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🗓️ 27 June 2023
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Recorded live at KCRW in Santa Monica, CA, this story with international roots shows how having a soft spot for hard work can pay off -- big time!
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0:00.0 | Hi Circle Round fans! Rebecca Sheer here, inviting you to join us this August at Tanglewood, |
0:07.7 | the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Lennox, Massachusetts. Our annual live |
0:12.9 | recording on Sunday August 13th is all sold out, but not to worry! You can join us on Tuesday, |
0:18.9 | August 8th, as part of Tanglewood on Parade, the BSO's annual Family Funday. Showtime |
0:25.0 | is at 2.30 pm in Seiji, Ozawa Hall. General seating is available in the open air hall or on the |
0:30.6 | lawn. Kids get in free, but require a ticket. Get yours now by visiting wbur.org slash Circle |
0:37.1 | Round and clicking on events. WBR Podcasts, Boston. |
0:45.0 | The Circle Round episode you're about to hear is a very special one recorded before a live audience, |
0:58.2 | a very excited kids and grownups at KCRW's Anninburg Performance Studio in Santa Monica, California, |
1:05.0 | on June 10th, 2023. You can find more information about upcoming Circle Round events on our website, |
1:15.4 | Pudding your nose to the grindstone, pulling your own weight, buckling down and going the extra mile. |
1:29.4 | These are all idioms or expressions about hard work. In today's story, we'll meet two brothers |
1:36.6 | who aren't big on hard work until they're sent on a search for treasure. |
1:47.8 | I'm Rebecca Schier and welcome to Circle Round live at KCRW's Anninburg Performance Studio |
1:53.0 | in Santa Monica, California. Today, our story is called very treasure. You'll find variations on |
1:58.2 | this tale in Africa, South Asia and parts of Europe. Joining me on stage are some performers |
2:06.2 | whose voices you may recognize from other Circle Round stories, Fiodor Chin, Joe Hernandez, |
2:10.8 | and Jessica Rao, and providing musical accompaniment as the one and only Eric Shimalonis. |
2:15.9 | So, Circle Round everyone, for Buried Treasure. |
2:28.7 | There were two brothers, Jasper and Jarvis. Jasper and Jarvis's father was a busy, well-to-do merchant |
2:45.3 | who was constantly traveling over land and sea to trade his exotic goods. Since the merchant |
2:51.3 | wasn't home much, he hired a staff of servants to tend to his sons' every need. As a result, |
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