"Nessa you are on in 5 minutes." Demi told me as crew people were re-checking over to make sure I looked fine.
"Got it." I replied. She nodded and walked off. I got bored quickly after that, which isn't a good thing since I have ADHD. I just couldn't sit still for long.
"Ness you are ready to go, remember to stop at sound check for your microphone." Willow, a crew member, told me.
"Kay, which mike should I do? Hand-held or Head-set?" I asked her.
"Hand-held, since you don't have any choreographed dance moves. So you can do whatever you feel like doing." She answered me. I nodded my head in reply.
I walked over to Sound Check and asked for a hand-held mike. They gave me one. After that I headed over to the stage entrance where I was bombarded by more crew members fussing over my hair and make-up to make sure I didn't ruin it. A hair stylist started to spray hair spray in my hair, my eyes started to water and I gagged a little by the amount they were using. They finally stopped spraying. I sucked in much-needed air and carefully wiped away the water in my eyes. The crew members finally left me alone in peace.
"Vanessa you are on in 10 seconds" A passing Sound Checker told me.
I took a deep breath and calmed my quickly beating heart. I counted the remaining seconds and walked out on stage with a huge, genuine smile on my face.
"Hey. How is everyone this very fine evening" I greeted the crowd with a smile. I was replied with a chorus of 'good' 'amazing' 'great' 'fine' 'ok' 'perfect'
"I can't hear you guys." I sang to them in a mocking but nice way. This time every reply was repeated but 10x louder.
"That's better" I smiled at them.
You may wonder why I keep smiling. It is just that the feeling when you are on stage is incredible, amazing… magical. You feel like you can do anything and be anyone. Almost like you are on top of the world. But instead you are on something better than the world, you are on top of life. The best part is when you look out into the crowd ,and see the smiling faces singing along with you and cheering you on. You just cant help but smile yourself. It was ONE of the reason I started performing. The other reason is… wait stop im gonna spoil the story. Anyways the feeling is wonderful.
"So to start of this concert I am gonna sing Baby I" I said to the crowd. They started cheering louder.
"Sing along if you know the words" I grinned as I heard the music start.