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Nelson community play

This last Friday, I attended a presentation sponsored by the Nelson Community Club. Every spring this club does this as a fundraiser for their community projects. Generally, they have 2 skits/short plays that they present. The actors are members of the club. They also have a local band that performs, and some of our local singing talent also participate by singing some songs. I always marvel about how easy it seems for some of them to get up in front of a crowd and sing. I am sure it is much harder for some than others. One young lady that usually performs with the local band was singing a song that she wasn't totally familar with, and about halfway through, she forgot the words. If that would have been me, I would have been awfully embarrased, and probably ran off the stage, however, she just kind of laughed it off, stated that she "hates it when she forgets the words." Then she just waited until the band got to the chorus and she started singing ; she was really smooth about the transition; I thought it was neat how she managed to get through that mistake.

posted by kevin @ 11:57 AM