> 'Course, it's gotta be pretty tough up there on TV in front of everyone if you aren't used to it. I remember my first time on stage....
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> *sigh* I've only just returned, and I'm already going to start with the embarassing stories about my past. ;)
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> 3rd grade: the school spelling bee. I was one of two lucky and hard working students from my class chosen to represent us in front of the whole school, and lots of parents to boot.
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> Near the end of the line, I listen to my fellow students correctly spell words like "cave". I think, "No problem". My turn comes around, and the word is "orange". I have no idea how I spelled it, but it sure as heck wasn't o-r-a-n-g-e.
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> Some 12 years later, I consider myself a decent speller, but that word still makes me shiver. Durn stage fright!
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> Luisa

ooooh did THAT bring back memories... in first or second grade, i forget which, i was in the spelling bee at my school. a few weeks before, we were given lists with all the words, so we could study and know how to spell all of them. there was only one word that i never could spell right, and that wes beckon (did i spell that right? i'm not sure)... me being a really big reader, i always got it confused with beaker(did i spell THAT right? arrrrg), a word from one of my favorite books (The Tower of Geburah, or The Iron Scepter, i forget which, by John White (wpeaking of which, anyone ever heard of either of those?)) and i would spell it beakon or something like that. well, we figured, what're the chances of me getting that one word, hm? first round, it's my turn, and what word do i get? beckon. of course, i spelled it wrong. it was very sad.

uni"but i won a couple years later"peg