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Title:
Good Morning America
Date of transmission: Friday 15 December 2000
Channel: ABC
Time: 7:00
AM
Charlotte's role in programme:
Featured Guest
Unlike New
York Live!, Good Morning America or GMA really needs no
introduction..its your typical morning show broadcast all
over North America. Hosts Dianne Sawyer and Charlie Gibson
are mainstays at ABC and the show, like many others, is
filmed live in New York's Times Square.
Before
I get to Charlotte's summary let me just mention that one of
the other notable guests on today was Amazon.com's CEO Jeff
Bezos . I only mention this because it would be interesting
to know if he got a chance to meet Charlotte as she has been
on the top of his companies sales chart for the past couple
of months.
On to
Charlotte's Appearance...once again this was yet another
Live appearance, Tomorrow's appearance on The
Saturday Early Show will be taped. Charlotte was
introduced by Charlie Gibson as having "the best
selling Christmas Album in the Country". Obviously
anyone hearing that would probably want to pay attention
right away so I'm betting many were glued to their sets
after that. Below is the dialogue that followed:
   
Charlie: I hope you come back every year and Join us for Christmas. Will you do that?
Charlotte: Yea! I will!
Charlie: I hope you come back until you are at least 104
Charlotte: Oh, can you imagine? I would have an
awful voice by then.
Charlie: Last year you were 13, this year you are 61 :)
Charlotte: Yeah I've grown immensely.
Charlie: Lets talk about your schedule because this is just such wonderful success. Tell us where you have been the past few days and where you are going. Just run through it.
Charlotte: Well I was in LA, then I flew from there to
Washington D.C., then to Chicago, then here to New York. Tomorrow I'm going back to London then I will be headed off to Vienna, then I'll be going home to spend Christmas with the family.
Charlie: Did you get any chance in there to shop?
Charlotte: Right after this I'm going to shop. (Claps Hands) Ohh, I can't Wait! Let me out loose on New York!
Charlie: You are just going to beat up New York City today...
Charlotte: Completely.
Charlie: Tell all the stores to stay open 'Charlotte's Coming'!
Charlie: Now from her #1 Christmas CD......and again have a Happy Holiday...Charlotte sings "What Child is
This?"
   
Charlotte
then went on to sing a flawless rendition of "What
Child is This?" after the very friendly chat with
Charlie Gibson. Steve of Team USA had this to say :
"The
absolute control of her voice has set in with a vengeance.
She sang "What Child Is This?" with a level of
skill that totally surpassed what she had when she first
recorded it. The part of the song that goes "This,
this" sounded sweeter and more enriched, with just the
right touch of vibrato added for good measure. I thought I
was completely familiar with Charlotte's voice, but I was
more amazed than ever this morning."
After
Charlotte was through there was another brief chat at the
end of the show:
Charlie: You mentioned you are going to spend Christmas in Wales?
Charlotte: Yep.
Charlie: We've talked about this before, you speak a little Welsh..
Charlotte: A little Welsh..not fluently though.
Charlie: Can you do Merry Christmas?
Charlotte: 'n ddedwydd Nadolig
(approximated using InterTran 2000)
Charlie: Well. just like she said :)
Dianne: 'n ddedwydd Nadolig
Charlie: Have a great weekend, if you are
shopping in New York..Watch out for Charlotte!
Overall,
another great appearance for Charlotte but you knew that
already! - Mark
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