Hello everyone!
Sorry that this is a little late in coming. Life has been a bit crazy these past few days, what with traveling, studying for finals, and getting ready to GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE in a few weeks (!) As promised, though, here's my post about the two auditions I mentioned in my last post, as well as one I had about a week ago.
I want to start by telling you about the second audition I had, because out of the three I'm going to talk about, it's the one I consider to be the weakest. It started out like any normal audition. I got to the building, signed in, and started warming up to dance. I'll admit, there were several factors about this audition that made me feel nervous. The first is that I don't think I've ever been a room with so many people the same size as me. Normally when I go in for auditions, I'm one of if not the shortest girls in the room. I never thought of that as advantage...until now, that is.
At auditions, you're always trying to stand out and get noticed. And as much as I hate to admit it, being the shortest girl in the room does kind of make me stand out in a bunch of "normal sized" hopefuls. This time, however, everyone was of pretty equal height. Self doubt kicked in pretty fast, and unfortunately, I don't think it completely went away. We were all asked to dance first, and without saying too much, I didn't feel the best about it. Not because I felt like I royally screwed up or anything, but...yeah. It just wasn't my best.
After that happened, some of the people in my group were asked to stay to sing. I was not one of them. When something like that happens, it means that you didn't get offered the job. Kind of a "thanks but no thanks" situation. :( But, this brings me to my next audition, the one I had done earlier that day. This audition went much better. In fact, I wrote in my audition book that this was one of the best auditions I had done in a while. I got to sing first, which always puts me in a good place. Why? Because if there's one thing I know I can impress someone with, it's my singing voice. (Not to toot my own horn.) I read two monologues after that, and I was proud that I didn't forget any of the words or screw up horribly. The people behind the table were also really nice, which also helped a lot. Unfortunately, I wasn't offered a callback, which also means that I wasn't hired. Strike two.
The third and final audition I did also went really well. This one was all singing, which, to be honest, I felt the most comfortable with. I guess that makes sense, though, considering I've only been studying voice for the past four years. :P I also was asked to sing one of my favorite songs at this audition, and got a lot of positive feedback from the people behind the table too. ...That's why it sucks that I didn't get offered a job. This rejection out of all them hurt the most, especially since it means that I have to go back home now for the summer. I wish I could say that I was more optimistic about this, but then I'd be lying. Oh well.
So, that's that. Three strikes. I'm not exactly happy about this, but I guess now I have a whole summer to audition for things. That's good, right? Guess we'll see.
Until next post.
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