1 00:00:00,083 --> 00:00:03,086 All right, Joyce, we're into the new year. 2 00:00:03,086 --> 00:00:06,715 Yeah, we're we're on right now to the new year already. 3 00:00:06,756 --> 00:00:11,052 You know, it feels good, Like to say a big thank you to all of our sponsors 4 00:00:11,052 --> 00:00:14,556 woodwinds wedding and special events venue and Silvio sources 5 00:00:14,806 --> 00:00:17,767 the woodwinds.com ascend bank. 6 00:00:17,892 --> 00:00:19,686 They don't just see your accounts. 7 00:00:19,686 --> 00:00:22,272 They see your vision and ambitions. 8 00:00:22,272 --> 00:00:26,109 Ascend Dot Bank tech Fix Connecticut's 9 00:00:26,109 --> 00:00:29,320 one stop shop for all your computer and tech repairs. 10 00:00:29,738 --> 00:00:34,242 Tech fix ct.com moonshots a vegan based company 11 00:00:34,242 --> 00:00:39,330 that delivers the highest quality organic juices, coffee bowls and so much more. 12 00:00:39,664 --> 00:00:45,670 Drink moonshots.com and to your health, nutrition and health coaching. 13 00:00:45,879 --> 00:00:49,632 Creating a lifestyle tailored just for you to your health. 14 00:00:49,799 --> 00:00:51,760 Three 60.com. 15 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:55,055 We're deeply grateful to all of our sponsors for their support, 16 00:00:55,055 --> 00:00:55,889 and for partnering 17 00:00:55,889 --> 00:01:00,018 with us to uplift and enrich the lives of our listeners and viewers. 18 00:01:00,310 --> 00:01:03,313 I'm really excited about the guests we have, but first we just want to say 19 00:01:03,521 --> 00:01:04,064 thank you. 20 00:01:04,064 --> 00:01:07,609 Welcome to What's Good with John and Joyce is available for everywhere for free. 21 00:01:07,901 --> 00:01:11,446 Subscribe on YouTube and share it with everybody you know who needs good news. 22 00:01:11,738 --> 00:01:13,740 Thank goodness we're in the 2026 right now. 23 00:01:13,740 --> 00:01:15,283 We're going to bring people together. 24 00:01:15,283 --> 00:01:17,368 That's what we're going to do each and every episode. 25 00:01:17,368 --> 00:01:20,538 Bringing people together realize it's always bringing people together. 26 00:01:20,538 --> 00:01:21,539 She's she's amazing. 27 00:01:21,539 --> 00:01:24,334 I've met her before in the past. 28 00:01:24,334 --> 00:01:25,710 And what a resume too. 29 00:01:25,710 --> 00:01:28,296 Yeah. So I'm going to tell you a little about our guest because I love her. 30 00:01:28,296 --> 00:01:31,299 I've known for a long time Charlene Charo. 31 00:01:31,424 --> 00:01:36,304 She's a marketing strategy strategist, entrepreneur, and visionary 32 00:01:36,304 --> 00:01:40,975 with more than 30 years of experience helping businesses grow through smart 33 00:01:41,226 --> 00:01:45,105 strategies, powerful branding, and meaningful connections. 34 00:01:45,438 --> 00:01:49,526 She's a founder of Clear Vision Productions and Clear Vision Agency, 35 00:01:49,526 --> 00:01:52,695 which I didn't know, Charlene, that there are two different names that you had, 36 00:01:53,321 --> 00:01:55,990 and you're known for creating highly successful events 37 00:01:55,990 --> 00:01:58,243 such as Fun Girls Night Out. 38 00:01:58,243 --> 00:01:59,786 Who hasn't heard of that? Right? 39 00:01:59,786 --> 00:02:03,248 I love that branding of that and Wedding styles of Connecticut, 40 00:02:03,581 --> 00:02:06,918 while also helping and establishing entrepreneurs 41 00:02:07,418 --> 00:02:10,421 to elevate their digital presence. Right? 42 00:02:10,505 --> 00:02:13,424 And to uncover their new opportunities for growth, 43 00:02:13,424 --> 00:02:16,386 because there's always new opportunities for growth online. 44 00:02:16,636 --> 00:02:20,682 And you're passionate, Charlene, about, you know, giving back. 45 00:02:21,099 --> 00:02:25,687 And I've seen you many times myself on TV talking about dress for success, 46 00:02:26,062 --> 00:02:29,023 where you help women who are, 47 00:02:29,023 --> 00:02:31,860 they don't have the means to dress up for a job. 48 00:02:31,860 --> 00:02:32,318 John. 49 00:02:32,318 --> 00:02:32,694 Yeah. 50 00:02:32,694 --> 00:02:36,030 So, they provide, you know, suits that people 51 00:02:36,030 --> 00:02:39,284 donate and handbags and shoes, things like that. 52 00:02:39,284 --> 00:02:43,496 So, you know, hats off to you, Charlene, for always, you know, promoting that. 53 00:02:43,955 --> 00:02:47,709 Do you have been featured on so many shows or made, you know, major radio 54 00:02:47,709 --> 00:02:52,839 shows and publications in TV and, and you've got the insight 55 00:02:52,839 --> 00:02:57,594 and heart to every conversation because I've been with you. 56 00:02:57,969 --> 00:03:01,389 When you're meeting with a client and I'm telling you, John, 57 00:03:01,389 --> 00:03:05,268 she digs right in and she asks these questions, 58 00:03:05,268 --> 00:03:08,646 you know, like like what they really want, what do they expect? 59 00:03:08,646 --> 00:03:12,192 And you suddenly start coming up with all these ideas. 60 00:03:12,358 --> 00:03:14,736 I mean, you were fabulous at that. 61 00:03:14,736 --> 00:03:18,823 And you're also bringing the bridal show of the year 62 00:03:19,157 --> 00:03:24,662 to woodwinds on the 25th of this month, and we're going to talk about that. 63 00:03:24,662 --> 00:03:27,207 But welcome, Charlene. Well, thanks for having me. 64 00:03:27,207 --> 00:03:29,292 This is going to be so much fun. It is Charlene. 65 00:03:29,292 --> 00:03:31,961 And I've done so many weddings with woodwinds 66 00:03:31,961 --> 00:03:33,755 with Tony and the great staff there. 67 00:03:33,755 --> 00:03:35,465 I'm always treated like family. 