The stage lights beamed at me. Blinking multiple times to search for more than black shadows. Ever since the 8th Grade, people knew me as “Erika the Singer”. May 2013. The time where I represented myself as someone other than the shy, quiet girl in the classroom. Palms sweating, hands shaking, and my heart pounding. I sang a medley with a friend, and if it was not for that day, I would not be who I am today. Nervously waiting for our turn, all of the negative thoughts began to swarm into my head. My friend and I stepped onto the stage and the crowd went wild. Three, two, one… the performance began. The sound of the guitar, the singing crowd and hands clapping along to all the sweet love songs replay in my head till this day. Middle school …show more content…
Freshmen year of high school meant new people, so not many students knew who I was. I immediately made a difference and participated in the school talent show. All the same feelings came back again and it reminded me of my 1st time singing in front of my classmates. I sang with a group of friends and we sang the hit “Perfect” by Pink. It was my very first time singing in front of upper classmen. I was terrified of the judgment I would get from the older students. Everyone loved our performance and ever since then I have participated in the talent show every year. Imagine walking into a building hearing thousands of people singing their hearts out. Aside from participating in school talent shows, I have also auditioned for talent searching shows such as The Voice and Americas Got Talent. The first time I auditioned was in 2015. It was absolutely incredible walking into a building with thousands of extremely talented people. During this time, I would always feel discouraged because to audition, you were required to perform in front of your competitors. Luckily, that did not stop me from chasing my dreams. The Voice audition really helped me gain my confidence. From then, I have continued to chase after my dream. Early 2016 I auditioned for America’s Got Talent. By this time I was more confident and was able to easily sing with others while waiting for our call to audition. I patiently waited eight hours to sing for one minute! Throughout the long wait, I continued to motivate myself to do my best for my
Every person has an American Dream they want to pursue, achieve and live. Many people write down goals for themselves in order to get to their dream. Those never ending goals can range from academic to personal. As of today, I am living my dream. My American Dream is to become a nurse, travel to many places, have a family, and get more involved with God.
It was my senior year of high school I was sixteen getting ready to turn seventeen. It was my year. I was not your typical girl wearing makeup or play sports. Don’t get me wrong I would get all dolled up if I had something special to do. I had a part time job at Olive garden because my parents motto was “if you
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 was almost midnight on a school night during my freshman year of high school and I had just laid down in bed after getting
It was after school. I had been dreading this moment since the moment i truly realized what was coming. The dread plagued my thoughts like a disease, and anxiety rushed through me like a surge of electricity and took charge like the light takes over the room. Focusing in class was a near impossible task, guess we’ll never know what we learned in math class that day. I would talk
During my demonstration speech, I was affected by my speech anxiety. Some of the viewable symptoms were the shaking of my hands and also the stuttering of speech. I was able to control myself and relax after I started getting into my information. I did use some of the suggested relaxation techniques to relieve my anxiety. Before I got up to speak I thought confident of myself to help give me courage and confidence.
I, Austin Jacobs walks through the student filled halls, along with carrying my guitar to my locker. My mind wondered about Cam's and I relationship, it seems all we do lately is arguing about stupid stuff. For instance, last night we got into an argument about who's the better singer Beyonce or Adele, which is Adele. As I opened my locker, someone pokes me on my shoulder so I turn around to see who it was and it's Brianna Meeks, the one person I despise.
the years once I left home and realize that in life I will have to deal with people and have to
It's been a minute hasn't it! A lot has happened in the month of August, from trips, shoots, meetings, school, and walking the catwalk a girl was busy. But now I'm back and better, and I have some exciting news. So lets start dishing!
When the end of my 5th grade year had hit; A land mark of the most traumatizing event of my life was about to take place. My mom had left my father and took us along with her. Over the summer and a few addit...
I think it was on the second day of the year 2009 when I entered my office in a dismal disposition, and commented to the workplace secretary, "I feel useless these days; there isn't much to life, right?"
Every since I can remember I have liked to watch movies, I would never watch a scary
me on a volunteer project I did in high school. The summer after my junior year
The summer after fifth grade was a big summer for me. I felt all powerful since I would be entering the Middle School in three months. I had no idea that not everyone felt that I knew everything in the world.
It was in the beginning of 2010. I graduated to tenth grade, the senior year of the school. My emotions were driven by both anxiety and exultation. Since the final score in the tenth grade was a yardstick of our knowledge-gained and hard-work done throughout our schooling, all of us were concerned. However, the feeling of freedom after the tenth grade kept us elated. Those memories are quite vivid in my memory.