"Write about a time when you performed in front of an audience."
Have you ever performed in a school event or activity where all the students at your school are watching? Not only that, but you're also performing in front of the entire school for the first time? Have you ever experienced that weird feeling you have in your stomach before you perform, worrying if they would like your performance or not? Or even just danced because you really wanted to and then people just started to watch you?
Now, a lot of people actually don't know this about me but, I love to dance, like I really like to dance, even though I'm not really that good at it. Though, back then, I was always a closet dancer, meaning I only danced when nobody was there. I really don't know why but, I guess I just feel a lot more comfortable dancing when no one was around.
Back then in high school, when I was still a junior, I was actually new at the school I graduated from. I was a transferee. So, I didn't really know anybody that much, but some of my friends and classmates from grade school were there. Though for some weird reason, some of the students there actually knew about me already. I don't know why or how.
For the first month and a half everyone knew me as the kid who's good at drawing and is always silent. I tend to be like that during the first couple of weeks in school. Mainly because I'm still trying to get comfortable with the new environment and stuff like that. Until the culmination for nutrition month at school. You know how that usually works, we go to school, we cook stuff, we eat it for lunch and then just chill for the rest of the day. So, what happened was, one of my classmates brought speakers to class and just played songs while everyone was enjoying an entire day with no classes. Then at some point, most of my classmates went down because we were free to roam around the campus. So, there were only a few of us left in the class room. Since there was music playing, one of my classmates, who was also in to dancing, started to. I, on the other hand, have been wanting to dance ever since they started playing songs. At that point, which was already in the afternoon by the way, I couldn't hold it in anymore. I just started dancing at the back of the classroom. At first, nobody really noticed me, but as I kept dancing, I started to dance, like really dance. That was when one of my classmates suddenly said, "WOAH! AWESOME!", with a loud voice. Everyone in the class room heard her so, everyone started to watch. Then, I kind of wanted to stop but I was already in the zone. How could I possibly stop dancing? I just kept on dancing, while more and more students watched me because one of my classmates called his friends in the other sections. By then, a crowd was already forming. For that reason, more people started to watch, I guess, because they were curious of what was going on. It got to the point where most of the students from two other sections of our batch and some sophomores were watching me dance. Eventually, I got tired, as would every normal human being would feel after almost 40 minutes of dancing.
After that, everyone started saying stuff like, "Woah! I didn't know you could dance?", "DUDE! You're awesome!", and then, I guess the weirdest one would be, "Emman, dance with me!" I know. It's quite weird and funny at the same time. One of the biggest reasons why I started dancing in front of people happened that day though and how I was able to meet my high school buddies. Two of my classmates, whom, I guess, I was kind of already close to at that time, were in a dance crew, PORK LEG. Basically, it was just their group of friends, who eventually became my group of friends, that just wanted to dance for fun. Nothing really serious, they just wanted to dance for the heck of it. So, they invited me to join them and I accepted the invitation.
*This is a video of my first performance with the dudes. Check it out if you want.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEdBdEHokoc
After my first legit performance in a school activity, which was "Buwan ng Wika", the entire school knew that I could dance. I got the same reactions from students from different year levels, like the ones I got before. I guess, that's basically how I got out of my shell. And I have been dancing ever since.
If I think about it, that experience actually helped me a lot. I mean, if it wasn't for that, they wouldn't have invited me to join their crew and maybe they wouldn't become my high school buddies or something. I guess, being part of that crew, though all of us weren't really dancers, made me realize the fun I could have when dancing with other people. It gave me a confidence boost. If it wasn't for that, I wouldn't have danced in an international conference in front of more than six thousand people, but that's a different story.
After that, everyone started saying stuff like, "Woah! I didn't know you could dance?", "DUDE! You're awesome!", and then, I guess the weirdest one would be, "Emman, dance with me!" I know. It's quite weird and funny at the same time. One of the biggest reasons why I started dancing in front of people happened that day though and how I was able to meet my high school buddies. Two of my classmates, whom, I guess, I was kind of already close to at that time, were in a dance crew, PORK LEG. Basically, it was just their group of friends, who eventually became my group of friends, that just wanted to dance for fun. Nothing really serious, they just wanted to dance for the heck of it. So, they invited me to join them and I accepted the invitation.
*This is a video of my first performance with the dudes. Check it out if you want.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEdBdEHokoc
After my first legit performance in a school activity, which was "Buwan ng Wika", the entire school knew that I could dance. I got the same reactions from students from different year levels, like the ones I got before. I guess, that's basically how I got out of my shell. And I have been dancing ever since.
If I think about it, that experience actually helped me a lot. I mean, if it wasn't for that, they wouldn't have invited me to join their crew and maybe they wouldn't become my high school buddies or something. I guess, being part of that crew, though all of us weren't really dancers, made me realize the fun I could have when dancing with other people. It gave me a confidence boost. If it wasn't for that, I wouldn't have danced in an international conference in front of more than six thousand people, but that's a different story.
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