68 00:03:35,465 --> 00:03:37,091 People ask me, where are your favorite places? 69 00:03:37,091 --> 00:03:40,094 The DJ weddings and many times I'll say woodwinds because again 70 00:03:40,094 --> 00:03:43,556 I walk in the door, they look at you, they make sure you're taken care of. 71 00:03:43,806 --> 00:03:47,018 And much like you, when you get together with the policy choices saying 72 00:03:47,310 --> 00:03:49,354 you make it all about them 73 00:03:49,354 --> 00:03:52,106 and you offer your expertise, and I think that's admirable. 74 00:03:52,106 --> 00:03:53,566 Well, and they feed you, right? 75 00:03:53,566 --> 00:03:57,320 They do it on food and they customize it because they know 76 00:03:57,320 --> 00:03:58,696 I have special nutritional needs. 77 00:03:58,696 --> 00:03:59,948 And they say, now what, John? 78 00:03:59,948 --> 00:04:02,825 I know it's like, you know, plain chicken, grilled vegetables. 79 00:04:02,825 --> 00:04:05,078 You know, they're really good about that. Yeah, they do that. 80 00:04:05,078 --> 00:04:07,121 They do, you know, drive me nuts. 81 00:04:08,665 --> 00:04:09,832 And of course, Woodward's our 82 00:04:09,832 --> 00:04:13,962 very first sponsor of What's Good with John and Joyce and Sylvia's sauces. 83 00:04:13,962 --> 00:04:15,755 And also, I know it's so good. 84 00:04:15,755 --> 00:04:20,093 So tell us, tell us, because I know I don't know if I know everything. 85 00:04:20,176 --> 00:04:23,388 I'm like, how how do you pull an event together like this? 86 00:04:23,596 --> 00:04:27,517 Tony says, do you or anyone says to you, it's Charlene, you know, 87 00:04:28,184 --> 00:04:30,770 do the event, you do a wedding event, 88 00:04:30,770 --> 00:04:33,856 you've got to bring in vendors, right? 89 00:04:33,856 --> 00:04:36,025 So first what we do is I look at their preferred 90 00:04:36,025 --> 00:04:39,654 vendor list because most venues who do a lot of weddings, like woodwinds, 91 00:04:39,946 --> 00:04:41,281 have a preferred vendor list. 92 00:04:41,281 --> 00:04:44,284 So first we go to them and we want to promote them. 93 00:04:44,450 --> 00:04:49,706 And then, anywhere where there's holes in the in the structure of the show. 94 00:04:49,706 --> 00:04:52,333 And what we do is we try to cap all of our categories. 95 00:04:52,333 --> 00:04:56,296 So there's not, you know, 25 of one type of business, 96 00:04:56,296 --> 00:05:02,093 you know, and then, we would go outside of that list and pull that together. 97 00:05:02,093 --> 00:05:06,222 So once we have the vendors, then we can start talking about, 98 00:05:06,306 --> 00:05:11,769 what we want for entertainment, what we want for, you know, marketing. 99 00:05:12,228 --> 00:05:14,188 What what are we going to do for the guests? 100 00:05:14,188 --> 00:05:16,316 And we kind of program the event. 101 00:05:17,317 --> 00:05:19,986 At woodwinds, it's very easy because like we said, 102 00:05:19,986 --> 00:05:23,156 they bring out every kind of food they cook. 103 00:05:23,364 --> 00:05:25,700 The, the wedding show. 104 00:05:25,700 --> 00:05:27,076 You never go home hungry. 105 00:05:27,076 --> 00:05:30,788 I mean, there's everything from past appetizers to stationed appetizers, 106 00:05:31,122 --> 00:05:34,167 all of their favorites, you know, their other. 107 00:05:34,208 --> 00:05:34,417 Right. 108 00:05:34,417 --> 00:05:39,589 So the newly engaged that go there, they're actually getting a taste test. 109 00:05:39,630 --> 00:05:41,758 They are. So it's like a grand tasting. 110 00:05:41,758 --> 00:05:45,345 Yes I love that they get a little goodie bag when they come in. 111 00:05:45,762 --> 00:05:46,095 Yeah. 112 00:05:46,095 --> 00:05:49,057 Who doesn't love a good little goody bag I know Joyce. 113 00:05:49,098 --> 00:05:49,932 You get a goodie bag. 114 00:05:49,932 --> 00:05:50,475 Yeah. 115 00:05:50,475 --> 00:05:55,605 And, and then we, we partner with KC 101. 116 00:05:55,605 --> 00:05:57,315 We have Adam. He's our. 117 00:05:57,315 --> 00:05:59,776 Oh, Adam River is part of the iHeart radio chain. 118 00:05:59,776 --> 00:06:00,610 It was my first job. 119 00:06:00,610 --> 00:06:03,946 Yeah, yeah, but Adam Rivers is top notch. 120 00:06:03,946 --> 00:06:04,447 He is. 121 00:06:04,447 --> 00:06:07,325 He's great, you know, and he loves being at our show. 122 00:06:07,325 --> 00:06:10,203 You know, we I script everything out for him. 123 00:06:10,203 --> 00:06:15,375 And and then once everyone shows up, the show kind of runs itself. We. 124 00:06:15,375 --> 00:06:15,875 Wait a minute. 125 00:06:15,875 --> 00:06:17,335 There's something else that you do. 126 00:06:17,335 --> 00:06:19,962 You bring in big prizes. I do. 127 00:06:19,962 --> 00:06:21,672 So what are you giving away this year? 128 00:06:21,672 --> 00:06:24,675 So this year, we're giving away a Caribbean getaway. 129 00:06:24,675 --> 00:06:25,843 Oh, wow. Yeah. 130 00:06:25,843 --> 00:06:28,513 For, for, one couple will win that. 131 00:06:28,513 --> 00:06:33,226 And then Tony is giving away two $5,000, 132 00:06:33,226 --> 00:06:36,771 credits toward a woodwinds wedding in 2026. 133 00:06:37,605 --> 00:06:39,190 Tony. Super. Just so you know, that's. 134 00:06:39,190 --> 00:06:41,109 Yes. Yes, yes. 135 00:06:41,109 --> 00:06:41,484 Yeah. 136 00:06:41,484 --> 00:06:45,488 That's why every everyone who's there, everyone who comes in buys a ticket. 137 00:06:45,655 --> 00:06:46,447 It's not expensive. 138 00:06:46,447 --> 00:06:48,282 No. Right. $10. 139 00:06:48,282 --> 00:06:50,284 Yeah. And you get a lot for that $10. 140 00:06:50,284 --> 00:06:55,081 Because I imagine a lot of vendors are also giving out their own raffle there. 