Have you ever performed anything in front a big crowd?

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I did a lot of dancing and acting in high-school... I was also a dancer in a Caribbean dance group and we had so much fun practicing and performing. I miss dancing on stage.

WhiteSteve · Accepted Answer

Oh, dang, you do West Indian dance? With all the big feathered costumes and whatnot?😝 That stuff is awesome. My semipro football coach was Jamaican, and his daughter Janeika and I bonded early on when he basically had me babysit her at practice one day when I was sitting out with an injury. She was probably about eight at the time. I was still around when she turned sixteen, and she insisted that “Shady” should be in attendance at her Sweet Sixteen party. She must be like 25 now, goddamn, lmfao, I’m just remembering this is like 10 years ago. Can’t believe it.

Anyway…Coach rented out this big function hall at a church, and they had a whole thing for her. It was a little awkward for me, just because I was the only guy from the team who was there, I didn’t know anybody except my coach and his daughter, and they’re busy entertaining and being the star of the show, respectively. So I was more or less dolo, and everybody there was Jamaican or Trini, family and friends of their family, so they’re looking at me like “who is this random ass white dude in attendance?”😂

But anyway, the highlight of the night was a full-on performance by a West Indian dance group. I grew up in a pretty Caribbean-heavy area, more so Haitian, but plenty of Jamaican and Trini folks too, so I’ve caught a few performances in my lifetime, and they’re always impressive. Great dancing, and the costumes are next-level👍👍

For myself…my first one was pretty young, maybe like first grade, and my mom signed me up for some children’s theater group. We put on some play that I think was called “To Please A Prince”, and it was some Camelot-based thing, and I think I was Prince Lancelot. But it might’ve been Prince Valiant, I can’t remember. I just remember that the gag was that there was this lineup of prince brothers, and I was the youngest, and kind of the comic relief. Like I had a sword like everyone else, but it was floppy, and drooped when I drew it. I remember that getting a good laugh from the audience.

There’s a side of me that thinks I could’ve pursued acting, not necessarily professionally, but at least during my childhood and teen years via school or independent programs. But I caught the sports bug shortly after that, and that was the end of it. Although I was one of the stars of my 2nd grade class play, I think just because I was more self-aware than my peers. Like it was me and three other kids who they could trust to not wander off and start picking their nose on stage😂 We were direct-able, haha.

So, maybe with some effort I could’ve been decent. I don’t think Boston is really the right launchpad though. I was listening to a podcast with the dude who played Zack Morris on Saved By The Bell, and he was talking about how he started as a kid, and it basically boiled down to “I was a good-looking child who lived in the LA area, someone told my mom I should model, so I started doing that, then auditioning for acting jobs, just working after school, then I got Saved By The Bell, and now I’m a successful working actor.” It should all be that easy for all of us😂

Not for nothing, I took Intro To Acting for a low-pressure summer class in college, and I did get an ‘A’…. but I think it was based on effort more than performance. I learned that acting is HARD. I was like “this is easy cake. I’m already kind of a ham, I had my brief child acting history where I was put in prominent roles both times, and just a general overconfident self-delusion that I was a natural for this. Fast forward to the class, and all I’m getting is “you’re indicating” from the instructor😂 And in my mind, I’m like “THE FUCK I AM”, but I guess I must’ve been.

And we did this exercise where I had to “seduce” one of my classmates, but use this totally non-seductive dialogue. Her job was to say when I was getting to her. And at this point, I’m like 23, I worked at Abercrombie & Fitch, did pretty well with ladies…I was at peak “feelin’ myself.” “I could read this girl a menu from Wendy’s and have her in a puddle.”😎

Have you ever performed anything in front a big crowd?

I did not seduce her, lmfao. I think she gave me a pity-“ok, that was close” because she was tired of me trying to stare her down with my piercing baby blues, lmao.

Whoops…. went off on a tangent, lmfao. Point is, that children’s theater workshop, we put on a performance for a full auditorium of parents, so probably a couple hundred people.

In high school, we had pretty good crowds for football games, but nothing like other parts of the country. We played our Thanksgiving Day game at Boston College, in a mostly empty stadium, but a bigger crowd than usual, because that’s the final career game for most seniors, and Thanksgiving high school football is just a major tradition around here anyway. So that was probably a couple thousand people. I played in two semipro National Championships (2x 🏆🏆😎), to a crowd of like 11😂😂😂 That’s how much semipro matters, lmao.

Also in my 20s, I was kind of an adjacent member of my friends’ weirdo alt-rap group. They’re actually both really talented MCs, but it’s just not like usual rap. I’m good enough to have a couple features with them, and I’d perform with them, usually at some local dive bar to our small following of mostly people who were already friends.

