Playing the Piano Again

When Billie Jo starts to play the piano again, she feels like herself before the the accident.

"...I dropped right inside the music and didn't feel anything 'til after when the clapping started and that's when I noticed my hands hurting straight up to my shoulders. But the applause made me forget the pain..." Winter 1935 Page 132

By placing 3rd, it proves to people and to Billie Jo that she can still play despite her hands and the physical pain that it causes her. By doing so well, it shows to people that Billie Jo isn't a cripple and that her talent for playing is still there and it didn't become ruined in the accident.