First Love ♥ Performing
“Singing makes me happy & shows that I am happy & makes others around me happy!”
“Having theatre in my soul helps me to work out the “right” things to do to resolve an experience for the best results!”
“Having Performing talent helps me have balance and rhythm in my writing, in my poetry and in my stories.”
{bow!}
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{This is part of an autobiographical collection}
First Love ♥ Performing belongs to the following groups:
All Around the Styles, All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical, AW Welcome Center, Humour Captured, Live, Love, Dream: , Mature Woman, The Patchwork and Up & Coming WritersHow do I explain the first time I gave joy to another person. Would you believe me?
My mother said I could sing before I talked and danced before I walked! [I believe her; my own children have done the same!]
I would hum to myself in my sleep, apparently I still do … when I’m happy! And I would wave my hands about gracefully to music played or my parents singing and squirm about as if I was trying to dance. Then older I would sit and do the same thing swaying in time to the music!
My sister was singing a song the Maori song “Pōkarekare ana” my father wanted me to sing along as I knew the words I couldn’t sing with my sister she was singing it so I sang the same words but another tune that went with it – a counter-melody, harmonizing with my sister naturally & hauntingly befitting the song. I was three years old! My father was astounded – he had been a professional operatic tenor and here I was singing the best counter melody he’d ever heard – and it was on tape!
I went on to dance, learning ballet as my mother had. I was technically perfect and astonishingly graceful for someone twice the size a ballerina was expected to be! But talent scouts spotted me – I would have made a perfect “Annie” had my mother taken me to the auditions – a mere technicality they said – but Mum was scared I would fail so saved me the bother!
I have always sung always! I cannot remember a time I have not instinctively sung! there was a time I chose not to … for about 6 years I lost the want to … my ex had belittled me so much I thought I was useless in every way except to have babies for him, make money for him and do housework. I don’t think anyone I cared about missed it! For all their complaining that I did nothing but “Swan about the place singing!”; when I didn’t they said nothing!
When I started again I was given a standing ovation by strangers!
I sing for strangers now and for those who love me that appreciate my voice and I ignore the rest – i have sadly learnt (finally) that I don’t need them to make me happy!
But singing makes me happy & shows that I am happy & makes others around me happy. So it is a necessity I sing whenever & where ever I can!
And I think having that melodic talent helps me in my writing, in my poetry and in my stories. I know having theatre in my soul helps me to work out the “right” things to decide to do to resolve an experience for the best results!
{Bowing now!}
kalaryder
How wonderful to be that talented. Can’t sing, can’t dance :) thta’s me, but I do love melody and prefer my music to be without voices.
What a talented family you must have with yoru father an opera singer too. Are any others in your family (apart from the mentioned sister) musically inclined?
adgray replied
Do you really want to know? lol
Dad – Opera Tenor
Mum – Ballerina & singer
Sister – Soprano C&W & jazz singer
Brother – Tenor Singer & Comedian
me …[ Contralto, Opera, Operetta, Jazz, blues, folk, medieval, bush, Irish, choral, musicals & pop ballad singer, dancer (bit of a) guitarist & pianist & bodrhan, comedian & writer [& done some Choral Conducting, Vocal coaching Musical Directing & General Stage Directing]
Brother – Tenor Madrigal & Choral singer & Special Occasions Organizer
Brother – Baritone singer & Saxophone player
Son Mike – Drummer, Guitarist & Singer
Son Tom – Performer Comedian Singer Circus performer & Dancer
Daughter Bec [Bjboo] – Singer & dancer
Daughter Lauren [Gynnirox] – singer, dancer & Writer
son Dan [Rangafox] – singer dancer performer
I guess it comes from my grandfather he played violin & sung & his father was someone who could pick up any instrument & play it!
well you asked lol
Chookas! ♥
(Thank god Mick [Skik] is tone deaf & has 2 left feet & isn’t that interested in reading! lol – he keeps me grounded lol☺)
kalaryder
Thanks for that – yes i did want to know :)
That is am amazing amount of talent in one family.
adgray replied
MMmmmm Christmas is FUN! lol ☺
Come to think of it so was doing the dishes! lol
Dad would have us help dry them while we sang “Green Grow The Rushes O!” – which taught us a brilliant way to prefect our stagecraft! – we could walk talk sing come in on cue & do actions all at the same time! Funny you would thank that no so hard but it is!
Birthday Parties are fun too!
But really we are just a bunch of glorified waiters! lol & none of us have hit the big time! lol – although I could have if mum had only taken me to that blasted audition! .... {sigh!}
Chookas! X♥X
Sally Omar
Oh, Lyssa, This is so you…perfect I can picture you singing and dancing…you so ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!
Love & Hugs, Sally xoxoxxoxoxoxo
Sally Omar
P.S. Another fav!!!!!!!!!!
dawndavies
hehe you sounds like me, only trouble is i sound like a cat with its throat cut hehe dawnx