Personal Narrative: Center Stage

My Personal Essay As I cross to take center stage I feel my heart race. I look to my right and see my friends watching, there to support me. The curtain opens and the spot lights up on me. I look straight ahead and nod to let the sound manager know I am ready. My music starts; I open my eyes and see the wonderful crowd of guests here to see the show. For anyone who knows me well it is not a secret that the stage is where I find my center. More to the point, the stage is my home. It was not all ways this way for me, though. I used to be a shy, introverted girl who had a hand full of friends and barely talked unless I knew you well. That was until the sixth grade when I really found my love of music and performing. I sang in the school talent show. I was nervous, and my voice was shaky, but the feedback I got was phenomenal.

I auditioned my freshmen year for the fall musical, which was Camp Rock, and made into the chorus. Then my sophomore year, I auditioned for Seussical; with the stage experience I received the year before, I got a part. I could not have been happier! When junior year came around I auditioned for Working: 2012, and got a part. I also co-designed the lighting and sound for the spring play The Curious Savage. Choir was a little different from the musicals in terms of performances and what not. Freshman choir is non audition, you just sign up. Les Chantes on up is audition only. You sing the songs as a group, with very few solos. Some people prefer it that way, but not me. I feel confident and love singing solo and although smaller crowds make me nervous, I love singing to them the most. If you give me a stage and ask me to show you what I mean I would, but that is the only time that you will truly understand what I am talking about here. Even at home I do not feel nearly as comfortable as a do on stage. When I am surrounded by my loved ones I never feel as much joy as I do on the