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-Today we're doing a tour
on the Duwamish River.

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-Once polluted,
now much improved,

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the best way
to see the progress

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on the Duwamish River
is by boat.

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-Other people who have gone on
to be very successful there

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did go through this program.

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-With hundreds of wineries
in Washington,

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South Seattle Colleges
Wine Academy

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has become
a much needed resource.

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-When I watch these shows,
I'm like a kid again.

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-We peek behind the curtain
of the nation's longest running

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comedy/variety show --
the Moisture Festival.

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These stories and more next
on "CityStream."

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Hello, I'm Jeff Renner.

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Welcome to "CityStream"
from the Marra Farm P-Patch.

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This spot in southwest Seattle

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is one of 89 community gardens
across the city.

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We're here for two reasons.

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First, this year marks
the 50th anniversary

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of Seattle's
popular P-Patch Program,

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which allows residents
to grow fresh vegetables

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and herbs in public gardens.

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We're also here to observe
Earth Day, just 11 days away.

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Earth Day gave rise
to the Clean Water Act,

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the Environmental
Protection Agency,

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and many other programs.

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The EPA factors into
our first story

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about Seattle's only river,
the Duwamish,

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just a few blocks from here.

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Once pristine
and a lifeblood for tribes,

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the river became toxic
in the 20th century.

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This prompted the EPA
to declare the lower Duwamish

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a Superfund site in 2001.

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Since then, much has improved,

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and the Duwamish River
Community Coalition

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offers boat tours
to show the progress made.

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Producer Pete Cassam
took a ride.

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[ Beeps ]

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[ Motor starts ]

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-Today we're doing a tour
on the Duwamish River

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on the Admiral Jack.

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The Admiral Jack
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that they use
for educational purposes.

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Today is a community tour.

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This used to be
one of the largest mudflats

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on the West Coast.

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People that are coming
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actually get a chance
to see the river from the river,

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and that's the best way
to see the river.

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[ Bald eagle caws ]

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It was one
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as far as wildlife
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anywhere around.

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It was one of the largest
mudflats on the West Coast.

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This river is basically
named for the tribe

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because this was our place...

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...and the very beginnings
of the city of Seattle.

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The mudflat was worthless
to the settlers.

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They started filling
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with anything they could find,

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everything from Yesler's Mill
to all the sawdust

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and everything went out
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Even rubble from
the San Francisco earthquake.

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This river has been
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It's right now is five miles.

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It used to be 15 miles.

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The meanders that
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you'll see some of those here.

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The old river,
the way that it used to be.

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So what we're coming up to is
what's called Duwamish Diagonal.

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Duwamish Diagonal
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drains 30 square miles
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all the way down
to Lake Washington.

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As soon as they started
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all of that contaminated mud
went up and down the river.

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that wasn't contaminated
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it probably got contaminated
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This was designated
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from just beyond
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all the way up
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What we're coming up to now

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is previously known
as T-107 Park,

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but now it's known
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which is the Indian name
for this -- for this place.

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This place had a lumberyard
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A very polluted area back here.

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The lumberyard has been
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and now is actually
an intertidal habitat.

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This is part of the mudflat
that you can see right out here.

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And that's the only remaining
part of the old mudflat.

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This place is one of the most
important salmon habitats

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that we have
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because it's the old habitat,
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So more cement companies.

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We have many,
many cement companies here.

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They have their problems,
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they're better now
than they were before.

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This is the First Avenue
Street Bridge.

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That's an all-purpose grater,

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'cause you can put
a school bus into that thing

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and it comes out
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-No way. Wow.

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-When it rains here,

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a lot of that just comes
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We have to have
source control sufficiency

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to be able to do the cleanup.

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Kicking and screaming,
they'll come along,

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I can guarantee you that,
'cause they have to.

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Boeing Plant 2 --

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You can see the habitat
that they've redone here.

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Innovative things
that Boeing did on this site

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of a series of four ponds
that water goes through

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and then is able to be
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as clean water.

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Malarkey Asphalt
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Because of that, we now
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This is the estuary.

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This is where saltwater
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We're still not seeing
salmon increase here yet,

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but we're not seeing them
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This river is alive.

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And when I first started here
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it was -- it was not
in good shape at all.

