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Back to Stories Have you ever been in a show when something went wrong? What happened? How did you deal with it?
One time when my cheer team and I were doing a mount, I was tossed up, and instead of landing flat in their arms, I did a front flip, and landed on my feet... to the audience, it looked awesome, but to my teammates, it was embarrassing!

-Ashley, age 13

 
Once I was playing piano at a recital,and all of a sudden I forgot my notes and had a memory lapse. I went on and pretended nothing happened and it turned out to be ok.

-Jennifer, age 10

 
Once I was in a talent show and a boy in my class went up to a parent and said something was wrong it was that I was singing a song a boy sings and I was so nervous that I was bearly singing and no one could hear me so it sounded like I was saying I think she likes me.

-Jessica, age 10

 
I was in a play and we were singing and I accidentally sang the wrong verse.But I just kept on singing.I felt sorry for myself.

-Elizabeth, age 11

 
Once in a class play I kept talking slow cause you know stage fright and I even forgot some of my lines but my friends whispered them to me

-Echo, age 10

 
Well once during a show I was the narrorator and i had the peoples lines in my hand. So i was reading stuff during the public show and it was getting towards the end and I was reading and it was time for someone to say their line. I was waiting and my teacher thought i was supposed to read so she kept on saying sophia hurry up. I got emmbaressed and people started getting reall emmbaresed. I was so mad. {and embaressed}

-Sophia, age 8

 
Once on my big day of taking a picture for the last day of school, I tripped on the stairs that led to the stage and was laughed at by all my best friends.They called me clumbsy and stupid.They even called me a moron. It made me feel sad. But then they did the same thing, I didn't laugh because I knew it was wrong. I felt proud of my self fo doing the right thing.

-Nikki, age 10

 
When I was in a Bowling tournament, I threw the ball back, and it slipped out of my hand and hit someone in the leg. I was so embarrassed. And what was so not cool,was that I had stepped on the foul line.

-Destiny, age 11

 
I was once in a play where i forgot my lines and everyone laughed but i ignored them.

-Ellen, age 8

 
Once I was in a play and my mom taped flowers on my dress and during the play they kept falling off.

-Reema, age 10

 
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