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holy night, Oh, night when stars are shining" I stared, as did all of us, at the girl we thought

we kneell It wasn't an easy song to sing, but

she did it so well, with so much emotion even Bart

stopped pacing the floor to turn and stare at her in

amazement

Tears were in my eyes Oh, Cindy, how could

you keep that voice a secret for so long? Her piano playing was only adequate, but that voice, the feeling she put into her phrasing All the , if not her

voice

I sat, stunned, hardly believing that my Cindy

could sing so beautifully When she'd finished, we all

applauded enthusiastically As Jory called out,

"Sensational! Fantastic! Absolutely wonderful, Cindy!

You sneak--you never told us you continued with

your voice lessons"

"I haven't It's justthe way I