Darn I'm a day late again but oh well. It's been a week since the ICU festival has ended and I don't really know what to say right now. I am still tired and I am just still swimming in the memories that I made in the past month and a half. What an experience.
For the first time, I got to experience what it was like to be a leader and a follower at the same time. I was one of the people responsible for making a peace for the 17s and I was also responsible for being a dancer for the opening number and the very last peace of the whole show.
I believe this was maybe the hardest part about the past month and a half. I had to deal with certain problems when I was leading the 17s while being an active participant in the other peaces that I was responsible for dancing in. It's difficult trying to keep the motivation level at a constant place when focusing on two completely opposite things. Often times, I found myself unable to concentrate on the peaces that I was a dancer in because I was caught up thinking about the peace I was responsible for making. That would lead to me not being able to commit to the first and last peaces. This just became a cycle that I could not escape.
Now that it is over, I could look back and think to myself, "wow I'm glad I got through that". However, this is certainly not the last time I will go through something like this. I have to learn how to keep my motivation at a constant level over a long period of time in order to be efficient as much as possible.
For those of you that came to watch, I really appreciate it. Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to watch us perform. I hope we were able to leave something in your minds or heart that day. We will do just the same next year and make it even better:)
Hi Joki,
ReplyDeleteThanks for these final posts and all your posts this term. I appreciate especially how candid you are with this last post about the struggles you had balancing your responsibilities within Smoothsteppers. You will have such challenges again, but next time you will know that you have done this before, and you survived, and you will probably have more knowledge about how to make it all go more smoothly.
As for what I say, your dancing, it was fantastic! I am always impressed by the Smoothsteppers but I was particularly impressed with what a great dancer you are.
In closing, I enjoyed having you in class and wish you a bright and promising future, in whatever you choose to do and hope that it involves leadership as already you seemed to have gained lots of experience.
Ken