Participating in physical contests is something I don’t really like to do. It is always a bit challenging for me because other people may be present during the contest and I don’t have the courage to face so many people or crowd. Wgen I hear of physical contest, I always run away. Well, I participated in a contest this year. During my days in the NYSC camp, I had some set of friends who I move with. Some of them were in my platoon so they have heard me sing so many times including my roommates. And sometimes in the room, I sing to make the room lively but never tried to sing outside because I was shy.
In the camp, there are usually so many contests so you have to represent your platoon if it feels like you know how to do thst thing well. There were so many contests like drama, dancing, singing and many more. Since I am very good at singing, my friends advised that I represent my platoon for the contest but I was so scared and I declined immediately. They begged me severally but I refused until one of then had to tell the platoon leader amd she reported me to our patron, lol. Our patron was a soldier. I think he is the kindest soldier I have ever met. The man called me, listened to me sing and gave me some reasons why I should not decline. Those words touched my soul and immediately I got back to my hostel, I began to check of some Adele’s songs before I finally decided on what to sing. I went for the song titled, “Easy on me”.
The contest night finally arrived and when I saw a crowd of over two thousand people, my fear increased. My friends began telling me not to get scared and I remembered something my lecturer used to tell me. I went to s film academy after my university so there is a lecturer who used to tell us that the best way not to feel scared while performing is by looking at everyone as if they all are naked, lol. It worked for me. I got on the stage and did my performance well. I knew everyone was amazed and the judges stood up for me. That was just like a standing ovasion.
When it was time to call the winner, I was not really scared but only one girl was making me doubt if I could win. She delivered thd song very well but at the end of the day, I still won the contest and I won a sum of #100,000 which is equivalent to $100. I am glad about it and I learnt that there is nothing we will benefit from hiding our talents. It will be better to showcase it to the world and make the best out of it. Make sure that you never try to hide your talent even though it is looking like you are not very good at it. There is always a room for improvement.
Have a nice day!
