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The talent next door: Girl group among 'Overture's Rising Stars'

Members of the band Precocious, comprised of Jenna Smith, 12, Cammi Ganshert, 13, Natalie Faith, 13, and Alexa Thomann, 13, left to right, recently received a callback audition in "Overture's Rising Stars." (Times photo: Anthony Wahl)

Members of the band Precocious, comprised of Jenna Smith, 12, Cammi Ganshert, 13, Natalie Faith, 13, and Alexa Thomann, 13, left to right, recently received a callback audition in "Overture's Rising Stars." (Times photo: Anthony Wahl)

While the four seventh-grade girls waited for their turn to perform, the pressure mounted. Their competitors were older and more experienced than they were expecting, given the competition's name: "Overture's Rising Stars" talent search.