141 00:06:55,331 --> 00:07:00,503 We do a raffle and, the we give all the wedding couples, tickets 142 00:07:00,503 --> 00:07:01,254 and they have to go 143 00:07:01,254 --> 00:07:05,216 around to all of the tables and they enter to win what they like. 144 00:07:05,216 --> 00:07:08,803 And at the end of the show, all of those prizes are given away too. 145 00:07:09,053 --> 00:07:12,432 So you can literally win thousands of dollars towards your wedding. 146 00:07:12,432 --> 00:07:15,435 You could win the $5,000 at woodwinds. 147 00:07:15,726 --> 00:07:16,811 It's endless. 148 00:07:16,811 --> 00:07:19,814 And this is the time now because people got engaged. 149 00:07:19,814 --> 00:07:23,025 I mean the engagement season Thanksgiving weekend right through Valentine's Day. 150 00:07:23,025 --> 00:07:23,734 That's right. 151 00:07:23,734 --> 00:07:27,280 So this is the time where people say okay over the holidays we got engaged. 152 00:07:27,447 --> 00:07:29,615 Now it's time to think about the venue, 153 00:07:29,615 --> 00:07:32,118 the DJ, the photographer, a videographer, caterer, 154 00:07:32,118 --> 00:07:34,454 whatever it may be, where we're going to go on our honeymoon. 155 00:07:34,454 --> 00:07:36,581 And that's where you put all of this together, 156 00:07:36,581 --> 00:07:38,708 because people are freaking out and you help people. 157 00:07:38,708 --> 00:07:39,584 We do? Yeah. 158 00:07:39,584 --> 00:07:43,087 And we try to, you know, for the people that buy tickets 159 00:07:43,087 --> 00:07:47,508 to come to the event, we also email them and, we try to give them 160 00:07:47,508 --> 00:07:52,138 tips about what to look for, you know, how to prepare to go to bridal show. 161 00:07:52,805 --> 00:07:55,433 Because if you just show up, it is overwhelming, right? 162 00:07:55,433 --> 00:07:58,603 So kind of have an idea of what you're looking for. 163 00:07:58,936 --> 00:08:03,024 And what we do is we have a little system, a little punch card system 164 00:08:03,024 --> 00:08:06,152 that we ask all the couples to stop 165 00:08:06,152 --> 00:08:09,739 at every single table and get their little card punched. 166 00:08:09,864 --> 00:08:13,576 And once they do that, they can enter to win the Caribbean getaway. 167 00:08:14,285 --> 00:08:17,872 And even if you do have flowers, but there's a florist there, 168 00:08:18,164 --> 00:08:21,918 we encourage them to stop and talk to them because there might be something 169 00:08:21,918 --> 00:08:23,836 that they forgot about. 170 00:08:23,836 --> 00:08:27,256 Yeah, maybe this flower specializes in or, 171 00:08:27,298 --> 00:08:32,762 that that florist may know of another florist or another vendor 172 00:08:32,762 --> 00:08:37,183 that they need or they want or whatever that is not there. 173 00:08:37,183 --> 00:08:41,729 So you just don't ever know what these vendors I like how you do that, 174 00:08:41,729 --> 00:08:45,233 because you're making sure that everybody who paid to be a part of this 175 00:08:45,233 --> 00:08:49,153 is having people stop by every booth feels like they're being catered to. 176 00:08:49,403 --> 00:08:50,488 They're not being ignored. 177 00:08:50,488 --> 00:08:52,365 That's right. Even if you already have that florist. 178 00:08:52,365 --> 00:08:55,117 Yeah, like you said, stop by anyway because you never know in the future. 179 00:08:55,117 --> 00:08:56,285 You don't ever know. 180 00:08:56,285 --> 00:08:57,995 And you know, the other thing, too, is 181 00:08:57,995 --> 00:09:00,957 that little punch card is a really good icebreaker. Yeah. 182 00:09:00,957 --> 00:09:05,127 You know, most young people are afraid to go up to people they don't know 183 00:09:05,127 --> 00:09:08,130 and just start talking to them about a business or something. 184 00:09:08,172 --> 00:09:10,299 So it's kind of a little icebreaker. 185 00:09:10,299 --> 00:09:14,428 And the vendors, are really great at, you know, just talking 186 00:09:14,470 --> 00:09:18,266 to the wedding couples and getting them the information that they need and, 187 00:09:18,641 --> 00:09:21,769 and even pointing them into a direction either 188 00:09:22,228 --> 00:09:25,690 they're to another vendor or outside to another vendor. 189 00:09:26,357 --> 00:09:26,983 Yeah. 190 00:09:26,983 --> 00:09:29,986 So Charlene, how did you get started in this business. 191 00:09:30,486 --> 00:09:33,656 Well, when I graduated 192 00:09:33,656 --> 00:09:37,451 from college, I had applied to a company called 193 00:09:37,451 --> 00:09:41,247 Summa Graphics and I was like the little assistant. 194 00:09:41,706 --> 00:09:44,709 And, that was a it was a computer company. 195 00:09:44,709 --> 00:09:48,629 It was some new technology that we, you know, rely on now, 196 00:09:48,629 --> 00:09:50,464 but no one really understood it then. 197 00:09:50,464 --> 00:09:53,467 I didn't have any idea what we did, but I just knew 198 00:09:53,467 --> 00:09:56,470 that, the people that I worked for were great. 199 00:09:56,596 --> 00:10:00,099 And they took me to, meetings with our PR firm 200 00:10:00,099 --> 00:10:03,894 and our advertising agency and they took me to trade shows. 201 00:10:03,894 --> 00:10:06,230 And I was, you know, so young. 202 00:10:06,230 --> 00:10:09,191 I was 20 years old. And you're still young. Yeah. 203 00:10:09,191 --> 00:10:09,483 Come on. 204 00:10:09,483 --> 00:10:14,405 But I, you know, I really had I really didn't know anything. 205 00:10:14,739 --> 00:10:17,408 And they taught me everything about trade shows. 206 00:10:17,408 --> 00:10:18,326 The trade shows? 