Sunday School Musical (2008)

1. - Hawthorne Community Church Choir,

2. led by Mrs. Angela Howell.

3. - I want to let you know I'm so proud of you all.

4. Just remember, be bold.

5. Smile.

6. ♪ Ooh

7. ♪ I'm gonna let it shine

8. ♪ Let it shine

9. ♪ Let it shine - ♪ Shine

10. ♪ Let it shine

11. ♪ Let it shine

12. ♪ Let it shine

13. ♪ Gonna let it

14. - Truly lovely work.

15. And, uh, of course,

16. Crossroads Christian Choir is here.

17. Thank you for coming.

18. Now, we are just waiting

19. on the Bellevue Boys Choir.

20. They are supposed to go on second.

21. So let's all just hang tight

22. for a few minutes.

23. - Bingo.

24. - Oh, um...

25. Well, uh, it seems we are

26. a bit pressed for time.

27. So let's get this show on the road.

28. Now, I don't think I need to remind you of the stakes.

29. The top two teams will earn

30. a spot in the upcoming states competition

31. and the chance to win the grand prize

32. of $10,000.

33. All right, then.

34. Crossroads Christian Choir,

35. come on up.

36. ♪ Praise the name

37. - All right.

38. I apologize for the disruption,

39. but, uh, there's been a bit of a mishap,

40. and, uh, I'm afraid I have some unfortunate news.

41. The Bellevue Boys Choir

42. will be unable to make it today,

43. due to a food poisoning incident

44. involving egg salad.

45. - Ew. - Nothing like this

46. has ever happened before,

47. and, uh, we're kind of improvising here.

48. After conferring with the judges,

49. we have a made a decision.

50. Both Hawthorne Choir

51. and Crossroads Choir

52. will move on to compete in the states competition.

53. Congratulations.

54. - Oh, my gosh. I can't believe this.

55. - Thank you all for coming today.

56. Bye-bye.

57. - We made it, guys.

58. We finally made it. - Good work, guys.

59. - Thank goodness for egg salad, right?

60. - Yeah.

61. - This is whack.

62. - Yeah, all our hard work, and those clowns

63. slide through to states.

64. - Don't get distracted.

65. States is in one month. You still have work to do.

66. - It's gonna work out fine.

67. - Hey, sweet win.

68. - Oh?

69. - Bye.

70. - Can't believe we just won.

71. - Won. - We'll win.

72. - Hey, drop that beat. Drop that beat.

73. - All right, all right. Okay, here we go.

74. Wha, I rock-rock the beat.

75. - All right, go ahead. - All right.

76. Manhole.

77. - Okay, okay, okay.

78. - Come on.

79. Come on.

80. ♪ Work hard, train hard

81. - Oh. - Oh. That was good.

82. - That was tight. - That was good. That was good.

83. - That was— That was a good one.

84. - Okay. That was good.

85. - Yeah. How is your pops?

86. - Uh, he's good. I just got an e-mail from him.

87. Um, his tour's almost over. You know, a couple weeks.

88. - Oh, cool.

89. - That's nice, man. Yeah. Hey, Aundrea.

90. You wanna go? - Tsk. Yeah...

91. - Let's see what you got. Let's see what you got.

92. - Okay, okay. Bring that beat back. Go.

93. - Okay.

94. - Hit me. - All right, um...

95. Crossroads Choir.

96. - Good one. - Yeah.

97. - Okay. All right.

98. All right. All right. - Come on.

99. - Oh. - Oh.

100. - Dis. - Man.

101. - That was...

102. That was whack.

103. - I worked all night on that one. Come on.

104. That was so good.

105. Which we are about to receive,

106. through Christ our Lord.

107. - And please bring Dad back home soon and safely.

108. - Yes. Amen. - Amen.

109. - Only two more weeks until Dad's back, right?

110. - Yeah, sweetie.

111. That's it.

112. So— - So guess—

113. - Go ahead. Go ahead. What were you gonna say?

114. - Well, remember that choir competition that I—?

115. - Oh, Zach, how was it? How'd it go?

116. - Uh, it was fine.

117. We made it to states.

118. - Oh, Zach, that's amazing. That's fantastic.

119. Oh, I forgot. Oh, Zach,

120. I wish I could've been there.

121. - Um, it's okay. You can— You can go to states.

122. We'll have something bigger then.

123. - Oh, okay. Tell me more.

124. - Mm.

125. But what were you gonna say?

126. - Well...

127. I have something to tell you guys,

128. but I don't want you to be nervous.

129. Everything's gonna be all right.

130. Today, I found out I lost my job.

131. The hospital made some cutbacks,

132. and a lot of people lost their jobs,

133. and I just happened to be one of those people.

134. - Uh, I'm sorry, Mom.

135. - Can you get a new job?

136. - Mm.

137. Yes, of course I can.

138. But that takes time,

139. and there just aren't

140. a lot of jobs in this area.

141. - Uh, it's okay.

142. It's okay. Um, is there anything we can do?

143. - Well...

144. actually there is another thing.

145. We're gonna have to move in

146. with your aunt for the time being.

147. Just until we get back on our feet.

148. - So...

149. we're moving?

150. - Yeah.

151. - So we have to switch schools?

152. - Yes. And I've talked to your Aunt Janet, and—

153. - Aunt Janet lives, like, 45 minutes away.

