Scene 1 – Welcome to Gander All: Fish and chips and shipwrecks, this is

Newfoundland.
Narrator 1: This is Gander, a small town in Welcome to the rock, I am an islander, I am an
Newfoundland, Canada. It is an ordinary day... islander. I'm an islander, I am an Islander. I'm an
until something extraordinary happens. islander, I am an islander. I'm an islander, I am an
islander.
SONG: 'Welcome to the Rock'
Claude: On the northeast tip of North America, Oz: That mornin' I'm in car. The kid's cross
on an island called Newfoundland, there's an Airport Blvd. to get to school,
airport. and that time of day people are in a little bit of a
It used to be one of the biggest airports in the rush to get to work and stuff, so normally I sit
world, and next to it is a town called Gander. there and run my radar.
And if they're speedin', I'll stop them and write
Claude: Welcome to the rock if you come from out a warning ticket. I'll write S.D. Slow down!
away,
You'll probably understand about half of what Doug: Welcome to the land where the winters
we say. try to kill us and we say,
They say no man's an island but an island makes All: "we will not be killed."
a man.
Brian: Welcome to the land where the waters
All: Especially when one comes from one like try to drown us and we said, All: "we will not be
Newfoundland. drowned."
Welcome to the Rock
Annette: Welcome to the land where we lost
Beulah: That morning, I'm in the classroom, it's our loved ones and we said, All: "we will still go
our first day back and school buses are on strike on"
so I'm coverin' for Annette who's running late.
Brian: Welcome to the land where winds try to
Annette: Sorry Beulah, how's the kids? blow,
All: and we said "No!"
Beulah: Not exactly thrilled to be inside on such Bonnie: That morning I drop my kids off at
a gorgeous day, school and head to the SPCA
so, I told them we'd only half day this mornin', where I'm greeted by my "other kids" all barking
and they were quite pleased, until I told them and meowing for breakfast and a belly rub. Not
we'd have the other half in the afternoon! that I'm complaining, I love them. But by the
time feeding is done I gotta get back up to pick
Brian: Welcome to the wildest weather that up my human kids, so I take just one second for
you've ever heard of. myself and I'm sitting in my car.
Doug: Where everyone is nicer but it's never
nice above. Annette: I'm in the library.

Claude: Brian: Welcome to the farthest place Beulah: I'm in the staff room.
you'll get from Disneyland.
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Bonnie, Beulah and Anette: And I turned on the If you're hoping for a harbor than you'll find an
radio. open door.
In the winter, from the water, through
All: You are here, at the start of a moment, on whatever's in the way, to the ones who have
the edge of the world. come from away,
Where the river meets the sea. Here, at the edge Welcome to the rock!
of the Atlantic, on an island in between there ___________________________________
and here. Claude: I am the Mayor of Gander. We live, we
work, we help each other. This is our home.
Oz: I'm noting my radar when Bonnie comes by. Welcome to our town.
She pulls up and she is waving at me like mad, Beulah: I am a teacher. The school is ready for
so I rolled down my window and she says: another day. The children are coming soon.
Bonnie: I take care of animals here.
Bonnie: "Oz, turn on the radio." Oz: I keep the town safe as a police officer.
Janice: I’m a news reporter… It’s my first day at
Oz: "Slow it down Bonnie-" the station.
Brian: And I am a reporter too. We tell the news
Bonnie: "Jesus H Oz, turn on your radio." of Gander.
Doug: I drive the buses. They are already
All: Where our stories start: running, everything is normal.
All citizens: This is our home, this is who we are!
Janice: It's my first day at the station. Narrator 1: But today will not be normal.

