Confessions of a Backup Dancer by Tucker Shaw

Author:Tucker Shaw
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Published: 2004-09-25T04:00:00+00:00

that was darcy at the door. she said she’s freaking out about tomorrow. she said she never gets used to doing shows, she’s always convinced she’s gonna screw things up, she hates the bolero jackets in carpe diem, her hair gets stuck in her mike, what if those asymmetrical skintight white 80s jeans in the third section split up the back just like Jessica Simpson’s did that one time in New York and that other time in Albany and everyone sees my ass, what if everyone’s right and i really CAN’T sing, etc. etc.

she went on for like 30 minutes.

I was like damn! she gets stage fright! and I realized that whatever pressure I’m feeling, she probably feels even more. I felt for her. if I were her I would have needed a best friend right about then. so I went into best-friend mode. actually I went into coach mode. I was like girl you can *DO* this. you’ve been working so hard. dude you know this stuff! and not only that you told me yourself that once you get onstage in front of an audience you turn it up ten times higher and you always surprise yourself. you are gonna kill it tomorrow night!

thanks, she said. But you don’t know what it’s really like.

I go maybe I don’t know what it’s like to be the star, but this is my first big show ever, and I happen to be TERRIFIED. so I kinda DO know what it’s like.

she goes “you? why would you be scared? you have it easy! you know what you’re doing! you’re way more talented than I am! you’re a total natural! trust me, don’t worry about it being your first show ever. you are the least likely of anyone to fuck it up, believe me! I’m not kidding. I know things like this. besides no one’s coming to see you anyway. no one really cares about you. they’re coming to see me. paying to see me. it’s a lot of pressure.”

I heard myself saying “you won’t fuck up” but I was really thinking, urn, was that supposed to be a compliment? and why are we talking about you again? but I just kept breathing and smiling at her.

then she goes “oh I almost forgot do you want anything on the rider contract?” I was like what’s the rider contract. and she goes it spells out what we get backstage, like food and stuff. Then she handed me this paper. here’s some of it. I had to read it over like two or three times before I really started to understand how ill it really is. check it out.

It’s Darcy!!

The Darcy Barnes World Tour 2003

Technical Rider Contract

Item 7

Furniture and Settings for Darcy Hangout Room (not to be confused with Darcy Dressing Room) (1-2 people)

Three six-foot couches, two easy chairs, odor-free carpeted floor, large coffee table, two floor lamps, six folding chairs, cushioned. Please dress room up to make it feel like “home.” (We encourage you to

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