♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ANNOUNCER: Direct from our nation's capital, please welcome Maestro Luke Frazier and the American Pops Orchestra in "We Are Family: Songs of Hope and Unity!"
featuring Broadway star and international recording artist Morgan James.
From NBC's "The Voice", recording artist Rayshun LaMarr.
Tony nominated actor and star of stage and screen, Laura Osnes.
American Pops principle flute Brittany Foster, Helen Hayes award-winning actor and recording artist, Nova Payton.
Television and Broadway star Gabrielle Ruiz.
And hosted by Tony and Emmy award-winning artist, Judith Light.
Tonight, join us as we celebrate music, community, and unity with "The American Pops!"
(America The Beautiful).
♪ O beautiful.
♪ ♪ For heroes proved.
♪ ♪ In liberating strife.
♪ ♪ Who more than self our country loved, ♪ ♪ and mercy more more than life.
♪ ♪ America, sweet America!
♪ ♪ May God thy gold refine.
♪ ♪ 'Til all success be nobleness.
♪ ♪ And ev'ry gain devised.
♪ ♪ O beautiful for spacious sky's.
♪ ♪ For amber waves of grain.
♪ ♪ For purple mountain majesties.
♪ ♪ Above the fruited plain.
♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ America, America!
♪ ♪ God shed his grace on thee.
♪ ♪ And crown thy good.
♪ ♪ With brother, brotherhood, ♪ ♪ from sea to shining sea.
♪ ♪ Oh America, ♪ ♪ sweet America!
♪ ♪ God shed his grace.
♪ ♪ He sheds his grave on thee.
♪ ♪ And crown thy good.
♪ ♪ With brotherhood.
♪ ♪ From sea to shining ♪ ♪ sea!
♪ ♪ America.
♪♪ (applause) LUKE: Hello everyone and welcome to "We Are Family, Songs of Hope and Unity", the music we selected tonight we hope brings you inspiration, comfort and joy and who better to host the evening than Emmy and Tony award winning actor Judith Light.
JUDITH: Thank you, Luke and what an extraordinary take on Ray Charles' arrangement of "America The Beautiful."
I am so very delighted to join you tonight and to be with the American Pops Orchestra to share this incredible evening of music.
Music and the arts bring us into a world of oneness.
It's therefore no secret, that music is universal and it doesn't matter where you're from, what language you speak, or what side of the political aisle you're on, music brings us together.
It's all around us, provides inspiration, comfort, hope, joy and beyond.
If you think about it, the arts define us and when it's all said and done the music that we create is how we will be remembered as a civilization.
Tonight's music was chosen to remind us that we are all in this together.
American artist like the extraordinary James Taylor, Dolly Parton, Gloria Gaynor, Sam Cook, Carole King and more have been responsible for creating this sound track to so many moments in our lives.
So tonight, we share these performances not only to inspire you but also to encourage you to remember that this music is our music and whether were celebrating or feel like we're at our lowest and have nowhere else to turn, music brings us together.
In 1971, Carol King wrote a song which inspired generations of music lovers, many have recorded this hit song over the years.
To sing, "You've Got A Friend" please welcome Broadway's leading lady, Laura Osnes.
(You've Got A Friend).
♪ LAURA: When you're down ♪ ♪ and troubled.
♪ ♪ And you need some ♪ ♪ love and care.
♪ ♪ And nothing, no nothing is going right.
♪ ♪ Close your eyes and think of me.
♪ ♪ And soon I will be there.
♪ ♪ To darken up even the darkest night.
♪ ♪ You just call out my name.
♪ ♪ And you know wherever I am.
♪ ♪ I'll come running.
♪ ♪ To see you again.
♪ ♪ Winter, spring, summer or fall.
♪ ♪ All you have to do is call.
♪ ♪ And I'll be there, yes I will.
♪ ♪ You've got a friend.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ If the sky above you.
♪ ♪ Grows dark and full of clouds.
♪ ♪ And that old north wind begins to blow.
♪ ♪ Keep your head together.
♪ ♪ And call my name out loud.
♪ ♪ And soon you'll hear me knocking at your door.
♪ ♪ You just call out my name.
♪ ♪ And you know wherever I am.
