She was dancing when they stomped into the room, so caught up in her routine that she didn't notice the sudden stop of all conversation. Hip isolation, figure eight, shoulder roll, turn and drop the hip, turn and drop the hip, and-- Her dance came to a graceless halt when she saw the bulky alien figures lined up against the back of the wall. The ( Read more... )

He had the music genome as ordered, but his lead soprano mother and his violinist father were frustrated by the path that it took. Even though they brought him the best vocal instructors, sent him to all the music camps he had time for, and frequently took field trips to music stores, he remained obstinately uninterested in the sound of music, ( Read more... )