154. - Okay, just listen. I've talked to Aunt Janet,

155. and we've got you set up in schools—

156. - Set up?

157. Wait. So you knew this was gonna happen?

158. - Well, I had an idea that my job was in jeopardy,

159. but I wasn't sure that we'd have to move.

160. You know, it's really not gonna be that bad.

161. - For you, maybe. I mean, what about—?

162. What about my friends and my choir?

163. - This isn't easy for any of us, okay?

164. We will make it through this.

165. - If Dad was here, we wouldn't have to move.

166. - Now, that's not fair.

167. - Whatever.

168. - Zach.

169. - Hey.

170. - Hey.

171. - You seem stressed.

172. Is it more school stuff?

173. - Nah.

174. Just family stuff.

175. - Tell me. Is everything all right?

176. - I'm moving.

177. - What are you talking about?

178. - My mom lost her job, and we have to move.

179. - When?

180. - Next week.

181. She already has me set up in another school.

182. I can't believe this. I can't believe you're leaving.

183. Tsk. But what about the group?

184. - I know.

185. - We were just getting started.

186. I wanna feel for you,

187. but you can't just leave like this.

188. - What do you want me to do?

189. - I don't know.

190. We need you. We're going to states.

191. - Well, I guess you're gonna have to go without me.

192. - Oh, that's it.

193. - Well, congrats. You're out the hood now.

194. And you're moving on up to the East Side, right?

195. - What? It ain't like that, believe me.

196. I gotta relocate, Dre. You got it easy.

197. - I gotta pull it together without you.

198. - Yeah, well, I gotta take on somethin' brand new.

199. ♪ You can't understand

200. And we need to work.

201. - I think that we should have some sort of, like, theme.

202. - Hello. And you are?

203. - I-I'm Zachary.

204. - Ah, yes. The new student.

205. This is perfect. We're assigning new pairs today.

206. Zachary, hang tight for just a minute, okay?

207. Uh, boys and girls,

208. I need everyone's undivided attention, please.

209. Eyes on me.

210. Today, we are starting our desserts unit.

211. New partners time.

212. Now, uh— Uh, Jason and Ryan,

213. I'd like you at Station 1.

214. Robin and George, Station 2.

215. Savannah and...

216. our new student, Zachary, Station 3.

217. Sadie and Doug...

218. - Yeah, but I'm gonna be a little late because

219. of the yearbook meeting. - That's fine.

220. - Hi. - Hey.

221. - I'm Savannah.

222. - Zachary.

223. - Now, open your recipe book to page 51.

224. - Okay, so page 51— - 51.

225. - Okay, it says half a cup of vegetable shortening.

226. Half a cup.

227. Just—

228. Just drop it.

229. - Sorry.

230. - It's okay.

231. There you go. - Thanks.

232. - Okay, next is two eggs. Right there.

233. Wait, wait, wait.

234. N-no, no, no.

235. No. - What?

236. - Well, when you crack it like that,

237. you get the shell in the batter.

238. So you just tap it... - Oh.

239. and then it opens.

240. - Thanks, boss.

241. - What's that supposed to mean?

242. - Um, nothing. I mean, you're just really on top of things.

243. You know, like, uh...

244. student council, yearbook, choir.

245. Eggs.

246. - Okay, well, if you think you can do it better,

247. then you take over, boss.

248. - All right, um...

249. "a half cup of sugar."

250. - I could do it.

251. - Uh, half cup.

252. - I know what a half cup is. - Okay.

253. - Thanks.

254. What's next?

255. Zachary? Welcome.

256. Why don't you go ahead

257. and just take a seat right over there, okay?

258. - Hey.

259. I know you.

260. - Yeah, I know you too.

261. - What on GGE are you doing in my Bible Study class?

262. - GG what?

263. - It's "God's green Earth."

264. Okay. Settle down, now.

265. Good morning, everyone.

266. We have a new student Zachary.

267. So everyone please introduce yourselves to him

268. and make sure that you help him whenever possible.

269. We're a little short on textbooks still, Zachary,

270. so would anyone mind sharing with him?

271. - Yeah. I will.

272. It's no problem. - Thanks.

273. - Your homework was to read "The Tower of Babel."

274. Now, what I'd like you to do

275. is read the response questions in your workbooks

276. so we can discuss them.

277. And those questions begin on page...

278. - Uh, page 42.

279. - Thank you, Miles.

280. - Page 42 to 45.

281. Yes.

282. - What?

283. - I'm onto you.

284. - What are you talking about?

285. - You think you can come in here and spy on our choir?

286. Well... you're wrong.

287. - I just moved here. And your choir isn't good.

288. - Right.

289. That's exactly what a spy would say.

290. - Hey, come on, man.

291. Gentlemen?

292. I gather from your talking that you're ready to discuss?

293. - Aunt Janet. Hey, Zach.

294. - Hey. - How's it going?

295. How you liking it here?

296. Um...

297. It's nice of you to let us stay here,

298. but, um, school's just kind of rough, you know?

299. - Yeah? Well...

300. is there something you like?

301. I mean, is there a choir you can join?

302. - Ugh. I would never join their choir.

303. - Heh. Why not?

304. - Because they can't sing. - Oh, come on.

305. They can't be that bad. - Oh, they're—

306. They're that bad.

307. - Okay, well...

308. tell me something else.

309. How's your classes?

310. - Uh, most of them are kind of boring.

