My Spring Break

My spring break isn't really anyone's ideal break from school. Instead of sleeping in until noon every day and hanging out with friends, I will be working my butt off preparing for the Meridian Arts and dance festivals. The Meridian Arts festival is a music festival outside the city, and I will be performing three piano pieces. One of them happens to be a ten page version of Prince's "Bohemian Rhapsody" which takes six and a half minutes to perform, and the other two are classical pieces which I will have linked below. I will have to spend about three hours a day practising, and spending time performing in front of others so I will not feel as nervous on stage. Also, my dance company decided to run classes all throughout spring break so I will have all of my afternoons and evenings taken up. I am performing in three group dances (which are lyrical, hip-hop, and tap) and I may be possibly be bringing my tap solo to perform as well. On top of all this, my parents are going on a 5 day ski trip without any kids. I guess it’s not so bad having all these classes and practises, because at least I won’t be sleeping my whole break away. And it may be a lot of work to do, but it will pay off in the end.

This picture represents my spring break very well, although the festivals aren’t until mid-April. I get really bad stage fright and I hate being the centre of attention so of course performing or even thinking about it makes me really scared and nervous. Performing has never been easy for me, and I will try my best to conquer it before the festivals. In the picture, the boy is hiding behind the cutrain and that's basically what I will want to do instead of be on stage, but I guess this will be something I have to do

Bohemian Rhapsody (I can't find the exact cover I'm learning, but this one was pretty close)  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1OaxzqXoY8

An Ancient Tale by Bohdana Filtz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhITpt26RKw

Arietta by Evard Grieg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdrMCAymlfk