This is a narrative I wrote about my career as a performer in school. It really came from my heart and I mention a lot of people dear to me it. I hope you find it interesting. The performing arts and my life I started to take an interest in the performing arts, mainly singing, at a very young age. My mom has home videos of me at an elementary age singing along to Britney Spears off of one of my favorite CDs, Girl Power. It consisted of only female pop stars and it was inspiring to me. I loved every song on that CD. Once I was in the 5th grade my music teacher one day offered everyone in the class an opportunity to join a choir that she was forming. Now this wasnt some big haired, fake eyelashes, red lipstick kind of dancing show choir that I ended up being a part of later in my life. This was just a simple red collared shirt, khaki pants, stand and sing kind of choir. And I couldnt of been more thrilled to be a part of it. But back then I had severe anxiety. My worst fear was that I would pass out during rehearsal and humiliate myself in front of my peers. So my wonderful and amazing grandmother would sit outside of the classroom every single rehearsal, the whole rehearsal so that Id feel more comfortable. Then I moved onto middle school and of course, joined the choir there. This was the transition between stand-and-sing and extreme show choir. We wore a simple velvet top with a black skirt and some of the numbers were choreographed but of course it was pretty simple dancing considering our age. I met some of the very best friends Ive ever had in that choir. Some were Lydia Watson, Madison Scott, Abby Lentz, Mackenzie Haboush, and Ivana Forbes. Then 6th-8th grade, every year, I entered a voice contest for grades 6-12 and got first place every year. In the 8th grade my choir teacher offered us all an opportunity to audition to be in a special choir that rehearsed in the mornings a couple times a week that would work on a little bit more difficult music. I took that opportunity and ended up getting in and loved it despite the fact we had to be at the school at 6:00 in the morning. It was well worth it. The one song I remember performing in that choir was a number that was a tad bit challenging and it was by the Beatles. I dont happen to remember the name of it but thats beside the point. Middle school is when I began to take private voice lessons from the magnificently talented Denise Sherman. Once I got into high school, I was in the freshman choir, then in The Encores the next year with the great and beautiful Diana Gillespie. But my ultimate goal was to audition and be accepted into one of the very top choirs at Carmel High School (there are 11 choirs total). This choir is called The Accents. The Accents is more than a choir who meets for 90 minutes every other day. Its a sisterhood. We (The Accents) always compared it to a sorority. We went to many competitions and performances away from our home town and had great times and made memories that are dear to me. I remember getting my acceptance letter into The Accents. It was spring break of my Sophomore year and it announced with pride (or maybe thats just how I read it) that Id be in The Accents that next school year. I ended up staying in The Accents for my senior year too. I wouldnt of been able to do it without Denise, Mama C, Mrs. Gillespie, Mr.Kuskye, and my Mammom and mother for supporting me throughout my whole performing career in school and always having my back. At the end of my senior year, all three directors were going their separate ways from Carmel High School and so was I. I finished the year out with the best performance I feel Ive ever put my heart into and I finished voice lessons at the end of May 2014. A couple months later I get a text from my mother saying that Denise, my voice coach that id been a student of for almost 7 years, had passed away from a car accident. We had a mutual love for each other as student and teacher and a close bond that inspired my music. Taking lessons from her is something Ill never regret. She was a life-changing teacher and overall person and you could tell the minute she walked into the room that she was something special. I havent been singing, let alone performing since the end if my senior year in high school but as Mrs. Gillespie says, Ill find it again one day, and itll be like finding a long lost friend. I look forward to that day. Till then, I will hold onto and cherish the amazing times and memories I made with all of the awesome people I met a long the way down my path of performing. Love you all :) You know youre in show choir when you find bobby pins still in your hair the next morning -Kenzie Haboush
Posted on: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 04:20:18 +0000
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