All: Where we’ll end the night Scene 2 – The Planes Arrive

Brian: I'm getting coffee for the picket line. Narrator 2: Suddenly something happens that
will change everything.
All: Where we know by heart. Brian: Breaking news! The skies above the
Janice: It's five minutes till my smoke break. United States are closed. Planes cannot land
there.
All: Every single flight. Beverley: Attention, passengers. We are being
diverted to Gander, Newfoundland. Please
Doug: I'm off to work at the airport. remain calm.
First Officer: We will land safely. Please stay
Men: Welcome to the fog, welcome to the trees, seated.
to the ocean and the sky, and whatever's in Flight attendant 1: Please fasten your seatbelts.
between. Flight attendant 2: Please stay seated.
To the one's who left, you are never truly gone. Diane: Where is Gander?
Our candle's in the window and our candle's Nick: Why are we landing here?
always on. Hannah: I must call my son. He is a firefighter in
New York.
All: When the sun is coming, and the world has Kevin T.: What is happening?
come ashore. Kevin J.: I don’t understand.
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Ali: People look at me with fear, but I am just like
everyone else. Kevin T: Everyone knew every inch of that plane
Delores: I am scared.
Joey: I need to tell my family I am safe. Flight attendant 1: Our flight was full! There
Passenger leader Latin America: I am tired and were children sleeping on the floor
hungry.
Kevin T: We were on the plane for 15 hours. Flight attendant 2: We had no way to get
Kevin J: (correcting him) 20 hours information
Passenger leader Europe: 28 hours. We were
on the plane for over an entire day! Nick: This is before most people had mobile
Narrator 2: In just a few hours, 38 planes arrive phones. And only a couple people got through
in Gander, carrying nearly 7,000 people from all
around the world. Passenger L USA: Hello?

SONG: '28 Hours / Wherever We Are' Passenger L [Link]: Mom!

Diane: When you include the original flight, we
were on the plane for twelve...thirteen hours Passenger L Europe: Bonjour?

Kevin T: We were on there fifteen hours Passenger L Asia: Operator?

Kevin J: (correcting him) 20 hours.
Beverley: Tom?
Ali: Twenty-eight hours. We were on the plane Oh, thank God!
for over an entire day I finally got through
I borrowed a passenger's phone
All: Twenty-eight hours How are you?
Over an entire day Are the kids okay?
There was one aisle in the middle No, I'm fine Tom
Everyone knew every inch of that plane I'm fine
Safe and sound on the ground here in
Ali: We were allowed out of our seats, but not Newfoundland
off the plane We don't know much except for the BBC
Listen
Kevin T: You never think about it, but airplane I can't talk long
doors are twenty feet in the air Can you do something for me?

Kevin J: And even if you survived the jump, they Nick: I'm okay
probably would have shot you
Kevin T: I'm fine
Ali: You can go up to first class. You can stretch
in the aisles PL Europe: Vais bien

Nick: There are three seats on each side and Hannah: Pick up!
there was only one aisle in the middle
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Beverley: Tell the kids I'm alright PL Latin America: A helicopter crashed into a
Take them into the kitchen building
And show them the map
That we used to put pins in Delores: Oh my god! It's World War III!
For each destination
That we flew together Joey: Meanwhile on our plane, We didn't have a
Tell them that I'm fine clue, We were all going insane because
Put a pin here in Gander All: There wasn't squat to do

Nick: On our plane, someone has a cell phone Kevin T: Then the captain starts apologizing
Says on behalf of the airline
Delores: But then the battery dies He's giving each and everyone some

Joey: There are phones in the backs of the seats All: Complimentary booze!
Open the airplane doors
First officer: But they don't work! Wave at all the cars
Hello to whoever you are
PL USA: Half of the passengers on our plane Wherever we are
don't speak English!
Delores: The ground crews supplied whatever
Delores: Even if we knew what was happening, we needed
we don't speak their language
Joey: Nicotine patches
Joey: On our plane, we asked the flight
attendants PL USA: Medication

Flight attendant 1: But the captain says not to PL Europe: Pampers

say too much, and that's when rumors start
flying All: Something to drink!

Diane: There's an accident Kevin T: So the flight attendants brought out

All the mini-bottles of liquor
Nick: An accident? And delivered them to everyone

Delores: The US airspace is closed All: Soon everyone got friendlier

Joey: For the first time in history Kevin J: I took a couple of pictures of the view
there in my camera. We didn't know where we
PL USA: Why won't she tell us what's were,
happening? But we knew that we were hammered.