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The process takes time to know
where all the contamination is,

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what is that contamination,
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and check it to make sure
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That's what takes so long here.

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Probably gonna take
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to get the rest
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but every step in this process
makes the river a better place.

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And I hope that people take away
that they are part of this,

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that they can be part of this.

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Just to understand it
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And it's mostly a good story.

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So much better than it was,

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and it's only gonna get better.

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-The Duwamish River
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offers monthly boat tours.

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For more information, check out
their website, drcc.org

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and search for "river tours."

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Also, the man you just saw,
James Rasmussen,

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is a Duwamish tribal member
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This was his last river tour

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after leading them
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Just ahead, the state's
rapidly expanding wine industry

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is looking to
South Seattle College for help.

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We'll explain
as "CityStream" continues.

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-"CityStream" returns
from the Marra Park P-Patch

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in the South Park neighborhood.

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As we mentioned,
2023 is the 50th anniversary

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of the city's P-Patch Community
Gardening Program.

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For five decades, residents have
grown food, flowers, and herbs

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on plots of land
they pay a small fee to farm.

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Managed by the Seattle
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the program has grown
to 89 P-Patches

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and is now the largest
municipally managed

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community gardening program
west of New York.

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Those involved in the program
say it can't be beat.

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-The best part
of the gardening

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is breaking the dependency
on mass-produced vegetables

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from the large
supermarket chains.

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There's nothing like growing
your own and tasting that --

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those mustard greens,
those strawberries,

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those yellow ears of corn
that have that sweetness in it

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and know that you
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all the way up to the time you
bite into whatever you've grown,

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you participated
directly in that.

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I love that part of it.
[ Chuckles ]

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-And the program provides
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This was me a few years ago
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inside the bee enclosure at
the High Point Commons Garden.

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-This is the inner cover.

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This is always
the most exciting part

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during the field trips
for the kids.

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-Oh, there are a lot of them
in there.

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This impressive display
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of the educational offerings

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that add to the richness
of the P-Patch Program.

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Finally, if you're curious where
the name "P-Patch" originated,

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it actually commemorates
the Picardo family

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who operated a truck farm
in Wedgewood.

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The family loaned a portion
of its farm to the city,

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which then became Seattle's
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And that explains what
the "P" stands for in P-Patch.

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Moving on now from community
gardens to commercial farms.

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This state is one
of the most productive

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agricultural regions
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with more than 300 different
crops raised.

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But one in particular,
premium wine grapes,

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has fueled an entire industry.

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Washington State now
has more than 1,100 wineries,

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with an economic impact
of some $8 billion.

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That's led to a surge of people
wanting to learn more.

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And thanks
to the Northwest Wine Academy

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at South Seattle College,
they don't have to look far.

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Nicole Sanchez explains.

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[ Metal clanking ]

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-So, this is our brand-new rosé

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just released about
two weekends ago.

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-Allen Gregorios never dreamed
he'd work in the wine industry.

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-The Albariño Spanish varietal.

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-But here in the tasting room
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he feels at home.

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-Even in my family,
Filipino culture,

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there's not that
much influence in wine.

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Mostly spirits, beer.

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But it's crazy now
how much I'm called

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during family,
you know, gatherings,

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or I'm the wine guy
now of the family.

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What it does say
is hand-harvested grapes.

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-Allen credits
the Northwest Wine Academy

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with helping him
to learn more about the industry

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and advance his career
in the world of wine.

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-Cool.
Let's taste some wines.

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-The one thing that I loved
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were how hands-on they were.

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That's one of the one
things with wine,

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especially, like, if you're
learning how to taste,

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being able to go into a
classroom and then being --

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being curated by a sommelier as
well, kind of opens your eyes.

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-The Northwest Wine Academy
is located on the campus

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of South Seattle College.

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It was established in 2004
and is the only working

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and teaching winery
in western Washington.

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-This is basically the process,

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so we'll let that run
for 10 minutes...

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-The academy offers
certificates and degrees

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in wine production
and marketing and sales,

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opening doors
for a lot of people

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who never thought they would
end up working in wine.

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-What's around, mm-hmm,
and, like, the Sangiovese.

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-Nihal Walimbe grew up in India
and is an international student

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who found his way
to the academy.

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-I'm doing the marketing
and sales and food and wine,

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currently taking classes
like food and wine,

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pairing wines of the world,
and business operations.