207 00:10:18,326 --> 00:10:20,745 Yeah, we went to trade shows in Las Vegas 208 00:10:20,745 --> 00:10:24,624 and Chicago and Dallas, and they just dragged me around with them. 209 00:10:24,624 --> 00:10:27,251 And it was a great learning experience. 210 00:10:27,251 --> 00:10:30,254 And, from that job, 211 00:10:30,463 --> 00:10:35,384 every job that I've had has been a part of that first job. 212 00:10:35,635 --> 00:10:39,639 And so when I created my own company, the internships that, 213 00:10:39,722 --> 00:10:43,976 I created for interns that would work for me were just like that. 214 00:10:43,976 --> 00:10:46,145 They did everything that I did. 215 00:10:46,145 --> 00:10:48,481 They went everywhere where I went. And, 216 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:51,400 they were a part of everything that we did. 217 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:55,988 So it wasn't like they got me coffee and, you know, went put gas in my car. 218 00:10:55,988 --> 00:10:58,449 They really, you know, they learned how to sell. 219 00:10:58,449 --> 00:10:59,283 So they shadowed you. 220 00:10:59,283 --> 00:11:01,702 They did. They did everything I did. Yeah. 221 00:11:01,702 --> 00:11:02,703 Yeah, it was great. 222 00:11:02,703 --> 00:11:05,873 The whole mentor, it's like a system, whole mentoring thing. 223 00:11:05,873 --> 00:11:08,584 And you were trained the right way and they brought in you. 224 00:11:08,584 --> 00:11:10,628 Just yours, you know, passing it on down. 225 00:11:10,628 --> 00:11:13,631 Yeah, I love that. So that was my start. 226 00:11:13,839 --> 00:11:15,508 And then bridal shows. 227 00:11:15,508 --> 00:11:19,970 I was the associate publisher of a bridal magazine in Boston for ten years. 228 00:11:19,970 --> 00:11:20,680 Yeah. 229 00:11:20,680 --> 00:11:24,475 And, the last three years, I produced 60 bridal shows. 230 00:11:24,642 --> 00:11:25,643 Yeah. Wow. 231 00:11:25,643 --> 00:11:28,104 Which I don't have any idea how we did that. 232 00:11:28,104 --> 00:11:30,106 How does that looking back, I don't know. 233 00:11:30,106 --> 00:11:31,107 Yeah, 60. 234 00:11:31,107 --> 00:11:34,110 We did 20 a year for three years. Yeah. 235 00:11:34,318 --> 00:11:36,320 And and you found out you loved it. 236 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:38,989 Yeah I did, you know, it was. 237 00:11:38,989 --> 00:11:42,535 But so like putting together a bridal show to me is just so, 238 00:11:43,452 --> 00:11:45,538 like second nature, you know? 239 00:11:45,538 --> 00:11:50,084 But then after that job, I, that's when I launched the fund girls night Out, 240 00:11:50,626 --> 00:11:54,630 and that is is really a monster of a show. 241 00:11:54,672 --> 00:11:56,924 Tell us about. Yeah, yeah, yeah about that. Yeah. 242 00:11:56,924 --> 00:12:02,179 So, so it's kind of like a bridal show, but it's all things for women. 243 00:12:02,888 --> 00:12:06,726 And, my first show here in Connecticut was at the Oakdale, 244 00:12:07,393 --> 00:12:11,480 and 700 women were registered to come to that show. 245 00:12:11,856 --> 00:12:14,275 Yeah, I think I said that. Yeah. 246 00:12:14,275 --> 00:12:17,278 I mean, it was it's it takes on a life of its own. 247 00:12:18,028 --> 00:12:21,031 But what I love about it is that, you know, 248 00:12:21,741 --> 00:12:25,119 the, the vendors who come to the shows, they say that 249 00:12:25,119 --> 00:12:28,998 their businesses get built on those women because they're all shopping. 250 00:12:28,998 --> 00:12:30,750 And again, they have to go to every booth 251 00:12:30,750 --> 00:12:35,671 and we give away a Caribbean getaway, and we have prizes and goodie bags. 252 00:12:36,088 --> 00:12:39,091 The goodie bags for the fun girls night out are amazing. 253 00:12:39,884 --> 00:12:40,634 The, you know, 254 00:12:40,634 --> 00:12:44,597 things that we put in there, and sometimes those bags are worth $100. 255 00:12:44,597 --> 00:12:47,600 I mean, it's there's a lot of stuff in those bags. 256 00:12:47,641 --> 00:12:50,770 But women come with their friends and, 257 00:12:51,228 --> 00:12:53,814 that event was designed 258 00:12:53,814 --> 00:12:57,818 so that women, whether you were 21 or 81, you could come out 259 00:12:57,818 --> 00:12:59,653 and have fun with your friends. 260 00:12:59,653 --> 00:13:01,906 Oh, that's great. And they charge age. 261 00:13:01,906 --> 00:13:02,198 Yeah. 262 00:13:02,198 --> 00:13:05,659 So everyone comes, you know, it's not just for certain types of women. 263 00:13:06,076 --> 00:13:08,037 We have photo booth photos, 264 00:13:08,037 --> 00:13:11,957 and there's always food and specialty drinks and martini bars and. 265 00:13:11,999 --> 00:13:16,712 Oh, that is a fun, fun dancing and bands and music. 266 00:13:16,712 --> 00:13:18,255 It's just a lot of fun. 267 00:13:18,255 --> 00:13:19,173 Yeah. 268 00:13:19,173 --> 00:13:21,967 You know, I remember it must have been a fun 269 00:13:21,967 --> 00:13:24,970 a girls night out that you did at what went home. 270 00:13:25,346 --> 00:13:27,973 Yeah. I mean, a while for the years. Yep. 271 00:13:27,973 --> 00:13:30,851 And that's when Tony super the owner 272 00:13:30,851 --> 00:13:34,063 because, he just. 273 00:13:34,063 --> 00:13:37,066 I just remember him calling me because it was 10:00 at night, 274 00:13:37,483 --> 00:13:42,196 and they always did their own bridal shows and anything it was always in-house. 