Quote Originally Posted by N2CHX View Post
Wow, Ron. Yeah I can definitely see that. That's just BS, and if she fumbled the lyrics no way should she have won. Period. Your daughter did wonderfully and she should keep plugging away at it. Incidentally, my daughter with the thick curly hair very much like yours also sings and she was very disappointed not to get into the musical in high school this year. The teacher doing the auditions later told her he wanted very badly to include her but she doesn't dance well and every part involves dancing.
Yeah, well, so it goes. Wait 'till next year! Eventually, she's going to get to do it, one way or another.

WRT to your daughter... They don't have as many kids go out for HS Musical as they'd like, so pretty much everyone who auditions gets in. But a lot of kids end up in the Ensemble, and often it's kids just like your daughter, who can sing but not dance, or dance but not sing. The simple solution would be for her to take a few dance lessons before next year (unless she's a senior, of course) -- and NOT give up.