311. Except Home Ec. Home Ec's okay.

312. - Okay. Well, that's something.

313. What's wrong?

314. - The military extended your father's tour

315. for another six months.

316. Come here.

317. It's gonna be all right.

318. If you just give me a couple of weeks.

319. Of course. Look, I appreciate your point,

320. but $10,000 is a lot of money.

321. And this church—

322. Look, this church means everything to me.

323. It is my mission to make sure that

324. the funds are secure to keep the doors open.

325. Look, I'm not prepared to do that just yet.

326. I'm sure if you just give me a couple of weeks.

327. Look, I'll come up with something. Okay.

328. Thank you.

329. Bye-bye.

330. - Is everything all right?

331. - Everything is fine.

332. - Is the church in trouble?

333. - No.

334. No, not as of yet.

335. But that's nothing for you to worry about.

336. Okay? That's for me to worry about.

337. Your job is to put together

338. an amazing performance for states.

339. - All right.

340. If you have a few minutes,

341. I wanted to go over some ideas with you.

342. With Zachary gone, we have a lot of figuring out to do, so—

343. - So you're gonna take the lead?

344. - Yep.

345. I guess I'll just have to figure it out on my own.

346. - I think you'll do a great job.

347. So let's hear what you came up with.

348. - Hey, Savannah Banana. - Hey, Dad.

349. - What you working on?

350. - Just studying for a biology test.

351. What you working on?

352. - I'm all done for the day.

353. I've got an early Church Affairs meeting

354. in the morning, so I gotta get up early.

355. You need some help studying?

356. - Sure. If you wanna quiz me. - I've love to.

357. - I just have to finish this last one.

358. - Okay.

359. You are so busy, sweetie.

360. And now you're choir leader too.

361. Do you have any problems juggling all that?

362. - Not yet.

363. - You sure?

364. If you ever get overwhelmed,

365. you can do what your mother used to do.

366. - What's that?

367. - She would simply put a piece of bubblegum in her mouth,

368. and—and she would blow a big bubble.

369. And she would say a little— Little prayer

370. right before she did it.

371. She'd say, "Dear God...

372. make this bubble take away my trouble."

373. And she would picture all— All those worries

374. and all that stress in that bubble.

375. And when it popped...

376. they were gone.

377. - I didn't know she did that. - Yeah.

378. She did that.

379. Let's do these.

380. Are you ready, Savannah?

381. Order of mitosis.

382. - Interphase, prophase,

383. metaphase...

384. telophase, anaphase? - Mm-mm. Close.

385. Anaphase, telophase.

386. I always mix those two up. - That's all right.

387. You could try something to help you remember.

388. For instance, interphase starts with "I."

389. So I'd say "I."

390. Prophase, "P."I played."

391. Metaphase, "marbles." - Oh.

392. - "I played marbles." - Okay.

393. - And you just keep adding the words.

394. Interphase. "I played—" Metaphase.

395. "My... accordion today."

396. Interphase, prophase, metaphase,

397. anaphase, telophase.

398. "I played my accordion today."

399. - See? It worked.

400. Great job, sweetie. Next.

401. Whoa. "Chromatid."

402. - Interphase. "I played my accordion today.

403. I played my accordion today. I played—"

404. - Whoa. Uh— - S-sorry.

405. - You play the accordion?

406. - No, I just—You know, I have—I have this—I—

407. - Heh! - Forget it.

408. - Okay, so it says to write the fortunes first.

409. - Oh.

410. I don't know what to write.

411. Now, remember, the first few you fold

412. might not look like a fortune cookie.

413. They might resemble something more like...

414. a geode.

415. What's a geode?

416. Okay, so let's get started with the cooking.

417. - Okay. Um...

418. two egg whites. That's all you.

419. - On it.

420. - Remember, no shell, please.

421. - Funny.

422. - Uh— - Uh, no. Why?

423. - It's okay. It's okay. Here.

424. - Zachary? - Yes?

425. - I was, uh—You know, I saw you at regionals, and...

426. I know you were doing choir at your old school, and I—

427. I-I was just wondering, if you're interested,

428. you might wanna join our choir.

429. - I don't think so. - Why not?

430. - If I'm gonna sing, I'm gonna do it at Hawthorne.

431. - All right, well, let me know if you change your mind.

432. - Okay. I will.

433. - Settle right down, please.

434. Gentlemen. Hats.

435. Thank you.

436. All right. Who would like to be the first to present today?

437. Miles. Of course. - Yes.

438. The Last Supper was painted by the brilliant Leonardo da Vinci.

439. It was created for Duke Ludovico Sforza

440. and his duchess, Beatrice d'Este.

441. It depicts each apostle's reaction

442. when Jesus said one of them would betray him.

443. They can be identified by their reactions.

444. If you look at the picture closely, you can see

445. this one on the far left is clearly...

446. Unfortunately, despite all efforts

447. to preserve this painting,

448. in 1517, the painting tragically—

449. - Miles? That's all we have time for today.

450. - Oh. But, Mrs. Stewart, I was just getting started.

451. - I know. And you have gone above and beyond as always.

452. Thank you.

453. Zachary, why don't you present next?

454. - I don't have mine.

455. - You didn't do the assignment?

456. - No.

457. - Zachary, I've had to speak to you before

458. about not completing assignments.

459. Detention with me after class.

460. - Wait, Mrs. Stewart. Isn't the first of the month

461. your department meeting in the faculty lounge?

