Before the perfomance took off i had 30 minuites to practice my performance before the area final show, when i was practicing beforehand i made sure i was doing the correct breathing exersizes , breathing in and out from 1 - 27 which is the highest i can reach at the moment , as well at helping with projection it also allowed me to help control my nerves as i was terrified to face the audience and judges, after my breathing exersizes i done my 5 tone scale with lip trills to warm up my vocals then moved on to the 1.5 octave with a ' bah' sound to close my vocal chords which helped me get ready for the sound check and then the actual performance overall it was a great afternoon!