♪ ♪ I'll come running ♪ ♪ to see you again.
♪ ♪ Don't you know that.
♪ ♪ Winter, spring, summer or fall.
♪ ♪ All you have to do is call.
♪ ♪ And I'll be there, yes, I will.
♪ ♪ Now, ain't it good to know.
♪ ♪ That you've got a friend.
♪ ♪ When people can be so cold?
♪ ♪ They'll hurt you, yes, and desert you.
♪ ♪ They'll take your soul if you let them.
♪ ♪ Oh, but don't you let them.
♪ ♪ You just call out my name.
♪ ♪ And you know wherever I am.
♪ ♪ I'll come running ♪ ♪ to see you again.
♪ ♪ Oh, winter, spring, summer or fall.
♪ ♪ All you've got to do is call.
♪ ♪ And I'll be there, yes, I will.
♪ ♪ You've got a friend.
♪ ♪ Oh, you've got a friend.
♪ ♪ Ain't it good to know you've got a friend?
♪ ♪ Hmmm, yea.
♪ ♪ Ain't it good to know?
♪ ♪ You've got a friend.
♪♪ (applause) (Greatest Love of All).
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ GABRIELLE: I believe the ♪ ♪ children are our future.
♪ ♪ Teach them well and ♪ ♪ let them lead the way.
♪ ♪ Show them all the ♪ ♪ beauty they possess inside.
♪ ♪ Give them a sense of pride ♪ ♪ to make it easier.
♪ ♪ Let the children's laughter ♪ ♪ remind us how we used to be.
♪ ♪ Everybody's searching for a hero.
♪ ♪ People need someone to look up to.
♪ ♪ I never found anyone who fulfilled my needs.
♪ ♪ A lonely place to be.
♪ ♪ And so I learned to depend on me.
♪ ♪ I decided long ago.
♪ ♪ Never to walk in anyone's shadows.
♪ ♪ If I fail, if I succeed.
♪ ♪ At least I lived as I believed.
♪ ♪ No matter what they take from me.
♪ ♪ They can't take away my dignity.
♪ ♪ Because the greatest.
♪ ♪ Love of all is happening to me.
♪ ♪ I found the greatest, ♪ ♪ love of all inside of me.
♪ ♪ The greatest love of all.
♪ ♪ Is easy to achieve.
♪ ♪ Oh, learning to love yourself.
♪ ♪ It is the greatest love of all.
♪ ♪ That is why, ♪ ♪ I believe the children are our future.
♪ ♪ Teach them well and let them lead the way.
♪ ♪ Show them all the beauty they possess inside.
♪ ♪ Give them a sense of pride to make it easier.
♪ ♪ Oh, let the children's laughter ♪ ♪ remind us how we used to be.
♪ ♪ I decided long ago ♪ ♪ Never to walk in anyone's shadows.
♪ ♪ If I fail, if I succeed.
♪ ♪ At least I lived as I believed.
♪ ♪ No matter what they take from me.
♪ ♪ They can't take away my dignity.
♪ ♪ Because the greatest ♪ ♪ Love of all is happening to me, yea.
♪ ♪ I found the greatest ♪ ♪ Love of all inside of me.
♪ ♪ The greatest love of all ♪ ♪ Is easy to achieve, yea.
♪ ♪ Learning to love yourself ♪ ♪ It is the greatest love of all.
♪ ♪ And if, by chance, that special place.
♪ ♪ That you've been dreaming of.
♪ ♪ It leads you to a lonely place.
♪ ♪ Find your strength ♪ ♪ in love.
♪♪ (applause) JUDITH: It's no surprise that the word 'resilience' seems to be used more and more lately.
Whether one is describing the courage of a child, a particular strain of virus, or a country facing devastating weather, resilience seems to be the word of the hour.
I'm sure you'll agree that music has its own ability to instill resilience within us.
We use it to work out, to be motivated and inspired.
This next piece makes me smile every time I hear it, and no doubt for you as well.
Please welcome international recording artist, Nova Payton.
(I Will Survive).
♪ NOVA: At first I was afraid.
♪ ♪ I was petrified.
♪ ♪ Kept thinking I could never live without you by my side.
♪ ♪ But then I spent so many nights.
♪ ♪ Thinking how you did me wrong.
