"Jenna... I thought she didn't sign up?"
"Yeah, why is she here?"
"It's too strange! At that time when I submitted the enrollment form, there was no her name at all."
"You really didn't misremember?"
"I definitely didn't remember it wrong! I don't have amnesia."
Listening to these colleagues' whispering, Jenna just lowered her head and found a seat in the corner and sat there.
Then she began to think about her entry track.
She looked at her appearance order card, which had the piece she was playing, Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor Op. 37. she looked at the piece and bit her lower lip. The piano repertoire was five pieces given out by the organizers of the competition. She could choose any one.
If one advanced, another five pieces would be given and another one would be chosen. Now no one knew what the pieces for the promotion competition were, and all of them had to be played off the sheet music.
Sylvia had even arranged the piece for her.
If she didn't perform well, she would be too sorry for Sylvia's efforts.
She took a deep breath and listened sideways to the playing of the contestants on the field.
Every now and then, whispers of the other contestants came to her ears.
"Which song did you pick?"
"I chose Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor Op. 11."
"Geez, you usually like to practice this one, you play it superbly."
Ashlyn sat not far away, slanting a glance at Jenna out of the corner of her eye every now and then, "The winner of this one could only be me."
"Miss Ritter, you play so well, it has to be yours. I would be satisfied if I could win a second and third prize," said a woman from the Piano Association who usually liked to brag about Ashlyn. This woman's name was Evelyn Armstrong.
Evelyn was wearing a sequined outfit that looked like she was going break dancing.
Ashlyn was wearing an extremely fairytale celebrity gown today, which was new to high fashion this year and was the envy of several of the contestants around her.
"Miss Ritter, that's a beautiful gown you're wearing, how much did it cost?"
"Not much money, over a million dollars." Ashlyn gently tugged on her skirt, looking all cloudy.
"No wonder it's so pretty." Evelyn continued to brag about her, "This bracelet you're wearing on your wrist is from X? Wow, that's pretty."
"Of course, X's jewelry always sells out at lightning speed every time they release new products." Ashlyn proudly shook the bracelet on her wrist, which was sparkling and beautiful.
Jenna couldn't help but touch the necklace around her neck. Before she came here, Sylvia gave her a whole set of X jewelry!
"What's so great about it?"
But she didn't say anything because it wasn't worth arguing with someone like Ashlyn.
"It's not like some people who come to the competition dressed so shabby. At least wear a stage costume, right?" Evelyn knew that Ashlyn hated Jenna and deliberately looked at Jenna mockingly.
Jenna looked at herself. When she left home, she only intended to be an audience member and never thought of participating in the competition. So she wore a white dress that Sylvia gave her from LX brand.
The dress was simple yet elegant and seemed to have been tailored for her specifically.
It wasn't as bad as Evelyn said it was.
Jenna secretly shook her head; She wouldn't wear something tasteless like what Evelyn suggested on stage even if someone paid her for it!
Evelyn didn't know how to appreciate good things but there were people who did.
A local Vienna participant who didn't understand the conflict between Ashlyn and them friendly asked Jenna, "What brand is your dress?"
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I just started to read this because it said it is "finished". Np I am stuck on the middle of it. What it is all about?...
there is update for quite while....
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Story says complete but it is incomplete...
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I'm just wondering is this the last chapter? I know that this book is not finished but it does say completed. I love it and don't want it to stop just like that....