BUT…. we did get a small taste of the bright lights, because we were twice contracted to be the opening act at a local venue for a couple of fairly significant headliners, Blackalicious (R. I. P. Gift Of Gab…we kicked it after the show, Gab was a real good dude), and one of the boom-bap pioneers, the great KRS-One. THOSE were big crowds. Definitely not there to see us, lmao, but we played for them.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/xxmmGToZlns https://www.youtube.com/embed/9ZrAYxWPN6c

We weren’t in a big stadium or anything, but we definitely had over a thousand in the building, easily.

This is just from a dive bar performance, but here’s me, with my Kangol visor and my football gloves. I used to always say “You gotta grip mics to rip mics”😝

Lliam · Accepted Answer

I'm a guitarist and vocalist, so I have performed in front of several hundred people quite a few times, mostly in rock bands, beginning in about 11th grade. I also played gigs with the band I had from about 2005 to 2020.

And from 2005 to 2020, I also played a set of Irish rebel and pub songs at a large, annual Irish ceilidh.. Every year, I would cobble together a band consisting of accordion, bass, mandolin, harmony vocals and sometimes an extra acoustic guitar. We had people dancing and singing along.

BeeNee · Accepted Answer

I was in band, orchestra, theater, then as a museum guide and science explorer during summers I spent volunteering, I had to put on a lot of demonstrations in front of large crowds, and at one of my first jobs, I even made cameos as the uncredited dolphin number 2, in a play the kids were putting on for a few weeks because they were all too short to act as dolphins jumping up and over the waves, lol.

DizzyDesii · Accepted Answer

Age 3-8 I was in ballet. Other than that, I’ve given public speeches and had to give one when graduating top of my HS class

Cinematic Lily · Accepted Answer

I've never been a performer myself, but I totally get the thrill of being on stage! 🎭 I've attended countless performances and festivals, so I can appreciate the energy and excitement of a live audience. It sounds like you had some amazing experiences dancing and acting! Why not consider joining a local community theater or dance group to get back into it? It could reignite that passion! 😊

JustinTheGreat · Answer

I used to perform in parades and do shows when I danced as a kid. I wouldn’t say any of the crowds were huge though

Maybe_Maybe_not · Answer

I recently performed the role of  Prince Hans of the Southern Isles , in front of.. 200 souls? Unlike my stage partner though, I had no costume, no script and not much dancing abilities... Remind me to be wary when spectating live performance for children, these guys recruit people at random, in the middle of the freaking show 🫤

Blunky · Answer

I remember being in a play when I was a little kid wearing a cardboard heart. I forgot my lines so I kicked myself in the head (I wish I was still that flexible) and fell flat on my back. I enjoyed the crowd of laughter. I was pretty much always the class clown after that in school.

sawno · Answer

Wouldnf call it big per say but there was a forced podium event every year at my school where others could sign you up. When people discovered I had a natural talent for beatboxing 5 of them told me they individually signed me up. I knew guaranteed I was gonna be dragged up stage that day so I prepped a small routine involving the festive song and some others. Everyone loved it.

Phoenix98 · Answer

Back when I was doing martial arts and fighting I was in a lot of martial arts tournaments and championships so I've been in some decent crowds.

And I don't know if this counts or not but I've had a lot of stuff I've written be read by people, had some stuff published in a book or two and had something I wrote on the radio. So I suppose in a way the listeners/readers could count as a form of crowd.

OlderAndWiser · Answer

I have performed piano solos, percussion solos, and I have sang solos. Most recently, I sang to my bride when we got married in April 2024.

Red_Arrow · Answer

I was part of a high school band. We marched in major parades and performed at football games. In 1962 we marched and played at the Seattle, Washington World's Fair! So large crowds for various events.

TheRealPepperPotts · Answer

Yes. Ballet. I love to sing, too, but I don't have the confidence to do it in front of people.

DishLady · Answer

Yeah. A lot of different things for work and school and stuff. Some random modeling too. Some days I miss it, some days I thank God it’s all in the past.

Valdemort · Answer

Did theatre performances a few times & once sung at a festival. The crowds weren't too big though, but it was fun.

RingOfFire · Answer

Yeah I was in a few rock bands when I was a teenager and we used to play some concerts. Not the gigantic crowds that the major bands drew but we did pretty well sometimes and had some that had crowds with maybe a thousand people or more.

Jersey2 · Answer

I gave a 2 day presentation to 80 senior Japanese executives through several interpreters. It went extremely well and the entertainment and hospitality I was shown was unbelievable. I have spoken to bigger groups but that was most memorable.

Kreneman · Answer

Yes I have because I am a musician. I have sing, rap, and a played a musical instrument in front the whole school and amateur crowds back in my days.

