when cara romero and i were just in the beginning of our work with the rights of nature tribal governance. people in and around the movement kept saying to me you've got me casey can. she's and i what i heard from them was that she was leading the movement for the ponca nation her nation to be the first tribe in america to adopt the rights of nature. the polka were removed from their ancestral territory in what's no