Chapter 143 - Ch. 143 Let's Have Some Fun!
The selection of the music team that would perform tomorrow had been running for thirty minutes, and there were still seventeen other music groups that were still waiting for their turn.
The senior team that had stolen the song of Kaylee\'s team was at number fifteen, while Kaylee\'s team would appear after the senior team. Prior to this, they had entered their title track which was not at all the three songs they had previously chosen.
The senior team would not have guessed this, and neither would Mr. Smith. Kaylee planned to use audience cheers and support from her friends to give more lively cries than other jazz music teams.
The problem is… can they do it? Will Kaylee and her friends be able to attract the attention of the audience like Nick did?
Kaylee had challenged Mr. Smith directly with great confidence without thinking. Now she regretted it a bit.
If this was a solo performance where Kaylee played a grand piano, Kaylee felt very confident that she could attract anyone who heard her playing.
However, this was not a solo performance but a musical group. Kaylee couldn\'t take over and dominate as if she doesn\'t look up to the rest of the music team. Otherwise, this would give Mr. Smith a reason not to pick their team.
"Nick, what do you think? Is Mr. Smith decided to judge fairly?"
Kaylee knew the answer was that Mr. Smith would not judge fairly. From the beginning, his choice remained for that cheating senior team. But Kaylee couldn\'t bear to tell them and didn\'t want to extinguish the flames of their returning spirits.
By the time Kaylee finished talking to Mr. Smith and returned to join her friends, she was somewhat surprised that Fritz\'s bass playing had progressed rapidly.
She even felt that Jacob\'s jazzy style of playing when he beat the drums was so immersive and soothing. Kaylee looked at her friends\' expressions one by one and realized how much they enjoyed their performance during practice.
It was as if they never care about the other team\'s cheating or had heard about the mentor\'s favoritism.
This made her realize something, and she knew how to answer her friend\'s inquiring regarding her talk with Mr. Smith.
"Do you know what is most important in playing music?" Kaylee asked her friends, making them think hard to find the answer.
\'Ah, why is Master Nicholas Larson back again?\' thought Jacob and his two best friends in unison in his mind.
They remembered when they formed a small study group; Nick often asked them questions that had to make their brains work twice as much as usual.
After they got closer and no longer needed extra lessons from Nick, their tutor no longer asked them weird questions.
Now… why should such a strange question arise now?
"Aiya, Nick. Now that we\'re not on campus, can\'t we have some fun here?" Adam complained.
"That\'s the answer," stated Kaylee while snapping her finger at Adam made the others frown in confusion.
"What did I say?" Adam asked his two friends because he seemed to have forgotten the words he spoke to himself.
Kaylee laughed, amused at the dumbfounded expressions on her friends. If they were on campus and having group studies together, Kaylee would have made them think all day, but now was not the time to give special lessons to her friends.
"The important thing in playing music is having fun. As long as you enjoy yourself on stage, that\'s when we shine. You guys seem to shine even more when you enjoy playing music together. That\'s our triumph card, and no one could steal that spotlight from us."
Four pairs of eyes stared in amazement at Kaylee, and in an instant, a sense of confidence and excitement ran through their nervous systems. They no longer care whether Mr. Smith would be unfair to them.
Letti also has not thought too much about the scholarship she is after. Since she knew their team music placement was the jazz genre, Letti knew she could not win after hearing that this genre had never won before.
If she failed to get a scholarship this season, she would try again in the following season and the next. After all, her adoptive father never demanded that she seize the scholarship. Why should she feel burdened?
Declan and her parents allowed her to choose the school she went to because she loves to sing. Her family supports her dream even though they don\'t know if Letti will succeed as a singer.
Letti decided to follow Nicholas\' advice to have fun. What\'s more… her brother praised her that she looked more beautiful and radiant when singing.
"What Nick said is true. There is no need to think about the unfair treatment of our mentor. This is our last night here. Let\'s celebrate it with a joyful heart."
Kaylee smiled broadly at Letti\'s words and stretched her right hand at the center of the circle group. Her gesture soon followed by others, and five hands piled on each other and raised upwards.
Then they listened to the number eleven music team that was in the pop music genre. They were all just like the other students who sang along as if they were attending a concert.
As their rival senior team\'s turn came to the fore, Kaylee and the others walked forward to prepare for their next performance.
"Don\'t let them ruin our mood," advised Kaylee when she realized the mood swings of her friends when she saw the faces of the seniors who walked onto the stage.
They would not feel annoyed or angry if their rival team was also aiming for the main prize. But they hate it when the seniors stole their chosen song, let alone it was given directly by their tutor.
No wonder their mood dropped when they saw the faces of their seniors on stage. Fortunately, Kaylee could still think clearly and encouraged her friends.
"We can do this."
Adam and Fritz adored Kaylee in disguise even more. Even though Nick was the same age as them, but that fellow could think much more mature than all of them.
Well… except for Jacob.. He already knew who Nick\'s true identity was and his admiration for Kaylee rose until he couldn\'t stop it.