I can do this!
As part of my mission to change my worldview from ‘the Singing Librarian sucks’ to something rather more positive, this post is a record of some of my achievements – apparently, I’m rather too good at downplaying them. So in some ways, the post is more for me than it is for anyone who might happen to read it. Normal service will be resumed shortly, potentially consisting of musings on rehearsals, an examination of why I like Cabaret and some gushing about modern theatrical composers. But for the moment, there’s this.
I can sing. I can act. I may not be a dancer, but I can remember routines very well indeed.
Sometimes, talking about my hobby (which is really more than that, as I pour so much of my time and energy into it), people will ask about the roles I play and comment that I must be good to get so many good parts. I tend to shrug this off – in the circles where I move, men who are willing and available to perform are few and far between, and even fewer of those can carry a tune. The proof of the pudding is in the eating. And the proof of the casting is in the performing. I hate to watch myself perform, so I now turn to others for proof that this is something I am good at.
The Singing Librarian Talks 