Personal Narrative: God Bless America

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Used to singing and performing on stage with a group of people, I was almost startled to my core when it was brought to my attention that I was chosen to perform “God Bless America” alone at the Gary G. Wetzel soldier celebration downtown Milwaukee in 2015. Knowing I was lacking self-assurance, bravery, and courage, I swallowed my throat and still accepted the arrangement and intimidating idea of performing individually. With the knowledge I was going to be unaccompanied, the fear rooted inside crept out and ate up my pride. Having no choir mates present by my side left me in an ocean of doubt and disbelief.

Days and days of practicing were successful because of the help my music teacher, whom I’ve known for nine to ten years, provided. Although the thought of being solo on stage was frightening, she continuously …show more content…
And because of her constant encouragements, she instilled fearlessness in me. This made me believe in myself, which was an existence I thought I would never live to see. Practices took place after school, which meant I had to hunt down some time to accomplish my school work on the side because of the time I was already using and taking up for the preparation. With a week-worth of learning the song, comprehending the lyrics, and exercising perfect pitch, I was ready to sing my heart away at the upcoming event, or at least that’s what I thought. When arrived at the destination, my music teacher and her family, my school principal and her husband, and my mother and I were guided to our seats and given the consent to go grab some heated food that the workers laid out on the table buffet-style. After dinner,
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