Previous<\/a> – Book1 Page234 \u2013 Next<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cIf they all turn up,\u201d says AuntSylvie, \u201cwe\u2019re going to have seven acts tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n As the marines take their places at the extreme edges of the orchestra pit they\u2019re watching MissFortune, the music teacher, who\u2019s busy encouraging the newcomer to settle into his seat. AngryBard is nervous. He\u2019s the only boy in the orchestra, and although he\u2019s rehearsed this a few times at school with MissFortune playing a French horn, Karen and James were only able to practice with them once.<\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019ll be fine,\u201d she says to AngryBard, \u201cKaren and James will let you set the pace. You can do this, I know you can.\u201d<\/p>\n Anxiously, AngryBard looks at Karen. She gives him a quick wink and a smile, and a thumbs up for good luck.<\/p>\n The Talent Contest<\/strong><\/p>\n SCENE 1<\/strong><\/p>\n OPENMIKE<\/strong> Welcome to the Noble Coliseum.<\/p>\n My name\u2019s OpenMike, and oh do we have a spectacle for you tonight!<\/p>\n Are you ready for this?<\/p>\n I said are you ready for this?<\/p>\n AUDIENCE<\/strong> Previous<\/a> – Book1 Page234 \u2013 Next<\/a><\/p>\n Previous – Book1 Page234 \u2013 Next \u201cIf they all turn up,\u201d says AuntSylvie, \u201cwe\u2019re going to have seven acts tonight.\u201d As the marines take their places at the extreme edges of the orchestra pit they\u2019re watching MissFortune, the music teacher, who\u2019s busy encouraging the newcomer to settle into his seat. AngryBard is nervous. He\u2019s the … Continue reading “Chapter 28 Talent Contest234”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[4],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1757"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1757"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1758,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1757\/revisions\/1758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\n(Addressing the audience.)
\nLadies and gentleman and non-binaries!<\/p>\n
\n(About one quarter respond)<\/em>
\nYes, Mike!<\/p>\n
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