♪ ♪ And I grew strong.
♪ ♪ And I learned how to get along.
♪ ♪ And now you're back.
♪ ♪ From outer space.
♪ ♪ I just walked in to find you here.
♪ ♪ With that sad look upon your face.
♪ ♪ I should have changed that stupid lock.
♪ ♪ I should have made you leave your key.
♪ ♪ If I'd known for just one second.
♪ ♪ You'd be back to bother me.
♪ ♪ Go on now, go.
♪ ♪ Go out the door.
♪ ♪ Just turn around now.
♪ ♪ 'Cause you're not welcome anymore.
♪ ♪ Weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye?
♪ ♪ Did you think I'd crumble?
♪ ♪ Did you think I'd lay down and die?
♪ ♪ Oh no, not I.
♪ ♪ I will survive.
♪ ♪ Oh, as long as I know how to love.
♪ ♪ I know I'll stay alive.
♪ ♪ 'Cause I've got all my life to live.
♪ ♪ And I've got all my love to give.
♪ ♪ I will survive.
♪ ♪ I will survive, hey, hey.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ It took all the strength I had not to fall apart.
♪ ♪ Kept trying harder to mend the pieces.
♪ ♪ Of my broken heart.
♪ ♪ And I spent oh-so many nights.
♪ ♪ Just feeling sorry for myself.
♪ ♪ I used to cry.
♪ ♪ But now I hold my head up high.
♪ ♪ And you see me.
♪ ♪ Somebody new.
♪ ♪ I'm not that chained-up little person ♪ ♪ that is still in love with you.
♪ ♪ And so you feel like droppin' in.
♪ ♪ And you expect me to be free.
♪ ♪ Now I'm savin' all my lovin' for someone who's loving me.
♪ ♪ Go on now, go.
♪ ♪ Go out the door.
♪ ♪ Just turn around now.
♪ ♪ 'Cause you're not welcome anymore.
♪ ♪ Weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye?
♪ ♪ Do you think I'd crumble?
♪ ♪ Did you think I'd lay down and die?
♪ ♪ Oh no, not I.
♪ ♪ I will survive.
♪ ♪ Oh, as long as I know how to love.
♪ ♪ I know I'll stay alive.
♪ ♪ 'Cause I've got all my life to live.
♪ ♪ And I've got all my love to give.
♪ ♪ I will survive.
♪ ♪ I will survive.
♪ ♪ Oh... ♪ ♪ Go on now, go.
♪ ♪ Walk out the door.
♪ ♪ Just turn around now.
♪ ♪ 'Cause you're not welcome anymore.
♪ ♪ Weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye?
♪ ♪ Did you think I'd crumble?
♪ ♪ Did you think I'd lay down and die?
♪ ♪ Oh no, not I.
♪ ♪ I will survive.
♪ ♪ Oh, as long as I know how to love.
♪ ♪ I know I'll stay alive.
♪ ♪ 'Cause I've got all my life to live.
♪ ♪ And I've got all my love to give.
♪ ♪ I will survive.
♪ ♪ I will survive.
♪ ♪ Hey, hey.
♪♪ (applause) (Feeling Good) ♪ RAYSHUN: Birds flyin' high.
♪ ♪ You know how I feel.
♪ ♪ Sun in the sky.
♪ ♪ You know how I feel.
♪ ♪ Breeze driftin' on by.
♪ ♪ You know how I feel.
♪ ♪ It's a new dawn.
♪ ♪ A new day.
♪ ♪ A new life.
♪ ♪ For me.
♪ ♪ It's a new dawn.
♪ ♪ A new day.
♪ ♪ A new life.
♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh, woo-woo-woo.
♪ ♪ And I'm feelin' good.
♪ ♪ Fish in the sea.
♪ ♪ You know how I feel.
♪ ♪ River runnin' free.
♪ ♪ You know how I feel.
♪ ♪ Blossom on the trees.
♪ ♪ You know how I feel.
♪ ♪ It's a new dawn.
♪ ♪ A new day.
♪ ♪ A new life.
♪ ♪ For me.
♪ ♪ And I'm feelin' good.
♪ ♪ Listen, butterflies out in the sun, ♪ ♪ you know how I feel.
