BLAS CONCERT

 I did it!!! I performed in the 2012 BLAS concert. The Barts and the London Asian Society annual concert hosted in order to raise money for a charity. This year the chosen charity was Great Ormond Street Hospital and the concert was performed at the beautiful Savoy Theatre (where they are showing Legally Blonde)

The dressing rooms were amazing backstage! Little light bulbs surrounding each mirror, intricate mazes to reach various dressing rooms and different levels and the excitement and buzzle of being backstage. Loved every adrenaline inducing nail biting minute of it!!! Definitely worth all the time put in- to have such an experience! :D

I was in the following acts:

-Resonance (inspired by Glee) where i had to sing the chorus of Adele's ever famous 'Rolling in the Deep'. The difficulty arose with the short time between the preceding song (Rihanna's 'i love the way you lie- part 2') and trying to get the note despite mic difficulties and problems hearing the keyboarder's note. :S
Despite such troubles i managed to deliver a mostly in tune performance that i will remember for the rest of my life! Such an honour to have been able to sing (even if briefly) a solo on a West End stage!!
The rush of walking up the stage with a wireless mic, not being able to see the audience at all due to the spotlight in my eyes was indescribable! The bright lights and the sudden roar midway through as i did my best to stay in the right key.
After this some sassy ladies join me on stage for a short rendition of Beyonce's 'End of Time' which was amazing fun! Being able to see the audience once the lights were bright on the whole stage was exhilarating. I really enjoyed that part and can remember a lot of it distinctly :)
Then came the group numbers. Despite all different possible ways it could've ended in disaster- none of those things happened. So i am incredibly grateful! All that praying and listening desperately to the prerecorded notes for "the scars..." was worth it :D

-Orchestra considering my lack of practice of the violin the last couple of years and the absurdly short rehearsal we had- it went okay. :) I think i am getting back in touch with the violinist inside!

-GOSHpel went well again. and at this point i was so happy the strain of the Glee act was over- i could really just enjoy the feel of performing to a whole packed out West End theatre with great singers around me. There is nothing like the rush you get from standing on a stage and looking out at a sea of faces. Especially in a theatre where there are various layers (stalls, dress and grand circles).

I have an amazing respect for theatre performers who do this for several hours every single day. It is incredibly difficult to pull off and so many things can go wrong technically.


Thank you for giving me this opportunity BLAS. I shall never forget it! <3