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-Walimbe has big dreams.

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He believes his schooling
will enable him

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to open his own restaurant
someday.

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-Hopefully work in a restaurant

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as a sommelier
for a couple of years

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and then probably move back home
and open up my own restaurant

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because my interest
is both culinary and wine.

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-Lenny Rede leads the
culinary side of the academy.

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He's worked in the industry
for several decades

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and has a passion
to help students

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like Walimbe
fulfill their dreams.

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-Here we've got restaurants
and retailers, importers.

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You know, we're, you know --

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we have graduates that have
come out of the program

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that have started
import companies.

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They're working
for import companies.

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You know, we have people that
are working for distributors

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that have started distributors.

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And again,
a lot of the sommeliers

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I can't walk into a restaurant
in this town

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and not have
one of the graduates, you know,

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went on to graduate
of the program.

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-This is a very
standard procedure.

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-John Darin is the winemaker
and winemaking instructor.

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He says he has students
of all ages

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and backgrounds
learning about wine.

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-We have a real strong focus
on diversity here.

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We have students
of every imaginable background.

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You can see, you know, we have
students that are international.

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We have students that are,
you know,

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either older or come from,
you know, backgrounds

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that don't necessarily --
aren't classically aligned

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with the winemaking community.

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-The academy also has
a tasting room that reopened

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in late 2022 after it
shut down during the pandemic.

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This allows the public
to sample its wines

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and give students hands-on
experience in a tasting room.

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-There it is.

290
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-And it's not just
the students

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who appreciate the classes
that are offered here.

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The wine industry
recognizes the benefits

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of the academy as well.

294
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-The program does better,
you know, they do better.

295
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We are one of the main suppliers
for a lot of the, you know,

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labor coming into, you know,
all of Seattle.

297
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So a lot of the people
who have gone on

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to be very successful there
did go through this program.

299
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-Have you been here before?

300
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-Back at Elsom Cellars,

301
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which is a female-owned and led
winery located in SoDo,

302
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Jody Elsom,
the owner and founder,

303
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wishes the academy was open
when she went to school.

304
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She had to commute
from Seattle to Prosser

305
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when she took classes through
the WSU extension program.

306
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-They just want
to share that knowledge,

307
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and they have a passion
for sharing it with everyone.

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So it's been a huge benefit.

309
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And we see it in our employees.

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They come with a special
passion for the wine

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and an inherent knowledge
that you wouldn't typically see.

312
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-Elsom values the
Northwest Wine Academy so much

313
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she's hired employees
who've taken courses there,

314
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including her winemaker.

315
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-Having it so close to where
a lot of people live,

316
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and there is a lot of passion
for wine in this area.

317
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We don't have
a lot of vines here,

318
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but being able to make it
in the city

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and learn about wines
from around the world,

320
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it's a very global industry.

321
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-This is actually
the first wine

322
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that I ever had the experience
of personally bottling.

323
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I had no idea that there
was any wine program

324
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in western Washington,

325
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and so I had started
looking into it, thinking,

326
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"I don't want to go
for a full degree."

327
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I don't ever want to make wine.

328
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I don't particularly,
at this point in my life,

329
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want to work full-time.

330
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So I contacted them and said,
"Can I just take classes?"

331
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And they were super open
to that.

332
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-This is our Mourvèdre.

333
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-Gregorios plans
to take more classes

334
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at the academy
while working at Elsom Cellars

335
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to earn his AA degree,
along with a wine certificate.

336
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This will allow him to continue
working in the field

337
00:16:32,968 --> 00:16:35,067
he's so passionate about.

338
00:16:35,067 --> 00:16:36,968
-Mix them together, right.

339
00:16:36,968 --> 00:16:38,267
-He believes the academy

340
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is critical to the growth
of wine in Seattle.

341
00:16:40,701 --> 00:16:41,868
-That's cool, guys.

342
00:16:41,868 --> 00:16:44,567
-Especially for those
with diverse backgrounds

343
00:16:44,567 --> 00:16:48,567
who want to further their
education in this growing field.

344
00:16:48,567 --> 00:16:51,467
-Wine is starting to be
a lot more accessible nowadays,

345
00:16:51,467 --> 00:16:52,667
which is awesome.

