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It's Christmas In July! The Rockettes Are In Studio · The Cubby and Christine Morning Show

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  Speaker 1: One o six point seven Light FM with Cobby and
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  Speaker 1: Christine in the morning. Christine, I'm very confused right now. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it looks like Christmas in here, but it's July and
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  Speaker 1: tomorrow is, by the way, five months until Christmas.
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  Speaker 2: So it's time to start thinking about Christmas.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, and the Christmas Spectacular. And we have some members
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  Speaker 1: of the Radio City Rockets in the house. Yes, Welcome
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  Speaker 1: Emma and welcome Jordan to light FM.
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  Speaker 3: Emma, good morning, good morning, Thanks so much for having us.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, it's so great to see you.
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  Speaker 1: Have you been a Rocket for how many years? Emma?
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  Speaker 3: This is going to be my fourth season in the
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  Speaker 3: Christmas Spectacular.
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  Speaker 1: And you're a Jersey girl too.
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  Speaker 2: I'm a Jersey girl absolutely, all right, Yeah, this is
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  Speaker 2: all about Jersey. Jordan, welcome. You're from New Jersey as well?
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  Speaker 4: Yes, i am, and I'm so excited to be here.
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  Speaker 4: I'm from Freehold originally.
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  Speaker 1: Very nice And how long have you been a Rocket?
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  Speaker 4: I just finished my first season, so I'm going on
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  Speaker 4: to year two, which is really exciting.
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  Speaker 1: So it's weird to be talking Christmas right about now,
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  Speaker 1: but I get it. Christmas in July tomorrow is at
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  Speaker 1: twenty fifth We have a lot of exciting things happening right.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely, so we are so excited to be back for
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  Speaker 3: the Christmas Spectacular this season. Tickets are now available. They're
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  Speaker 3: going to be from November fourth to January fourth. It
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  Speaker 3: is our show season this year. You can get your
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  Speaker 3: tickets at Rockets dot Com or at the Radio City
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  Speaker 3: box office. Of course, we're going to be blending some
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  Speaker 3: of our older, more classic numbers, such as Parade of
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  Speaker 3: the Wooden Soldiers, as well as some new technology as
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  Speaker 3: with our Dance of the Frost Ferries number. And we're
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  Speaker 3: actually really excited. We may have a new number in
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  Speaker 3: store this seasons which is can't say too much about
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  Speaker 3: it yet, but we are so excited and you're definitely
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  Speaker 3: going to have to check it out this season.
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  Speaker 2: And last season was so beautiful. You celebrated one hundred
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  Speaker 2: years of the Rockets in Radio City. So this year
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  Speaker 2: it sounds like you're doing even more so even new
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  Speaker 2: number and you have even more shows than ever before.
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  Speaker 4: Yes, yes, last year was such a special season celebrating
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  Speaker 4: one hundred years, and this year we're really looking forward
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  Speaker 4: to continuing to push the legacy and honor the history
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  Speaker 4: of the Rockets and also bring in some new additions.
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  Speaker 4: This year, we have two hundred thirty shows, which is
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  Speaker 4: more than ever at Radio City since the debut in
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  Speaker 4: nineteen thirty three. And we also have a new piece
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  Speaker 4: which is really exciting, new technology, so a lot of
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  Speaker 4: new new Rockets, choreography, new music. So I think it'll
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  Speaker 4: be a wonderful season for people to come in and
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  Speaker 4: continue to celebrate the Rockets and also look into the
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  Speaker 4: future as well.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and as you mentioned, the tickets are already on
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  Speaker 2: sale and it's a good move to get in there early,
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  Speaker 2: so you get to go when you want to go.
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  Speaker 1: Because people think about it sometimes too late. Yeah, and
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  Speaker 1: then you can't get good seats, So think about it
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  Speaker 1: now in July.
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  Speaker 2: Broadcast dot com, Yeah, Rockets dot com. So where are
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  Speaker 2: both of view at as far as the Rockets are concerned.
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  Speaker 2: When do you start rehearsals, Like what is the stage like?
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  Speaker 3: So we usually start rehearsing around the fall, about the
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  Speaker 3: end of September early October, and we go right into it.
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  Speaker 3: So we rehearse six hours a day, six days a
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  Speaker 3: week for six weeks and then that's when our show
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  Speaker 3: season begins. So we can do up to four shows
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  Speaker 3: in a day. So once we once we hit the
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  Speaker 3: ground running, we really are going. And it's just so
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  Speaker 3: much fun to dance with Jordan and dance with these incredible, strong,
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  Speaker 3: powerful women. Yeah right, Oh, absolutely. We spend so much
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  Speaker 3: time with each other in the Christmas season. It really
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  Speaker 3: feels like we have Christmas traditions, Holiday Thanksgiving traditions. We
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  Speaker 3: really kind of make make a wonderful experience. And again
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  Speaker 3: to be a part of this, to be a part
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  Speaker 3: of such an incredible legacy. We're all definitely having all
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  Speaker 3: the feels from celebrating O one hundredth anniversary last year,
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  Speaker 3: and we're just excited to kind of keep going and
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  Speaker 3: keep growing as a company and see what's coming next.
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  Speaker 2: For anyone listening who is dreaming of being a Roquette
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  Speaker 2: one day, what's what's the best bit of advice that
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  Speaker 2: you could offer?
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  Speaker 3: Oh, my goodness, I think just keep dreaming and work hard,
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  Speaker 3: bring that lead with that joy. Always kind of find
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  Speaker 3: the joy of the dance of dancing and show who
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  Speaker 3: you are. I never thought that I would be here.
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  Speaker 3: I grew up seeing the show. I'm from Bayonne, so
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  Speaker 3: I grew up seeing the show every year. Such a
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  Speaker 3: family tradition for us, and I never thought in a
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  Speaker 3: million years that I'd be sitting here right now.
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  Speaker 1: Well, Emma and Jordan, thank you for stopping by. The
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  Speaker 1: Next time we see you, it'll be a lot colder,
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  Speaker 1: but it's not too early to think about Christmas right now.
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  Speaker 1: Once again, November fourth through January fourth, it's official the
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty six Christmas Spectacular starring the Radio City Rockets,
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  Speaker 1: and you can buy tickets right now, right now at
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  Speaker 1: rockets dot com or at the Radio City box office.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you both, and Ry Christmas, Merry Christmas.