462. - Ah.

463. We could use help cleaning the choir room.

464. Zachary could do that instead.

465. - No, no, no. Um, I'll just do detention tomorrow.

466. - No, Zachary, that's perfect.

467. You'll report to the choir after school.

468. - Okay. You sing the high part, then we get...

469. - ... to the coda and go...

470. Oh. Hello, Zachary.

471. - All right, so what needs to be cleaned?

472. - You can wash the board.

473. There's a, uh, cleaning agent and a sponge

474. over there for you.

475. - Uh...

476. H-hello?

477. - Oh, that, heh— That's Margaret there.

478. - What? Oh, gosh. Sorry.

479. - Yes.

480. - Hi. - Hi.

481. - It's good to go. Let's give it a try.

482. Might... Wait.

483. I might wanna start, um, here...

484. - Hm. Look who decided to come.

485. - No, I—

486. No, no, no, no. Heh.

487. I've arranged, uh, as a punishment—

488. - Mrs. Stewart sent me here for detention.

489. - Um... okay, everyone.

490. Go ahead and grab a folder,

491. and stand over here.

492. Grab your folder.

493. - Miles?

494. States song?

495. - Right.

496. ♪ Be thou my vision

497. - He-hey. Um... where do you think you're going?

498. Board's clean, so...

499. - You don't wanna just stay, you know?

500. Maybe help us out? Plea—?

501. - I don't think so.

502. You guys need a miracle.

503. Hey, Zachary. - Hey, Dre.

504. - Hey, I can't really talk right now.

505. We're working on our performance for states.

506. - No, that's cool. Aundrea, come on.

507. Okay, okay. I gotta go, Zach. Bye.

508. - Bye—

509. Lee las palabras.

510. Por último, escribe la respuesta.

511. Sigue el modelo.

512. - Stop, stop, stop.

513. I don't think that's gonna work.

514. - Don't you think Zachary could make that flow?

515. I mean, he'd be able to tie it in.

516. - Zachary's not here.

517. It doesn't work like that.

518. - Well, fine, let's just move on.

519. - Yeah, let's just move on.

520. We have a lot of ground to cover. From the top.

521. One, two, three, and...

522. [off-key] ♪ By day or by night

523. - Okay, everyone. Let's just take five minutes.

524. Just work on the last line. - Okay.

525. [plays "Amazing Grace"

526. - Hey. - Hey.

527. - Are you coming in?

528. - Oh, no, no. I was just chilling.

529. Um, I didn't know you played.

530. - Oh, this? No, it's— - No, no, no.

531. It's cool. You should use it. - Really?

532. Hey. - Hey.

533. - Zachary was just saying

534. we could use my harmonica.

535. - Oh, no— No, I was just saying—

536. - You think that could work?

537. - Well, I mean, if you guys

538. wanna try something different.

539. - Uh, I think we know what we're doing around here.

540. Um...

541. I don't think that's true.

542. - Yeah. Zachary,

543. what do you think we should do?

544. - Nah. I mean, you guys can do your own thing.

545. - No, no, no. We want your help.

546. I mean, if you're willing to help us.

547. - Well... with my old choir, we used to

548. put our own spin on things.

549. - Like what?

550. - Um, like anything.

551. We just did whatever we felt,

552. and then... songs became ours.

553. Music isn't something you learn.

554. It's something you feel.

555. - This seems very radical.

556. - Listen to me, y'all.

557. You gotta do your own thing.

558. 'Cause that's the only way people are gonna hear you.

559. You know what I'm saying?

560. Listen.

561. See? We had a little something there, right?

562. - I know.

563. We actually sounded okay. - Yeah.

564. - So... does this mean that you're gonna join our choir?

565. - Um, I'm not sure.

566. - Well, why not?

567. - Uh, it's just...

568. I gotta think about it, you know?

569. - Uh, excuse me. Heh.

570. We can't just invite people to join willy-nilly.

571. Shouldn't we have some sort of democratic process

572. to decide on these... changes?

573. - If Zachary decides he wants to join our choir...

574. then I'd love to have him.

575. All in favor?

576. - Okay, guys. Um, we're done for the day.

577. So we'll just pick it up tomorrow.

578. Cool? Cool.

579. Bye.

580. Sorry about before, Trev.

581. - Eh, that's cool.

582. We're all a bit stressed about getting this together.

583. - You know, I think we can pull it off.

584. We just—It's gonna take a little bit of time—

585. Hey, guys.

586. Nice seeing you, man. - Hey, bro.

587. What are you doing here?

588. - I just came by to see you guys.

589. - Oh. Wait.

590. Coming at the end of rehearsal?

591. We could've used you in here, man.

592. - Actually, just came from rehearsal too.

593. - What rehearsal?

594. - I'm—I'm kind of helping the Crossroad kids

595. get their act together for states.

596. - Wait. You're helping those jokers?

597. - They're actually not that bad.

598. I wanted to talk to you guys about it.

599. - What are you talking about?

600. Are you really a part of that choir now?

601. - I just tried working with them once.

602. I just miss being part of a group.

603. But, believe me, I have my work cut out for me.

604. - You realize you joined up with the competition?

605. - So you think they're competition now?

606. - Well, maybe now they are.

607. Well, you make me sound

608. like some kind of traitor.

609. - You said it. I didn't.

