As I mentioned in my last blog post I was going off to the A.C.E Convention to face my fear of singing. Well, that is exactly what I did.
When we arrived I did not feel very prepared for my solo because I was still getting the timing wrong and was rushing the song every time I practiced it at home or with my teacher and just to make matters worse I had to share my room with seven other guys which meant I would never be able to practice my song alone. Grrrr!
I was scheduled to perform my solo Wednesday just after lunch so I had one day to practise it and get it right. So I pulled out my CD player, did my singing warm-ups and began to sing my song in my room which was in the boys dorm. I could hear everybody outside and see guys walking up and down the hallway knowing they could all hear me singing. Even though everything in my mind told me to just shut up I kept on singing; but then the door to my room opened and in walked my friend (who I will call John for the sake of privacy). John asked if he could sit in and listen to my solo. My first thought was, "Heck no!" But then I remembered that I was going to perform it in front of heaps of people the next day. So I said, "Sure, that would be helpful." John sat down and I sung my solo. I thought the run through was dreadful, but at the end John said, "Wow, that's an awesome song and you have an amazing voice!" At first I was like, "Nar, my voice is not amazing." Then I thought, "Maybe John is right. Maybe I do have an okay voice. I mean, I have been having professional singing lessons for over a year now. Maybe I do have a good voice!" With his words of encouragement John had planted a seed of hope in my mind which prepared me for the next scary step...
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