[0:01] [Music]

[0:04] hi my name is Rosie Dicki and I started

[0:06] volunteering at the district in 2012 so

[0:09] it's been 12 years um and I got

[0:13] introduced to the show choir because my

[0:15] middle child uh decided to join

[0:18] Showquoire and quite honestly it's

[0:22] shocking to receive an award like this

[0:24] because I feel like there are so many

[0:27] people that contribute to these groups

[0:32] and um and it's really just quite an

[0:35] honor rosie is the president and she's

[0:38] also the treasurer and she's just taken

[0:41] care of everything for the parents and

[0:43] for the kids and um without her I just

[0:47] don't think that um they would have been

[0:49] able to pull off so much as what they've

[0:51] done it's hard to explain the difference

[0:54] Rosie has made because this year's show

[0:57] choir season wouldn't have happened if

[0:59] she didn't exist she learned how to sew

[1:03] so that she could sew costumes when they

[1:05] rip we just have so many fun memories

[1:07] with Rosie being like the mom of show

[1:10] choir she might be one person's parent

[1:13] in the choir but it doesn't matter who

[1:15] you are she will be that parent for you

[1:17] too every student in show choir knows

[1:20] Rosie they call her mama Rosie they go

[1:23] to her for anything they know that if

[1:25] they have a personal need whether it's

[1:27] an emotional or physical need or a

[1:29] costume need that she is there to help

[1:31] them the most rewarding part of

[1:34] volunteering for me is the students the

[1:39] kids having those

[1:42] relationships where someone can come to

[1:45] me if they're having a hard day someone

[1:48] can come to me if they're excited or if

[1:51] they're scared or um all the range of

[1:54] emotions my goal really is to remind the

[1:58] kids and to show the kids what it looks

[2:00] like to be a member of the community uh

[2:03] when I was growing up I didn't have

[2:05] representation of that in my house my

[2:07] parents were not involved in uh in my

[2:12] school career and so I really um just

[2:15] try to be that that person for anybody

[2:18] who needs it and that's just around to

[2:20] say you got this you can do this don't

[2:23] forget who you are and where you came

[2:24] from one of our members like had a

[2:28] medical and like I had never experienced

[2:31] that before so I like immediately turned

[2:35] around and it was like in a crowd of

[2:37] like cuz we're in auditorium so it was

[2:38] like in a huge busy crowd and I

[2:40] immediately like called like Rosie

[2:43] because I like was super stressed my

[2:45] voice cracked and she like without even

[2:47] knowing that it was us like she had

[2:49] already started walking down to go help

[2:51] whatever commotion i'm proud to be

[2:55] associated with the show choir i love

[2:59] these students i love the energy that

[3:01] they bring i love how real they are we

[3:05] are raising our future leaders um and

[3:09] we're all doing that together i like to

[3:12] be able to show them that by working

[3:14] together and communicating

[3:17] and accepting each other for who we

[3:22] are that's what's going to make the

[3:24] world a better place thank you Rosie for

[3:26] everything you've done for me for

[3:29] Northern Light Show Choir and for every

[3:31] student that came through this space

[3:39] are

[3:42] not alone