![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
It's done!
Mar. 23rd, 2014 02:58 pmIt's over! The fundraiser is over and I don't have to worry about making any food outside of work if I don't want to! Also, I can start getting sleep again, which I would like to be as easy as it sounds but doesn't seem like it's going to be.
My flying pig went for the minimum bid of $12; I was slightly disappointed, but more relieved that the fundraiser was over. Besides, given my past two donation efforts, I can't say I'm terribly surprised at the results. I imagine that last year's flying pig only got close to the actual selling price of $20 because there was a very minor bidding war involved. I'm going to have to consider very carefully what, if anything, I may want to donate next year.
My cooking show went incredibly well! I got lots of compliments afterwords. Unfortunately, the building's oven, which I had gotten special permission to use, was not up to the task of heating to 350 Fahrenheit in anything like reasonable time, so I did not get to cook my demonstration sausage hedgehogs as I'd planned. I got a lot of (positive) laughs, though, and several people complimented me on my ability to think on the go and still be funny when it turned out that, in my rush to pack and get out the door, I'd grabbed the almond slices rather than the almond slivers. (Something along the lines of, "It seems like my hedgehogs have just come back form the hair stylist.") Another person expressed surprise that it was my first time doing something like that; surely I'd put on some sort of pseudo-cooking show before!
Despite the rush, the oven malfunctioning, and not actually following the script I'd written out ahead of time all that closely, I had a good time doing it. I don't usually have a lot of stage fright issues, but it was a lot more intense to be doing a "solo" act in front of sixty-ish people than just in front of twenty or so that I already know pretty well (school), or as part of a larger group with other people to absorb some of the attention (orchestra, Quire in general). Choosing to put my "show" on in front of the mini-stage rather than on the mini-stage probably didn't help, since it meant I had to look more directly at the audience rather than over the audience, one of my usual tricks for large groups, but there was carpet set up on the mini-stage and the floor in front of it was non-porous; I figured it was better to go with the area that was more easily cleaned and sanitized, in case I dropped something. Something like the raw pork sausage I was working with. Between these factors, I ended up with more of an adrenaline crash than I usually get after performing (speaking, singing, playing viola, etc) in front of people. I suppose part of that is my introvert roots showing through. I did have a great time doing it, though, and I might do it again next year. And hey, now I've got a whole year to plan for it, too!
My flying pig went for the minimum bid of $12; I was slightly disappointed, but more relieved that the fundraiser was over. Besides, given my past two donation efforts, I can't say I'm terribly surprised at the results. I imagine that last year's flying pig only got close to the actual selling price of $20 because there was a very minor bidding war involved. I'm going to have to consider very carefully what, if anything, I may want to donate next year.
My cooking show went incredibly well! I got lots of compliments afterwords. Unfortunately, the building's oven, which I had gotten special permission to use, was not up to the task of heating to 350 Fahrenheit in anything like reasonable time, so I did not get to cook my demonstration sausage hedgehogs as I'd planned. I got a lot of (positive) laughs, though, and several people complimented me on my ability to think on the go and still be funny when it turned out that, in my rush to pack and get out the door, I'd grabbed the almond slices rather than the almond slivers. (Something along the lines of, "It seems like my hedgehogs have just come back form the hair stylist.") Another person expressed surprise that it was my first time doing something like that; surely I'd put on some sort of pseudo-cooking show before!
Despite the rush, the oven malfunctioning, and not actually following the script I'd written out ahead of time all that closely, I had a good time doing it. I don't usually have a lot of stage fright issues, but it was a lot more intense to be doing a "solo" act in front of sixty-ish people than just in front of twenty or so that I already know pretty well (school), or as part of a larger group with other people to absorb some of the attention (orchestra, Quire in general). Choosing to put my "show" on in front of the mini-stage rather than on the mini-stage probably didn't help, since it meant I had to look more directly at the audience rather than over the audience, one of my usual tricks for large groups, but there was carpet set up on the mini-stage and the floor in front of it was non-porous; I figured it was better to go with the area that was more easily cleaned and sanitized, in case I dropped something. Something like the raw pork sausage I was working with. Between these factors, I ended up with more of an adrenaline crash than I usually get after performing (speaking, singing, playing viola, etc) in front of people. I suppose part of that is my introvert roots showing through. I did have a great time doing it, though, and I might do it again next year. And hey, now I've got a whole year to plan for it, too!
