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Me as Tracy Turnblad my senior year at Chelsea High School. |
I have always had this passion for performing arts. All my life I have dreamed of being a super famous Broadway actress. I know of course this is very unlikely to happen but it is something that I just dream. Since, I know that becoming a famous actress was nearly impossible I started to use my performing arts skills to help my community. The first thing I did was work as an actor instructor for ELL students. Through performing arts, I was able to get these students to feel comfortable with themselves and with their abilities. I then moved on to hosting karaoke and talent shows at nursing homes. Performing arts brought a little bit of cheer to the life of patients living at the nursing homes. My whole life has revolved around theater. Theater was my way out of hard situations and believe me when I say I have lived through a lot. It wasnt easy moving from one state to another. I left everything and everyone I knew to start fresh. Theater was the only thing that saved me from losing myself and hope in this world. Theater allowed me to be anyone that I wanted to be. I could travel to any world without any fear. For one moment in my life I could be anyone and do anything without fear of being critized or failing. Now you might be wondering why I am writing about this and what the heck does this have to do with service to the world? Well I guess what im trying to say is that sometimes something as simple as a dance and song can be enough to get a great message across. Your passion can be used to inspire a world of good. I also wrote this blog because I am finally getting the chance to change lives with performing arts and I needed to tell someone that im afraid. I have been given this excellent opportunity to teach performing arts to children that may never have the chance to experience theater because of economic status and I am afraid of failing. In my hands I have the opportinity to teach children valuable lessons but im afraid. I just need to know that someone else feels the same way. I need to hear that it will be okay. I have to trust in my abilities but when all your life you have been told you are too young to make a change in this world it is hard. What are you supposed to do but panic and be afraid?