♪ ♪ Dragonflies all havin' fun, ♪ ♪ you know how I feel.
♪ ♪ Sleep in peace when day is done, ♪ ♪ that's how I feel.
♪ ♪ And this old world is a new world.
♪ ♪ And a bold world.
♪ ♪ For me, yeah, yeah.
♪ ♪ Listen, stars when you shine.
♪ ♪ You know how I feel.
♪ ♪ Scent of the pine.
♪ ♪ You know how I feel.
♪ ♪ Oh, freedom is mine.
♪ ♪ And I know how I feel.
♪ ♪ It's a new dawn.
♪ ♪ A new day.
♪ ♪ A new life.
♪ ♪ For me.
♪ (scatting).
(scatting).
♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ I'm feelin' ♪ ♪ good.
♪ ♪ Hey I'm feelin' good.
♪ ♪ You know what I am talking about, hey.
♪ ♪ I'm feelin' ♪ ♪ feelin', feelin', feelin' good.
♪ ♪ Feelin' good.
♪ ♪ Feelin' good.
♪♪ (applause) (Light of a Clear Blue Morning).
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ MORGAN: It's been a long dark night.
♪ ♪ And I've been waiting for the morning.
♪ ♪ It's been a long hard fight.
♪ ♪ But I see a brand new day a dawning.
♪ ♪ I've been looking for the sunshine.
♪ ♪ I ain't seen it for so long.
♪ ♪ Everything's gonna be just fine.
♪ ♪ Everything's gonna be all right.
♪ ♪ That's been all wrong.
♪ ♪ I can see the light of a clear blue morning.
♪ ♪ I can see the light of a brand new day.
♪ ♪ I can see the light of a clear blue morning.
♪ ♪ Everything's gonna be all right.
♪ ♪ Gonna be okay.
♪ ♪ BACKGROUND VOCALS: I can.
♪ ♪ MORGAN: See the light of a clear blue morning.
♪ ♪ BACKGROUND VOCALS: I can.
♪ ♪ MORGAN: See the light of a brand new day.
♪ ♪ See the light of a clear blue morning.
♪ ♪ BACKGROUND VOCALS: I can.
♪ ♪ MORGAN: See the light of a brand new day.
♪ ♪ I can see the light, ♪ ♪ see the light.
♪ ♪ Everything's gonna be alright, ♪ ♪ gonna be okay.
♪♪ (applause) LUKE: IN 1948, Woodie Guthrie wrote a song entitled 'Deportee.'
Guthrie was struck by the fact that following an airplane crash near Los Gatos Canyon in California, none of the names of the victims were reported, just merely referred to as "deportees."
Indeed, most of the passengers were migrant farm workers being deported back to Mexico.
But Woody couldn't sit still with the injustice of it all, and decided to take to his guitar.
To sing 'Deportee' please welcome back, Gabrielle Ruiz.
(Deportee).
♪ GABRIELLE: The crops are all leanin' ♪ ♪ the peaches are rottin'.
♪ ♪ The oranges are piled in ♪ ♪ their creosote dumps.
♪ ♪ You're flying them back to the Mexican border.
♪ ♪ To pay all their money to wade back again.
♪ ♪ Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye, Rosalita.
♪ ♪ Adios mis amigos, Jesus y Maria.
♪ ♪ You won't have a name ♪ ♪ when you ride the big airplane.
♪ ♪ All they will call you will be ♪ ♪ "deportee".
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Some of us are illegal, ♪ ♪ and some are not wanted.
♪ ♪ Our work contract's out and we have to move on.
♪ ♪ But it's 600 miles to that Mexican border.
♪ ♪ They chase us like outlaws, like rustlers, like thieves.
♪ ♪ Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye Rosalita.
♪ ♪ Adios mis amigos, Jesus y Maria.
♪ ♪ You won't have a name ♪ ♪ when you ride the big airplane.
♪ ♪ All they will call you will be ♪ ♪ "deportee".
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ My father's own father, ♪ ♪ he waded that river.
♪ ♪ They took all the money he made in his life.
♪ ♪ My brothers and sisters ♪ ♪ come working the fruit trees.
♪ ♪ And they rode the truck ♪ ♪ 'til they took down and died.
