Ok I don't normally post about these kind of things... but, I can't help myself! We went to the senior dance tonight and I had arranged to sing "At Last" with the band for Steve's b-day and they don't ever practice so I had to just wing it with them but it came out great!!! Steve was so surprised! The band called me up saying "Where's Sunny"? and Steve is like what the ___ are they calling Sunny up for? I didn't hear this part cause I headed right up to the stage as soon as they called me but one of our friends did and she responded by saying, "sit down, shut up and listen". LOL!!!
Now there are a couple of people there that know I can sing but no one else had any idea. The band members were acting like "isn't it cute she's gonna try and sing with us?" (BTW this band is by far not the best band I've ever worked with so it was a little insulting that they were acting like I was gonna "try" and sing with them) But all I said was "I performed for many years in the Bay Area so I'll try not to embarrass you all too badly". Ok most of you have not heard me sing but, um, mmm, not sure how to say this without sounding too egotistical but uh, I'm not half bad.
So I'm enjoying the whole scene and not letting on what level I'm at on purpose cause it's fun for me, IDK why but it is. And they tell me "ok we'll play a simple intro and you just do the best you can..." Well I have to admit it took me a measure or two to completely relax but even from the first I could see the shocked looks on their faces. I don't know why people are always so surprised. I guess my talking voice doesn't match my singing voice and folks are kinda floored when they hear me sing for the first time.
They didn't play it exactly the way I usually sing it but I adapted and it came out pretty dang good! They were so excited by the time I ended the song that they whispered for me to stay put while they rocked on an instrumental interlude then had me belt out the last half of the song one more time. It seems silly that I enjoyed this so much because one of the reasons I got sick of performing was that the attention got to me (and Steve) but I guess because these folks are all my friends it felt really awesome.
And Steve was beaming! That was the best part! He was totally surprised and he looked so happy! When we met I was performing every weekend so he's used to that but when you're on the job it's different. Sometimes he said he couldn't even see me cause folks kept cutting in front of him (he's not very tall, poor guy) and I couldn't sing
to him then cause that's not what they're paying me for but tonight was different. I sang to him the entire time and he was grinning ear to ear. When I got off the stage I tried to run over to him but about a dozen folks mobbed me before I could get to him but they were polite and just wanted to express their feelings about the performance.
He later said this was the best present he had ever received and he will remember it for a very long time (high praise from him, he usually hates whatever we get him for his b-day!). Not too happy that the band asked me after the dance what other songs I knew, I mean I love to dance and don't want to give that up, or keep singing for free, but it was still a blast. I guess there is a part of me that misses performing (a small part, trust me).
Anyway I'm still pretty pumped from tonight so I'll probably be horribly embarrassed by tomorrow that I gushed so but I can always erase it later.
Hope you are all having a great start to your weekend as well!
