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I started singing when I was five.

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My first concert was in Tuhár,

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when we were singing folk songs in the kindergarten.

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Then it goes.

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Big applause, Anička Oláhová.

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Here you are.

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My uncle and uncle Vlado know each other.

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He worked with this Romani talents, who wanted to sing.

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So we found a choir.

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And he came.

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He came to Lovinobaňa and asked who knows to sing.

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We were all children there, sitting on the chairs,

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and he tested each of us how we can sing.

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When I sang, he said it was good.

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That it would be good if I could sing solo.

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Well.

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And then he called Ida Kelar from the Czech Republic.

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She heard me sing.

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And then she still called me to Czech Republic.

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And I didn't want to, I was ashamed.

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Not because I didn't want but I was still ashamed.

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I thought it won't be good and I was nervous.

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That's why I didn't want to go there.

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I started to enjoy it and I always want to do it.

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When people applaud me, that's good.

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I like to sing the most when I clean, when I sweep.

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Or when I am in the room before the mirror.

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That's when it is the best for me to sing.

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The most I like to sing modern songs,

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because I like them,

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but usually I sing Romani songs.

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My favorite singer is Beyoncé.

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I like her very much.

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I like her singing, dancing, everything.

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I was at her concert in Bratislava.

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I can't imagine how she could move on her shoes,

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as she had a pretty high heels.

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And she started to dance

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but she didn't trip at all.

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She was normally dancing.

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I like her because of her talent.

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Anička Oláhová with the group opened tonight's gala evening for us.

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Now we young created an ensemble.

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Our name is Gypsy Luna.

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But we rehearse at one woman at the bar,

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because our mayor didn't provide us a community centre,

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it's new and he us afraid we will damage something.

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But it doesn't matter.

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We rehearse at one woman

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we dance on Romani songs,

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though we also dance latino, hip-hop.

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But first of all we dance Romani

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And later we will...

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I would like to go to the conservatory with singing and dancing.

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And then teach children.

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If I got trained in it, I would teach children to dance and sing.

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And I would like to be a real singer.

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As our famous singers.

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For example, I would like to be like Lucie Bílá.

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My first competition...

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My class teacher is a musician.

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She organizes the Slovak Nightingale.

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I participated in that competition.

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And I qualified from the first place to Lučenec.

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And there I qualified from the first place too,

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I went to Banská Bystrica to sing at the Slovak Nightingale.

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but there I didn't qualified from the first place but from the second.

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These were my first three competitions.

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It was for the first time I competed.

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As for the Romani Superstar, I didn't want to attend it.

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Because I was very ashamed.

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I was afraid, people won't like it...

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But it was good.

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But my granny told me?
- Go, you'll win, I belive in you, go.

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I was afraid.

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But even if I didn't win, I wouldn't mind.

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Because important is that I sang and I showed what I know.

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But it was good to hear: 
-  The first place is won by Anička Oláhová.

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I smiled.

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They applauded me, I smiled, I was happy.

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I didn't expect it because there were better singers.

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I think that

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better singers were there.

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They had more courage.

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They were more self-confident, I was so shy.

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But I said, I will sing and that's good.

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It will be as it will be, so what.

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I sang and they said good.

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Dorota asked me: 
- Do you want to say something at the end?

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And I said no, thanks, I was shy.

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I felt teribbly ashamed.

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Loudspeaker system, keyboards, guitar.

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Even this offer, this check,

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that I was supposed to record songs with Dorota Nvotová.

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It reminds me too.

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Even the diploma I had hanging up there.

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And I still looked there.

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I looked at that diploma, I smiled and go to school.

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When I sing alone , at the stage....

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Not alone, but before people,

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I feel alone, I feel nobody is there.

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I feel like I sing for my family.

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I am such a...

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I still remember how our children live.

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I think of the children living in Africa.

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That people are dying.

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I feel it deeply when I sing.

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My granny supports me the most.

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And the whole my family.

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They keep pushing me into it.

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And they always support me.

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Always.

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When I didn't want to go, my granny kept pushing me to go.

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'You"ll see, I just want good for you.'

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She was still screaming at me, we argued for this.

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for why I didn't want to go to practice.

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She still supports me.

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And she said, she will always support me.

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But it depends on me if I want.

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If I want to do it or not.

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If I fail, there will be no singing, if I don't fail, then...

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But I want to do it.

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I really like the piano.

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My daddy don't play the piano, he play the guitar.

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Guitar is also good instrument, but more I like the piano.

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Because I can sing with the piano.

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Whatever.

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But also on the guitar, my dad plays the guitar very nicely.

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He has three brothers.

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They all get together always when there is a celebration.

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They all take the guitars, play and sing.

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It's very nice.

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I like it, but the piano is good for me as well.

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But it's difficult.

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Transcription: Zdeněk Kovář
Corrections: Vojtech Sloboda
Translation: Zuzana Prudičová