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Chapter 22 Performance

Whenever I open my past memories, I always turn on my music player, click on the song "Anhe Bridge", and take out the score at the bottom of my luggage, as if everything in the past is in front of my eyes.

Those rehearsal days, that young man singing on stage...

It was the first band in my life, the first time I adapted songs in my life, the first time I arranged the music myself, and the first time I showed my singing voice to nearly a thousand people on stage.

The subsequent rehearsals were just like a daily routine, originally once a week, then twice a week. We rehearsed the songs together while discussing the next plan. Gradually, I fell in love with this collective feeling, and I was also excited about the next step.

They have plans for the development of the band. Although they discussed it, the final direction has to be decided by me. After all, I am the founder of this band.

Time passed little by little, and finally it was time to rehearse before the competition. Because we are the first folk band in the history of the school. The previous bands were mainly rock music, and such bands did not have very high requirements for musicians.

You can play just a few strums, and the fast tempo can cover up the loopholes of almost any musician. But ballads are different. Not only is the tempo slow, it doesn’t give the musicians the opportunity to make mistakes in their performance, but more importantly, it needs to create a sense of performance.

Stage effects require everyone to be involved and have full emotions, first to impress themselves, and secondly to impress the audience. And we can do just that.

Even before the rehearsal, the news about our band had spread throughout the school, so on the day of the rehearsal, the audience was almost full, and there were people even outside the door. It was then that I realized that this song was really good.

It was very popular. Everything went according to my wishes. There were six stools, six microphones, and the spotlight came on after taking the stage... After some debugging, all the preparations were finally completed.

When we got there, there were a lot of people participating, and the person in charge basically didn’t give the others much time to perform, but that day, we were the only ones in the audience who finished the repertoire.

The audience all took out their mobile phones and recorded our program completely, immersed in the beauty just now. But I searched everywhere on the stage, but I couldn't find Jingxue. Didn't she know that today

Rehearsal? I told her, she must be too busy, or maybe there are other things... Although it is not a formal performance, the applause still represents everything, we will definitely win

!They are all happy and full of confidence, but I am not as happy as them.

That night, I told her our results today on QQ. She did not reply me quickly, but she also expressed a kind of appreciation and encouragement among friends.

Li. "Then will you come tomorrow?" I sent her a direct message and asked her. Not long after, the QQ prompt sounded, with only one word, "Yes". I remember that all my doubts seemed to have dissipated.

I immediately ran to the closet and started looking for clothes to wear tomorrow. What should I wear? The song I performed was Anheqiao, and the filming was finished in the afternoon. They had to wear dark colors to create a quiet atmosphere. I

After thinking for a long time, I finally took out the black overalls I bought not long ago, a turtleneck black sweater, a black down vest, and a gray hat on the back. After rummaging for a long time, I found it.

A pair of glasses with large black frames, then I went to get a nice haircut, and took a shower before I finally calmed down.

When the day of the competition arrived, we players all came very early, and naturally my band was among the first to arrive. After finishing the piano, I took my mobile phone and sat in the waiting area of ​​the actors while reading the messages on my mobile phone.

, while looking towards the audience from time to time, looking for her figure.

Everything is for you, your favorite song, your favorite ballad, don’t you want to hear me sing it to you? I will sing it to you seriously today.

The auditorium was gradually filled with people, the curtain came down, the spotlight on the stage was ready, and everything was about to begin. But she hadn't come yet, and she didn't reply to my message.

She came back, she promised me! She likes this song so much!

She is already on the way, wait a minute...

The host has appeared and has finished his opening speech, "Now I announce that the competition has officially begun!"

The screen on the phone is still black. Did I miss her message? The signal may not be very good on this stage. It will probably be received in a while.

She should have arrived at the door and came in immediately...

"The final score of contestant No. 4 is 8.6 points! Applause goes to contestant No. 5 for his wonderful performance. Please prepare for contestant No. 6!" It's our turn. We picked up the instruments and were doing the final tuning. The audience

Still can't find her in the seat, she must be here! Just sit in that seat!

Is she here? I asked myself over and over again before going on stage.

She's here! I comforted myself on stage over and over again.

The host's speech had already begun, and the staff motioned for us to come on. I closed my eyes and walked quietly to the center of the stage.

It's so quiet! Where are all the audience in the audience? There are nearly a thousand people. Where's their applause? I opened my eyes, and there was darkness. A huge red curtain was slowly unfolding in front of my eyes, and a spotlight shone on it.

in my face, applause spread, I stood up, bowed with my band, and danced

The six stools on the stage were arranged in an arc. I sat in the center of the arc, holding the microphone tightly in my right hand.

The cello played, the African drum, the clarinet, then the guitar and bass. All the sounds were as perfect, orderly and melodious as they had been rehearsed countless times before.

She came and sat in the audience. This was the last thing I told myself before I closed my eyes and started singing.

"Let me look at you again, from south to north, like eyes blinded by the Fifth Ring Road; please tell me again about that day, the girl holding the box, and the man wiping sweat."

"Let me have another taste, the wine of autumn, it will not take long to drive all the way south; let me listen again, the most beautiful line, you are home, I am waiting for you." The cello began its most beautiful

The playing, long notes, vibrato vibrato, sliding leisurely, brought me back to the vastness again.

I know she didn't come, I didn't hear her voice, it was too quiet.

I raised my head, tears fell from my cheeks, and the spotlight became extremely dazzling again, "I know that those summers, like youth, can't be returned, and what replaces dreams is just reluctance; I know that this world,

There are too many regrets every day, so hello and goodbye”

So hello, bye...bye...

The clarinet slowly dimmed and disappeared in the last repeated long note. Together with the overtones of the guitar and the vibrato of the cello, all the performances came to an end. I opened my eyes on the stage, and the tears still stopped.

It keeps flowing, and the strange thing is that I can see them shouting and clapping their hands in praise, but I just can't hear anything, just like Beethoven after his success in writing the "Symphony of Destiny"

, still standing on the stage feeling overwhelmed and sad, I stood up and bowed politely to express my gratitude until the stage ended...

Everyone was talking about our band. Yes, we became popular from that day on. Many fans even wanted to add us on WeChat. But I didn’t care. We won first place in that competition, and I didn’t even want to go.

Showing off, because of that game, has lost its meaning.

She didn't come.

I waited until everyone had left after the game, and I didn't wait for her to show up. I just remember that it was very late that day, and she told me on QQ that something had happened and she was very sorry.

I suppressed the flood of words in my heart and replied to her, "It's okay" with a silly smile.
Chapter completed!
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