About a year ago Pauline, Gloria, and I decided to be in a group together for NHD. Our overall topic was exploration, encounter, and exchange. Then we had to decide whether to do a documentary, exhibit, website, or performance. I said, "I think we should do a performance!" Gloria and Pauline slightly agreed but wasn't sure. So I said, " I know we are all really shy and have a hatred for public speaking, but I think this will be good for us. After we all agreed we told our teacher and she was so proud of us. Even so, I was overjoyed that I was going to get to spend a lot of time with my friends.
We all decided to do the entire project at Pauline's house, over the next eight weeks. We had a lot of fun even though we procrastinated a lot, …show more content…
We forced ourselves to practice it over and over, until we got it almost perfect. Once it was perfected, we performed it in front of our class. Nothing in my life seemed more horrific than performing it in front of all of our classmates. My clammy hands were shaking throughout the entire play, but once it was finished relief swept over me. Though I felt good about having been finished, I worried over whether we would make it to The University of Tennessee. Only performing in class did I feel my knees grow wobbly, so if on stage at The University Tennessee would I collapse all …show more content…
We planned the performance out thoroughly and pieced it back together. The day of the NHD performance it seemed as if we waited in that theatre room for days, anticipating the competition to come. Waiting thirty minutes to preform isn't everyone's cup of tea, but the long minutes that dragged on made me anxious. When they called for us my heart skipped a beat. I could feel my hands clam up and my breaths grow more ragged. I wasn't ready for it. Not now. Not yet. It was the most frightening moment of my life, but when we started acting it all went away. I felt calm and excited. When we finished I felt very good, but while we were changing to our clothes the fire alarm went off! We all had to evacuate the building. This was probably the worst time for this to happen because I was ready to see if we moved on. We went out and ate lunch and then came back to figure out how we did.
We finally figured out we didn't move on to the second round. Of course I was sad and wished we had moved on to the second round. I think we all wished we could keep doing it for another month or more, but we were also happy it was over. This all finished about 8 months ago and when it finished I think we were all very
We all decided to do the entire project at Pauline's house, over the next eight weeks. We had a lot of fun even though we procrastinated a lot, …show more content…
We forced ourselves to practice it over and over, until we got it almost perfect. Once it was perfected, we performed it in front of our class. Nothing in my life seemed more horrific than performing it in front of all of our classmates. My clammy hands were shaking throughout the entire play, but once it was finished relief swept over me. Though I felt good about having been finished, I worried over whether we would make it to The University of Tennessee. Only performing in class did I feel my knees grow wobbly, so if on stage at The University Tennessee would I collapse all …show more content…
We planned the performance out thoroughly and pieced it back together. The day of the NHD performance it seemed as if we waited in that theatre room for days, anticipating the competition to come. Waiting thirty minutes to preform isn't everyone's cup of tea, but the long minutes that dragged on made me anxious. When they called for us my heart skipped a beat. I could feel my hands clam up and my breaths grow more ragged. I wasn't ready for it. Not now. Not yet. It was the most frightening moment of my life, but when we started acting it all went away. I felt calm and excited. When we finished I felt very good, but while we were changing to our clothes the fire alarm went off! We all had to evacuate the building. This was probably the worst time for this to happen because I was ready to see if we moved on. We went out and ate lunch and then came back to figure out how we did.
We finally figured out we didn't move on to the second round. Of course I was sad and wished we had moved on to the second round. I think we all wished we could keep doing it for another month or more, but we were also happy it was over. This all finished about 8 months ago and when it finished I think we were all very