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for better or for worse.....the show must go on!

May 22, 2008 at 3:57 PM

For better or for worse, tomorrow I walk out on stage to play my first recital solo recital here in Vancouver. Right now, I'm thrilled, excited, pumped eager for it to be here. By tonight, I might be wishing I had a bit more time.

Performing is always so bittersweet for me! Mostly it's really sweet but there are definitely elements of sadness and disappointment every time. You put so much of yourself and spend so many hours practicing and preparing yourself for the big day (kind of like a wedding!) and then in the short space of only a couple of hours, it's all over. For those couple of glorious hours spent on stage, you've probably spent days, if not weeks worth of hours practicing on your own, mentally preparing, and then you have those precious couple of incredible (if things go right!) hours where you get to share what you've been working on with the world. And then it's over. And then it' onto the next thing.

Words cant really express how I feel about tomorrow! I'm just so so so so excited and I hope I can go out there and kick butt and have fun and let the audience have fun too!!

Kick butt and have fun! You're gonna nail it.
I know what you mean - so much work goes into preparing for a performance. But if you really put your heart into it, have fun, and make your audience enjoy the music, then it's all worth it. Best of luck tomorrow! I'm sure you'll play beautifully. :)
Go! Kelsey, Go! You'll do great and I wish I could be there.
Go! Kelsey, Go! You'll do great and I wish I could be there.
You'll do great! I wish I could be there to hear you in person. If you can, please post a recording of part of your recital.