610. - It's not like that, Dre.

611. - I don't know, bro.

612. - Peace.

613. - Later, dude.

614. - Dre, wait up.

615. - What's going on?

616. - It's Zachary. He's gonna join the choir.

617. This could really be the downfall

618. of the Crossroads Choir.

619. - What are you talking about?

620. - I-i—I-it's very risky making such drastic changes

621. to our routine at this point.

622. And I haven't even ruled out the possibility

623. that he's a spy.

624. You're doing this all wrong. Try it like this.

625. - Miles. We need to work together.

626. This isn't choir, Savs.

627. You're not the boss.

628. I take that back.

629. You're not the boss of choir either.

630. Huh. You— You think you are,

631. but you're not.

632. So there. - Miles, you need to stop

633. being so stubborn all the time.

634. You know, some of these changes could

635. actually be good for us.

636. - Oh. You think you got it all figured out, huh?

637. "I'm Savannah. I'm perfect and wonderful and amazing."

638. - "I'm Miles.

639. I whine and complain all day long."

640. ♪ You're not the boss

641. ♪ Oh, it's our school

642. ♪ You're not the boss

643. ♪ You're not the boss

644. ♪ A high school superstar

645. ♪ You're not the boss

646. - Zachary? See me before you leave.

647. - Zachary. Oh. Thank you so much

648. for all the time you've put into the choir.

649. Your dedication is truly a blessing.

650. - Uh... you're welcome?

651. - It, um— It must be hard, though.

652. I mean, lately you've been

653. so busy with choir rehearsals,

654. you must not have much time for, well,

655. anything else.

656. - Hm?

657. - See you at choir. Ciao.

658. - I wanna talk to you about your work in this class.

659. I'm rooting for you.

660. But I really need to see you take this seriously.

661. - I know, I know. I— I need to work harder.

662. - You know, don't be so nonchalant.

663. This is your education we're talking about.

664. - Okay, Mrs. S. I will. I'll try harder.

665. - I'm not through.

666. You've got to take this seriously.

667. So unless you get a B or better on the next test,

668. you will not be allowed to participate in the choir.

669. - Are you serious?

670. - I'm sorry. It's the only way I can think of

671. to get through to you.

672. You may go.

673. - Zachary. Hi.

674. - Hey.

675. - How's it going?

676. It's going.

677. - Is everything okay?

678. Yeah, everything's good.

679. - Oh, okay.

680. Good.

681. Dad!

682. - Coming!

683. What, sweetheart?

684. - Look.

685. - What?

686. - You shrunk my favorite shirt.

687. - I'm sorry.

688. - I can't believe this.

689. - Well, I'm not a laundry expert.

690. - Just forget it.

691. - I'm sorry, Savannah.

692. - Things like this never happened before.

693. - Before your mom...?

694. - Never mind. Just leave.

695. - This has been very tough on both of us.

696. And I'm sorry I shrunk your shirt,

697. but I am doing the best that I can—

698. - Dad. Get out of my room!

699. - You miss your mother. I miss your mother.

700. I understand exactly what you're going through

701. right now. The feelings— - No, you don't understand.

702. She's my mom.

703. - Maybe I don't understand.

704. Why don't you talk to me, Savannah?

705. Help me understand.

706. - Every time I wanna tell her something, I can't.

707. It's not fair.

708. - Sometimes we don't understand

709. why God gives us the challenges that he does.

710. Don't turn away from me.

711. Savannah, look at me.

712. He has a plan for you...

713. and he has a plan for me.

714. - I don't believe that.

715. - Well, you are angry. You are angry right now—

716. - Dad, I'm your daughter. Stop preaching to me.

717. - Savannah, stop it.

718. - Dad, get out of my room!

719. - Savannah— - Dad, get out of my room!

720. - Hey, what's going on?

721. - Oh, it's Peer Tutoring Tuesday.

722. - Oh. Well, I better get going then.

723. - No, come on. Just come hang out.

724. - Yeah, right. Like I'm gonna tutor somebody.

725. - Why not? Or, you know,

726. you could just study or something.

727. You know, I could help you.

728. - No, I'm good.

729. - Zach... sit down.

730. - Okay, okay.

731. So, what's next?

732. - Okay, this is gonna have to be the last one,

733. 'cause I gotta get going.

734. Okay, so it's Proverbs 27, verse 19.

735. Okay?

736. "As in water, face answereth to face,

737. so the heart of man to man."

738. - I don't know the "answereth."

739. - Okay, let me break it down for you.

740. Okay. So the first part:

741. "As in water, face answereth to face."

742. See, when you look into the water,

743. you'll see a reflection of your face.

744. Right? And so, take the second part

745. and explain to me what it means.

746. - Wait, so...

747. they're both about reflections?

748. When you know your heart,

749. then you can understand someone else's.

750. - Right.

751. Uh, what does that mean to you?

752. - Well, um...

753. that we're all the same, deep down.

754. Um, even though we may seem different.

755. - Exactly.

756. See? There's no way Mrs. Stewart can keep you off choir—

757. Sorry.

758. You know, I just— I overheard her talking to you.

759. - It's just a little embarrassing. Uh—

760. I don't know if I'm gonna pull it off, you know?

761. - Yeah, you will.

762. - Thanks for your help, though.

763. - I wasn't helping you.

764. I was just, you know, looking out for choir.

765. - Okay, okay. My bad.

