I saw someone I hadn't known well at my high school class reunion Saturday. I told Germaine that I remembered her singing an impressive version of Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time" during the eighth grade vocal music Christmas program and that I'd remembered it because her performance was one of the few things about that program that was well done and went off as it was supposed to.
She replied, "Thank you! Would you mind saying that again for the camera?"
I was happy to oblige. While a friend of Germaine's filmed us, I repeated my compliment. I'd like to think I sounded just as natural the second time around.
It takes courage to sing in public at any age. The up side, however, is that it's incredibly satisfying when you pull it off. Also, in that 1984 fiasco of a Christmas program, a sincere, on-key rendering of "Time After Time" was bound to stand out.
