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<p class="s2" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A&M-Commerce students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends,</span></p>
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<p class="s2" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We have an exciting opportunity before us. Fellow Lion, Hannah Kirby, has made it into the Top 12 on NBC’s The Voice. Now, she needs
our help to move forward. </span></p>
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<p class="s2" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="s2">“It’s really incredible to be in the Top 12,” said Hannah. “From the start, I didn’t know how far I was going to go just because
it’s crazy to even be on this show in the first place. It’s not an opportunity that a lot of people are blessed to have the cha</span><span class="s2">nce to do. It’s just totally crazy.”</span></span></p>
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<p class="s2" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Hannah has made it past the blind auditions, the battle rounds, the knockouts and her first live show all on her own merit. Now comes
the time in the season for America to begin voting for their favorite artists. </span></p>
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<p class="s2" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="s2">A n</span><span class="s2">ative of Sulphur Springs, Hannah is the last remaining Texan on the show. To help show our support
for her as a member of the A&M System and as a Texan, we are encouraging Twitter users to use #</span><span class="s2">SystemPride</span><span class="s2"> and #</span><span class="s2">TexasPride</span><span class="s2"> as well as voting for her to move </span><span class="s2">forward
each week.</span></span></p>
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<p class="s2" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“I’m really glad that I get to represent my state,” said Hannah. “I love Texas, so I’m really happy to be representing everybody. I
hope that Texas is enjoying what I’ve done so far.” </span></p>
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<p class="s2" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="s2">A quick video found </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5B-D17ssuc"><span class="s3">here</span></a><span class="s2"> can
show you how to vote. After voting after Monday’s performances, the top artists will be revealed on Tuesday. The bottom artists will then have a chance to perform one additional song to prove that they should remai</span><span class="s2">n on the show. At
this point, viewers can use the Instant Save on Twitter to save only one of the bottom artists. </span><a href="http://www.nbc.com/the-voice/video/carson-explains-season-8s-instant-save/2856932"><span class="s3">Here</span></a><span class="s2"> is how the
Instant Save works.</span></span></p>
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<p class="s2" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="s2">Help</span><span class="s2"> us show Hannah that her Lion family, A&M System and home state of Texas are behind her!</span></span></p>
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<p class="s2" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="s2">A previous story about Hannah can be found at Pride Online at </span><a href="http://sites.tamuc.edu/news/am-commerce-cheers-on-student-hannah-kirby-on-nbcs-the-voice/"><span class="s4">http://sites.tamuc.edu/news/am-commerce-cheers-on-student-hannah-kirby-on-nbcs-the-voice/</span></a><span class="s2">.</span></span></p>
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<p class="s2" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="s2">To stay updated with Hannah, you can follow her on </span><a href="https://twitter.com/iamhannahkirby"><span class="s3">Twitter</span></a><span class="s2">(@</span><span class="s2">iamhannahkirby</span><span class="s2">), </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/hannahcarolinekirby"><span class="s3">Facebook</span></a><span class="s2">(</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/hannahcarolinekirby"><span class="s3">https://www.facebook.com/hannahcarolinekirby</span></a><span class="s2">)
and </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/kirbymusic1"><span class="s3">YouTube </span></a><span class="s2">(</span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/kirbymusic1"><span class="s3">https://www.youtube.com/user/kirbymusic1</span></a><span class="s2">).</span></span></p>
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