766. Yeah, trust me. I know.

767. Miles can be pretty ridiculous.

768. But... other than that,

769. are you starting to feel more at home?

770. - I'm getting there. It's just my Hawthorne crew's

771. being kind of tough on me, you know,

772. and I just didn't expect that.

773. But... I know that God will only

774. put as much on my plate as I can handle.

775. Just gotta keep praying and stay positive.

776. - Yeah. I don't know.

777. Sometimes I think I have a little too much on my plate.

778. - What do you mean?

779. A tragedy in Savannahland is, like, if choir,

780. student council and yearbook

781. all fell on the same day.

782. - That's not true at all.

783. What? You think you're the only one that has it rough?

784. - Come on.

785. - You don't know anything about me.

786. - Uh, I'm pretty sure I have a good idea.

787. I know that you're the pastor's daughter,

788. that you're top of the class, you're in every club.

789. I mean, what's the worst that could've happened?

790. - Actually, my mom died a few months ago.

791. - I'm sorry. I didn't—

792. - That's okay. You didn't know.

793. - Uh—

794. I'm not sure if this is saying much, but...

795. I know how it is to miss a parent.

796. My dad's overseas in the military,

797. and I don't know when he's coming back.

798. But you gotta stay positive, you know?

799. - You're right. You know,

800. I don't wanna think about my mom and be sad. I want—

801. I want thinking about her to make me happy.

802. - It's okay to be upset.

803. You'll feel better when you're ready.

804. - Thanks for being there for me.

805. - Got your back, girl.

806. That was it.

807. That was it. Hello, everyone.

808. - That was it.

809. - Aundrea, you're doing such a lovely job with the group.

810. And you all have come so far.

811. - Yeah.

812. - Sit down, y'all.

813. I need to talk to you.

814. - So, what's up, Mrs. Howell?

815. - This is hard.

816. Okay. You all know

817. that it's been a very rough year

818. for the church and the community.

819. Despite all of our fundraising efforts...

820. we've still fallen short.

821. We're out of ideas, and we're out of money.

822. Hawthorne will be closing its doors

823. at the end of the month.

824. - What? - What?

825. - Hawthorne can't shut down.

826. - We all grew up here.

827. I'm sorry.

828. - W— Where else will we go?

829. - There must be something we could do.

830. - What if we win the prize money at states?

831. Yeah.

832. - Yes, that would help pull us through,

833. but we don't have money to send you to states.

834. And that is too much pressure to put on you.

835. - I know we can win this competition.

836. Can't you figure something out?

837. - Believe me, I've tried.

838. This is the last thing that I wanted to do.

839. I'm sorry.

840. - Mrs. Howell... this was our opportunity

841. to prove that we could do something.

842. To prove that Hawthorne could do something.

843. Don't you see that?

844. - Look, I know it's hard.

845. Believe me. I understand.

846. But this is not about you.

847. This is about the church.

848. And there is no other option.

849. Look, I know it's hard,

850. and things don't always work out the way that—

851. Aundrea, where are you going?

852. - I'm outta here.

853. - Hey.

854. - Hey. How did the test go?

855. - Zachary, it's fine. Don't even worry about it.

856. - Psych.

857. A-minus.

858. Oh, my gosh.

859. - I have to get to class.

860. - Me too.

861. - All right. Remember, after school?

862. - Yep. - Okay.

863. - See you later. - Bye.

864. - So this is where you used to come?

865. - Yeah. It's, uh, nice to have a place to go

866. where you can get away, you know?

867. Choir's good.

868. - Um, yeah, it's great.

869. I mean, everyone's really nice.

870. Or almost everyone.

871. But a few more rehearsals,

872. and we should be in good shape.

873. - Crossroads Choir rehearsal?

874. Sounds like fun.

875. - Dre, hey.

876. - Hawthorne Choir rehearsal's going great.

877. Thanks for asking.

878. Oh, wait. We don't have them anymore.

879. - What are you talking about?

880. - While you've been busy with your new choir,

881. Hawthorne Church is shutting down.

882. - Are you serious?

883. - Yeah.

884. No church, no choir.

885. And we can't go to states.

886. Guess you left just in time.

887. - Drea, I don't wanna fight with you.

888. - Oh, of course you don't.

889. Everything's perfect for you now.

890. - What are you talking about?

891. - New choir, new friends.

892. A church with money.

893. Do your thing.

894. - Dre, don't be like that.

895. - Love and unity.

896. Let's all just take a moment

897. and reflect on those two words.

898. What do they mean?

899. We are all given obstacles in our—

900. In our life, that test us.

901. And they make us question ourselves, and...

902. sometimes the people that we love.

903. But we are also given an opportunity

904. to live the most fulfilling

905. and the most righteous life possible.

906. Well, Colossians 3 instructs us

907. to put on a heart of compassion.

908. And beyond all things, to put on love.

909. This is the perfect bond of unity.

910. Today, I wanna talk to you about this passage:

911. Colossians 3.

912. And how you can use its words...

913. to make you better people

914. and help you live a better life.

915. Colossians 3 gives us some very good guidelines for this.

916. Compassion and kindness...

917. humility and patience.

918. We should care for others, despite our differences.

919. It cites unity...

920. as the ultimate goal.

921. Unity.

922. Love and unity among people.

923. This is the key to living up to one's true potential.

924. Love and unity.

925. In this upcoming week...

926. I challenge each and every one of you

927. here in this congregation

928. to strengthen the love

929. and the unity...