♪ ♪ The airplane caught fire over ♪ ♪ Los Gatos Canyon.
♪ ♪ A fireball of lightning ♪ ♪ that shook all the hills.
♪ ♪ Who are these dear friends ♪ ♪ all scattered like dry leaves?
♪ ♪ The radio had said ♪ ♪ "They were just, Deportees."
♪ ♪ Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye Rosalita.
♪ ♪ Adios mis amigos, Jesus y Maria.
♪ ♪ You won't have a name ♪ ♪ when you ride the big airplane.
♪ ♪ No, all they will call you will be ♪ ♪ "deportee".
♪ ♪ Ah, oh, oh, oh, oh.
♪ ♪ All they will call you will be ♪ ♪ "deportee".
♪♪ ♪ ♪ (applause) (What the World Needs Now).
♪ ♪ (flute solo) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (applause) (Travelin' Thru).
(scatting in rhythm).
(scatting in rhythm).
♪ MORGAN: Well I can't tell you where I'm going, ♪ ♪ I'm not sure of where I've been.
♪ ♪ But I know I must keep travelin' ♪ ♪ till my road comes to an end.
♪ ♪ I'm out here on my journey, ♪ ♪ trying to make the most of it.
♪ ♪ I'm a puzzle, ♪ ♪ I must figure out where all my pieces fit.
♪ ♪ Like a poor wayfaring stranger that they speak about in song.
♪ ♪ I'm just a weary pilgrim ♪ ♪ trying to find my own way home.
♪ ♪ Where that is no one can tell me, ♪ ♪ am I doomed to ever roam.
♪ ♪ As I'm travelin', travelin', travelin', ♪ ♪ as I'm travelin' on.
♪ ♪ Questions I have many, answers but a few.
♪ ♪ We're here to learn, the spirit burns, ♪ ♪ to know the greater truth.
♪ ♪ We've all been crucified and they nailed Jesus to the tree.
♪ ♪ And when I'm born again, ♪ ♪ you're gonna see a change in me ♪ ♪ God made me for a reason and nothing is in vain ♪ ♪ Redemption comes in many shapes with many kinds of pain ♪ ♪ Oh sweet Jesus if you're listening, ♪ ♪ keep me ever close to you ♪ ♪ As I'm travelin', travelin', travelin', ♪ ♪ I'm just travelin' thru.
♪ ♪ Oh sometimes the road gets rugged, ♪ ♪ and it's hard to travel on ♪ ♪ But holdin' to each other, ♪ ♪ we don't have to go alone.
♪ ♪ When everything is broken, ♪ ♪ we can mend it if we try.
♪ ♪ We can make a world of difference, ♪ ♪ if we want to even fly.
♪ ♪ Goodbye all you children, ♪ ♪ goodnight you handsome men.
♪ ♪ Farewell to all you ladies and to all the newlyweds ♪ ♪ And I hope to see you down the road, ♪ ♪ you meant more than I knew ♪ ♪ As I was travelin'.
♪ ♪ Tavelin', travelin', travelin'.
♪ ♪ As I was travelin' thru.
♪ ♪ I'm just travelin', travelin', travelin'.
♪ ♪ I'm just travelin'.
♪ ♪ Drifting like a floating boat and roaming like the wind ♪ ♪ Oh give me some direction Lord, ♪ ♪ let me lean on you.
♪ ♪ As I'm travelin', ♪ ♪ just travelin' thru ♪ ♪ I'm just travelin', travelin', travelin', ♪ ♪ I'm just travelin' thru ♪ ♪ Woo-hoo woo-hoo-woo-hoo-woo-woo.
♪ ♪ I'm just travelin', travelin', travelin' ♪ ♪ I'm just travelin' thru ♪ ♪ Woo-hoo woo-hoo-woo-hoo-woo-woo.
♪ ♪ Woo-hoo woo-hoo-woo-hoo-woo-woo.
♪ ♪ Hoo.♪ ♪ Like a poor wayfaring ♪ ♪ stranger that they speak about in song ♪ ♪ I'm just a weary pilgrim trying to find my own way home ♪ ♪ Oh sweet Jesus if you're out there, ♪ ♪ keep me ever close to you ♪ ♪ As I'm travelin', travelin', travelin'.
