There I was. Standing on stage in front of about five hundred people. My three friends and I stare up at the judges, hardly able to see their faces past the blaring lights, waiting to hear what they have to say. “They probably hated us,” I thought, “We didn’t take this seriously enough to impress them.” Then again that was the whole point of this band. To have fun. The four of us had all played instruments before, but never like this. Never in a “rock” band. We had to find a way to make it work, and the only way to do that without our ideas clashing was to never take it to seriously. Still, when your standing up in front of people who know what they’re talking about, like some sort of contestant on american idol, it’s hard not to wish you tried harder.
The emcee comes out to start the process. “In Soviet Russia!” he yells, followed by, “well that was...different.” He the proceeds to ask the judges for a verdict. At last we will get to hear what they thought of us. The first judge pauses a bit before telling us his opinion, just what I need. Finally he simply says, “I love these guys.” The crowd cheers and the four of us are ecstatic. We jump up and down and pump our fists with joy. The other three judges also had nothing negative to say. We ended up coming in second place in the competition of twelve bands. That alone was a honor, but more importantly we won the best performance award. This was better than any rating because it showed that by going up there and just having fun we could be successful and entertaining.
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The point: Make sure that you have fun in life.
