Tonight was a huge deal for me.
I sang at my school's 1st annual Apollo night, hosted by our BSA ( Black student Alliance) I got into it through my friend Tia who is the president of BSA this year, and a delta sister. The talent was rockin' all night. There were about 20 acts. Slam Poetry, Rap, & Singing. There was also a great house band who backed up the vocalists and rocked the night!
I was nervous for a lot of reasons, I knew literally less than 3 people in the audience, and it was packed, literally standing room only in the tavern, all the seats filled... and in true Apollo Tradition, you could be boo-ed of stage ( and yes, some people were) and the winner was left into the hands of the audience vote, which in this case, I assumed I wouldn't get much since I didn't have many friends in the crowd.
I sang one of my R&B mixes ( and updated it to pick popular songs) the band rocked out and the audience sang a lot, and i couldn't ask for more, I just didn't wanna get bood! and then...
I WON!
when the audience cheered for me at the end on their feet, I almost cried, my stomach was doing flips- and it was an amazing feeling, I've only played acoustic, so to be standing playing guitar in front of a great band and a packed house who loved it was so rewarding, and was a huge personal achievement for me. ( and i won money too!)
But a huge shout out to all of the other performers, it was so wonderful to be a part of it and if i can do this every night for the rest of my life... i think i will
Check it out: Express tied me for first! I LOVED his song: so check it out too, its hilarious:
But a huge shout out to all of the other performers, it was so wonderful to be a part of it and if i can do this every night for the rest of my life... i think i will
Check it out: Express tied me for first! I LOVED his song: so check it out too, its hilarious:
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