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Submitted to Contest #170
I had practiced so much for this audition. I was an amazing dancer but I was still quite worried. My palms were dripping with sweat and I got more anxious as my teacher walked up to announce who got in. My teacher kept calling out names but not mine. The tension got to me. As she said the last names, I was tearing up with no hope left. My life was over.This was one of the biggest auditions in my whole life. If I got in, my future would be just the way it isn’t now. Since I didn’t get in, my life was never the same. I was the best dancer and ...
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