275 00:13:42,613 --> 00:13:43,531 And he said, 276 00:13:45,032 --> 00:13:46,033 this is what he said. 277 00:13:46,033 --> 00:13:53,082 He said, I'm watching Charlene, and she runs this like a well-oiled machine, but. 278 00:13:53,082 --> 00:13:55,751 And you kept that flow going so nice. 279 00:13:55,751 --> 00:13:58,754 He said, can you call her and ask her 280 00:13:58,754 --> 00:14:01,757 if she'd be interested and doing a bridal show here. 281 00:14:01,841 --> 00:14:04,426 And that's where it started. Yeah. 282 00:14:04,426 --> 00:14:08,722 And you do you do you have a certain way about you 283 00:14:08,722 --> 00:14:12,226 that you keep the show running, you keep the vendors happy 284 00:14:12,726 --> 00:14:15,521 and but you keep everything on line at the same time. 285 00:14:15,521 --> 00:14:18,941 Everyone knows what their part is from the time 286 00:14:18,941 --> 00:14:22,194 they're signing in and getting their bags and everything. 287 00:14:22,194 --> 00:14:24,738 It just runs so smoothly. 288 00:14:24,738 --> 00:14:25,573 It does. 289 00:14:25,573 --> 00:14:28,576 You know, it takes a lot of planning and it's a lot of work. 290 00:14:28,576 --> 00:14:31,412 You know, people think, oh, here we are again. 291 00:14:31,412 --> 00:14:32,162 You know? 292 00:14:32,162 --> 00:14:34,373 Yeah, you're right. But there are days that you do. 293 00:14:34,373 --> 00:14:37,209 You even woke up and someone was sick and they couldn't come in. 294 00:14:37,209 --> 00:14:40,212 And your mother is always she has your mother. 295 00:14:40,212 --> 00:14:42,923 She's always ask me, what's your mom's Kathy? 296 00:14:42,923 --> 00:14:45,384 Kathy, big shout out to Kathy. Kathy. 297 00:14:46,635 --> 00:14:48,262 Yeah. 298 00:14:48,262 --> 00:14:48,554 Yeah. 299 00:14:48,554 --> 00:14:53,142 So it you know, people don't realize the amount of work, anything, you know? 300 00:14:53,142 --> 00:14:56,228 I mean, just think about if you were going to have a at our shows, 301 00:14:56,228 --> 00:14:59,565 we have anywhere between 500 and 1000 women that show up. 302 00:14:59,773 --> 00:15:03,944 If you were going to have even, you know, 50 people come to your house for dinner, 303 00:15:04,445 --> 00:15:07,239 you know, all the preparation that you have to do. 304 00:15:07,239 --> 00:15:12,995 So we have 500 and it's great that we work with, great venues. 305 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:15,247 You know, I remember that show it at woodwinds. 306 00:15:15,247 --> 00:15:17,166 People were parking up on the grass. 307 00:15:17,166 --> 00:15:19,001 They were like in that middle part. 308 00:15:19,001 --> 00:15:20,920 They were I mean, they were everywhere. 309 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:23,505 We we didn't have enough parking. And Tony loved every minute of it. 310 00:15:23,505 --> 00:15:25,758 Tony was just I don't think he understood. 311 00:15:25,758 --> 00:15:27,843 Like, no one really understands about fun. 312 00:15:27,843 --> 00:15:30,012 Girls night out until they go. 313 00:15:30,012 --> 00:15:35,768 And I, I always think I try to explain it exactly as it is, and I show you pictures 314 00:15:35,768 --> 00:15:39,104 and I show you a video, but no one gets it until you're there. 315 00:15:39,104 --> 00:15:40,856 Yeah. That's true. Is that. 316 00:15:40,856 --> 00:15:43,484 Yeah, that happens, I think, in life and many things. 317 00:15:43,484 --> 00:15:44,526 Yeah. That's all it. 318 00:15:44,526 --> 00:15:46,987 Tell us about the philanthropic work you do as well. 319 00:15:46,987 --> 00:15:49,573 They help women out there that really. Yeah. So pay attention. 320 00:15:49,573 --> 00:15:52,409 Yeah. So I partner with dress for success. 321 00:15:52,409 --> 00:15:55,537 That's my charity that I work with for, Fun 322 00:15:55,537 --> 00:15:59,166 Girls Night Out, and they are an international nonprofit. 323 00:15:59,875 --> 00:16:03,837 They have hundreds of what they call closets, all over the world. 324 00:16:04,254 --> 00:16:06,131 And if there's a woman in need, 325 00:16:06,131 --> 00:16:09,969 she can go there and they'll help her with resume writing. 326 00:16:09,969 --> 00:16:15,307 They'll help her with, interviewing skills, and they give her an outfit. 327 00:16:15,307 --> 00:16:19,228 And like Joyce was saying before to, go on interviews 328 00:16:19,645 --> 00:16:21,897 and they outfit them from head to toe. 329 00:16:21,897 --> 00:16:24,900 I mean, shoes, bags, everything. 330 00:16:24,942 --> 00:16:29,029 And, and then once they get their job, they can go back to the closet 331 00:16:29,029 --> 00:16:32,408 and get more clothes so that they can have different outfits 332 00:16:32,408 --> 00:16:35,369 for every day that they go to work until they get their first check in. 333 00:16:35,369 --> 00:16:36,996 They can isn't they can. 334 00:16:36,996 --> 00:16:39,373 But it's really rare because so many people feel 335 00:16:39,373 --> 00:16:41,083 like they're limited and they can't go out there. 336 00:16:41,083 --> 00:16:42,209 I can't go on an interview. 337 00:16:42,209 --> 00:16:44,712 I don't have know where, but that's where you come in 338 00:16:44,712 --> 00:16:47,172 and they go, well, maybe I could do this after all. That's right. 339 00:16:47,172 --> 00:16:52,678 And so what we do at Fun Girls Night Out is we collect gently used, business 340 00:16:52,678 --> 00:16:56,932 appropriate handbags and tote bags, and we donate them to the closet. 341 00:16:56,932 --> 00:16:59,935 And the women are so generous. 342 00:17:00,269 --> 00:17:03,605 We've collected anywhere between, you know, 205 343 00:17:03,605 --> 00:17:06,900 hundred bags, like, literally mountains of pocketbooks and handbags. 344 00:17:06,900 --> 00:17:09,194 I think it's just three of them. 345 00:17:09,194 --> 00:17:13,032 And, and those are all donated to the closet. 