For the past three months all I’ve
been hearing everyone talk about in my sorority, Alpha Phi, is Greek Sing. In the beginning
of the semester there were only 6 girls that didn’t have to participate in this
event. Knowing nothing except that we have to perform on stage, I immediately
bolted. There was no way I was getting on stage in front of the entire Greek
community and performing a musical skit. As the weeks went on I felt a bit of
regret because there were so many memories formed during this time. Along with
having intense stage fright, there was just no way I could fit it into my
academic schedule, so I had to keep telling myself there was no way I could be
apart of it. After 2-3 months of practicing all of the girls were performing on
Sunday, December 2. I was extremely excited to see what they were working on
all of this time. I heard it was an event about 5 hours long and that it was
dreadful to sit through every single organizations' performance. So, of course,
nobody would go see it with me.
So, I
decided to go by myself and watch their performance. I figured they would
appreciate it if I could cheer all of them on. I went to Eisenhower Auditorium
and bought myself a ticket. It was in the first row on the top balcony, it was
the perfect view. Luckily, I found some girls I knew so I wasn’t a complete
loner. After about the fourth performance I completely regretted attending. As
much as it was interesting to watch, it was so incredibly long, and not to
mention they were not very good performances. After a few performances such as,
The Lion King or The Newsies, I was convinced to stay! They were absolutely
amazing and I couldn’t believe they put performances together in such a short
rehearsal period! Soon enough, my sorority came on and performed! I recorded it
so they could all laugh about it later, but I was pleasantly surprised. They
were a lot better then I thought they would be and I was extremely proud of
them for dedicating so much time and effort to this performance. I stayed to watch the other 15 performances,
some were dreadful and some were very impressive. I was disappointed by who won,
but I’m sure there were technical rules that I was unaware of. I wanted The
Lion King to win!
I am very
happy I chose to attend this event because I was pleasantly surprised by all of
the talent out there! The voices that some of the performances had were amazing! The choreography that they all learned flowed with each performance so well! It was a great way to see how with such a short time
frame, you could really put together an outstanding performance!
Congratulations to everyone in Greek Sing!
Marisa I too have stage fright beyond control ! Although I was bummed that I did not get the opportunity to perform in Greek Sing like I had planned to, part of me was relieved that I would not be making a fool out of myself in front of the entire Greek community. I saw some of the videos from Greek Sing and I agree that the Lion King was by far the best performance and surprisingly a lot of the males had good voices !
ReplyDeleteI liked that you were honest in your evaluation of Greek Sing despite the fact that you're in a sorority; you didn't try to make it sound wonderful or super-entertaining. It's a cool concept, and I like how it gives the opportunity for some people so show off their vocal skills that may otherwise have gone unnoticed. I could definitely see where this would get drawn-out and boring, but some of the performances, like the Lion King, sound really neat!
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