The audition from hell
SOooo today....
I found out there were Sound Of Music auditions at the SRT for Prescott Park this summer. So i make my appointment. And liek always, i'm not totally prepared the day of the audition. I printed out three resume's and they all got water on them so the ink ran on the important parts. i had no headshot. i had no monologue. great. just NOT a good way to start it off. OH! AND! i had barely any voice because of...whatever reason my body decided to hate me.
So i go to the audition. And let me just say it's soooo much better when you can't hear the other people go. because then to YOU, YOURE the best singer...as far as you know andd its great. so this phantom of the opera chick goes on with a killer voice and killer monologue and of COURSE! i had to go on after her. when she was done i was like....well..see ya later!
so i go on. and there are all these new faces around me and i realized...it was the big time this time because im used to auditioning for people that ive known forever and for people that i can be goofy in front of and do anything for. this was a lot more foprmal and i wasnt used to that. i wasnt dresssed my best. i wasnt prepared. so anyways..
i sing my slow song. you cant even hear the sound becuase of how bad i lost my voice. it was just air. great. that sucked. so then i do my saultry "Roxie" and i acted it out well..for the intro..then when i had to sing my first notes...i didnt sing on key. so im like "oh! dear can i start over..sorry" so they say okay ( remember there are like 8 people in the audience right now)so i do it and the whole time people have smiles on their face. im like alright whatever but it still sucked because of my voice. i say thank you and walk out.
i hit the stairs and start BALLING my eyes out. i screwed it up! i shouldn't have come! there is no way that im staying for the dance call! all these girls and gay guys are prima ballerina's like dali said..and its just like..fuck this.
so i walk out and im about to go call dan and go cry to dali when i see this kid who played RIFFRAFF in RHPS and i was liek oh hi bla bla bla and then i was like well i just messed it all up so im leaving and he was like well thats shitty. that's jsut proving nothing. youre taking the easy way out bla bla. i was like ugh,,but and hes liek no i think you shoulld stay i really do. and i was like yeah hes right fine whatever. so i go in and i call dan to bring me my sweatpants and i start balling my eyes out again...and then i called my mom and i mean my eyes were turning green because i was crying so hard. and so i stay.
the beginning of the dance is easy and long tory short.......the tears dried up and the smile came up. i was having fun..knoing i wasnt going to get anything whatever!ill just look like i love it and wahtever. so im smiling and getting into it and whatever. so it ends and im putting on my shoes and getting ready to put my jeans back on and this guy is like, "i have a list of people i want to callback for West Side Story" is there anyoen that cant stay longer. i was like well i know im not on that list so whatever im not raising my hand ( i had to go to my g-mas birthday party anyways so whatever) and he was like alright well shes got the list and the girls are at 430 and the guys 300. so as im packing up the woman looks around sees me and goes okay amanda...and points to me..... :o "um excuse me! are you sure you got the right amanda?" she holds my arm and says its amanda dane dont worry huni. i was like.... :o hahaha WHAT?!!!!
so i get to the callback. West Side Story dancing. Seen the movie? yeah it was that. it was like 12 count updownstandturnkickjazzhands....blablalbalbla
i thought i had run like three miles and not given up. i sweating balls and sucking at the dancing. the guys were so much better than me(oh i went at 3 with the guys because i had to go to the gma party) i was like weezing and whatever. at that point i was like yeah. im NOT getting a part at all. but i had fun. i learned some dancing things so..
yeah thats my story of today!