PL Europe: A helicopter crashed in Pennsylvania All: Open the airplane doors

Wave at all the locals
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Surely there's something better to do than park Out of the window
Wherever we are Twenty-eight hours
(Twenty-eight hours)
Kevin J: We'd been sitting there for fourteen Nothing but darkness
hours when we pull out the Grey Goose Twenty-eight hours
(Twenty-eight hours)
Kevin T: Kevin and I were kinda hiding it Darkness and headlights
because... Twenty-eight hours
(Twenty-eight hours)
Kevin J: ...Because we didn't want to share it. Nothing to see
Anyway, this woman, this hot mess behind us,
kept completely freaking out Hannah: The flight attendants keep telling us
nothing's wrong. When, I've got kids,
Delores: I don't understand why they can't let us and I've got grandkids, I know when someone's
off. I mean, just to stretch our legs?! hiding something.
I mean, really? I need to get some air! Oh, my And when parents need their kids to stop asking
God, I need to get off this plane! questions, they start playing movies

Kevin T: And my boyfriend Kevin. We're both Flight attendant 1: We ran through every movie
named Kevin. It was cute for a while. we had: Legally Blonde, Doctor Doolittle 2,
Anyway, Kevin was not dealing with it well and...Titanic

Kevin J: I'm going to kill her Delores: Near, far, wherever you

Delores: Excuse me?! I would like to get off the All: Nothing to do
plane. I am claustrophobic! Nothing to see
Thank god we stopped at the duty-free
Kevin: Excuse me, would you like some Xanax? Wherever we are
Because you are freaking out and
it is freaking me out and we are all freaking the Nick: Do you mind if I sit? I need to get to work
fuck out and there's some drunk people at the back of the
plane singing at the top of their lungs
All: Open the airplane doors
Let a little air in here Diane: No, of course. I'm Diane
Cause I could use a shower or a bar
(Or a bar) Nick: How are you doing?
Open the airplane doors
Look at all the planes out there Diane: I'm...worried about someone. He was
There must be a convention it's bizarre flying today. I just wish there was some way to
Wherever we are tell him where I am

Twenty-eight hours Nick: Newfoundland. Oh, no, you know that. You
(Twenty-eight hours) just can't tell him. Right. I'm hoping
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you're one of those people who laughs when when the pilot puts the radio on over the
English people say awkward things intercom,
and the whole plane goes silent when the
Diane: I just wish we knew what was happening president gives his speech

Delores: What's happening? Narrator 2: (being GEORGE W. BUSH)

I ask the American people to join me in saying
Hannah: What's happening? thanks for all the folks
who've been fighting hard to rescue our fellow
All: Somewhere in between citizens
and to join me in saying a prayer for the victims
Diane: Your life and their families.
The resolve of our great nation is being tested,
Nick: And your work but, make no mistake,
we will show the world that we will pass this
All: When the world may be falling apart test. God bless
And you think
Beverley: You got through to the airline
Diane: I'm alone Tom, I'm okay
Tell me what's happening out there
Nick: I'm alone How bad is it?
Tom, tell me everything
Nick and Diane: And I'm so helpless Tom, who was in the air?
No, no I wouldn't have known them
All: There's nothing left to do but drink No, no one on that airline
Charles?! Are you sure?
First officer: We open the airplane doors No, I'm fine Tom
Flash all the cars I'm fine
Wooh!
I've never done that before Scene 3 – Meeting the Town

