The recital on Sunday went well - during our first song each of us (5 in my group) seemed to have had at least one little glitch, overcome by fear and nervousness, but we all kept going and finished the piece. Not too bad since most of us hadn't performed before and those of us that have, have only done so a couple of times. Our second piece went really well. We owned it!! And we all felt really good about it. And we received very positive feedback and praise for it. Yay!
And so, with each performance it gets a little easier and a little better and who knows what I'll be telling you next year - maybe I'll have done a solo by then! I've struggled lately with doubts about continuing at times when I had trouble with a combination or a move, but I've received wonderful encouragement from my instructors and feedback from others that I will continue.
In the previous post, my most loyal, blog reader/commenter Laoch made this comment, "It is sad that something you are doing for fun became stressful". And that really struck a chord with me. I couldn't get this comment out of my head in Monday's class and will definitely remind myself of this - it's so very true! Thank you Laoch - I really appreciate the reminder!
We have a six week winter break and I'm determined to practice even more so that there is a visible improvement when I return to class in January. I'll keep you posted on that! Thank goodness for DVD training videos and online classes!
And thank you everyone for your support and well wishes, I very much appreciate it!
4 comments:
It is good to hear that your recital went well.
Thank you! And thanks for all your support!
Way to go! It is a great feeling to have finished, isn't it?
By the way, Kesten is sitting with me at the computer and keeps pointing to your lovely dogs and saying "Gog! Gog! Woof!"
Thanks Kris! Kesten's such a smartie!
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