Personal Narrative: The Sound Of Music

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I was practicing the routine for my opening act, for the Broadway musical "The Sound of music." I am an actress playing the lead role of the main character Maria. My director Jane Marshall says," Barbara, you only have twenty minutes until your performance." My only chance to start a satisfying reputation for myself and please the audience. As I listened to those words come out of my directors mouth, that's when it dawned on me. I will only have one chance to do it right. I wouldn't want to cause any disarrays.
It is precisely 8: 29 P.M. Only one minute until showtime, meanwhile all I hear is the shuffling of the audience's feet making their way to their seats. I started feeling multiple emotions. I was nervous and my anxiety kicked in. The

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