"Sarah!" I heard someone yell. "Do something!"

I was completely frozen in my spot on the stage as I glared into the enormous audience.

I was ten years old and this was my first dance performance. We were at Granite Bay High School. When my dance class got on stage and the music started, I was too scared to move.

Everyone’s eyes were on me. I scanned the hundreds of people in the audience. All I could hear was the loud music that the rest of my class was dancing to. I had never been this scared in my life. I was shaking so much that I thought my body would fall apart. I wasn’t even able to blink. I just kept my eyes wide open, as I stood looking into the crowd of people.

Soon, I saw the big, red, velvet curtain starting to close. I was so embarrassed. My face was as red as an apple. I ran off the stage as fast as I could, and the rest of my class followed me.

"Why didn’t you do the dance?" asked Lindsay, one of the girls in my dance class.

"I’m really sorry. I got so scared that I just froze." I said, as I was still trembling. "Can we try it again?" I asked.

"Sure." everyone said.

We started walking back out onto the pitch-black stage. I got in my position and when the bright, shinning lights came on and the music started, I did the dance with the rest of my class.

Even though I did the dance perfect the second time, I will always remember it as the day I made a fool of myself.