::hugs:: Oh geez, I know that speaking-in-front-of-people fear -- "performance anxiety" is what it is. A trick I picked up back when I was sorta fronting a band is focus on like one or two people; a lot of performance anxiety comes from being overwhelmed by TOO DAMN MANY PEOPLE, so narrowing your focus down to one or two or a handful makes it seem more like a conversation than speaking in front of a mob. ^_^ Practice helps, too, as does having notes to refer to.

YOU CAN DO IT. ::cheerleads::