346
00:16:52,667 --> 00:16:55,000
And there's
always been that stigma.

347
00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:58,701
But, yeah, there's a lot more
people of color -- Asian, Black.

348
00:16:58,701 --> 00:17:00,734
Everyone's, you know,
starting to get into it,

349
00:17:00,734 --> 00:17:01,968
which is awesome.

350
00:17:04,067 --> 00:17:06,267
-The tasting room
at the Northwest Wine Academy

351
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is now open Thursday
through Saturday.

352
00:17:08,801 --> 00:17:11,000
And since the academy
is a nonprofit,

353
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it works hard
to keep prices affordable.

354
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Most of the wines being sold
right now are under $20.

355
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Now, if you'd like
more information

356
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about the wine academy
or the tasting room,

357
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just go to
nwwineacademy.southseattle.edu.

358
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♪♪

359
00:17:26,701 --> 00:17:28,200
Just ahead on "CityStream",

360
00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:31,234
it's a dazzling display
of onstage antics.

361
00:17:31,234 --> 00:17:34,467
Seattle's Moisture Festival
is next.

362
00:17:37,667 --> 00:17:46,501
♪♪

363
00:17:46,501 --> 00:17:55,267
♪♪

364
00:17:55,267 --> 00:18:02,968
♪♪

365
00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:09,234
♪♪

366
00:18:11,934 --> 00:18:13,234
-Finally, do you know the name

367
00:18:13,234 --> 00:18:16,434
of the world's longest running
comedy/variety festival?

368
00:18:16,434 --> 00:18:20,033
It's the Seattle Moisture
Festival now in its 19th year,

369
00:18:20,033 --> 00:18:23,033
and there's no signs
of it slowing down.

370
00:18:23,033 --> 00:18:24,868
Audiences are astounded
and bewildered

371
00:18:24,868 --> 00:18:26,267
by the onstage antics,

372
00:18:26,267 --> 00:18:29,901
But what happens behind
the scenes is equally amazing.

373
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Producers Kathy Tuohey
and Valerie Vozza

374
00:18:32,567 --> 00:18:36,133
take a rare peek
behind the curtain.

375
00:18:36,133 --> 00:18:38,534
-Are we going?
Is it rolling?

376
00:18:38,534 --> 00:18:39,834
Do we need to do the snap?

377
00:18:39,834 --> 00:18:41,367
Snap! Begin.

378
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[ Whimsical music plays ]

379
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♪♪

380
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-Moisture Festival is a festival
of comedy/variety,

381
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circus arts, neo vaudeville,

382
00:18:53,534 --> 00:18:56,534
every kind of thing
you can imagine on the stage.

383
00:18:58,734 --> 00:19:01,033
It's the longest running
festival of its kind

384
00:19:01,033 --> 00:19:02,634
in the world.

385
00:19:05,701 --> 00:19:07,334
[ Lift whirs ]

386
00:19:07,334 --> 00:19:10,100
All shows are here
at Broadway Performance Hall.

387
00:19:10,100 --> 00:19:12,834
Yeah, this is mine. No costumes.

388
00:19:12,834 --> 00:19:14,501
We've got four weeks of shows.

389
00:19:14,501 --> 00:19:17,400
The first three weeks of shows
are variety arts.

390
00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:20,968
The final week, fourth week
is burlesque shows.

391
00:19:20,968 --> 00:19:23,234
And then closing night
of the fourth week

392
00:19:23,234 --> 00:19:25,767
is another variety show
to close out the whole festival.

393
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♪♪

394
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In 2004, the first festival
was held in a tent

395
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in a parking lot in Fremont.

396
00:19:32,834 --> 00:19:34,667
-One of the key things
about this festival

397
00:19:34,667 --> 00:19:37,834
is I was at a festival
in Berlin.

398
00:19:37,834 --> 00:19:40,167
There was a comedy/variety
festival there.

399
00:19:40,167 --> 00:19:43,934
And so I came back
and talked to Maque DaVis

400
00:19:43,934 --> 00:19:45,501
and Tim Furst and said,

401
00:19:45,501 --> 00:19:48,067
"Why don't we try this
in Seattle?"

402
00:19:48,067 --> 00:19:51,400
And so we didn't know
it was going to last 18 years.

