was really quite amazing tonight.. finally the mid autumn festival gig we were supposed to day. Had butterflies in my stomach all day! ppl teasing me and CONSTANTLY reminding me of the performance the whole day! Oh man.. that sure added to the mounting pressure thats already there.
the evening was rather wet.. but thank God it didnt rain. the turn out was quite healthy for a community event.. (think there were at least 3 to 5hundred ppl there) Well.. at first the crowd was pretty dead. was getting worried i wouldnt get a response from the audience or maybe our item wouldnt strike a chord with them. Nothing much i could do either.. so decided to go on the lantern walk with the kids to destress! haha.
grabbed Tabael with his choo choo train lantern and started running after Jojo! hee.. dead tired when i came back.. couldnt keep up with a 4yr old's pace. haha
finally.. when it's time for us to go on stage.. my heart's nearly in my mouth.. all i remembered was i went up and blabbered some rubbish.. then on i go with my song.. haha. THe band was great.. warmed up the whole crowd. I saw life shot thru the audience.. aunties started singing.. arms waving.. and of cos.. my pillar of support from my beloved church behind the crowd.
God has been good.. fumbled on the lyrics a couple of times. (hope nobody noticed.. hee) but the overall response was very encouraging. My first public performance.. and i'm glad God pulled us thru so well.
Recieved an encore after our 2 songs.. think they jus wanted to drag some time but we definately at a lost cos we really didnt prepare for an encore. Talk to the band and we decided to do Yun Shang Tai Yang(Sun beyond the Clouds) for the encore. Honestly, i was quite worried about he reception.. cos it's a Christian song.. but God had His ways. He planned that song as a blessing and a testimony for the community. Everything turned out beautiful.. our church ppl worshiping in the crowds. jus like wat wenxing and i imagined. starting to enjoy myself on stage. hee
Dr Fatimah(MP for Marine Parade GRC) asked for Paul and me after the event.. so we went to hav a chat with her.. think she was rather impressed and was asking if we were interested to participate in more of those coummunity events in the future. haha. God opened a way for His purpose to shine thru. We agreed to lend our talents if they ever needed and there she goes rushing on stage for the lucky draw. hah.
wat a day.. wat a day. Thank God for it.. Thank God it's over. Glory be to God. :)
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