get over my stage fright

No, I mean literally…I’m afraid of stages.

This is another one of those ephemeral goals. I need a way to be able to say that it’s ‘done’. It’s been about two years since I last entered a competition; it’s time. There are a lot of competitions next semester that I’m going to try for. I’ll count this as completed the first time I perform well at one of them.

I don’t think I will ever get over stage fright, but I can learn to handle it. I’ve performed quite a bit this year and it’s definitely improved. I’m getting there.

i was in a play for two performances, last friday and the sunday before that. i wasn’t nervous at all, but that might be because i didn’t have to speak. it was heaps of fun though, i was dancing and in a belly dancer’s costume, and i think i went well, i’ve had lots of compliments.

I’ve discovered that I’m more comfortable ON the stage than I am OFF of it, mixed into the crowd. If the crowd and venue are large enough, the stage lights are so bright and the audience so dim and dark that it’s almost as though there was a veil between you and them.

One thing that might help people to get over stage fright is to participate in plays by working on scenery and props so that they can watch from the sidelines and learn what it’s like before diving in.

I played a gig last week and i actually really enjoyed it!! normally i just feel really nervous the whole time but this time i actually had heaps of fun!

It’s hard to know what I can do and not share it because of fear.

I get nervous and my heart starts beating when I THINK about singing in front of people. I’m not nervous if I’m singing with other people – just if I’m doing it alone. BUT my dream is to be a jazz singer, so… now is the time for me to conquer this, or I’ll never be able to accomplish my dream! I’m going to be as positive as possible and just try to do it. I have a workshop on vocal performance coming up next weekend, hopefully it is going to help me!

Getting over my stage fright was the best thing I ever did. All I did was made sure I was as prepared for my school musical audition as humanly possible. Knowing that I knew that there was nothing to worry about was a huge help. And, I was completely shocked to find out that I got called back for the lead part in the musical!! I didn’t end up getting the part, but because I faced my stage fright I learned that I was actually good, and now I have confidence in my voice!!

I’m terrified about an audition I have for my school musical I have on tuesday. I get very self concious when I have people that I don’t trust listening to me. I feel like I’ll never be able to get over it.

I just added sing in public to my list, and realised that stage fright is the gigantic road block i’ll have to overcome in order to achieve that goal. But it isn’t just the singing i struggle with, it’s any point when a large group of people is looking at me. if i’m in a big group just talking, i often don’t share my opinions for fear of all of them looking at me (occasionally if i’m passionate about something i’ll start talking and sharing my opinion and about halfway i’ll notice all eyes are on me and i go all hot and red and my eyes sting like i’m going to cry.)i hate having birthday parties because of the speech that inevitably comes at some point, at both my 18th and my 21st i said like two sentences and got teary. everyone thought this was lovely and that i was just over come with emotion for all of them, but the sad truth is i was having stage fright.
Now i need to get over this by June, because i’m getting married, and i will be the bride and from what i have been told by all the married women i know, is that most people will be staring and looking at me a lot of the time on that day. (eek!)
so any tips on how to conquer this debilitating phobia would be greatly appreciated.