Vietnamese Children's Songs

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I started singing at a very young age, learning many Vietnamese children songs that my parents would always put on for me to watch. In first grade I was introduced to American music. Second grade was the very first time I preformed for an audience. I sang Love Story by Taylor Swift in my school talent show. Every year after that up until now, I have preformed in my school talent shows. I think it was in third grade that I joined this choir program at school for several months. We didn't really learn anything though. We just learned how to sing kid songs but nothing about music theory. In the summer between fourth grade and fifth grade, I attended a music summer camp for a week at the Museum of Making Music on a scholarship that my elementary

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