It is 6:30 am and Betty Anne Woolery is getting dressed hastily. She won't arrive on time for the start of the Digicel Rising Stars audition, which is scheduled at 7:00 am, but she isn't worried, she knows that she has until 3:00 pm to get there. An unsuccessful attempt in 2006 in her home town in Negril, has given her some experience and the drive to try again today.

Still, haste is necessary as she will have to travel from Whitehouse, Westmoreland to Savanna-la-mar to Montego Bay and from there to Ironshore, where she expects Club Inferno to bear witness to her reach for the stars. Moving quickly to her first cab, Betty Anne is dressed in bright pink shorts, a denim blazer and a white tank top, with the words 'million-dollar baby' - aptly touting a part of the day's mission ahead of her. Her slippers, shiny white in colour, are a balance between style and comfort.

Her 8:30 am arrival is rewarded with the number MB 0123, and two hours later she faces the judges for what was a disappointing two minutes of hesitation as she tried to begin the first lines of Etana's I Am Not Afraid, followed by a plea for another chance. "Please, please sir just another try," she begs, interrupting the advance judge, David Wedderburn, as he delivers "Thank you for your effort young lady, try again another time."

Woolery advances towards him and sheepishly appeals once more. His decision is unchanged.

The production assistant manning the movement of auditionees beckons to her to leave the set as the next hopeful moves into the spotlight. Having had her first brush of the harshness of the life she so desperately craves, she begins to walk away. Then she starts to appeal to other crew members for another chance, even despite their encouragement to take the judge's advice and come back at the next audition. She explained the difficulty she'll have in becoming available again anytime soon. "Mi nah go get another get another weekend off," explained the sales representative who now works at a resort in the community she has lived all her life.

Eventually she is calmed and led to the newly established confession booths where for the first time that day she gets to perform her song selection in its entirety. She makes an appreciable delivery but it is too loud and she is soon asked to lower her tone. After a brief moment of annoyance at the comment, Woolery is clearly relieved that she had the opportunity to finish this time. There are three more audition venues but the weekend-off scenario is a challenge.

The next stop is Portmore, but she's sure she can't make it to that one. The weekend of May 24, in Ocho Rios might be closer but another confession reveals a new challenge: "I have never been to Ocho Rios; I hope I don't get lost."

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