[img]541|left|Carter Dewberry||no_popup[/img]Who said you can’t have your cake and eat it, too? At least in one case, I dare to disagree.
I had feared that I would not have any audience this past weekend for my concert scheduled for Sunday at 2 p.m. (For those of you who missed last week’s essay, I had lamented unknowingly pitting my concert against the Super Bowl.) I need not have fretted. We had a good crowd for the performance. And we were done in time for people to run to their Super Bowl parties and catch the kickoff.
So much for deciding whether to eat or save the cake. My audience knew better. Even I (who stayed for the reception and had to pack up all my gear) had left in time to see the halftime festivities and second half… plenty of time.
Illusions
Now I ask myself, where else do I set up these needlessly competitive situations? While it is true that some situations are win or lose (as with the Super Bowl), so many times there is room for both sides to gain or for me to have a bit of both worlds.
As I look at different areas in my life, I will remember how much energy I wasted this past week with worry about attendance for my performance… when I could have been having fun with the process.
Ms. Dewberry, an accomplished cellist, completed her DMA in Chamber Music Performance from UCLA in December 2005. She received her MM in Cello Performance from UCLA in June 2002 and her B.M. in Cello Performance from Western Michigan University in April 1998. She also holds a B.A. in French with a minor in Women's Studies and Philosophy.
Her website is www.carterdewberry.com
She may be contacted at carter@carterdewberry.com