346 00:17:13,032 --> 00:17:15,951 And then when the women come, they can. 347 00:17:15,951 --> 00:17:17,828 Now, where is the closet in Connecticut. 348 00:17:17,828 --> 00:17:19,747 So we have three now. 349 00:17:19,747 --> 00:17:21,915 New Haven just opened. 350 00:17:21,915 --> 00:17:24,710 We have one in the, mid 351 00:17:24,710 --> 00:17:27,713 Fairfield County, and we have one in Hartford. 352 00:17:28,005 --> 00:17:30,758 So people who are listening across the nation 353 00:17:30,758 --> 00:17:34,261 or the world, they can just come online to find out they can dress. 354 00:17:34,303 --> 00:17:36,972 I believe that dress for success.org. 355 00:17:36,972 --> 00:17:40,934 They can they can go there and they can find you know 356 00:17:41,143 --> 00:17:42,895 there's so there's help out there for people. 357 00:17:42,895 --> 00:17:44,438 And what I love about them 358 00:17:44,438 --> 00:17:47,858 is that they change these women's lives like they get them great jobs. 359 00:17:48,275 --> 00:17:52,988 And then from there, like their whole family has changed. 360 00:17:53,155 --> 00:17:55,157 You know, the cycle is broken. 361 00:17:55,157 --> 00:17:56,825 Yeah. Kids are happy. 362 00:17:56,825 --> 00:17:59,912 They help them find in some sometimes housing. 363 00:17:59,912 --> 00:18:03,082 And they're the confidence that you give to a woman. 364 00:18:03,207 --> 00:18:04,333 So there's a whole domino. 365 00:18:04,333 --> 00:18:05,125 Yeah. There is. 366 00:18:05,125 --> 00:18:06,460 And I would think that a lot of these women 367 00:18:06,460 --> 00:18:08,921 who become successful will pay it forward. They do, they will. 368 00:18:08,921 --> 00:18:11,465 They don't forget what happened. Yeah. Yeah. 369 00:18:11,465 --> 00:18:13,550 You know, when we did the show at woodwinds, 370 00:18:13,550 --> 00:18:16,178 the one thing I wanted to have a fashion show. 371 00:18:16,178 --> 00:18:18,806 But it's always so hard to to do that. 372 00:18:18,806 --> 00:18:20,349 And I thought, you know what? 373 00:18:20,349 --> 00:18:23,352 Why don't we feature the women that dress for success helped. 374 00:18:24,103 --> 00:18:26,772 And they there was about ten of them. 375 00:18:26,772 --> 00:18:31,902 And they came and they were, their outfits were from the closet. Wow. 376 00:18:31,902 --> 00:18:34,446 And so we did a fashion show and we told about them. 377 00:18:34,446 --> 00:18:35,739 I mean, everyone was crying. 378 00:18:35,739 --> 00:18:40,577 It was I mean, I was crying, it was great, but it was always a great event. 379 00:18:40,577 --> 00:18:41,245 Yeah, yeah. 380 00:18:41,245 --> 00:18:42,996 It was happy crying for them. 381 00:18:42,996 --> 00:18:43,831 It was. 382 00:18:43,831 --> 00:18:46,333 It gave me chills when you said that. 383 00:18:46,333 --> 00:18:49,795 Because when you hear a person's story firsthand, 384 00:18:50,295 --> 00:18:54,049 it changes everything that you ever thought about it. 385 00:18:54,049 --> 00:18:58,303 It puts a face to that person that you just donated. 386 00:18:58,762 --> 00:18:59,138 Yeah. 387 00:18:59,138 --> 00:18:59,471 That's why 388 00:18:59,471 --> 00:19:02,558 that's why, you know, kind of an aside, you know, talk about this choice. 389 00:19:02,558 --> 00:19:05,435 It's really kind of hard to dislike somebody when you find out their story. 390 00:19:05,435 --> 00:19:07,271 Yeah. Everybody has a story. 391 00:19:07,271 --> 00:19:10,274 Everybody's battling something no matter what they look like car. 392 00:19:10,274 --> 00:19:12,609 They drive house. They live in a world battling something. 393 00:19:12,609 --> 00:19:15,779 So it was just so important just to, just to be good to people. 394 00:19:15,779 --> 00:19:17,990 What you're doing with that is incredible. Yeah that was good. 395 00:19:17,990 --> 00:19:20,784 I think I'll bring the fashion show back. I love that part of it. 396 00:19:20,784 --> 00:19:23,704 So what's difficult about the fashion show getting the model. 397 00:19:23,704 --> 00:19:24,705 Well when you. Yeah. 398 00:19:24,705 --> 00:19:28,375 Like when you normally do a fashion show, you know you have to coordinate 399 00:19:28,375 --> 00:19:32,171 everyone and, you know, pick the boutique. 400 00:19:32,296 --> 00:19:35,716 But like, for me, if I have five boutiques, like, who do I pick? 401 00:19:35,716 --> 00:19:37,050 Oh, I do, you know what I mean. 402 00:19:37,050 --> 00:19:42,097 And then if I have models going everywhere and then gathering everybody up, 403 00:19:42,097 --> 00:19:47,227 it's just it's it's, it's, you know, it's another layer of layer of work. 404 00:19:47,352 --> 00:19:47,811 Right. 405 00:19:47,811 --> 00:19:51,273 And I've seen a lot of those in the past where you have to coordinate the music. 406 00:19:51,273 --> 00:19:53,942 That's right. These model have an edit each one. 407 00:19:53,942 --> 00:19:54,401 Look at that. 408 00:19:54,401 --> 00:19:54,985 So I've done that. 409 00:19:54,985 --> 00:19:56,403 But I've done it a lot of times around 410 00:19:56,403 --> 00:19:58,405 the mic and I have somebody playing the music. 411 00:19:58,405 --> 00:20:01,909 But other times I've done both and that's a little challenge, you know. 412 00:20:01,909 --> 00:20:03,368 But but you make it happen. 413 00:20:03,368 --> 00:20:05,329 You just have a little ahead of time. 414 00:20:05,329 --> 00:20:06,788 Yeah. And it's a lot of fun. 415 00:20:06,788 --> 00:20:09,041 And the scripting. Yeah. Right. Scripting. 