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"Chookie" <ehrebeniuk@fowlspambegone.com.au> wrote in message
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> Anyone know how to deal with stage fright in a bright 4 1/2 yo?  DS1's
music
> concert is on Sunday and he's saying he doesn't want to go.  I don't want
him
> to be ruled by his fears, but I can hardly drag him up on stage!
> (The performance will take about 3 mins and is plainly just to get them
used
> to performing.)
>
Dunno if it will work on a 4 yo, but this is what I'd do before going onto
stage for anything .... (definitely remember doing this before piano
recitals and speech and drama stuff at 7 yo so it *might* work on a 4 yo)

5 minutes before ... shut eyes, name all the sounds you can hear,
categorising them to inside and outside noises ... bonus points for outside
sounds.

2 minutes before and up to entry onto stage.... clench and unclench every
major muscle group from toes to head.

10 seconds before ... just remember to breathe.

Never had a problem once I got up there so no help for that bit sorry.
Amanda