All: Twenty-eight hours Claude: We must help them. Open the school,
God! Over an entire day the church, the gym!
Running out of things to say Bonnie: We have space and food for everyone.
And if there's someone We will care for the animals from the planes
Going to clue us in Beulah: Bring the children to the school.
Tell us all what's happening Dwight: 200 gym mats!
Because the sun is setting Oz: We will keep order and help guide the
And we're sitting in the dark people.
Wherever we are Hannah: Thank you… we were so scared.
Eliza: I will take care of the sick.
Flight attendant 1: Later that night, I'm up in the Annette: We will share our homes.
cockpit with some of the other passengers Martha: We will cook for them!
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Garth: We have food! Martha, Crystal and Beulah: 'Cause I can't
Martha: We have blankets! watch the news anymore
Joey: We have space!
Firefighter 1: We are here to help. Annette: Can I help? Is there something
Firefighter 2: Everyone will be safe. I need to do something
Annette: You may use our books and phones. To keep me from thinking of
Passenger Leader (USA): Thank you for your All of those scenes on the tube
kindness.
Passenger Leader (Europe): We were lost, but Crystal: I need something to do
now we are safe. 'Cause I can't watch the news
Passenger Leader (Asia): We feel welcome
here. All women: No, I can't watch the news anymore
Passenger Leader (Latin America): You opened In the winter
your hearts to us. From the water
Terry: Thank you! Through the wind
Passenger leader USA: We will never forget If a stranger ends up at your door
this.
Crystal: Don’t be afraid. You are safe here in Beulah: You get on the horn( on the phone)
Gander. Hello, this is Beulah Davis down at the Academy
I heard we might be getting some guests
SONG: 'Blankets and Bedding' And I thought I'd see if I could help whosever in
Janice: 11:53 am charge of getting the school organized
How many passengers can we take?
All: Tuesday Oh, well, we fit about four hundred students
Yes, we could probably do six hundred
Janice: September 11th, 2001 Or sure, seven hundred if we really pack 'em in
Any available community buildings When are they coming?
Will be converted into shelters Could it be any time now?
With thousands of passengers arriving at any Well, I'm glad I phoned
minute
The town is asking for help with Oz: I get a call from Beulah
Well, anything you can do Looking for anything seven hundred people
From around the world might need
Beulah: Crystal, I saw on the news So, I go down to Shoppers and the manager
That they're looking for blankets and bedding says
And maybe some food To just take what I want off the shelves
Toothbrushes, floss, mouthwash, deodorant
Crystal: Do you know what they need And I'm back at the school when Beulah says
And how much?
Beulah: You know, those planes probably got
Martha: I need something to do some babies on 'em

Oz: So I'm back to Shoppers for diapers

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And we're unpacking 'em when Annette says… Annette and Beulah: We're setting up rooms in
the schools
Annette: You know, those babies are probably
gonna be hungry Margie: Been crying all afternoon, wondering
what could be done
Oz: So I'm back to Shoppers for formula and
baby food And when I get back Beulah says All men: What do we need?

Beulah: You know, those planes are probably Annette: I made a tray of sandwiches
filled with women of childbearing age
Beulah: We need fifty more
Oz: Soooo??
Annette: Sandwiches?
Beulah: So I'm back to Shoppers
To pick up as many pads and tampons as they Beulah: Trays!
have. Men: What do we need?

Janice: The Baptist church needs a hand moving Dwight: Two hundred gym mats! Is that
their pews… Doctor O'Brien down at the enough?
pharmacy
Is ready to fill any prescriptions Beulah: You tell me and we'll both know
Oh, and the Lions Club is looking for some toilet
paper Men: What do we need?
If you have any extra
Janice: For the love of God, stop bringing toilet
Annette: Medicine paper to the Lions Club
Margie: Toothpaste
Martha: Underwear Men: How do you know what you need
Beulah: Aspirin When you don't know how many
You're needing to feed
Crystal and Annette: Jackets our kids grew out When you don't know how many are staying
of last summer How long they are staying
We better start praying the weather stays nice
Janice: And down at the station, We're taking
donations, Out by the door All: In the winter
From the water
Women: Holy Jesus, there's more In the winter
From the water
Annette: It's better than being at home alone In the winter
Wondering what's really happening From the water
In the winter
Margie: Everyone's phoning From the water
If a stranger ends up sent by fate
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 Diane: Us! We want to be Newfoundlanders!
Annette: Are we gonna be ready?
Claude: Alright, Where are you folks from?
Beulah: Well, we have to be. Don't we?
Diane: Texas and
Claude: Texas! (to Nick) What part of Texas are
Scene 4– To be a Newfoundlander you from, buddy?
Nick: No, I'm from…
Claude: Who wants to become a Diane: No, I'm from Texas. He's from England
Newfoundlander?
Claude: Wait, now how does that work?
SONG: ’Screech in’ Nick: How does what work?
Claude: Now there’s a solemn, old tradition Claude: Well, how does your marriage work
For admission or audition to transition from a with you being in England and her in Texas?
Come From Away Diane & Nick: No, we're not married

