16th of December, Tuesday
Ever since we started the school year, the Athena Select Choir has been preparing for the Christmas concert. It's an annual tradition, where all the music groups in the school perform a few songs. This night, we started the gig at 6:30.Beforehand, we prepared ourselves, put on our gowns, makeup and hair pieces (my friends helped me with the last one). We practiced for a little while, then we gracefully, almost tripping, walked up on stage, on the risers. I was standing in the 4th row. The theatre was 3/4 packed, a lot of friends and families came. For me, that was Herb and Anne, and from the Rotary, Kim, Larry, Tracy and Mike.
Ms. Dyer conducted the choir, many times, I would read the lyrics off of her lips, when I forgot. We started with Beethoven's Halleluja, then Betelemehemu, a Nigerian Christmas songs, Bashana Haba'a, a Hebrew song, Shepherd's Chorus and Silent night. I think it all went well. We practiced a lot. By the end, my mouth was dry and my feet in the character shoes were killing me, but I was content with our performance. I didn't get a stagefever, or anything. I wasn't anxious at all.
Afterwards, I stayed to watch the symphonic band play. They were really good too.
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