by Cumming

Created on: April 15, 2008

Yes, performing for the first time is exciting, scary, anxious, and crazy. There are many rehearsals just so we can be absolutely sure you have the dance perfect. Especially on concert night go over your dances in your head when you have any spare time. If you don't know or can't remember a certain part of the dance ask someone else in that dance. We all know that you have the dance memorized like the back of your hand it's easy! The question is is it easy under pressure.

Everyone get before concert jitters and wants to just drop the whole thing all together. My answer, "NO!" after all that hard work. Blisters, last minute changes, and get all dressed up. It's not wort it to work so hard on many dances just to give up when you get a little shaky. You're just worried about something going wrong, nothing will.

Okay so you're all dressed in costume, make-up, everything. You are too sore from practicing all night long and you feel like you will just pass out from how nervous you are. The first dance is the hardest. Once you get through that dance the butterflies go way and you are standing like a normal sober person again. Hay!

But now you are so excited you are rushing everything! Do you know what a quick change is? A quick change is? A quick change is where you have two dances that are about one or two songs apart in the program. They are hard to pull off, but that's why we have dress rehearsals! You will seriously change in about thirty seconds just to make sure you are ready in time for your dance.

Even though you sit around alot you still feel like you're always moving. The only calm time you have is when you're dancing. Just remember to stay calmed down as much as you can. You can be happy and hyper just don't go off the walls crazy. you don't want to be seen by the audience when you are not on and you defiantly don't want to interrupt the dances.

Remember to eat so you don't faint from all the excitement, but don't too much so you throw up all over the stage. so start reviewing your dances now and stay calm. you will do great in your first performance. It's not really the first performance so much as it is the first dance.

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