All: To be a Newfoundlander Claude: Oh, I'm sorry, I just assumed you were
Claude: The only other way at any rate married. Well, would you like to be?
Is pass away and pray to fate and wait to
reincarnate Diane: Well, why not?
All: As a Newfoundlander
Hey, hey, come on inside Nick: Diane had two beers by then, so it was
Nothing ventured, nothing tried probably the alcohol talking

Dwight: Only a couple people cried Diane: I've never had more than one beer at a
All: You'll be a Newfoundlander time before, So it was probably the alcohol
Hey, hey, sit down right here talking
You'll feel better in a year
Bob: Try to ignore your doubts and fears Nick: I went and got her two more beers
All: And you'll be a Newfoundlander
Claude: Now we needs a couple volunteers Claude: Now the first part is the easiest. We'll
Who wants to become a Newfoundlander? soon get to the queasiest. I'll need you to repeat
Nick: Right here! this mess.
Claude: Good man! Who else?
Kevin T: I have no idea why I put up my hand All: When you become a Newfoundlander
And Kevin's like
Kevin J: Oh my God, are you serious? Claude: 'Cause we speaks a different language,
Kevin T: Yes, I'm serious. Don't do it if you don't son. We adds some esses and some rum
want to. You'll have to try a good cod tongue
Kevin J: I won't
Claude: Where you from, buddy? All: When you become a Newfoundlander
Kevin T: Los Angeles Hey, hey, just do your best
Claude: LA! Who else? Nothing scary, nothing yet
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 All: Three!
Dwight: You'll have to change the way you're
dressed Claude: Down the hatch! Everyone cheers as
they drink.
All: And you'll be a Newfoundlander
Hey, hey, just sing along Kevin T: Screech is basically bad Jamaican rum
Nothing ventured just prolonged
Nick: Screech is horrific
Claude: There's thirty verses in this song
Diane: Screech is delishush
All: Then you'll be a Newfoundlander
Bob: And then they brought the Cod
Claude: Ladies and gentlemen this is screech!
Back in World War II, an officer was stationed Kevin T: The Cod
here and was offered some of this stuff
All the locals were tossing it back with nar' a Nick: The Cod
quiver, so he does too
And lets out an ear piercing Diane: The Cod
Everybody comes to see what's happening and
says Claude: Now with every transformation
Comes a tiny bit of risk
All: What was that ungodly screech? You've got to walk the plank
And there'll be blood
Claude: And now it's your turn. Are you ready? Or there'll be bliss
And it's the same to be a
Nick: Hum, I'm not sure that Newfoundlander
Every person's wish
Diane: Wait, did you just say So don't be dumb
Just take the plunge
Bob: No, nope. Not really ready Go on - kiss the fish!

Kevin T: Do we have to drink this? All locals: I'm an islander

I am an islander
Claude: Good! All together now. One! I'm an islander
I am an islander
All: One!
Claude: Ladies and gentlemen this is a genuine
Claude: Two! freshly caught Newfoundland cod
And if you want to become an honorary
All: Two! Newfoundlander
You'll have to give her a smooch!
Claude: Three! One!