403
00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:53,300
After that first year,

404
00:19:53,300 --> 00:19:56,534
we were invited to relocate
to Hale's Palladium,

405
00:19:56,534 --> 00:19:59,167
and now we're here
at the Broadway Performance Hall

406
00:19:59,167 --> 00:20:00,834
on Capitol Hill.

407
00:20:00,834 --> 00:20:02,767
Sometimes we just
shake our heads and go,

408
00:20:02,767 --> 00:20:04,734
"How does this even work?

409
00:20:04,734 --> 00:20:06,300
How does it even work?"

410
00:20:06,300 --> 00:20:09,367
-It works because of our
over 250 volunteers --

411
00:20:09,367 --> 00:20:11,100
the people you see
at the box office...

412
00:20:11,100 --> 00:20:12,634
-Welcome. Glad you're here.

413
00:20:12,634 --> 00:20:14,367
-...all the way up
through the lobby,

414
00:20:14,367 --> 00:20:19,067
our concessions,
all the crew working the shows,

415
00:20:19,067 --> 00:20:21,267
all the people working
backstage with our artists

416
00:20:21,267 --> 00:20:23,267
to make their experience
amazing.

417
00:20:23,267 --> 00:20:24,934
[ Instruments tuning ]

418
00:20:24,934 --> 00:20:26,033
-This gonna work for you?

419
00:20:26,033 --> 00:20:27,767
-That is all volunteers.

420
00:20:27,767 --> 00:20:29,801
-So nice to finally meet you.
-Nice to meet you.

421
00:20:29,801 --> 00:20:32,334
-Works are going out.
-Right now there on...

422
00:20:32,334 --> 00:20:33,334
-Heads up.

423
00:20:33,334 --> 00:20:35,300
♪♪

424
00:20:35,300 --> 00:20:36,601
-The yellow balls.

425
00:20:36,601 --> 00:20:38,434
-It's purple, purple-blue.

426
00:20:38,434 --> 00:20:39,667
-Purple with blue.

427
00:20:42,334 --> 00:20:45,133
White, white-blue, white-red,
white-purple, white-green.

428
00:20:47,501 --> 00:20:49,601
The balls will glow.
-Yeah.

429
00:20:52,734 --> 00:20:56,167
-Jen Wensrich is the heart
and soul of Moisture Festival.

430
00:20:56,167 --> 00:20:57,634
She holds all the keys
and all the secrets,

431
00:20:57,634 --> 00:21:01,200
and she knows everything
there is about this festival.

432
00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:03,100
It would not happen without her.

433
00:21:03,100 --> 00:21:05,734
-This year we have
156 artists performing,

434
00:21:05,734 --> 00:21:08,567
and one of the reasons they come
here is for the camaraderie.

435
00:21:08,567 --> 00:21:10,901
-'Cause they're always
performing in different places,

436
00:21:10,901 --> 00:21:14,100
you know, this fair or that
theater or that cruise ship,

437
00:21:14,100 --> 00:21:16,234
but they never get
to hang out together.

438
00:21:16,234 --> 00:21:18,434
And this festival lets them
all hang out together.

439
00:21:18,434 --> 00:21:20,133
"Where have you been?
Where have you been?

440
00:21:20,133 --> 00:21:22,167
Tell me where I can get a gig."
Blah, blah, blah.

441
00:21:22,167 --> 00:21:24,734
You know,
they have fun together.

442
00:21:24,734 --> 00:21:27,167
The other thing
about the camaraderie

443
00:21:27,167 --> 00:21:31,868
is that the artists
and the volunteers

444
00:21:31,868 --> 00:21:35,734
all share a meal
at the end of the show.

445
00:21:35,734 --> 00:21:37,834
The volunteers get to know
the artists.

446
00:21:37,834 --> 00:21:41,133
The artists get to know
these people in Seattle

447
00:21:41,133 --> 00:21:45,901
who come and work long hours
to put these shows on.

448
00:21:45,901 --> 00:21:47,868
Ron Bailey, he is --

449
00:21:47,868 --> 00:21:51,033
He becomes
our Scottish leprechaun,

450
00:21:51,033 --> 00:21:53,701
and he always has a smile,
always has a laugh,

451
00:21:53,701 --> 00:21:56,000
always has a clever
thing to say.

452
00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:58,901
He is the artistic heart
and soul of this organization.

