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Grammy listens to Wantagh's Marla Lewis

Published: February 9, 2012 1:45 PM
By GLENN GAMBOA  glenn.gamboa@newsday.com

Marla Lewis has won a lot of awards for her children's music -- from the National Parenting Center, the Parents' Choice Foundation and other groups.

But the Wantagh singer-songwriter, who has been toiling away for decades around the area, never even dreamed about a Grammy. The mother of seven says that dream just seemed too big.

She may have to adjust.

Lewis' song "Leap of Faith,"...