Chapter 1 FUTURE ROCK STAR
STRUM, STRUM, TWANG, TWANG.
Lucy loved making the guitar sing!
Her guitar teacher, Mr. Martin, clapped his hands.
“Great job, Lucy!” he said. “You’re getting better and better every week.”
Lucy beamed with pride.
Back when she first started guitar lessons at the Brewster Community Center, she couldn’t even keep the guitar from sliding off her lap. And pressing on the strings hurt her fingers.
Now, here she was, playing full songs!
“Listen up, everyone,” Mr. Martin said. “We’re going on a short field trip!”
A field trip? They’d never had a field trip at the end of class before!
Lucy and her two classmates, Karina Kam and Gabe Gomez, lined up by the door as quickly as they could.
Mr. Martin led them down the hallway to another room.
When he flicked on the lights, Lucy saw they were in a big room with a stage. It was smaller than the gymnasium at Lucy’s school, but much fancier.
Mr. Martin bounded up the steps and stood under the spotlight on the stage.
“Strum roll, please!” he called.
Lucy and her classmates hadn’t brought their instruments with them, but it didn’t matter. They made strumming motions on their air guitars, giggling.
Mr. Martin spread his hands to halt the strumming, then announced: “In just a few weeks, you will be standing here onstage, performing in your very first guitar recital!”
“A recital?” Lucy repeated. “We’ll be playing in front of a real audience?”
“That’s right,” Mr. Martin answered. “This class will be performing right here. And…” He threw his arms in the air. “Each of you will have a solo in the song to show off your skills!”
Lucy, Karina, and Gabe looked at one another with their mouths open.
“We’re going to be superstars!” Gabe said in awe.
“I’m going to invite all my friends!” Karina exclaimed.
Lucy felt her toes beginning to tingle. Was she really going to play the guitar onstage in front of a whole crowd? She couldn’t believe it.
This was the biggest—and best—news ever!
