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Wow! This week was my biggest challenge by far. I did something I never thought I would EVER do. Something I shied away from doing earlier in the week.
It started late last month when I went to see a Pro show at Comedy Sportz. I remarked in a blog posting that I was perturbed by the amount of singing. It appears that the universe does not understand the word perturbed.
On Tuesday, I was called upon to participate in table topics. My topic was to talk about my favorite Christmas carol. Simple enough. Then the table topic master tacked something onto the end of my topic. "Please also sing a couple of lines." WHOA! Hold on a second!!!! Somehow I made it through the ordeal without singing. It was a very long minute I can tell you.
One day later, at Improv class, I am told that the class is going to be only singing games. I am not happy. The interesting thing is that sounding bad is not the primary reason I don't want to sing. I believe the primary reason is that I am opening myself up somehow. Being vulnerable.
The first game is announced. Opera!!! Four people are requested on stage. Three stand up. a short time passes. I decide that I would rather get it over with than suffer the torment of waiting.
I followed the lead of the other player. My time to sing came. I sang. It wasn't that hard. I was even complimented on how simple I made it. Turns out opera can be really simple and still be good. I was shown a budget. I responded with "All I see is numbers, numbers. Numbers is all I see." Upon reflection I could have appeared more confused and also used this throughout the opera.
By the end of the evening, I believe I sang 5 or more times. Beastie Boys rap was easier than I expected. One time I even started the song. The song was about a giant M&M. I was singing with Jolisa, another newbie at Comedy Sportz. It went really well. I could not believe I was singing!!
I learned a lot from this class and I am even thinking I would like to do another singing class to work on what I learned. How crazy is that?!!!
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