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10 ways to turn “stage fright” into “stage presence”

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    Whether it be sports, theater, music, public speaking, at one point in everyone’s life, we face “stage fright” or “butterflies in the stomach.” It’s perfectly natural. As a former basketball player and golfer and currently a singer, I still experience that no matter how much my experience is. Just yesterday I had a singing performance at the Marriott Hotel. Every year we have this lunch show recital. I felt extra pressure this year because in addition to my solo performance I sang a duet with my boyfriend, who is a professional musician. We sang the Andrea Bocelli and Christina Aguilera Somos Novios duet. Here are some of the techniques that worked for me to turn the nervous energy into adrenaline.