That's what family is for......

Norma was great, Sunday afternoon was the longest day of my life. Sandra, Jerry, Steven, John and I all went along to Toronto to support Norma, we knew she was going to place somewhere in this competition. Her singing is incredible. We arrived at 1:30pm, had a really good meal and then it all started. First it was the Veterans age group to go up (45 and up) Lina our good friend was great she is Italian and sang a Portuguese song, she placed Bronze in her category and won $200. Then it was the kids age group to go up (15 and under). Some were really cute and sang well, while others obviously didn't have any family support to tell them they stunk. Our friend Christopher(15 yrs of age) sang really good, he placed diamond and won $500. 5 hours go by, then an intermission, you'll never guess, they had a Portuguese Elvis impersonator. He was good, but come on already.....when was Norma going to go up?? We were all pretty tired of waiting and Norma was so good, she held off on drinking as long as she could. Finally around 6:30pm it was the adult age group to go up. Norma was #5 out of 12 to sing. She was great, she sang her famous Patsy Cline song "If you've got leaving on your mind". We think the competition was fixed. The organizer of the competition called her and told her she HAD to sing that song, but everyone else had their choice of song to sing. Norma was the only non-portugese person to sing in her category and after the contestants sang their song, they each spoke with the host and judges, but not our Norma, all she got was "obligado" a thank you. Liberto and Jimmy were from Hamilton and were in Norma's category. They sang great,they had the place up, dancing and cheering, but they didn't place. Paul the Hamilton organizer was also in Norma's category, he sang OK, not better than Liberto, Jimmy or Norma, and of course he won diamond along with $500. HOW COINCIDENTAL.
All in all, we were really upset that Norma, Liberto, and Jimmy didn't place in this competition, we all know Norma has a great voice. I don't know if we were upset because she didn't place or that fact that it was 9:30pm when we finally left the hall. Did I mention Jerry Sandra and Steven left right after Norma sang, I don't even think they waited for her to get off the stage, they were out of the hall soooo fast. John and I hung around for yet another 3hrs. It was killing us, but we had to, we where there to support Norma, and we sat through it all until the bitter end. That's what family is for.
WAY TO GO NORMA, YOUR OUR DIAMOND WINNER!!!

posted by Nancy March 28, 2007