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TODAY IS THE FIRST TIME EVER WE’VE BEEN ABLE TO HOST AN ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH FESTIVAL.RIGHT IN THE HEART OF THE CITY OF GARLAND. (DRUMS) AND WE ARE HAVING SO MANY COMMUNITY LEADERS, MANY ETHNIC GROUPS, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY AT LARGE TO JOIN THE PARADE OF NATIONS.
AND WE ARE SO HAPPY WITH THAT. (DRUMMING) WE ALWAYS RECOGNIZE AND NOTICE WE HAVE LARGE ASIAN AMERICAN AND VIETNAMESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN THE CITY OF GARLAND.
(ISLAND MUSIC) IT’S JUST WE’VE NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT WE NEVER, EVER DREAM OF HAVING AN EVENT LIKE WHAT WE ARE HAVING TODAY. (ISLAND MUSIC) EVENTS LIKE THIS FOR THE COMMUNITY REALLY HELP TO BRING TO PEOPLE TOGETHER. (MUSIC) (MUSIC) THIS IS AN ASIAN AMERICAN FESTIVAL, JUST LIKE WE HAVE AN ASIAN AMERICAN SOCCER TOURNAMENT, BUT IT BRINGS OUT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE AGAIN, WE ALL LIVE HERE AND I THINK WE LIVE HERE TOGETHER VERY WELL.
(MUSIC) (MUSIC) GARLAND IS A VERY DIVERSE CITY AND IT’S ONE THING TO TALK ABOUT DIVERSITY. IT’S ONE THING TO JUST MENTION IT IN A SPEECH, BUT HERE IN GARLAND, WE LIVE DIVERSITY, AND SO THIS IS GREAT TO HAVE THIS FESTIVAL TODAY, AND I KNOW WE’LL HAVE IT FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.
(SAY HI TO THE CAMERA!) (SINGING CONTINUES) AS YOU CAN SEE, THE BEAUTIFUL PICTURE ABOUT GARLAND IS, WE ARE NOT ONLY CELEBRATING ONE GROUP, ONE COMMUNITY.
BUT YOU SEE EVERYONE THAT COME IN HERE TODAY TO SHARE THAT QUALITY TIME. (MUSIC) WE ALWAY RECOGNIZE AND NOTICE WE HAVE LARGE ASIAN AMERICAN AND VIETNAMESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN THE CITY OF GARLAND. IT’S JUST WE’VE NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT, WE NEVER, EVER DREAM OF HAVING AN EVENT LIKE WHAT WE ARE HAVING TODAY. (SINGING) (SINGING) (SINGING) (SINGING) (CHEERING) (CHEERING)
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.