"To Be a Performer"

The feeling of getting applause from a performance and the process of preparing for a show can be amazing. Like a real star, a person’s career in the entertainment industry can start out small and dim, but it can expand into something dazzling. The journey to fame can have various lengths. Some show their work on social networking sites, participate in talent-searching contests, or even make deals with others in the entertainment business and become widely known.
Picture yourself as someone who always dreamed of being a performer. You start your career by auditioning for a school musical. You are against dozens of your classmates and begin to feel apprehensive. Some students starred in many school plays, as opposed to you who haven’t even been in a play. You step on the stage and your heart is racing. You’re standing in front of the director, who is staring at you with a serious look on their face. You give the director the required material for the audition, a recitation of a monologue and a song. After are finished giving your performance, the director announces when the roles of the characters will be announced.
One day, you discover that you have an important part in the play! You first learn about your character’s personality and how they play a part in the musical. Next, you study your lines. Sooner or later, you combine your character’s traits with the line you have memorized by practicing at rehearsals and by yourself. You also practice singing. Depending on the play, you will probably have to be fitted for costumes or even purchase some items for you to wear on stage.
On opening night, you hard work, along with the other cast members’ and crews’ work, pays off during the performance. When it is your time to get on stage, you may have pre-show jitters. It can feel like your heart pumps louder and louder as you take each step up to the stage. When your line comes, you recite it exactly the way you were taught. Your singing comes out smooth like silk and you hit all of the right notes.
When the musical is over, the audience burst into applause. One-by-one, each of the cast members either bows or curtsies as they form a row across the stage. Your turn to bow comes and the crowd cheers for you. Some people may even give you a standing ovation. When the final cast member joins the row and has their special moment, you hold hands with the people next to and take a big bow for the audience. That is just a quick glimpse of what it is like to be a performer.


Author's note: The information from this post comes from the author's experiance. In no way does this post represent any particualar individual.