Personal Narrative: All State Vacation

The moment I had been waiting for had begun. I was singing my heart out for my annual All State Audition. The butterflies in my stomach almost eating me alive, knowing I had made it the past two years and could not make a mistake, I had to be perfect. In an instant, my eyes wandered and lost my spot in the music which I was currently singing from. I had messed up, big time. There was no way i could recover from this accident. I was sure to be done for. Nothing made sense and there was no reason at all why that should have happened. I had prepared so long for this, perfecting it every time in practice. This was something I wanted so badly. Almost in tears, the recorder went to playback the tape. It hadn’t recorded. I couldn’t believe it. In …show more content…
That second chance that I was given in my audition should have never happened. In an All State audition, things like that do not just happen on a regular basis. The professional recorders do not make mistakes. However, when I realized that I had a chance to redeem myself, I had to take a deep breath and focus on the task at hand. I now knew that the possibility to fail was an option, and I was not going to let that happen, This audition meant too much to me. Singing with all my heart, I tried to leave as little as doubt as possible. I knew I could do it, I just had to leave everything I had and had prepared. This second chance meant everything to me and gave me a shot to complete a goal I had made my freshman year of high school. Life does not give second chances very often, but this experience taught me that when it does, give it your whole heart and …show more content…
I knew from the moment I set this goal that it was very unlikely to be accomplished and was a very difficult level of achievement. Every year, I put my heart and soul into preparing for my audition. It was a one time shot and I wanted to leave no doubt in the judge’s mind that I should be the one to make it into the choir. The second I had made that huge mistake in my audition, I saw all my dreams crashing on me. I had prepared so much, but it didn’t matter in that moment. Setting high goals is not easy, you have to be willing to put forth the effort. When someone wants to accomplish a challenging goal, the end result is not just given to them. I look back on that experience and realize that chances like that are not just given. If I want something so badly, I now see that it is going to be hard and I am going to have to