Daily writing prompt

Have you ever performed on stage or given a speech?

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Yes, I’ve performed on stage and given a speech.

My debut performance happened in first grade. We gave a farm skit for our parents. We wore paper bags on our heads for the various animals we represented. I was a pig.

My second and last performance was in the senior class play Touch of Heaven. I had two lines.

I was also on television in the earliest version of Romper Room. We lived right around the corner from the television station. We sat around in a semi circle and were handed a stick horse when it was our turn to talk. That’s all I remember about that. I don’t even know how old I was – preschool. When I was in fifth to eighth grades, I was part of the choir. We sang at the television studio during the holidays.

Speeches

I took speech class in high school which meant giving speeches. I’m not good at standing in front of people and talking, even when I know them. I shake uncontrollably. Since high school, I’ve given many speeches, mostly in church with the same results. I needed to hang onto the podium so it didn’t look like I was shaking, but everyone knew it. Even reading at Writer’s Guild is shaky and I tend to race through what I’m reading.

Have you performed on stage or given a speech? Let me know in the comments below. Thanks for reading. The image belongs to me.