[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.74,0:00:04.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}bang, bang{\i0} The convention hall will come\Nto order. Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.98,0:00:09.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're now holding the first general\Nsession of the 89th national FFA Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.00,0:00:14.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,convention and expo.\NMadam Vice President, Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.40,0:00:17.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are all officers at their stations? Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.21,0:00:20.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,VP: I shall call the role of officers\Nto determine if they are at their stations Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.78,0:00:24.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and report back to you, Madam President.\NThe Sentinel Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.46,0:00:27.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sentinel: Stationed by the door.\NVP: Your duties there? Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.47,0:00:32.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sentinel: Through this door passed many\Nfriends of the FFA. It is my duty to see Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.31,0:00:35.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the door is opened to our friends at \Nall times. And that they are welcome. Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.09,0:00:40.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I care for the meeting room and the \Nparaphernalia. I strive to keep the room Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.40,0:00:44.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,comfortable, and assist the president in\Nmaintaining order. Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.90,0:00:45.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,VP: The Reporter. Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.26,0:00:48.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Reporter: The Reporter is stationed by the \Nflag. Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.15,0:00:51.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,VP: Why by the flag?\NReporter: As the flag covers the Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.35,0:00:56.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,United States of America, so I strive to \Ninform the people in order that every man Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.81,0:01:02.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,woman, and child may know. That the FFA\Nis a national organization that reaches Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.53,0:01:07.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the state of Alaska to Puerto Rico.\NAnd from the State of Maine to Hawaii. Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.39,0:01:09.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,VP: The Treasurer Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.04,0:01:12.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Treasurer: Stationed at the emblem of \NWashington. Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.73,0:01:15.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,VP: Your duties there?\NTreasurer: I keep a record of receipts and Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.96,0:01:19.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disbursements. Just as Washington kept his\Nfarm and house. Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.97,0:01:24.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Carefully and accurately. I encourage \Nthrift among the members and strive Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.95,0:01:28.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to build up our financial standing\Nthrough savings and investments. Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.02,0:01:32.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,George Washington was better able to\Nserve his country because he was Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.65,0:01:35.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,financially independent.\NVP: The Secretary Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.36,0:01:39.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Secretary: Stationed by the ear of corn.\NVP: Your duties there? Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.80,0:01:42.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Secretary: I keep an accurate record of \Nall meetings and correspond with other Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.88,0:01:46.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,secretaries. Wherever corn is grown,\NFFA members meet. Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.78,0:01:49.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,VP: The Advisor\NAdvisor: Here by the owl. Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.59,0:01:53.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,VP: Why stationed by the owl?\NAdvisor: The owl is a time honored Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.08,0:01:57.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,emblem of knowledge and wisdom.\NBeing older than the rest of you, Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.02,0:02:03.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm asked to advise you from time to time\Nas the need arises. Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.32,0:02:08.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope that my advice will always be based\Non true knowledge and ripened with Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.85,0:02:14.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wisdom. Madame Vice President,\Nwhy do you keep a plow at your station? Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.90,0:02:18.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,VP: The plow is the symbol of labor and\Ntilling of the soil. Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.99,0:02:21.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without labor, neither knowledge nor \Nwisdom can accomplish much. Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.09,0:02:25.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My duties require me to assist at all \Ntimes in directing the work of our Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.87,0:02:29.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,organization. I preside over meetings\Nin the absence of our president who's Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.16,0:02:32.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,placed beneath the rising sun. Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.23,0:02:34.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Advisor: Why is the president so \Nstationed? Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.07,0:02:38.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,VP: The rising sun is a token of a new era\Nin agriculture. Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.77,0:02:42.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we will follow the leadership of our \Npresident, we shall be led out of the Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.33,0:02:45.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,darkness of selfishness, into the \Nglorious sunlight of brotherhood Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.68,0:02:51.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and cooperation. Madam President, \Nall officers are at their stations. Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.88,0:02:56.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,President: Thank you Madam Vice \NPresident. {\i1}bang{\i0} Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.23,0:02:57.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The secretary will call the role of\Nmembers. Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.28,0:03:01.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Secretary: I'm pleased to announce that\Nat this, the first general session, Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.99,0:03:08.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the 89th National FFA Convention\Nand Expo, there are 53,101 members, Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.32,0:03:11.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,advisors, and guests present\NMadam President. Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.19,0:03:19.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}music and applause{\i0} Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.28,0:03:24.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,President: Thank you. FFA Members, \Nwhy are we here? {\i1}bang, bang, bang{\i0} Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.72,0:03:30.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}In unison{\i0} To practice brotherhood,\Nhonor our cultural opportunities and Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.40,0:03:35.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,responsibilities, and develop qualities of\Nleadership which an FFA member Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.68,0:03:38.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,should possess. {\i1}bang{\i0} Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.24,0:03:45.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,President: May we accomplish our purposes\Nand I declare this first general session Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.22,0:03:50.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the 89th National FFA Convention \Nand Expo dually open for the transaction Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.42,0:03:54.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of business, or attention to any matters\Nwhich may properly be presented.