What was the duet?
Huh?
You said, for the singing competition, you were also in a duet?
Oh… there was some variations… I can’t remember… but that year that I lost when it was my Solo? We sang Barcarolle…
Barcarolle?
It starts off, “Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour, souris à nos ivresses…”
… That’s not German…
The duet wasn’t in German.
What language is that?
I don’t know, French?!
(Googling)…
It’s pretty basic… textbook opera exercises… I mean, we were just high school girls singing it…
Did you win?
Yeah… I was the only blemish on the “winning streak” — when it was my SOLO .
With the friend in the Duet — I was fine! She carried me. I felt good next to her. She didn’t have to feel ashamed or embarrassed that day. — That was before my Solo… so yeah, my parents did get to see that…
Oh, it was like, the same day?
Yeah… and you know… when I lost… one other parent came up to me and said, “If you hadn’t lost, we were all starting to think your teacher was bribing the judges!”
Omg………………………
Yeah… (shrugs shoulders)… at least I gave her that gift. — My teacher, I mean. — At least I helped to clear up any conspiracy theories about her alleged bribery.
(LOLOLOLOL) W–T–F–
It was always a clean competition.
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