No more stage fright
Me? Sing a solo in front of everyone?
I loved to sing, and I’d loved music for as long as I could remember. I could sing with the safety of a chorus around me. But being singled out to sing in front of a crowd brought me debilitating stage fright: the visibly-shaking, voice-losing, becoming-physically-ill kind.
One time in high school, I was asked to sing a solo—even though I hadn’t auditioned! And my stage fright was so gripping that I ended up getting sick. I was without a voice on the day of the concert, bedridden, and physically unable to sing the solo.
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