Born December 19th, 1986, I was the first and last child born of my parents. Ever since then I can remember I've been singing and performing. I still remember putting on little performances in Pre-School with the rest of the kids in my class. Singing I'm a little Teapot and such songs like that.
After moving out of the Pre-School spotlight I joined the Christmas Eve Childrens Mass Choir where the line up would include your usual Christmas time carols as well as some new ones and a Solo or two for me. As the years went by I'd get more and more solos at St. Joes. I then joined another Christmas Eve choir at St. Adalberts and I'd had recieved even more solos there. The past two years I've lead both choirs in their Childrens masses by helping with song choice, teaching the new songs, and leading the songs with Solos etc. I'll be retuning next year as well since I've been asked again, though next year will probably be my last year since I will be a Senior in High School. We'll just have to wait and see what happens.
When I perform I always get very nervous. Dry mouth, shaking hands, nervous thoughts... the usual for me. One day, I got up the nerve to do Karaoke. It was St. Patricks day and with me being like 90% Irish, my Aunt and I went down to 3 by the River where the partying was goin on. My first Karaoke song at the age of about 11 was... Baby One More Time. Yes, the Britney Spears song. I was young and stupid but I figured, Why not? If I do good, Great! If not... most of these people here are drunk so they wont know the difference. I did perform, did well and that was that. The nerves took most of the excitement away during but we had to leave right away afters and it was packed, bodies against bodies, and my Aunt had to drag me out through the tons of people so I felt like a Rock Star who was being attacked by the hundreds of people wanting my autograph. I did of course know that they didnt give a rats butt about me and didnt want an autograph but were simply trying to head to the hearest bar for another beer. I was like 10-11. Let me dream.
The next Karaoke expierence was at the Annual Halloween Christmas party that Moms credit Union had.
I sang "I'm You're Lady" by Celine Dion. I think I sang well but couldnt remember how the one part of the song went which was kind of embarassing. Mom didnt like my choise of song. Said I was too young for it. The Jammies and pig tails that I was in as my costume probably didnt help that matter any.
I was probably about 13 years old at this time.
This past year a local radio station was giving the winner of this little singing competition the airfare to NYC to audition for American Idol 3. I tried my best and I do believe I sang very well. We only had 60 seconds to get as much in as we could. I sang "To Where You Are" by Josh Groban. But unfortunately, I didnt win. A disappointment but we had been at this place for approx. 6 hrs before I got to sing, then another 1-2 after that for the results. I was ready to get going.
As a high school student I dont have many oppertunities to get out and perform like I want to. I have the same old Christmas Concert for School, Spring Concert and the Spring Musicals and thats about it. Those are the only oppertunities really for music loving students. There are Honors and District chorus for those who are lucky enough to be able to go and get chosen. So I went with what I could get. I've been in the High School Musicals since 7th grade. I missed last year, (My sophmore year) due to my stomach illness- though I did make the musical. This year is up in the air as well due to my illness, but I did make the musical.
Next year I'll be a Senior in High school. I plan on going to college and Majoring in Vocal Performance with a minor in Musical Theatre. Sometime soon, hopefully before graduation, I'll get into a record studio somewhere and get some good demos recorded. Music is my passion. Though I'm a twirler and will still perform in World Competition this year like the past 5 years, Music is truely where my heart is and always will be. I really want nothing more than to be able to share the gift of voice that God has given me, with others. I want to touch peoples lives with my music and help them to understand that they arent alone and that they will be ok. If by chance my miricle record deal doesnt come through in the next few months here, I'll keep going at it.
Music and Singing are like Breathing to me... I just Can't stop. |
