I would like to echo what Don Firth has posted. Whenever I perform, I feel a strong sense of obligation to the music. I love and respect these songs I sing. That means that I can't allow myself the luxury of being nervous. Being nervous just means that I'm being selfish ... thinking only of myself, rather than the music. Another performers tip: to avoid getting visually hung up on peoples faces, just find two or three areas of the room to focus at. Look at the curtain rod on the left side of the stage, the light switch at the center, and look at the flowers on the right side of the room. Then just rotate your focus around the room, and you'll be amazed how many folks will tell you that they knew you were singing just to them! Works every time. CHEERS, Bob(deckman)Nelson