later on, paula thought she was artistically experienced enough to try to prepare herself for the golden stag festival, where she performed two of her songs: "noapte caldă" (warm night) and "that old devil called love". this festival had, in a way, a certain kind of fairy tale fragrance, it represented a step forward towards "professionalism" for the artist, a test for her music career, maybe also because, for many years, she was watching it with her parents, and they were guessing possible winners, awarding qualifications and mainly, she was dreaming.