Mariah attended the Usdan Camp For The Creative And Performing Arts in Long Island during the summer of 1980 - when she was about 10 years old. As a first-year student at Usdan, Mariah played Hodel in Fiddler on the Roof, but only made understudy in the class production the next year. She kvetched in an interview with Newsday in 1998, "I felt kind of foiled. But not having a lead role gave me a chance to have a lot of fun that summer."
Randi, who went to Usdan with Mariah, says, "Usdan is a big camp on Long Island and if you are a kid growing up in the New York metropolitan area and liked the Arts, chances are you went to Usdan. Mariah Carey went to Usdan! And I attended with her! I tell people this all the time and they never believe me."
She really did go to Usdan with Mariah and the pictures below prove it!
อีมาลัยอยู่แถวหน้าสุดเสื้อแดง น่าจะเป็นคนที่นั่งตรงกลาง
1st Photo: Mariah wearing a red top in the front row, looking up. According to Randi, class seating was arranged by talent. She says, "I think we are rehearsing Annie Get Your Gun. I remember that Mariah Carey had a very nice voice and cheated at Spit [a card game]. I might have been better than her at Chinese Jacks, but I can't really remember. We traded stickers once."
ว้ายย อีมาลัยไปโกงไพ่เค้าด้วยนะยะ
ดูก็รู้อีมาลัยคนไหน แรดแต่เด็ก แรดในสายเลือด แรดจริงอะไรจริง
2nd Photo: Mariah at right wearing a yellow tank top. Randi: "Here is a better picture of Mariah. She and that girl in the middle used to dress alike and walk around and act like they were better than all of us. Well, at least Mariah was. I wonder where that Mariah BFF is now?"
In an interview with UK's The Bigger Breakfast in 1997, Mariah talked about her summer days at Usdan: "I always knew that I wanted to be a singer and also when I was growing up, I was in a lot of plays. Sound of Music I was Maria, and all that stuff. I was in Fiddler On The Roof, I was Hodel. I was in Annie Get Your Gun but I only had a small role in that. I was very upset about that. [laughs] I always knew that I wanted to sing and be involved in the entertainment fields and whatever. And then MTV started when I was growing up like in 6th Grade I think was when I first saw MTV and I knew that's what I wanted to do. There was absolutely no doubt in my mind that I wanted to do this forever."
เป็นรูปตอนเกรดสี่ค่ะ เสื้อแดงตรงกลางเลย เหม่งเชียว
And just in case you missed this photo of Mariah in her 4th Grade class picture at Thomas J. Lahey Elementary School, Greenlawn, New York, which we posted here on the site back in July 2007, here it is again. Mariah is the one standing in the middle wearing a red dress.
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