♪ ♪ As I'm travelin' thru.
♪ (applause) JUDITH: Although this next song was written in 1945, the sentiment couldn't be more relevant today.
The world can feel so small, connected through social media and technology.
But it's misleading... Because as connected as we seem to be, sometimes that's when we feel our loneliest.
This next song is an anthem that reminds us that we will never walk alone.
Please welcome back the extraordinary, Laura Osnes.
(You'll Never Walk Alone).
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ When you walk through a storm.
♪ ♪ Hold your head up high.
♪ ♪ And don't be afraid of the dark.
♪ ♪ At the end of the storm ♪ ♪ is a golden sky.
♪ ♪ And the sweet silver song ♪ ♪ of a lark.
♪ ♪ Walk on through the wind.
♪ ♪ Walk on through the rain.
♪ ♪ Tho' your dreams.
♪ ♪ Be tossed and blown.
♪ ♪ Walk on.
♪ ♪ Walk on.
♪ ♪ With hope in your heart.
♪ ♪ And you'll never ♪ ♪ walk alone.
♪ ♪ You'll never ♪ ♪ walk alone.
♪ ♪ When you walk ♪ ♪ through a storm.
♪ ♪ Hold your head up high.
♪ ♪ And don't be afraid of the dark.
♪ ♪ At the end of the storm ♪ ♪ is a golden sky.
♪ ♪ And the sweet silver song ♪ ♪ of a lark.
♪ ♪ Walk on.
♪ ♪ Through the wind.
♪ ♪ Walk on.
♪ ♪ Through the rain.
♪ ♪ Tho' your dreams be ♪ ♪ tossed and blown ♪ ♪ Walk on.
♪ ♪ Walk on.
♪ ♪ With hope in your heart.
♪ ♪ And you'll never ♪ ♪ walk alone.
♪ ♪ You'll never ♪ ♪ walk alone.
♪ ♪ Never walk alone.
♪ ♪ You'll never ♪ ♪ walk ♪ ♪ alone.
♪♪ (applause) (A Change is Gonna Come) ♪ I was born by the river.
♪ ♪ In a little tent.
♪ ♪ And oh just like that river.
♪ ♪ I've been runnin' ever since.
♪ ♪ It's been a long a long time comin'.
♪ ♪ But I know a change gon' come.
♪ ♪ Oh yes it will.
♪ ♪ It's been too hard livin'.
♪ ♪ 'Oh but I'm afraid to die.
♪ ♪ 'Said I might not be if I knew what was up there.
♪ ♪ Beyond the sky.
♪ ♪ It's been a long, a long time comin'.
♪ ♪ But I know a change gon' come.
♪ ♪ Oh yes it will.
♪ ♪ I went I went to my brother.
♪ ♪ And I said, brother, brother, ♪ ♪ could you help me please.
♪ ♪ And he said, but sister, ♪ ♪ I would like to but I'm not able.
♪ ♪ So when I turned around, ♪ ♪ I was right back down on my bended knees.
♪ ♪ Yes I was.
♪ ♪ And there was times when I thought, ♪ ♪ when I thought.
♪ ♪ I wouldn't last too long.
♪ ♪ oh, but right now I believe, ♪ ♪ I believe I can carry on.
♪ ♪ It's been a long, a long time comin'.
♪ ♪ But I know a change gon' come.
♪ ♪ Oh yes it will.
♪ ♪ I said it's been an uphill battle, ♪ ♪ uphill journey.
♪ ♪ But I believe, I believe, I believe.
♪ ♪ A change is gon' come.
♪ ♪ I believe.
♪ ♪ Oh sometime I had to sacrifice what was right, ♪ ♪ even when I knew it was wrong.
♪ ♪ A change gon' come.
♪ ♪ A change gon' come.
♪ ♪ A change will come.
♪♪ (applause) LUKE: On behalf of the entire American Pops Orchestra family, I want to thank Judith Light.
It's an incredible honor and privilege to share the stage with you this evening.
And to all of you watching, thank you.
You're the reason we get to make art and it's a joy to share in this music that we all know and love.
JUDITH: I want to thank Maestro Luke Frazier and the American Pops Orchestra for inviting me to be a part of such a beautiful and special evening.
