Phatom of the opera Nerves *You can lock this now*

Captain Patrick · Commodore Joined: 06 Mar 2005 Posts: 2421

Hey just wanted to know if you guys have any pointers on dealing with stress. Man i am so scared and nervous cause monday is my first Symphony and we have to play Phantom of the Opera in front of three hundred people. I have been in local concert but there was never this many people there. what should i do about my nerves and fright?

B'Elanna Torres 7 of 9 · **Sun May 15, 2005 2:58 pm**

Haha, go thru this ALLLL the time before go on stage for dance. Honestly, there's nothing you can really do because everyone is nervous. You can pactice a ton, and know there's nothing to be nervous about b/c you know your stuff and it'll all be fine! Also know that after your 1st few minutes on stage, you get used to it, and it's not so nerve-wrecking anymore! Then it's like "actually this isn't tht bad at all!" Then you don't want to leave the stage

! Hehe! Good Luck!

Captain Patrick · Commodore Joined: 06 Mar 2005 Posts: 2421

Yeah but the music to the phantom of the opera is hard and i am really scared i might mess up.

B'Elanna Torres 7 of 9 · **Sun May 15, 2005 4:40 pm**

and many of the dances i perform are super hard to, and trust me, all i can think about is if i'm going to mess up or not. You can't do any better than your best. If you do skrew up, so what... life goes on! Hey, you're talking to someone who has forgotten choreography on stage before and improved, has fallen on stage before, has missed a que on stage before, had costume or prop mishaps... heck, i've done it all, and it's gonna happen at sometime or another. all you can do is go out there and do your best like i said before!!

Captain Patrick · Commodore Joined: 06 Mar 2005 Posts: 2421

Okay i will try and give it my best but who knows.

Alucard · **Sun May 15, 2005 6:21 pm**

Good Luck

Captain Patrick · Commodore Joined: 06 Mar 2005 Posts: 2421

Thanks

Alucard · **Sun May 15, 2005 6:25 pm**

not a problem

Starbuck · **Sun May 15, 2005 8:57 pm**

Okay, take this from someone who was in the phantom of the opera. You'll be fine on stage.

Dirt · **Mon May 16, 2005 3:30 am**

Imaaaagine the crowd nekkid

madlilnerd · **Mon May 16, 2005 12:16 pm**

Captain Patrick · Commodore Joined: 06 Mar 2005 Posts: 2421

First Chair tuba. Just three more hours. Man this is bad. I am the thrid best tuba player in texas in a division 3A

madlilnerd · **Mon May 16, 2005 1:23 pm**

Tuba, that's good, not too much can go wrong with the actual instrument (no broken strings or split reeds).

Just make sure you've oiled the valves and put of lip balm.

Captain Patrick · Commodore Joined: 06 Mar 2005 Posts: 2421

I plan to just take it easy and be calm and hope for the best.

madlilnerd · **Mon May 16, 2005 1:53 pm**

Suck ice cubes. That's a great trick to cool and calm you down before concerts.

Captain Patrick · Commodore Joined: 06 Mar 2005 Posts: 2421

Not when you play my instrument. you can mess up your empumie(or how ever you spell it). I am leaving now to go to the concert so i won't be on till about tomorow evening.

Dirt · **Mon May 16, 2005 3:51 pm**

I'm still going with the nekkidness

Jeremy · **Mon May 16, 2005 7:20 pm**

Captain Patrick · Commodore Joined: 06 Mar 2005 Posts: 2421

Oh thank god it over. so i decided to not wait till tommorow to say how it went. went great played good did the solo good, but i pased out at the end. apart from that it went great.