Phew. It is finished. I sang during a bride's procession down the aisle today and it was a surreal experience. A couple days ago I didn't feel prepared, and if you were to compare my time commitment between today's performance and that of my "re-debut", you would probably shake your head in disapproval. What put me at ease was that everyone would be concentrating on the bride. I figured that people would be standing and not even see me so I didn't work on stage presence at all. It turns out that everyone ended up staying seated...so...umm...it really rings true that when you assume you make an ass out of you and me.
Vocally, the Ave Maria is far less demanding than an operatic aria. Yay for no crazy high notes. And the church ambiance/acoustics really helped establish the mood. But my eyes were definitely glazed over, I was stiff, and there were no thoughts going through my head other than "don't screw up". Luckily this was enough to get me through and it went by way quicker than I thought it would.
The bride was so gorgeous and at one point during the ceremony she turned around and smiled at me. Or at least I think she was smiling at me since I was the only one in her line of vision...
I'm also thankful that the weather was nice all day today! FINALLY! The past few weeks were as if Vancouver had skipped summer and gone straight to mid-autumn. I celebrated by taking Chiara out on her leash and then doing two yoga classes. I seem to have regressed.
Fooled you zwei :)
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