416 00:20:09,041 --> 00:20:11,501 Like we have to give you the script, you know what? 417 00:20:11,501 --> 00:20:13,462 You got to make sure you got to me. Yeah. 418 00:20:13,462 --> 00:20:14,504 Oh yeah. 419 00:20:14,504 --> 00:20:14,755 Yeah. 420 00:20:14,755 --> 00:20:18,592 So the scripting is talking about the dress, the dress outfit and the bodice 421 00:20:18,634 --> 00:20:21,345 and all. That's right. Yeah that's right, that's right, that's right. 422 00:20:21,345 --> 00:20:22,679 The body shows up every other week. 423 00:20:24,473 --> 00:20:26,683 Yep. But you could do a show 424 00:20:26,683 --> 00:20:30,437 like that using, the women from dress for success again. 425 00:20:30,646 --> 00:20:33,607 I can and I would, you know, and I think women, 426 00:20:33,857 --> 00:20:37,236 think, oh, is it what kind of clothes do they have? 427 00:20:37,236 --> 00:20:37,486 What? 428 00:20:37,486 --> 00:20:38,946 Everything came from the closet. 429 00:20:38,946 --> 00:20:40,656 Everything was very stylish. 430 00:20:40,656 --> 00:20:41,281 Everything. 431 00:20:41,281 --> 00:20:44,451 You know, they're very particular of what they they take, 432 00:20:44,785 --> 00:20:48,872 you know, for the closet and, you know, it was it. 433 00:20:48,872 --> 00:20:50,916 People love to hear their stories. 434 00:20:50,916 --> 00:20:52,918 And like you said, and people 435 00:20:52,918 --> 00:20:56,505 you know, the women, I think the confidence that that gave the women 436 00:20:56,505 --> 00:21:00,175 because everyone who attended the show was so welcoming to them, 437 00:21:00,592 --> 00:21:04,930 you know, and so, right, you know, just wanted to support them. 438 00:21:05,514 --> 00:21:07,516 So do you have a I'm sorry. 439 00:21:07,516 --> 00:21:09,017 I'm just so intimate. So 440 00:21:10,143 --> 00:21:10,560 I like 441 00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:13,855 to have a fun girls night out coming up this year. 442 00:21:14,356 --> 00:21:18,610 I have one scheduled, in September, 443 00:21:18,610 --> 00:21:22,864 and I'm looking to do another one, probably in the spring or the summer. 444 00:21:23,323 --> 00:21:25,158 I'll go ahead. Yeah. Oh, good. Yeah. 445 00:21:25,158 --> 00:21:27,953 You should come back then and we'll talk about that. Okay. Great. 446 00:21:27,953 --> 00:21:31,832 So girls night out September 2026. Yes. 447 00:21:31,832 --> 00:21:34,543 Or possibly the spring and and the spring too. 448 00:21:34,543 --> 00:21:34,793 Yeah. 449 00:21:34,793 --> 00:21:39,881 I have to find a, you know, it's hard to find a great place that you, you know, 450 00:21:40,299 --> 00:21:44,678 that wants to be a marketing partner with you and, and is a place where 451 00:21:44,678 --> 00:21:49,266 all the ladies, you know, I always try to figure a place like nothing with bad 452 00:21:49,266 --> 00:21:52,936 parking, with the parking garage thing, with, you know, like, 453 00:21:53,562 --> 00:21:58,275 you have to hold so many people and, you know, we don't have a ton of, 454 00:21:58,275 --> 00:22:03,280 like, huge venues here in Connecticut that we can, choose from. 455 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:06,408 So there, you know, you're limited as a lot of things and, 456 00:22:06,908 --> 00:22:10,120 and people who, you know, want to support dress for success. 457 00:22:10,120 --> 00:22:13,415 And so it's kind of a little puzzle that gets put together 458 00:22:13,415 --> 00:22:16,418 to just get out and have a good time. Yes. 459 00:22:16,626 --> 00:22:19,629 So getting back to the this big bridal show, 460 00:22:19,629 --> 00:22:22,841 you know, that you're doing and 461 00:22:24,009 --> 00:22:27,095 what, what is in town, you probably know the answer to this. 462 00:22:27,346 --> 00:22:30,349 When someone gets engaged, what is the first thing 463 00:22:30,515 --> 00:22:33,143 they they hire to do? 464 00:22:33,143 --> 00:22:33,769 What is it? 465 00:22:33,769 --> 00:22:36,772 Well, once they have the date, they usually like to get the venue. 466 00:22:36,772 --> 00:22:39,149 So the venue is number one. Number one. 467 00:22:39,149 --> 00:22:39,941 Yeah, yeah. 468 00:22:39,941 --> 00:22:44,321 So not, vacation and not the rings or not the. 469 00:22:44,363 --> 00:22:46,031 You get the deejay, the photographer, 470 00:22:46,031 --> 00:22:48,408 the videographer and the flowers and all that. 471 00:22:48,408 --> 00:22:50,994 So it's the venue, the venue security. 472 00:22:50,994 --> 00:22:52,412 So what's great industry. 473 00:22:52,412 --> 00:22:52,704 Yeah. 474 00:22:52,704 --> 00:22:56,583 And what's great about woodwinds is that you're going to be able to taste the food. 475 00:22:57,167 --> 00:23:00,587 You're going to see what it looks like at, you know, they have it 476 00:23:02,172 --> 00:23:03,673 you can see what the rooms look like. 477 00:23:03,673 --> 00:23:05,759 It's like a real what does look like a real. 478 00:23:05,759 --> 00:23:06,676 That's true. 479 00:23:06,676 --> 00:23:08,887 It is set up like a wedding reception. 480 00:23:08,887 --> 00:23:09,346 So the. 481 00:23:09,346 --> 00:23:11,306 So the date is just a date. 482 00:23:11,306 --> 00:23:13,809 The date is. Yep. January 25th. 483 00:23:13,809 --> 00:23:19,272 So just an if a few a week and a half and it's only 11 to 11 to two, right. 484 00:23:19,356 --> 00:23:19,689 Yeah. 485 00:23:19,689 --> 00:23:24,277 And tickets can be found on wedding styles of sitcom. 486 00:23:24,820 --> 00:23:27,239 Or they can go to the web works. 487 00:23:27,239 --> 00:23:29,408 Don't come and it's on there. 488 00:23:29,408 --> 00:23:33,286 And they have until, when they were cut off 489 00:23:33,286 --> 00:23:37,124 to, no, we sell tickets, through 1:00 the day of the show. 490 00:23:37,165 --> 00:23:38,291 Well, let me just say this. 491 00:23:38,291 --> 00:23:44,756 I do remember one year getting a frantic call saying we're over the amount. 