The problem with expectations is that... when you turn 36 and have not met them you feel like a loser! Ha!
As I watched American Idol over the past two nights and saw that they were doing a Dolly Parton week, I HAD to reminissce about the past!
Dolly has always been one of my favorite artists, people, and celebrities of all time. I remember being a young girl and wanting to be just like Dolly Parton.
Well, I did get my wish in one way, but that's another story! Ha!
I really thought, so many years ago, that I wanted to be a country music star. I recorded some tapes at several of the dozens of "recording studios" in Nashville and Branson. I remember sitting outside the studio waiting for my most recent recording to be piped through the speakers for everyone passing by to hear. The main goal was for the 10 people, who happened to be passing by during the song, to stop and say, "Wow, that was great!!". Of course if you got that kind of response, you were sure to be the next best country STAR!!
How funny it was because ANYONE cold pay their $12 to record a song, have it piped through the speakers for the 10 poor souls that happened to be passing by, and feel like they are a STAR. Well, maybe that wasn't such a bad thing for a teenage girl with dreams of stardom!
What the hell!
Well, I ended up getting voted "Most Talented" by my High School Senior Class (not sure if that was for the singing or acting), got a scholarship to Kilgore College for Acting ($1500.00 - Whew!), got married, had kids, got fat, wear my hair in a ponytail and don't wear much make up. Oh, and I got half of my boobs cut off... So, Dolly Parton, you have no need to worry!! HA!
Needless to say, I never became a country music star, never performed in front of a packed house, never got one of my songs published, and never won a Grammy like I promised in my high school yearbook...
BUT...
When I get the urge to belt out a song (whether it's Patsy Cline, Reba, Dolly or Bette), I belt it out with pride and I can still hear the inkling of a great voice in there somewhere. What's more important, is that my kids think I'm the best singer they ever heard. That's the best award I could have ever hoped for!!
2 comments:
You may have never won a grammy but you have performed in front of packed audiences in Hallsville and I remember a few standing ovations!! You are a winner in my eyes. Too bad they didn't have AI back then. You are never too old to follow those dreams...be it a community type theater or some other outlet. We listen to your recording all the time and are really proud when someone asks who it is and we say .....Our daughter!!!
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