58 yo female w electric lead aspirations

I love music - all kinds! I have been playing around with an acoustic off and on over 20 years. My skills, as a result, have not grown much. I would really like to stick with it this time. I want to get a Fender stratocaster ax in the near future. My goal is to be ready to play something relatively awesome in time for the church talent show in October. I would really like to blow the wigs back on the youth in our congregation. That would be so sweet! LOL! Last year, our pastor's wife did it with a hip-hop, pop and lock it, street-style dance routine! No, not twerking: Good stuff - like MJ without the crotch grabbing. She's in her mid-30's. She was incredible! Everyone was impressed. I think my radical rock or funk solo will kill 'em. I truly look my age in all aspects (but I am young at heart) so they won't see it coming. LOL! So, this is my motivation to increase my skills.

Sounds like fun! Have you thought about what kind of lead solo you want to perform? For instance, cover someone else's solo/song, make your own... play just by yourself or with some sort of backup?

I don't write music, so that's out. But, our church has a band and a few of the people write music. I might just break out in a solo on one of their songs or for talent show, I was thinking maybe I would just do an already well-known piece like "When the Spirit Says." It has a nice tempo and a bluesy groove to it that would allow for a nice solo, or something by a well known artist like Fred Hammond with the band backing me up. I have a lot of time to get the particulars together. In the meantime, I have to get my basic skills up to par. I might try trading my tambourine in for my acoustic at church from now on, just to get used to playing it there. I don't know. Maybe that will reduce the element of surprise.

you gave us a lot of visuals there, I really like "blow their wigs back", mind if I steal that one? Sounds like you're determined, and a goal like that can really keep you on track, best of luck!