930. in your lives.

931. In closing of this Sunday's service...

932. we have a very special performance by our youth choir.

933. ♪ Be thou my vision

934. - God bless.

935. How are you?

936. And there she is.

937. - Thanks, Dad.

938. - For what?

939. - For your sermon. - You're welcome.

940. I love you, sweetie. - I love you too.

941. - And I'm very, very, very proud of you.

942. - Dad. I gotta go talk to the choir.

943. I'll be right back.

944. - Okay. Go ahead, busy girl.

945. ♪ Apple in my tree

946. I get a—

947. - All right, all right. - I don't know!

948. - Just do beatbox. - That was good.

949. - What is this?

950. - We wanted to talk to you guys about an idea that we had.

951. - What is it? And what are they doing here?

952. - We think it's awful that you guys can't go to states.

953. Uh, you guys are really talented.

954. We wanna help.

955. - We want you guys to join our choir.

956. - Isn't that against the rules or something?

957. - No. Margaret read the entire rulebook.

958. It doesn't say anywhere in there that we can't.

959. - Why would I ever join your choir?

960. - Because you love to sing, and nobody can sing like you.

961. And I know this church means everything to you.

962. - Yeah.

963. This could be our only chance to go to states.

964. - We don't need your charity.

965. We know we're good. We don't have anything to prove.

966. - But we need your help.

967. And you guys are good. And we have a better chance

968. of winning the prize money.

969. We all want that to go to Hawthorne.

970. - We've been working really hard.

971. We're getting better.

972. - Okay. I'm in.

973. Let's do it.

974. Guys, what you think?

975. - Yep. - Yeah, we'll do it.

976. - Aundrea?

977. - Fine. I— I will admit that

978. your voice would be an asset.

979. - I guess this is the only option.

980. Hawthorne needs us.

981. I just wanna sing.

982. - So you'll do it?

983. - Yeah.

984. - I just wanna win.

985. - Well, me too.

986. - Try you up there.

987. Hey, where's Zach?

988. Oh. He's always a little late.

989. - I know.

990. - Oh, Aundrea. You're gonna stand right here.

991. Okay, everyone. We're gonna get started.

992. Let's begin our choir rehearsal.

993. We're gonna begin with some warm-ups.

994. Miles.

995. - Aundrea, please?

996. - What?

997. - Ugh. Never mind.

998. All right, guys,

999. let's just continue with the "mi's."

1000. Miles?

1001. - Aundrea, you're too loud.

1002. - Well, I can't hear myself sing over his piano.

1003. - And we have to make up for her.

1004. Girl, you're not even singing.

1005. - I'm shy?

1006. - Yeah, but she can sing, okay?

1007. - Please. - What's your problem?

1008. We invited you here. - And?

1009. - And we can easily un-invite you.

1010. - Oh, I don't think so.

1011. - This is not what I expected.

1012. - Hey, guys.

1013. - Nice new friends you have here.

1014. - It's not gonna work if you can't listen.

1015. - Wh-what's wrong? Okay, chill out.

1016. Come on, let's figure this out.

1017. - We are clearly not welcome here.

1018. I know this is hard, but we have to make this work.

1019. - Okay, remember when we first started out?

1020. And you thought you were all that

1021. and I thought I was all that,

1022. and you told me you didn't need me anymore?

1023. - Yeah.

1024. - And remember the first time we sang together?

1025. Like, really sang together?

1026. - Yeah.

1027. ♪ Much more

1028. Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.

1029. Boom, boom, boom, boom.

1030. - Okay, okay, okay, okay.

1031. Try it like this. Try it like this.

1032. Stomp, hit, hit, hit, hit.

1033. No boom-booms.

1034. Just stomp, hit, hit, hit, hit. Ready?

1035. - Dinner will be ready in 10, guys.

1036. - Okay, watch this.

1037. Stomp, boom, boom, ah, ah.

1038. - Wow. You're getting good, Jakey.

1039. Hey, why don't you go inside

1040. and help Aunt Janet set the table, okay?

1041. - Yeah, sure. - Okay.

1042. - So are you nervous for tomorrow?

1043. - Yeah, I mean, we haven't had a lot of time to practice.

1044. - You know, it's really nice to see you working

1045. so hard for something.

1046. I'm really proud of you.

1047. Mwah.

1048. Dinner in 10, okay?

1049. - That really bothers me.

1050. Doesn't help anything.

1051. - All right, guys.

1052. There's two more choirs, and then we go on.

1053. - Okay.

1054. - Oh, no.

1055. - What?

1056. - C.O.T.G.Y.C.

1057. What?

1058. - Church of the Gospel Youth Choir.

1059. They've won the past three years.

1060. - And they will never let anybody forget it.

1061. - I'm not worried.

1062. Don't worry about it.

1063. - That's right, big applause.

1064. Let's hear it for the 14th Street Choir.

1065. And now presenting the Church of the Gospel Youth Choir.

1066. That's right, big applause

1067. for the Church of the Gospel Youth Choir.

1068. Next, Kingston Choir and Hawthorne-Crossroads.

1069. Hawthorne-Crossroads, you're up in 10 minutes.

1070. Guys, we gotta get going in a few minutes.

1071. - I'm gonna go check something out, I'll be right back.

1072. - Okay.

