If I could turn back time, if I could find a way

Oh my heavens. I don't know whether to be proud, embarassed, or medicated.

They had karaoke at the cast party for Wizard of Oz. Like big, loud, on stage karaoke.
The Honeyman did his Cher impression, while I was a backup dancer with Katie, Aaron, and Sariah.

I did "Summer Nights" with a whole lil ensemble of people. But, dang me, I didn't hand the microphone off to someone else; what a little control freak I am. I must be holding the mic *Gollum* ...my precious...
But I would catch myself singing directly into the mic, and quickly move it more into the group of girls I was near. Oops. But there I was doing it again when the girls all sang the Moulin Rouge version of "Lady Marmalade"! Holding the mic right in front of me, occasionally handing to the director of Oz, Mindy, so she could do the Missy Elliot solos, hahaha! I really don't like singing in public--I really don't know why I did it. So I really tried to sing just while everyone else was, but there were some parts where everyone was kinda lost (like Lil Kim's rap in the middle) and so I just belted it out for fun. Ugh. I really didn't think about the fact that there were 3 microphones being used for 18+ people...and I was just holding the one dang one in front-ish of myself.

I had a blast, which is the scariest part of it all, hahaha.

While doing all that I remembered how much I love being on stage--everything from playing my cello in orchestra concerts to ...playing my cello in pit orchestras for musicals. Hahaha. I'm a performer at heart, crazy as it is.
I also remembered that I am not to be trusted with a microphone. Most qualms I have about being in front of people seem to fizzle once I'm handed a mic. (Haha, that's frightening.) When I'm on stage singing into a microphone I am no longer as freaked out by the whole idea of it. I am just being my dorky self--and other people just happen to be there.