453
00:21:58,901 --> 00:22:00,234
-[ Chuckles ]

454
00:22:00,234 --> 00:22:02,000
-Don't talk about RB.
Ron Bailey shouldn't --

455
00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:04,334
should never be mentioned
in public.

456
00:22:04,334 --> 00:22:05,834
You should keep that private.

457
00:22:05,834 --> 00:22:07,968
We only talk about him
in the restroom.

458
00:22:07,968 --> 00:22:09,167
-Hey!

459
00:22:09,167 --> 00:22:11,300
-I just cover this bass
and that bass

460
00:22:11,300 --> 00:22:13,534
and do whatever's necessary.

461
00:22:13,534 --> 00:22:16,801
And I'm also a musician,
so every now and again,

462
00:22:16,801 --> 00:22:18,501
I'll sing a little song.

463
00:22:18,501 --> 00:22:23,567
♪ Why do they call it
the Moisture Festival? ♪

464
00:22:25,133 --> 00:22:27,734
♪ I want to give you
my two cents ♪

465
00:22:29,801 --> 00:22:31,801
The live show bands
really are a key part

466
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of what makes
this thing happen.

467
00:22:33,601 --> 00:22:35,767
And each week has
a different show band.

468
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[ Up-tempo music plays ]

469
00:22:37,767 --> 00:22:40,534
♪♪

470
00:22:40,534 --> 00:22:43,501
So when you have a live band
accompanying the artist,

471
00:22:43,501 --> 00:22:45,901
that's a beautiful thing,
a beautiful thing.

472
00:22:47,334 --> 00:22:52,234
The last week of shows at the
festival are burlesque shows.

473
00:22:52,234 --> 00:22:54,501
If you've never been
to a burlesque show,

474
00:22:54,501 --> 00:22:56,067
they are so much fun.

475
00:22:56,067 --> 00:23:01,100
I mean, it's basically sexual
humor, and it's not lewd at all.

476
00:23:01,100 --> 00:23:02,300
It's not lewd.

477
00:23:02,300 --> 00:23:06,067
There's so many
creative approaches

478
00:23:06,067 --> 00:23:09,634
to how one takes this off
and puts that off.

479
00:23:09,634 --> 00:23:14,434
♪♪

480
00:23:14,434 --> 00:23:17,100
-Shall we go in?
Come this way. Walk this way.

481
00:23:17,100 --> 00:23:19,167
Come on.
Come walk this way.

482
00:23:19,167 --> 00:23:20,701
Keep coming.
This way.

483
00:23:20,701 --> 00:23:22,200
It's right up here. Come on.

484
00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:24,701
Up the stairs.
Careful, careful.

485
00:23:26,968 --> 00:23:29,968
[ Cheers and applause ]

486
00:23:32,901 --> 00:23:34,934
-You know,
it's hard to describe

487
00:23:34,934 --> 00:23:37,868
really why I love this kind
of entertainment so much.

488
00:23:39,434 --> 00:23:43,033
I believe in laughter
and I believe in appreciating

489
00:23:43,033 --> 00:23:46,400
some of these bizarre skills
we see on the stage.

490
00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:50,033
♪♪

491
00:23:50,033 --> 00:23:51,501
[ Crowd gasps ]

492
00:23:51,501 --> 00:23:56,067
That combination of appreciation
of an art form

493
00:23:56,067 --> 00:23:57,834
and laughing together...

494
00:23:57,834 --> 00:23:59,033
[ Laughter ]

495
00:23:59,033 --> 00:24:01,801
...that's what keeps me
excited about this.

496
00:24:02,801 --> 00:24:04,000
[ Laughs ]

497
00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:08,734
♪♪

498
00:24:10,234 --> 00:24:13,501
-The Moisture Festival wraps up
with five burlesque shows

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and the big finale April 16th

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at the Broadway Performance
Hall.

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We'll be right back.

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♪♪

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♪♪

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♪♪

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-That wraps up this episode
of "CityStream"

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from the Marra Farm P-Patch
in southwest Seattle.

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If you'd like
more information about

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the City of Seattle's
Community Gardening Program,

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check out this website --

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seattle.gov/neighborhoods
and select the tab

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"P-Patch Gardening."

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I'm Jeff Renner.

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Thank you for watching.

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♪♪

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♪♪