VPA Concert

The VPA concert was on December 15th. It was one of the biggest concert in the year, and it was really nervous when I performed, because I had to perform in front of all of my friends and teachers. Strings, movement, drama, choir, art and band performed in the VPA concert, but art is only a slideshow. I participate in the intermediate band, and today, we performed with the advanced band, which are all 8th graders. That made me more nervous, because if I play a note wrong, it's going to be bad. We performed at 1:00 - 2: 30, and we have another performance tonight, at 6:00 - 7:30. I play the clarinet in band, and I enjoy playing it, so I was excited while performing. For boys, we had to wear white top, black bottom, black socks, and black shoes. We also had to wear ties and belts, and also, shirts has to be tucked in and all the outfits has to be very formal. We performed in the Fine Arts Theater (FAT) and it is a really big stage, and it has a lot of audience to sit. See how nervous I was during this performance? Band played 4 songs: Trailblazers of the Spirit, Breckenridge Overture (only Intermediate band), Deck the Halls (only Advanced band), and Eagle's triumph. We might've not finish the Eagle's triumpth because the time might run off, but there was enough time. It is lucky that didn't happen because this was a really nice piece. During the concert, when a slow part changes to a fast part, the lights illuminated and changed the colour. Changing the light colour happened quite a few times during the performance, and I like this, because the performance was more exciting. Personally, I think performing in front of our friends and teachers was more nervous than performing in front of our parents. This was a really important performance, so I was really careful not to mess up notes. I was nervous AND excited during this performance.