Tonight, we want you to leave us feeling inspired.
Inspired to find the things that we share in common, as opposed to what makes us different and separate.
Music is that universal language and it's only appropriate that we close this evening with something that truly brings us together.
And to do that, we've had a little help from some of our friends across the country, please enjoy.
(We Are Family).
♪ RAYSHUN: Oh yea ♪ Come on if you know it, help us sing it, here we go.
♪ We are family.
♪ ♪ I got all my sisters with me.
♪ ♪ Hey, ya.
♪ ♪ We are family.
♪ I love you.
♪ Get up everybody and sing.
♪ Help me sing it one more time.
♪ We are family.
♪ ♪ Get up everybody and sing!
♪ ♪ I got all my sisters and me.
♪ ♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪ ♪ We are family ♪ ♪ Get up everybody and sing!
♪ ♪ Listen everyone can see we're together.
♪ ♪ as we walk on by.
♪ ♪ BACKGROUND VOCALS: Hey ♪ ♪ RAYSHUN: And we flock just like birds of a feather.
♪ ♪ I won't tell no lie.
♪ ♪ All of the people around us they say.
♪ ♪ Can they be that close?
♪ ♪ Just let me state for the record.
♪ ♪ We're giving love with a family dose.
♪ ♪ We are family, ♪ ♪ hey, hey, hey.
♪ ♪ I got all my sisters with me.
♪ ♪ Everybody sing we... ♪ ♪ ALL: We are family.
♪ ♪ RAYSHUN: Get up everybody.
♪ ♪ ALL: Get up everybody and sing.
♪ ♪ RAYSHUN: Sing it for me one more time.
♪ ♪ ALL: We are family.
♪ RAYSHUN: That's right, come on get up out of your seat.
♪ ALL: I got all my sisters with me.
♪ ♪ RAYSHUN: I got all my sisters with me.
♪ ♪ ALL: We are family.
♪ ♪ RAYSHUN: Hey, hey, ya, ♪ ♪ ALL: Get up everybody and sing!
♪ ♪ RAYSHUN: Livin life is fun and we just begun ♪ ♪ to get our self.
♪ ♪ Of this world delights.
♪ ♪ BACKGROUND VOCALS: High ♪ ♪ RAYSHUN: High hopes we have for the future ♪ ♪ and our goal's in sight.
♪ ♪ No we don't get depressed.
♪ ♪ Here's what we call ♪ ♪ Our golden rule.
♪ ♪ Have faith in you and the things you do.
♪ ♪ BACKGROUND VOCALS: You won't go wrong.
♪ ♪ RAYSHUN: Oh no this is our family rule.
♪ ♪ ALL: We are family.
♪ ♪ RAYSHUN: We are family, yea.
♪ ♪ ALL: I got all my sisters with me.
♪ ♪ RAYSHUN: I got all my sisters with me ♪ ♪ ALL: We are family.
♪ ♪ RAYSHUN: Hey, hey, ya.
♪ ♪ ALL: Get up everybody and sing!
♪ ♪ RAYSHUN: Ohhh, we ♪ ♪ ALL: We are family.
♪ ♪ RAYSHUN: Yea, yea, yea.
♪ ♪ ALL: I got all my sisters.
♪ ♪ RAYSHUN: I got all my sister with me.
♪ ♪ I got my brother with me.
♪ ♪ I got my cousins with me, hey.
♪ ♪ ALL: Get up everybody, get up everybody, get up everybody.
♪ ♪ RAYSHUN: Get up everybody and sing!
♪♪ (applause) ♪ ALL: We are family.
♪ ♪ I got all my sisters with me.
♪ ♪ RAYSHUN: Hey yea.
♪ ♪ ALL: We are family.
♪ RAYSHUN: I love ya.
♪ ALL: Get up everybody and sing.
♪ ♪ RAYSHUN: Let me sing it one more time.
♪ ♪ ALL: We are family.
♪ ♪ RAYSHUN: Get up everybody and sing.
♪ ♪ ALL: I got all my sisters with me.
♪ ♪ RAYSHUN: Hey, hey, hey.
♪ ♪ ALL: We are family.
♪ ♪ Get up everybody and sing.
♪ ♪ Listen, hey... ♪♪
