Local
Singing Competitions are Just a Talent Show
Away
Singers and
Contests
I remember my high school
talent show like it was yesterday. I was scared
stiff. Although I had some talent, I had never
performed before. You see, I loved to play
harmonica, but I was never serious about playing in
front of other people.
I had been working on it for
about four years, and I had learned some pretty
tricky tunes, but I couldn't quite take it out in
front of a crowd yet. Nonetheless, one of my
friends pressured me into entering the school
talent show.
It's a good thing he did
because it was one of my crowning moments of glory.
It gave me the confidence to seek out opportunities
to perform in the rest of my life. It was really a
profoundly moving and changing
experience.
That is why I have done so
much to try to convince my daughter to enter the
children's talent show. While I was a nervous,
awkward kid, she is a veritable social butterfly. I
know that underneath her bravado and apparent
self-confidence lie deep insecurities, but
nonetheless that bravado can get her places.
She is practically ready to
book a show – she is that good. She is one of
the funniest kids I have ever met, and adults and
children alike love to hear her standup routines.
Nonetheless, she refuses to share her funny talent
show skills with anyone but a few close friends,
and of course her family. She is just too nervous
to quite take it on stage.
This is why I have been
booking a show for her – to show her how good
she is. Of course, it is not a real show. Instead,
it is an opportunity to perform in front of her
family at one of our get-togethers.
She loves doing this, and I'm
quite sure that she will be happy to do it. The
difference is that instead of informally getting up
in front of everyone, She will be standing up on a
makeshift stage.
This will help her see a
little but more of what it is like to participate
in real talent shows or a casting call. It might
seem like a trivial distinction, but to her the
stage is scary.
Having a stage in front of
her family, however, will seem like just a game to
her. After she gets up and performs her routine in
front of us, I am hoping that she has the
confidence to try out for the school talent
show.
With that said, if you feel
you or your child has musical, singing or other
types of talent then local competitions might be
just the boost they (or you) need to get
going.
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