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[Music] but again I think we should see other people we went to from the step yeah from the steps right there everyone you 10 minutes till P F this way all right where's Mary send him in oh no Marcy where's Marcy gando come here Marcy y Phil let's part the ways in the meantime I want to say hello to somebody if you bought a ticket if you called gobler knob if you've done anything the last two days or today or tomorrow you probably went through Marcy gando this is The Wizard of Oz behind the curtain and she did it all so give it up for [Applause] Marcy thank you Marcy head down that way Marcy go help the filet part the seas please okay look at that on time and under budget I'm kidding we went well over budget and we're only connoisseur to on time you know what never mind Phil Cushing are we ready old man winter send in the top hats let's get exceptionally [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] weird [Music] ladies and gentlemen won't you please give a rousing welcome to the Inner Circle of the punk saton groundhog Club as they make their annual trek to Gobbler's [Music] Knob [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] now [Applause] k [Music] [Music] you absolutely [Music] we good morning I'm Thomas stle president of the Pani groundhog [Applause] Club welcome to ground hog wo what a huge crowd how many guests do we have tracking with us for the very first [Applause] time how many have tracked two or more times nice welcome back how about five or more times wow 10 or more times how about [Music] 20 well welcome back now we love you coming to Groundhog Day how many groups do we have here today celebrating somebody's Groundhog Day birthday woo happy birthday Mr Vice President yes sir Dan McGinley moonshine yes sir will you please introduce the members of the Inner Circle my pleasure Good Friday morning to you all is it still Friday I do want to talk to you about the gentlemen that stand before you but before we do that we have some dignitaries that I would like to make mention of first of all Senator Joe Pitman represent ative Brian Smith Commissioners Jeff basaric and Scott North our mayor Richard Alexander of course our attorney general Melle Henry and the governor of Pennsylvania he keep showing up we've been here [Music] morning as for my buddies in the top hats I want to start over here cuz he's been on stage with me since 3:00 a.m. give it up he's gone through at least two tuxedo shirts already today give it up for the Thunder conductor Dr [Applause] talani this is the Butch and Butch part of the show first up former member Co front Butch [Applause] brn and the other Butchie you can be his wingman now he can be yours this is Iceman Butch [Applause] fber give it up for the big man rob McCoy [Applause] downpour Josh farcus is [Music] frostbite it's fitting that we say hello to Jory seranne he's daybreaker [Applause] Robbie gel is Storm Builder the guy standing way up there is Dr John Johnson Chief [Applause] healthman Al also with us this morning was Jason grusky Big [Applause] Chill well he's seated at the left hand of the Father the future is clear but Jay Lundy is overcast former president give it up for Jeff Lundy Fair [Applause] weatherman Pat Cassidy is the head [Applause] Huntsman and Pat oo it's ozone and I know you've been waiting patiently so for our ceremony give it up your friend our friend his Handler Mr AJ Dar rain [Applause] maker and heavy ways the ACAA Kane the president of the groundhog Club Inner Circle is Tom dle shingle [Applause] shaker [Applause] all right I want to talk about this Kane is handed down from president to president my father once held this very cane as president of the Inner Circle this K gives me the ability to speak groundhog e that's how I communicate with Phil through Winks nods purs and Phil's going to let me know which scroll to choose now I'm going to talk a little bit about what's going to happen up here today I'm going to take this cane and I'm going to knock on the burrow door three times and his Handler AJ Dar will gently lift Phil from his burrow and hold him high for all to see he will then Place Phil upon the stump where Phil and I will have a little talk about whether he sees his shadow or not if it's his shadow he sees six more weeks of winter there will [Applause] be if there's no Shadow early spring daybreaker please place the royal red carpet Mr Vice President please place the Scrolls upon the stump gentlemen are you [Applause] ready are you ready it's a tradition before we get Phil out we get him fired up by chanting Phil Phil Phil Phil Phil Phil Phil Phil [Music] D are you up there it's patani [Applause] Phil gentlemen gather around [Music] okay we have a [Applause] decision a prediction has been made Mr Mr [Music] President here ye hear ye now on this February 2nd punks atani Phil the sear of Sears prognosticator of all prognosticators was awakened from his wintry nap at dawn on Gobbler's Knob Phil looked to the skies and then speaking in Groundhog ease directed the president to the proper scroll which reads another Winter's slumbered pause so I could meet the crowd hard to sleep anyway when the part's this loud I envy your energy I envy the fun I envy all of you and your opposable thumbs but it's not what I feel it's what I see and what you hear so gather round and let me be clear atmosphere is a wonderful thing and we can create our own and the weather it brings it brings hope for the future and so much more maybe some punks saton Phil wrin votes in [Music] [Applause] 2024 but what this weather did not provide is a shadow or Reason to hide Glad Tidings on this Groundhog Day an early spring is on the [Applause] [Applause] way [Music] [Applause] tell the world the news is [Music] here if you would like a photograph on stage with punani Phil in the Inner Circle we'll probably do it for as long as Phil will let us you'll come up this side of the stage and you will exit that side have your phones ready and now we'll do about three or four groups around the stump at a time we have a souvenir shop up there that you're welcome to visit the buses will be rotating through punksy till about 2: :00 to take you back to your vehicle whenever you need so please visit beautiful downtown punani there are a lot of activities down there in the park our community center our weather center and please visit our merchants and pick up any souvenirs or needed supplies that concludes our ceremony happy Groundhog Day happy Groundhog Day spread the word continue the celebration we [Music] just hey car K happy [Music] birthday [Music] n [Music] [Music] to when check off saw The Long Winter he saw winter Bleak and dark and bereft of Hope yet we know that winter is just another step in the cycle of life but standing here among the people of punks saton and basking in the warmth of their hears and hearts I couldn't imagine a better fate than a long and lustrous [Music] winter the pyck up your partner and join [Music] [Music] 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Length: 21min 20sec (1280 seconds)

Published: Fri Feb 02 2024