(02-19-2013, 01:41 PM)Swansteel Wrote: I always feel a little bad for Pia. She is a pretty girl and seems to be a very nice one. She just doesn't project much charisma onstage and almost comes across as invisible. Haley, on the other hand, is electric up there and draws your attention right to her. Some people just have it.
(02-19-2013, 01:39 PM)Tusk Wrote: (02-19-2013, 01:28 AM)Swansteel Wrote: ^I was at that San Jose show!!
Then consider it my Bday present to you, Happy Bday Swan 
Thank you, Tusk! 
Sir SwanSteel (oops, I'm going to have to come up with a different way of addressing you -- the acronym isn't -- umm -- desirable; I'll work on it
), Happy birthday to you!
You're right. Pia is a beautiful, young woman with an extraordinary voice who never comes across as comfortable when she performs. Which is unfortunate for all, particularly her, since singing seems to be what she wants to do.
On the other hand, Haley just loves being in front of an audience, and -- funniest thing?? -- it happens to be a reciprocal arrangement.
One of the reasons that I'm so interested in Haley's success is that I grew up knowing someone (she is the trumpet teacher I've mentioned in other threads, but, actually, she's filled many roles in my life, the most important of which is a dear friend) who also had that same kind of action/reaction with an audience. My friend didn't have the opportunity that Haley's had, so as I follow and hope for Haley's success, I also ache a little for my friend. (And, folks, it truly is a friend -- not me. I was excruciatingly shy, so would probably would have rather had something like a root canal without benefit of pain killers, than have the type of interaction with an audience that Haley and my friend engage in with such ease.)
