Standing alone on the Stage
When I was senior at high school, after the CSAT, My homeroom teacher suddenly called me.
I thought he will give a talk on a results of CSAT. So I stepped to teacher's room in a state of tension. But, he said,
"There will be a talent show competition between classes."
"Ah really? When is it, teacher?"
"This Friday."
At school, I was noted as a leader of the school dance club. Every year I planned the performances in school events. So, in that sense, I promoted to captain of class performance. In three days, I had to hit the stage.
I was in panic when I heard the date of the competition. According to my experience, at least it must needs three weeks to have quality of work. But, the D-Day is just the day after tomorrow! What can I do? How can I make it? First, I went back to the class. I opened the sliding door, and let them pay attention on me. I stood on the platform and told them a whole story.
After all the classmates realized how serious the situation is, I asked them who wants to join the project. Some of them responded and we started to discuss about how we will construct the stage. We looked lots of songs and choreographies. After a long talk, we concluded that dividing the stage in half. In the first half, I make the stage alone. And secondly, all of the member come on the stage then performance together.
So, unexpectedly, I assigned 2 minutes of the time, as a class representative. Even though I had lots of the performances, it was for the first time to prepare the choreography alone. I wasn't sure about fully capturing the audience by myself. But, it was after a year of absence from the stage to study CSAT. I was eager to dance. I was greed for applause. I got rid of those unhelpful ideas and recalled my motto. Just do the best, do it joyfully, as I did every time. During three-days I almost lived at practice room. Also, I practiced and simulated anytime and anywhere, while having a lunch, waiting for the bus at the bus stop and even at the bed time.
Finally, the day has come. The show has begun and I enjoyed another participant's performances. My turn was seventh between ten participants. As my turn comes closer, a nervous floated into my mind. My heart was beating faster and faster.
"The next team is from class 3!"
I walked up to the stage. The whole auditorium spread out before my eyes. Almost 400 people were looking at me. I kept eye contact with them. Some of them were stranger and some of them were familiar. My friends and teachers! They cheered and shouted for me. I calmed down dramatically. The only two words came up in my mind. Let's PLAY. Standing on the center of the stage and waiting for the music, I only felt tremendous excitement and thrill, not any fear.
As a result, my team placed second and won a gift voucher. Either, even though I made a little bit of mistake, I did my best with joy. Nevertheless I direct lots of dance performances still today, this is the most impressive stage I've made. Nervous, thrill, and the first cheering just for me. It will never be forgotten and never be experienced again.
You've just emerged the victor from acquired(and also raw) dancing talent! Amazing :D Your essay reveal your feeling and effort very well so I can reconstruct the circumstances easily. But I need more detailed description of last part. Then I make more perfectly! Thank you for writing your experience.
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Standing alone on the Stage
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a senior at high school, after the CSAT, My homeroom teacher suddenly called me. I thought he will give a talk on a result of CSAT. So I stepped to teacher’s room in a state of tension. But, he said,
“There will be a talent show competition between classes.”
“Ah really? When is it, teacher?”
“This Friday.”
At school, I was noted as a leader of the school dance club. Every year I planned the performances in school events. So, in that sense, I promoted to the captain of class performance. The word meant, in three days, I had to hit the stage.
I was in panic when I heard the date of the competition. According to my experience, it must need at least three weeks to have quality of performance. But, the D-Day was just the day after tomorrow! What could I do? How could I make it? First, I went back to the class. I opened the sliding door, and let my classmates pay attention on me. I stood on the class platform and told them a whole conversation between me and my teacher.
After all the classmates realized how serious the situation is, I asked them who wants to join the project. Some of them responded and we started to discuss about how we will construct the stage. We referred lots of songs and choreographies. After a long talk, we concluded to divide the stage in half. In the first half, I will make the stage alone. And secondly, all of the member come on the stage then performance together.
So, unexpectedly, I assigned 2 minutes of the time, as a class representative. Even though I made lots of the performances, it was for the first time to prepare the choreography alone. I was lack of assurance. I had a year of absence from the stage to study CSAT. I wasn’t sure about fully capturing the audience by myself. But, at the same time, I was eager to dance. I was greed for applause.
I got rid of that unhelpful anxious and recalled my motto. Just do the best, do it joyful, as I did every time. During three-days I almost lived at a practice room; the room of mirror. Moreover, I practiced and simulated anytime and anywhere, while having a lunch, waiting for the bus at the bus stop and even at the bed time. I was absolutely mind blowing whereas physically hard.
Finally, the day had come. The show had begun and my turn was seventh between ten participants. I enjoyed another participant’s performances. As my turn comes closer, a nervous floated into my mind. My heart was beating faster and faster. In the end, the host introduced us.
“The next team is from class 3!”
I walked up to the stage. The whole auditorium spread out before my eyes. Almost 400 people were looking at me. I gazed them. Some of them were stranger and some of them were familiar. My friends and teachers! They cheered and shouted for me. Keeping eye-contact with them, I calmed down dramatically. And the only two words came up in my mind. Let’s PLAY. Standing on the center of the stage and while waiting for the music, I only felt tremendous excitement and thrill, not any fear.
As a result, my team placed second and won a gift voucher. Nevertheless I have been direct lots of performances still today, this was the most impressive stage I’ve made; The first solo stage and the first cheering just for me! Preparing in an extreme situation ever! It will never be forgotten and never be experienced again.