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Kevin J: If you kiss that I am never kissing you Scene 5– Living Together
again!
Narrator 1: For five days, the people of Gander
Kevin T: I'll risk it! and the passengers live side by side.
Nick: We don’t speak the same language, but
Claude: Two! we understand kindness.
Diane: We never met before, but now we are
Nick: I'm not kissing a fish! friends. In the middle of nowhere, we found each
other.
Diane: Come on, I will if you will! Hannah: I pray for my son in New York, and the
people here pray with me.
Nick: Oh my God. Fine Kevin J.: We are worried about our future.
Kevin T.: But here, people accept us as we are.
Claude: Three! Ali: Some are afraid of me, but many treat me
with kindness.
Diane: I can't do it! Terry: I was surprised when people trusted me
with their car keys!
Nick: What? I just did! Bonnie: We saved so many animals together.
Beulah: The children are safe in school.
Claude: Now you've got to kiss the cod Firefighter 1: We share stories.
It's a vital part of the ceremony Firefighter 2: We share meals.
Garth: We laugh together.
Diane: I can't do it! Martha: We cry together.
Narrator 1: In the middle of nowhere, we find
Claude: Alright, look. I'll make you a deal family.
Either you kiss this fish or else you kiss this
Englishman that you're not married to SONG: 'Somewhere in the Middle of Nowhere'
Beverly: The winds start to pick up, 50 mile an
All: Hey, hey, come on tonight hour winds. We've been here too long. We're
Take a risk and take a ride still on the ground, there's a hurricane coming
Jump right in with both feet tied And I'm thinking, we're running out of time
And you'll be a Newfoundlander. Hey, hey, come We have to leave, we have to leave now
on once more All: One plane, then another
Nothing ventured, nothing sore And then nine planes, then another
After it's over, out the door And then 13 planes and another (19 planes)
And you'll be a Newfoundlander And another (22), 24, 29, 32
38, 38, 38, 38, 38, 38, 38, 38, 38,,38 planes.
Claude: After it's over you'll remember Beverley: Ladies and gentlemen, if you look out
the windows
All: That you're a Newfoundlander Underneath all that rain is Maine
We've just crossed the Canadian boarder
Musicians 1 and 2 play instruments. Welcome back to the US of A

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Terry: Lookin' out the window at the world In the middle of clear blue air
underneath You've found your heart and left a part of you
Diane: And though he's here next to me, any behind
second he'll go Joey: Everyone's drinking and comparing stories

