Since 6th grade, I have done every show my district preformed. Now, seven years and ten shows later, after doing both cast and crew; I stood on that stage and took my final bow.
I went in a kid, and came out an adult. When you swing your arms in the air with your darling, and with the people you've known since elementary in one final act of hurrah, you can't help but cry. Even though I was never anyone important.
Something compelled me to listen to 'My Way' by Frank Sinatra while I made this bow, and it broke my heart to turn back to my friends and be hugged so fiercely as the crux of the song played.
Thank you to every friend, director, crew member, cast mate, sound person, techie, sponsor and who ever else it concerns. You changed lives.
"𝙾𝙽𝙴 𝙵𝙾𝚁 𝙰𝙻𝙻 𝙰𝙽𝙳 𝙰𝙻𝙻 𝙵𝙾𝚁 𝙾𝙽𝙴!" - 𝙾𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝙰𝚕𝚕, 𝙽𝚎𝚠𝚜𝚒𝚎𝚜 || 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝙸 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚎𝚍.
"𝙸𝚏 𝙸 𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚠- 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝙸 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠, 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚌𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚋 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙲𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚜." - 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝙽𝚘𝚠, 𝙱𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚕𝚎𝚓𝚞𝚒𝚌𝚎 || 𝙼𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕.
"𝚃𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚍." 𝙱𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝙹𝚊𝚗𝚎 𝙳𝚘𝚎, 𝚁𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚢𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚎 || 𝙼𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚕 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚖𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚊.
