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From: Strings
Date: 20060701
Author:Cahill, Greg
Success is a consequence and must not be a goal," said the 19th-century French novelist Gustave Flaubert. In this media-saturated culture, success-and celebrity-is a national obsession. For proof just look at the titles of popular TV shows: American Idol, Top Chef, Driven.
The rich rewards can dazzle, and we all have dreams, but sometimes the journey itself Is the reward. That's underscored in this issue of Teen Strings in 12-year-old violinist Sarah-Hadley Yakir's article "Always a Winner," her (wise beyond her years) first-person account of what it is like to enter a national string-playing ...
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