Most ninth graders do not want to draw attention to themselves at school. This is why I even surprised myself that my freshman year I ran for treasurer of Key Club. Being Treasurer would not only mean that I was in charge of the money, but also that I would have to stand in front of an auditorium full of students and talk to them about upcoming events and dates. Just a few years earlier, I never would have had the courage to do this. I have come so far from who I used to be and it is all because of performing. Singing has been my passion ever since I was a little kid. However, when I was younger, I was always shy and never wanted to let anyone hear me sing. After school, I would spend countless hours in my bedroom belting “Part of Your World” to my stuffed animals, but I refused to let anyone, even just my parents, hear my performance. After overhearing me singing, my mom encouraged me to get involved in musical theater. Just the thought of getting up in front of anyone terrified me. Nevertheless, with my mother 's persuasion, I decided to give it a try and enroll in a local singing and acting group. …show more content…
One day, my theater group was holding auditions for the Ugly Duckling. When I walked on stage in front of the judges, my heart was pounding in my ears and my hands were trembling. I closed my eyes, took a deep breath, and delivered the monologue I had prepared. When I was finished, I felt instant relief, although I was not very optimistic about getting the part I had tried out for. However, the next week, when I came to my theater group, I looked up at the audition board and was shocked. I had been given the lead role; The Ugly Duckling. I realized that I was more capable than I thought I was and was motivated to try out for more shows and
Key Largo Florida is known as the Scuba Diving Capital of the World. Key Largo diving charters to the Florida Keys reef can introduce you to the only living coral reef in the US. A Key Largo vacation is not complete without visiting John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, which was created in 1960 to protect the corals of the area. Fifteen years later, Key Largo National Marine Sanctuary was created. It has been integrated into the 2,800-square-nautical-mile Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
“Don’t be nervous.” This was the last thing my mom said to me before I entered my first audition for a ballet summer intensive. I was eleven. I did ok and I ended up getting in but like always there were things to improve on.
Through my many years of school, kindergarten through high school, I have had countless numbers of people and experiences that have shaped me into the young woman I am today. My most recent experience that has taught me so much about myself and life is my first theater experience, UIL one act play. For years and years my parents encouraged me to try out for one-act play. They believed I would be a natural since I previously enjoyed public speaking contests. Because of my involvement in so many other extra-curricular activities, there always seemed to be a conflict that gave me a good excuse not to try out for the play.
I sort of landed in acting because my sister was already doing it, so I just
Starfire, a sixty-member high-school choir, is often described by alumni and current members as a group where members make practically all of their best friends. As an introvert, I joined Starfire my freshman year, unsure if I would make friends like everyone else, or if my shyness would make Starfire just a weekly extracurricular, similar to Lightshine, the middle school equivalent. But after traveling with Starfire to the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, and Ireland, performing an original show the summer of my freshman year, I too became one of the members who had immensely strong friendships with the other members. I had some of the best experiences and realized that Starfire is an amazing group that I cannot take for granted.
The Boys and Girls Club was started in 1860 in Hartford Connecticut by Mary Goodwin, Alice Goodwin, and Elizabeth Hammersley. Originally the club was known as Boys Club of America and their goal was to keep young boys off the streets and provide them with a more influential place to go. However, it wasn’t until 1990 that girls became involved and the club was renamed the Boys and Girls Club (www.bgca.org). Today, the Boys and Girls Club’s mission is to help boys and girls realize what they are capable of and become accomplished citizens. The program also wants children to be aware of their own importance, impact, helpfulness, and ability as individuals (www.bgcsnv.org).
It was really discouraging watching her find her gifts at age twelve and I was fifteen and wasn’t good at anything. I tried a lot of different classes to see what I was good at. I tried chorus in middle school, theatre, and volleyball. Until I finally found my gift.
Two plays that unexpectedly affected my life were Ken Ludwig’s Midsummer Jersey, a spin-off of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the reality television show Jersey Shore. The other play, Seussical the Musical Jr. by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, is a show that combines Dr. Seuss’s most famous works into one play, focusing on Horton the Elephant and the Who’s of Whoville. The reason these shows affected my life, is because they gave me a confidence kick, and allowed me to break free from my timid shell.
This allowed me to act with people of different ages and experiences; understand the importance of rehearsal and get used to using unfamiliar theatre spaces when
I performed in every show I could, painted, did run-crew, made props, helped with costumes, ushered, watched as many shows as possible, and became intensely involved in my school’s Thespian Society, ultimately serving as Thespian Co-President. I took advantage of every opportunity, involving myself in around twenty-five shows between my freshman and senior years. I relished every minute of it. I lived in my school’s auditorium, but I would not trade those experiences for the world. Being involved in numerous shows, often simultaneously, my passion grew still further.
I grew up a shy kid but shyness disappeared once I opened my mouth to sing. From the first time I heard myself
During middle school I became involved with the varsity orchestra; this is where I developed my basic musical and performance skills. I began to crave the talent of singing during my eighth grade year, especially after my dad revealed to me his singing capabilities. Having listening and practicing with different music, I learned to keep a pitch, but I did not have a good vocal tone. My voice was weak, soft, and far from producing the least amount of musicality. For about two years my father
At a young age, I constantly wanted to express myself through music. I always found a way to incorporate music into my daily life, whether it be by blasting my favorite music, creating my own funky songs, or even having the opportunity to participate in my elementary school choir. My love for music actually took flight after I had decided to join my elementary school choir, however, in my opinion, it is not the most transformative moment in my life. After elementary
Acquiring confidence for who you are is extremely important. If you are confident in yourself then you will have confidence in whatever you do. A children's theatre called Compass Creative Dramatics installed a project telling people to send in comments about how theatre has helped them or has helped out their children. A women named Leona described how her daughter was more confident in being herself because theatre taught her that being yourself is cool. Kids learn to trust their own instincts and their own ideas.
Fear washes over me, because I know that if I mess up, everyone in the room will know it. The fear leaves as I hear the loud and rowdy laughter of the audience, who are clearly enjoying the performance. I feel pride, because I know that our hard work has been a success, and instead of worrying, I can be proud of what we have done. The lights go off, then come back on, and we bow to the thunderous applause erupting from the audience like a roar from a ferocious lion. I know then that I have been apart of something great: a tiny, low-budget theatre performing a play that achieved