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When I was in 4th grade, our school musical that year was "Little Orphan Annie." I desperately wanted to play the lead role. Unfortunately, singing more loudly than anyone else in my class was not going to get me the part.
I practiced the song "Tomorrow" for the audition, recording myself singing on my tape recorder. In the end, a girl named Sarah got the part. I don't think there was really any contest.
After the try outs, I was miserably sad. I went home and listened to the recording of my rendition of the song a few times and felt pretty strongly that my singing had been just as good as Sarah's. And louder!
Did I mention that Sarah had red hair?