If You Believe (Melody Betts) Encore!

Melody Betts (The Wiz) sings an encore of If You Believe (The Wiz) on Sunday, June 18th, 2023 in Times Square, NYC at Broadway Celebrates Juneteenth presented by The Broadway League to close out the show!
Special thank you to @sydneymilligan3557 for being kind enough to bring me as part of her team!

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This was clearly the James Hall / Melvin Crispell version. Not sure if she has sung with them, but even the intro on the longer version had a few bars that sound like the into to James Hall's the Blood. Nonetheless, it had a very specific Brooklyn COGIC flair to it that was lovely.