1073. "Make this bubble take away my trouble."

1074. - Oh. There you are.

1075. - Okay, we are minutes away, people.

1076. Let's get dressed. Let's get ready.

1077. Let's get started.

1078. - Hey, I've been meaning to give you this.

1079. - What are you doing?

1080. - It might be kind of stale, so...

1081. "You will get a fortune

1082. and then win the states competition."

1083. Oh, Zach.

1084. - Well, are you gonna try it?

1085. It's not that good.

1086. Excuse me. Excuse me.

1087. I'm looking for whoever's in charge of this choir.

1088. - What seems to be the problem?

1089. - Miles, I got this.

1090. - It's been brought to my attention

1091. this is a combination of choirs.

1092. - Yeah, the Crossroads and Hawthorne,

1093. we formed one choir.

1094. - Well, I'm sorry. I cannot allow

1095. two choirs to perform together.

1096. It wouldn't be fair to the other choirs.

1097. - Wait, we worked so hard,

1098. and it means so much to all of us.

1099. - I'm sorry. - Uh, please don't do this.

1100. - I-I really do apologize.

1101. - Guys— - What just happened?

1102. - I don't know. I—

1103. - There's nothing I can do. - Guys, it's okay.

1104. - It's not okay. No, it's—

1105. - Margaret, weren't you the one that said

1106. this wasn't against the rules?

1107. - There's no reason to blame anyone.

1108. - Hawthorne Church needed that money.

1109. - I'm so sorry, guys. I mean, it's terrible,

1110. but there's nothing that we can do about it.

1111. - Are you serious? I can't believe you guys.

1112. Why would we even come this far

1113. if you were just gonna give up that easy?

1114. - Yeah. Yeah, she's absolutely right.

1115. - Okay, okay, let's just think for a second.

1116. - Um... I might have an idea.

1117. - What is it? - Now she talks.

1118. - What we did here was something really great.

1119. We united two very different groups of people,

1120. and we made it work.

1121. I think we may have an argument.

1122. - Okay. Okay.

1123. Okay, yeah. I'll get the others.

1124. I'll get the others.

1125. Okay, so here's what we're gonna do.

1126. - Hey, thanks a lot, man.

1127. - Excuse me, Mr. Jerome. May we have a word with you?

1128. - All right, but just briefly.

1129. We understand your concern about fairness.

1130. To quote Zacharias 7:9.:

1131. Administer true justice.

1132. Show mercy and compassion.

1133. That is what we have done in working together.

1134. And that in turn is what we ask of you.

1135. We don't want to disadvantage or hurt any other group.

1136. We just want the chance to do something

1137. that means so much to all of us.

1138. We want to perform.

1139. - Well, I just don't feel right

1140. about letting you compete against the other teams.

1141. However, I also don't like the idea

1142. of you not having the opportunity to perform.

1143. Therefore...

1144. you will not be eligible for the prize

1145. or the state title,

1146. but you may go out there and sing.

1147. - We'll take it. Right, guys?

1148. Yeah. Definitely. - Of course.

1149. - This is our last choir of the night.

1150. Now, we have a little bit of an unusual circumstance.

1151. Because they've joined together,

1152. the Crossroads-Hawthorne Choir performance

1153. will not be eligible for the competition.

1154. But let's make them feel welcome, shall we?

1155. Here they are: the Crossroads-Hawthorne Choir.

1156. - Okay, play C sharp.

1157. ♪ When Jesus is

1158. ♪ He watches

1159. ♪ Me

1160. ♪ I sing

1161. ♪ Me

1162. - Excuse me.

1163. Excuse me.

1164. Hey.

1165. - Ah, it's so good to see you.

1166. So, what are you doing here? You okay?

1167. - It's nothing.

1168. I'm just glad to be here. - Yeah.

1169. - You were great. - Thanks, Mom.

1170. - So, what did you think?

1171. - Incredible, man. The whole group was.

1172. - Uh. Unbelievable.

1173. - Well, the time has come to announce the winner,

1174. who will be taking home a prize of $10,000.

1175. For the fourth year in a row,

1176. Church of the Gospel Youth Choir.

1177. - One moment? - Uh, certainly.

1178. Uh, someone would like to say a few words.

1179. - We're very grateful and honored

1180. to be receiving this award.

1181. However, we feel that we should give over the award

1182. and the title to the true winners today:

1183. the Hawthorne-Crossroads Choir.

1184. - Thank you, man. - Good job.

1185. - I'm sorry about before, all right?

1186. - There they are.

1187. The Crossroads-Hawthorne Choir.

1188. Thank you, everybody, for coming.

1189. We'll see you next year.

1190. - Whoo! - Good job.

1191. Girl, we won!

1192. - So... the church?

1193. - This will do it. This will do it.

1194. Thank you.

1195. ♪ Much more

1196. Listen to me, y'all.

1197. You gotta do your own thing.

1198. 'Cause that's the only way people are gonna hear you.

1199. You know what I'm saying?

1200. Listen.

1201. ♪ Hey, ho-oh

1202. Whoo! Oww!

1203. ♪ This little light of mine

1204. ♪ Ooh

1205. ♪ I'm gonna let it shine

1206. ♪ Yeah

1207. ♪ Let it shine

1208. ♪ Ooh

1209. ♪ I'm gonna let it shine

1210. ♪ Let it shine

1211. ♪ Let it shine