Tonia Tyson has experienced her share of tragedy, may be more than most. She is first chair in the local Canadian orchestra and has been promoted to Assistant Concert Master for the extra money to help her and her niece pay for their growing living expenses. Star, all of five years old, is Tonia's main motivation for training and practicing hours everyday for a chance to win the elite prize from the prestigious Tchaikovsky International contest being held in Gainesville, Florida. Tonia fighting her growing attraction to the orchestra conductor, Standley Kenneth Eagleton. Tall, dark-haired and handsome but he is already married to a women who very unstable. Eagleton also attracts his share of groupies. Star, befriends a neighborhood man, names Greg, also a musician and a teacher at the local private school, who seems to be interesting in Tonia too. To get to the contest in Gainesville, Tonia is worried about her old Datsun making the trip, wants to see if she can find a long-lost grandmother who is supposed to be located in White Springs, Florida. The very place her best friend from college has invited Tonia and Star to visit before the contest. Between her attraction to Eagleton, Greg's attraction to her and all the other events in her life a hurricane coming the same week as the contest is really of little consequence to her ruminations. What will happen next? Will she win? Which man will win her heart?