Kevin J: Lookin' out the window, Delores: Where'd you stay? What'd you do?
Kevin T: Kevin talk to me please
Diane: But mostly Nick and I spent the plane
Hannah: And out the window we see ride home, canoodling in the back.
All: a place we all know, below Nick: At one point, a flight attendant comes
Terry: Is this on? Oh, it's on, sorry, everyone, hi around saying
Like most everyone, I am sorry saying goodbye Flight attendant 1: "Hot towel? Hot towel?"
So I wanted to thank them for all that they've did Flight attendant 2: "Cold towel?"
So I'm doing just that, and I'm passing a hat For All: Somewhere in between the place of
the people who gave up their time Life and work and where you're going
And they gave up their town Something makes you stop and you'll notice
So let's give them a scholarship And you're finally in the moment Somewhere in
Pass the hat down, 'cause the middle of nowhere
All: Somewhere, in the middle of nowhere In the middle whose knows where
In the middle of who knows where (Who knows) where you'll find
(Who knows) where you'll find Something in the middle of nowhere
Something in the middle of nowhere In the middle of clear blue air
In the middle of clear blue air You've found your heart, and left a part of you
You've found your heart and left a part of you behind
behind Beverley: Ladies and gentlemen, put your seats
Diane: Nick and I sit together and I just back and tray tables up
I wanna say something, but we're leaving and Right below us, is the city where I grew up
it's over Come around, pass the field and then the
wheels touch the ground
Nick: And then she starts to cry. And I don't
know what to say. So I just put my arm around Beverley: Taxi in where all cheering we're
her, and I go to kiss her on the forehead to [Link] everyone, thank you for flying in
comfort her. American
Hugging them, hugging my crew 'cause we're
Diane: Well, there was some turbulence home again
And honestly, I just thought he missed, so I- Pass the gate up the stairs, we're there
Beverley: Ladies and gentlemen, if you look out And he's waiting in line. No, I'm fine, Tom I'm fine
your windows. You won't want to miss this, we
just entered Texas Scene 6 – Goodbye and Hope
All: Somewhere in the middle of nowhere
In the middle of who knows Narrator 2: After five days, the planes are ready
(Who knows) where you'll find to leave. The passengers must say goodbye.
Something in the middle of nowhere Diane: We will never forget your kindness.
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Nick: You opened your homes and hearts. Oz: And the drunkest fellas in the room are
Hannah: Thank you for standing with me in my playin’ in the band
pain. (Musicians play )
Kevin T.: We are grateful for your love.
Kevin J.: You gave us hope. All: Welcome to the Rock!
Ali: You showed me respect when others did
not. Beverley: With all the new security, kids aren’t
Passenger leader Asia: I will always remember even allowed up into the cockpit anymore
your trust. Of course, on my retirement flight
Beulah: Wherever you go, you will carry Gander I brought my whole family into the cockpit on our
with you. way back to Gander
Claude: You are no longer strangers. You are
family. (A reporter interviews Bob and Hannah)
All Citizens and Passengers: We are all
connected. We all come from away. Bob: I came back with the scholarship money we
raised, now worth over a million dollars
SONG: 'Finale / We All Come From Away'
Claude: One, two Hannah: I bring out the Irish whiskey and we
have ourselves a toast
All: one, two, three, four
(A reporter interviews Diane)
Claude: Welcome to the friends who have come
from away Diane: Nick and I just couldn't make the long
Welcome to the locals who have always said distance relationship work
they’d stay
If you’re comin’ from Toledo or you’re comin’ Nick: So I moved to Texas, and then I proposed
from Taipei
Because we come from everywhere Diane: And we honeymooned in Newfoundland
(A reporter interviews Kevin T and then Hannah)
All: We all come from away
Welcome to the Rock! Kevin T: My new secretary’s name is Robin
I’m an islander, I am an islander
I’m an islander, I am an islander Robin: What 's up!
I’m an islander, I am an islander
I’m an islander, I am an islander Kevin T: Every year on September 11th
I close my office and give each employee $100
Annette: Welcome to our island with its inlets to go And do random good deeds for strangers
and its bays It’s my way of remembering what happened
You could keep on heading east but there’s an
ocean in the way Hannah: Beulah and I still keep in touch, she
even came to visit me in New York
Garth: Where everything is meant to be but And I’ll still phone her if I hear a really stupid
nothing goes as planned joke
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Beulah, why are Newfoundlanders terrible at A candle’s in the window and the kettle’s always
knock knock jokes? on

Beulah: I don’t know, Hannah Women: To the coves and the caves and the
people from the planes
Hannah: Well, try it! I’ll be a Newfoundlander
Claude: Five days
Beulah: Knock knock!
Bonnie: Nineteen animals
Hannah: Come on in, the door’s open
Beulah: And seven thousand strays
Janice: The donation we are most honoured by
just arrived today Women: I’m an islander, I am an islander

Oz: It’s about 4 metres long and 1200 kilograms Men: When the Sun is setting and it’s darker
than before
Janice: Newfoundland is the only place outside I’m an islander, I am an islander
the United States, where we share the steel If you’re hopin’ for a harbour, then you’ll find an
from the World Trade Center. open door
I’m an islander, I am an islander
Claude: On the northeast tip of North America In the winter from the water through whatever’s
On an island called Newfoundland in the way
There’s an airport I’m an islander, I am
And next to it is a town called Gander
Tonight we honour what was lost All: To the ones who have come from away
But we also commemorate what we found We say
Welcome to the
All: You are here Welcome to the
At the start of a moment Welcome to the
On the edge of the world where the river meets Welcome to the
the sea Welcome to the
Here on the edge of the Atlantic Welcome to the
On an island in between there and here Welcome to the Rock!
I’m an islander, I am an islander
I’m an islander, I am an islander (there and here)
I’m an islander, I am an islander
I’m an islander, I am an islander (there and here)
I’m an islander, I am an islander
I’m an islander, I am an islander

Men: Welcome to the fog, welcome to the trees

A kiss and a cod and whatever’s in between
To the ones who’ve left, you’re never truly gone
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