492 00:23:44,798 --> 00:23:46,883 The fire department will 493 00:23:48,009 --> 00:23:48,885 allow. 494 00:23:48,885 --> 00:23:51,138 So please stop the marketing. 495 00:23:51,138 --> 00:23:54,433 I remember getting that, and I think 496 00:23:54,433 --> 00:23:57,602 I had to relay that to you like our friend Ross. 497 00:23:57,602 --> 00:23:58,937 Okay, see, 101. 498 00:23:58,937 --> 00:24:01,481 It's almost a good challenge to have you back on it. 499 00:24:01,481 --> 00:24:04,109 Yeah, that show always is a great event. 500 00:24:04,109 --> 00:24:06,987 And, you know, we do. 501 00:24:06,987 --> 00:24:09,990 We can't have that happen again, so we will. 502 00:24:10,490 --> 00:24:12,576 We do have to shut off tickets at some point. 503 00:24:12,576 --> 00:24:15,036 But that's that show is always sold out. 504 00:24:15,036 --> 00:24:16,788 It's always a great event. 505 00:24:16,788 --> 00:24:18,957 The vendors love it. 506 00:24:18,957 --> 00:24:22,878 You know, we're really happy that everyone comes out to support that event. 507 00:24:22,878 --> 00:24:26,173 And, and all the sponsors and the vendors that we have, they're all great. 508 00:24:26,381 --> 00:24:30,343 So Charlene, we between everything else you're doing, what else? 509 00:24:30,719 --> 00:24:33,763 What else do you what else do you do that you like to share with our viewers? 510 00:24:34,806 --> 00:24:36,975 You know, this is the people call you for. 511 00:24:36,975 --> 00:24:41,771 Well, they call me for, you know, consulting on events. 512 00:24:41,771 --> 00:24:46,234 They call me to consult on their marketing, you know, strategy, 513 00:24:46,234 --> 00:24:49,362 or, you know, they may be able to do a lot of things themselves, 514 00:24:49,362 --> 00:24:50,864 but they just don't know where to start. 515 00:24:50,864 --> 00:24:52,991 And so I can help them with that. 516 00:24:52,991 --> 00:24:55,994 I also work with the Griffin Hospital, 517 00:24:55,994 --> 00:24:59,956 and I help plan their gala and their golf tournament. 518 00:25:00,499 --> 00:25:01,416 That's huge. 519 00:25:01,416 --> 00:25:03,668 It is Griffin Hospital over in Derby, Connecticut. 520 00:25:03,668 --> 00:25:05,170 Yeah. I've always yeah. 521 00:25:05,170 --> 00:25:08,548 Good things about I utilize their services for something 522 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:11,635 about a year ago and I rave about them. 523 00:25:11,635 --> 00:25:13,553 When you walk in there and you go through the hallway, 524 00:25:13,553 --> 00:25:15,347 I was greeted with a smile by everybody. 525 00:25:15,347 --> 00:25:18,225 And in the waiting room it was just so comfy. 526 00:25:18,225 --> 00:25:20,143 Yeah, like a like a little fireplace area. 527 00:25:20,143 --> 00:25:23,271 Y you said you actually went there into the hospital. 528 00:25:23,271 --> 00:25:26,900 I'm in the cafeteria, and she said it was really good quality. 529 00:25:26,942 --> 00:25:29,444 And it's delicious there. Wow. Shocking. At a hospital? 530 00:25:29,444 --> 00:25:30,237 No. It's delicious. 531 00:25:30,237 --> 00:25:32,531 We want to go to the hall. Yeah, I want to be a visitor. 532 00:25:32,531 --> 00:25:33,240 Not right. 533 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:37,244 But if you have to go there, that's a that's really a nice place to go. 534 00:25:37,577 --> 00:25:38,620 Oh, I know you were. 535 00:25:38,620 --> 00:25:42,165 You were doing that with Griffin Hospital and, and I'm on the board 536 00:25:42,165 --> 00:25:46,753 of the Advertising Club of Connecticut, and of course, I do all the events 537 00:25:47,295 --> 00:25:48,255 I plan all the events. 538 00:25:48,255 --> 00:25:51,466 We just got done planning everything for 2026. 539 00:25:51,466 --> 00:25:52,968 So you're never bored? 540 00:25:52,968 --> 00:25:54,344 I'm never not. 541 00:25:54,344 --> 00:25:56,763 We're going to have to team up with. Yeah. Stuff. That's. 542 00:25:56,763 --> 00:25:58,557 Yeah. You know this. We're great. Yeah. 543 00:25:58,557 --> 00:26:00,183 But, Charlene, thank you so much for. 544 00:26:00,183 --> 00:26:01,560 Thanks for having me. 545 00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:03,478 And thanks for all the amazing things you do. 546 00:26:03,478 --> 00:26:04,813 Give a big shout out to the folks 547 00:26:04,813 --> 00:26:07,816 over at woodwinds who is a sponsor of our podcast. 548 00:26:07,816 --> 00:26:09,943 Thank you, Tony Sylvia. Sources. 549 00:26:09,943 --> 00:26:12,445 And thanks for all you do to help those women that really need 550 00:26:12,445 --> 00:26:13,488 a pick me up. 551 00:26:13,488 --> 00:26:15,907 I mean, that's that's and we'll have all the information 552 00:26:15,907 --> 00:26:18,910 underneath the show where to buy tickets, how to reach you. 553 00:26:18,910 --> 00:26:21,830 All right. Great. Yeah. Thank you. Charlene. Thanks. Thank. 554 00:26:21,830 --> 00:26:22,414 Happy new year. 555 00:26:22,414 --> 00:26:22,914 Can we still. 556 00:26:22,914 --> 00:26:26,209 Yes, we can have a happy 2026. 557 00:26:26,918 --> 00:26:27,377 Okay. All right. 558 00:26:27,377 --> 00:26:29,379 We love you guys. Thank you so much for having me. 559 00:26:29,379 --> 00:26:30,338 Let's go with John and Joy. 560 00:26:30,338 --> 00:26:33,133 Share it with a friend. Subscribe for free on YouTube. 561 00:26:33,133 --> 00:26:35,343 And let's bring people together in 2026. 562 00:26:35,343 --> 00:26:37,887 Make that a New Year's resolution for those. 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