you have to have confidence. (410)

If you are in show choir, you automatically have to have confidence for a good show, at least a little bit. On a scale of one to ten, one being no confidence at all, not even wanting to leave your room, and ten being, Victoria’s Secret models or people that streak at NFL football games, because let’s be honest, they have to have some guts to do that, you have to be at least a 7 to do everything we do in show choir. Higher than average, but you don’t have to be crazy out there.

First of all you have to be confident with your self and your body. A lot of the time, when we have costume changes we change with other people, sometimes all of the same sex, sometimes its mixed gender back stage and normally you don’t have enough time to make sure no one is looking at you  while you change.  I mean obviously you will be wearing under garments and girls normally wear spanks under their tights for a bit more innocence but its still just like being in a swim suit in front of a lot of people.

Another reason you have to have a lot of confidence is the fact that no matter where youre performing there will always be someone’s eyes on you. Maybe a judge and maybe not, but someone will be so you have to know what you’re doing and be confident in it. There will also be times when you make mistakes, once I fell down in the middle of a song, can you say embarrassing? You can imagine that the feeling after something like that would be to want to run off stage or hide, but you have to be confident enough to get back up and get right back into the dance, knowing full well that tons of people probably just saw you face plant.

One thing that I know I had trouble with when I first started show choir was partner dancing. What? A boy? He has to grab my waist? Oh my gosh this is awkward.  We have to be how close? Ew he is sweating. But you have to make it look like you have chemistry with this guy who could be your best friend or even a total stranger. You still have to have confidence that even if you feel weird you are doing the right move and so is your partner.