Members of the Goodwill Industries Pride Band find joy, harmony and self-confidence.

Publication: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)

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COPYRIGHT 2005 South Florida Sun-Sentinal

Byline: Margo Harakas

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ Anthony Williams has a stranglehold on the mike, his eyes tightly shut, his left hand grabbing air. The sweet, sweet words pour out: Whenever you need someone ... I'll be there ... I'll be there. I'll be there.

It's all heart, pure and simple. Soul uncontrived.

Michael Cline stops rocking on his heels, leans toward his mike and comes in with the harmony.

Godwin Lee, who'd been swatting his right ear, bobbing and punching his fist, suddenly gets the cue and his fingers skip along the piano keys.

The sounds that emanate are enough to bring an audience to its feet and tears to the eyes.

Twenty-two unlikely performers, with a range of physical and mental disabilities, playing and singing their hearts out in the Goodwill Industries Pride Band and, as of December, on their first CD, titled "Uninterrupted."

Lee can't read the printed word, but he can read music.

Melissa Cason struggles with speech, but on the congas she articulates fluently.

Terry Wigfall can't see, but he can blow a mean sax and sing like an angel. Or like Satchmo or Elvis.

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