Esta Soy Yo!
Last Tuesday, I had to make a performance of singing with 4 friends due to activity assessment of Spanish. It was a nice time to prepare for the activity and to know my friends better. But it was not easy since I also had to do other requirements of quizzes and homework. But I have learned things that I would never learn from a book.
The title of our song was Esta Soy Yo which means, “this is me!”. The song starts with cheerful and sweet melodic voice, saying Esta Soy Yo. When I first heard that song, I fell in love immediately. It was so catchy and refreshing that we all together picked the song to sing. The first day we had chosen this song, we all dismissed to have time to get familiar with the song and memorize some of the lyrics for almost 1 week. During the week, I listened repeatedly and searched for translated lyrics to understand the song better. The lyrics were so impressive that I totally got hooked up by the song. To shortly introduce, it was about expressing oneself; trying to keep own judgments-regardless of what the world oppresses. Such that: “They say I am a book without any plot” “And this is me!”.
As the time passed, we met to divide own parts to sing and make some movements on the stage. First of all, we set our concept of performance: Acapella. We piled up some harmonious sounds of alto and soprano. It was greatly successful that it brought the effect of emphasizing and raising the effect of impression of saying “This is me!”. I have taken the part of alto, and I tried my best not to get astray of my note. We separated some parts and sang again and again. When I was singing, I felt like four of us are one with the melody. I was truly into the sound, beat that I sincerely sang from my heart with a big smile. Also, it felt like the lyrics were going through my soul that I unlocked the prison of rules and expressed myself as “This is me!”.
Day by day, we got closer to the end of preparation with better ideas and performance. Our harmony was almost perfect and beautiful that our friends who heard our singing praised us for pretty harmony. Our small movements and positioning got more natural. Even there were other people around, who were also practicing for the performance; we were all proud and confident that we sing loud and moved as we wanted. The melody and lyrics had embraced all our souls. We enjoyed the time made of music.
On the stage, we did nice performance; However, I can’t be satisfied. I wasn’t as brave as when we were practicing that I could not raise my voice enough for my alto part. I also lost the point of note sometimes. I also wanted to smile on the stage but I guess I was strained that I couldn’t smile from the deep inside. Someday, I want to be a person who can express everything on the stage no matter what the response is. Just like the lyrics, Esta soy yo.
Now! Take a hear(?) at it!
Oh, wow! I still remember when we were on the auditorium stage! Though it was hard and stressful to memorize and practice the song about a week before the final, I am really content with the good stage and good result.:) We were the most harmonious team, weren't we?
답글삭제Miss Kim's approach to learning Spanish seems pretty innovative and fun. The song is pretty catchy. If you like this genre and sound in Spanish, check out "Shakira"
답글삭제http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPWzZ_bbEZE
Good little essay.