King's awards for voluntary service at the ICC , Birmingham.
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00:00The High Sheriff of the West Midlands, the Lord Mayor of Birmingham, the Lord Mayor of Coventry,
00:05the Mayor of Dudley, the Mayor of Sandwell, the Mayor of Solihull, the Mayor of Walsall,
00:12and the Mayor of Wolverhampton. Let's give them a big round of applause, everyone, please.
00:16They're all just filing in there. Keep the applause going as they file in, looking resplendent
00:30and beautiful. Dr High Sheriff just walks in there. Keep the applause going. Let's let them
00:39bask in the applause as they walk in. There we go.
00:45Lovely to see you and welcome. In fact, what I'm going to do now, actually, because a few people
00:51have been here for quite a while, so let's just inject a bit of energy into this room.
00:55Can I ask everyone to be upstanding, please? Everyone to be upstanding, and we're going to
01:00give a big round of applause, and it's a joint one. One for all our award winners today,
01:06and another one, and it's my honour to welcome onto the stage as we do this,
01:11the Lord Lieutenant for the West Midlands, Derek Anderson, CBE, everybody.
01:36Please have a seat.
01:49It is my honour and privilege to start the formal aspect of today's event with a warm welcome,
01:59a warm welcome to our distinguished civic guests, the High Sheriff, the Lord Mayors of Birmingham
02:07and Coventry, their worshipful mayors of Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton,
02:15and of course the same welcome is extended to the mayoresses and consuls present this afternoon
02:25from across the region. In addition, I want to extend a thanks and a welcome to
02:34TR London Academy, a vibrant performing arts school based in Bartley Green, who will be
02:41entertaining us a little later this afternoon, and a special thanks to our Master of Ceremony,
02:49formerly, many of you will know of Hans FM, but now with BBC Radio West Midlands, Ed James.