A New Audience

My hands are sweating as I type. I am nervous about tonight's speech for the first time. The reason is because I will be giving a impromptu speech in front of new faces that I have never done a speech in front of before. But because the professor will not be attending class this weekend, she offered the class the opportunity to make up their speeches on a day she will hold class and which is tonight at 6pm.

There are many reasons to be nervous tonight. For one, I will have a different audience than usual. I don't know if this class will be bigger or smaller than my original speech class. But I doubt it is smaller because my usual speech class has only six students plus the professor. Two, just the thought of an impromptu speech is nerve wrecking. Thank goodness, the speech only has to last 1-3 minutes.

I have never done a impromptu speech before and knowing that it is random topics, I can almost guarantee I will stutter or mess up somewhere. I hope the professor doesn't bring her camcorder to video our speeches because that will only make more nervous and embarrassing. I pray this day is over real quick. [sigh]

I guess my only option is to take a deep breath and try not to stare at anyone in the audience. Hopefully my voice doesn't crack.