~1982~

"It's not fair!" Vanessa threw herself down on the couch, her pretty face pulled into a frown. "Grandma I sang it the best! You know I've been practicing that song for weeks."

"Yes you have, baby." Grandma agreed. "But why are you mad? Didn't you say the part you got was the lead?"

Vanessa sat up and gave her grandma an incredulous look. "Yes, but I want to play Effie! She has all the good songs and I do them better than everybody else!"

Her ...