Performing in Front of People is My Passion and It Always Will Be!!!!!!!!!!!

The title says it all. I want to do this for the rest of my life. Whether it be:
-Singing
-Acting in Theater/Film
-Writing and Reciting Poetry
-Playing the drum set or the taiko
-Performing a monologue/an anecdote or performing a dialogue with another person
I just want to do this forever.
In fact, three years ago, This was my personal statement for all five of my UC (University of California campuses) college applications. Unfortunately, I didn't attend one of those campuses, but this statement will stay true to my heart and I will never let a single person take it away from me. Without further ado, here it is.

Expressing Myself through Art

            When I was a little girl, I had a hard time trying to communicate with others, including my family.  I was making a lot of grammar mistakes, but my family was there for me to correct my mistakes. Communication was a big issue for me when I was little and it still is a big issue for me today. That is why I write down my thoughts first before I speak.  My voice can be heard on the paper, but I don’t want my voice to be heard on the paper, I want my voice to be heard in a different and exciting way. This is where I found my interest in the performing arts and that is why I want to get a degree in Theater Arts. When I put the words that I speak into an art form, I feel so much better about myself. I did just that and singing was the perfect fit for me because singing is my way of expressing myself through my thoughts, feelings, and emotions without any difficulty whatsoever and I really enjoyed it a lot.

            It began when I was in elementary school, my first through third grade special day teacher, Miss Linda Small, encouraged the class to sing along to songs she had lying on top of the piano. Most of them were songs from classic Walt Disney Movies and other songs from the school play productions. I became engaged with singing and I felt that this is what I wanted to do with my life. I got so engaged that I started to appear in school plays; most of them were during the Christmas Season. 

            A few years later, my family and I attended family oriented events that the Okigwe Family Union of Northern California, a Nigerian-based family community, had planned for that day. At the beginning of that event, the children in attendance, including myself, had to sing the national anthems of both the United States of America and Nigeria. I led the children and everyone else in attendance in singing the U.S. national anthem. I enjoyed it so much that I actually did this a few times at different events that the Okigwe Family Union of Northern California had hosted. Now, I figured that performing in front of people is something that I truly wanted to do in life.

            When I was in high school during my sophomore year, I was in choir for a couple of weeks at Rio Linda High. There, I improved my singing skills and found my vocal range. I enjoyed choir so much that I took a few more voice classes. I liked choir, but I wanted to take it to a whole new level. I want to perform.  This was before my family moved from North Sacramento to Rancho Cordova. There I attended Rio Americano High School. During my first year at Rio Americano, I went to see a Reader’s Theater production of “The Clumsy Custard Horror Show.” I was fascinated by the actors that performed in that production and that got me interested in the work of theater. The first audition that I did was for the school’s winter production of “Grease.” That was still during my first year at Rio Americano. I didn’t make the cut, but that was just the beginning. I auditioned for several other plays such as “Picnic,” “Edward Scissorhands,” and “Words & Voices.”  To help me improve my acting skills for the theater arts, I took a couple of acting classes. After that, I kept on auditioning for plays because I didn’t want to give up on my dream of becoming a successful actress. The more plays I auditioned for, the better chances I would have for getting a role in a play.

            Performing in front of people is my passion. It’s my way of getting my thoughts, feelings, and emotions out into the atmosphere.  That is the reason why, I want to continue my education as a Theater Arts major to be able to sing and share the joy I feel to the audience.

 I did audition for several theatrical productions after I wrote this personal statement, but I got rejected to all of them. I was even interested in acting in a student film, but I got rejected once again. I hate being rejected, but I need to learn to live through it and I will NOT let rejection get to me. I will keep on auditioning until I get a single role in a single theatrical production. I am destined and determined to get what I want. And that's what counts.