['I remember when I was in 8th grade, I had to sing the national anthem at my middle school graduation in front of hundreds of students and parents', 'It must have been nerve wracking! Did you do well?', 'I was so nervous that I actually started choking up! Good thing people thought it was the microphone malfunctioning!']
Ha! When in doubt, just blame it on the microphone!
I remember when I was in 8th grade, I had to sing the national anthem at my middle school graduation in front of hundreds of students and parents