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The little girls were all sugar and spiee, dressed up in ruffles and lace, their curls shining bright and bouncy. They waved at the moms in the audience, r*irouetted and curtsyed, batted their eyes at the judges and rocked back and forth, their tiny hands clasped behind their backs, as first the quarter finalists and then the semi-finalists were selected.
The little boys, backs ramrod straight, uncomfortable in starched collars, short pants and knee socks, marched like miniature soldiers on to the stage before parents delighted to see their sons in something other than faded jeans and tattered football jerseys.
Giirirlv pre-teens in usually forbidden lipstick and mascara huddled in the doorway of the auditorium, watching and cheering for little sisters, trying not to appear nervous as they waited for their turn in the
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