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<p><img src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSQQRH1RatyY5MtUr7b12hBn5HlQ3R8UQb4JQ&amp;s" alt="Leslie Caron's enchanting performance and the song “Hi Lili, Hi Lo” made the film LILI ('53) MGM's top-grossing musical the year it was released. See a special screening of the film at #"></p><p><br></p><p>ROUND 2</p><p><br></p><p>My mom always wanted me to be the girl at the party who would play the piano while everyone sang. My idea was that I wanted to be one of the party guests that sang. After several years of piano lessons, I refused to go to my piano lesson and said I wanted to take voice lessons. To my mom's credit, she saw the writing on the wall and found a voice teacher that lived fairly close to us and made an appointment for an evaluation. </p><p><br></p><p>I was 12 but the teacher told us from the beginning that she never had students younger than 16 but she would see us and give us some suggestions. I sang "Feed the Birds" from Mary Poppins. The teacher, Doris Labovitz, changed her mind and said I could start the next week. I was her pupil until I left for college. </p><p><br></p><p>I chose this song because it is one of three that we began working on at the first lesson. All three had jumps so we could work on smooth singing. </p><p><br></p><p>By being able to learn how to do what I had wanted to do, I then loved to practise. In fact, I had to be forced to stop to go to bed on many nights. </p><p><br></p><p><br></p>