wisewoman wrote:One embarrassing moment for me was when I was singing "O Holy Night" at a church we were new-ish at. I didn't know to switch the microphone on (not all of them have that switch), so my first two lines were accompanied by desperate eye-language to the people at the soundboard, who just as desperately pantomimed back to turn the mike over and flip the switch. Which I did. I proceeded as usual but the zest was gone from the performance.
I used to just stand there like an idiot and blush when stuff like that happened. But eventually I figured if everyone was laughing at me I might as well throw another log on the fire and get a few more chuckles than normal. So if that happened to me I'd have probably made a comical Grinch face at the pantomimers and then at the conclusion I'd have done a theatrical bow and said aloud in a booming voice "Next show at 10:30!"