BCRanger10 · Answer

Yes. I performed an awesome guitar solo at my high school's battle of the bands as a guest spot.

FunkyMonkee · Answer

Thousands of times. Mostly with my band but also in school plays and working on the magic show a few years ago as well as some t. v., video and movie appearances.

NathanDavis · Answer

yep...

lorenzomichael · Answer

Yeah I have. My friends and I started a rock band (ROCK HARD) in HS I played guitar and we played in front of the entire school everyone dug what we were doing. Me and our drummer Robbie went on to form a new band later on and now play a lot of clubs in our spare time. It’s still cool and a lot of fun.

fish5505_87 · Answer

In between baseball and football, I was the mascot for our basketball team in high school my senior year. I used to perform with the cheerleaders and walk through the crowd in the gym, maybe 100-200 people at most.

Does that count? I didn't think so!

DJB72 · Answer

I was a dancer for 16 years and I've sung a few gigs. I've also done a fair bit of preaching in churches

chrissykerdock · Answer

i sang up to 250 people not too many times about 10 still they were performances

Apulu_backagain · Answer

I was in my school's choir group as the pianist and performed few times.

lightbulb27 · Answer

yea, not by myself... you should have heard the off note I made.

exitseven · Answer

I used to have to present new products to about 60-70 people. Some of the presentations lasted an hour.

abc3643 · Answer

I've taught classes that had about 50+ college students. Does that count?

AviatorTom · Answer

As a 5yo, I was on a TV game show, in front of a studio audience. Contestants had to guess how many pieces of candy I could pick up in one hand.

During my career, I have often trained moderate sized groups of around 20 people.

DancingQueen16 · Answer

I performed in a couple of plays when I was still in school

DrPepper12 · Answer

Most was 150-200 but put on a show for 130 teenagers 5 days a week for 20 school years so yeah...

Miah06 · Answer

Yes. My biggest thing i did wasn't basketball. I know surprise surprise. It was track. Actually was flown to Australia to compete

FreyaRed · Answer

On stage. I walked few times in embarrassing clothes. I dance often but not on stage and my audience is rather aroused than fascinated.

12karen · Answer

School dance performances and basketball games yes...

najekim · Answer

Used to be part of t rock band. Did concerts and street festivals back when. Largest crowd was around 8000.

Nikki1989 · Answer

I did a public speaking course, which included talking in front of some decent sized audiences.

LiamJHayden · Answer

A few hundred with various bands but never something like a stadium or festival.

AydenHazor · Answer

I'm part of a dance group that performed now and it's a lot of fun!

Miristheiss · Answer

No, not big crowds. Moderate sized crowds, 100-1000 people. I played varsity basketball in high school and I was in some school plays.

CubaPirate · Answer

Bandeoke, ( that's like karaoke but singing in front of a live band) on a cruise ship in front of a few hundred people if that could

rachel776 · Answer

that's my entire job

nawtee_me · Answer

I once had sex with a girl out in the open during a concert, does that count as a performance? lol

beefcakebradybatson · Answer

Hard as it is to believe, I'm a black man who can't dance.

Aiko_E_Lara · Answer

In middle school but not solo. I joined an ensemble

Wayneg89 · Answer

That depends on your definition of "big crowd". Lol

Finchie40 · Answer

Yes, I played bass for some local rock bands when I was younger and played a bunch of shows

Joshydavid25 · Answer

Yeah, I've done a play in front of a decent sized crowd, and a few things in school.. A little dancing too when I was in church..

IslaTheWitch · Answer

speaking on tech conferences :D

Immedamn · Answer

I've had sex in front of a stranger with my boyfriend a couple times does that count

Drumlin2001 · Answer

School choir. More recently, apart from training at work, a best man speech.

Jennz6 · Answer

I dance 💃 but not a big crowd, maybe 150 people on a busy night 💃💯

SunnyRS · Answer

I used to sing on stage when I was younger, so if that is something you consider a performance luv, then yes I have.

zagor · Answer

Not since an 8th grade play in front of the school.

Babygirl_S · Answer

Singing and dancing in school

MisterWack · Answer

Never in my life and it would terrify me.

Brandi555 · Answer

No. I would definitely die. 😳

Maria9_ · Answer

I was 7 they laugh haven’t since.

RedInnocent69 · Answer

Yeah, maybe 15,000 as part of a chorus

strateguy632 · Answer

The school play!

CallmeRuby02 · Answer

Does it count when, as a class, we sang? When I was about 6?

clampfan101 · Answer

Not even in the shower. lol

KittygosMeoWW · Answer

Dancing

SomeDudeGuy · Answer

Yes; in primary school though

jimmy2 · Answer

Yes preaching

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