Rocky Auditions
Leigh, Danny, Magnolia and I met up with Kevin and Chris Bowen and some of Kev's pals from work, amongst others from past shows to audition for The Rocky Horror Show. Bob Dean, mega jerk, was there, trying to run the entire operation as usual. He about took all the fun out of auditions, he audidioned guys and girls separately, had EVERYONE sing Hot Patootie, which is Eddie's song, and did not allow anyone not auditioning to be there. So, we all had to sing a song, written for a tenor male, which made it soprano for the females. Not all of us could sing that high, and we weren't given the option of which octave we wanted like we did last time. We had to dance a bit to The Time Warp and that was kinda fun. Just like last time, we had to dance around with strange props. I first had a hot pink kitty with a scary plastic face, Mags had a golden pineapple that was huge, and Kevin had a paper mache conch shell. We then switched and I had a book, yes a book, so instead of dancing I pretended to read it, and walked around with it on my head, pausing to shake my booty, then I had a deflated water baloon thing, for headaches, so I pluged my ear, put it on my head, and just stood there.
All the girls had to sing Hot Patootie, and do scales to check for range. I think Tracy and I had the widest range, hers went higher, mine lower. Then they had everone read, I was the last to read, because I put down that I wasn't seeking a role, just wante to be the Usherette, but I ended up reading with Chris McVey. We did the show together last time, and it was fun getting to read with him. The director called for the readings to get more physical right before she called for Chris and i to go back. Kevin yelled out, "You're a hot dog, but you better not try to hurt her!" It was hilarious.
Leigh and Danny spent hours waiting for Mags and I at State Line, we went there after auditions and had drinks and free hot wings. Sitting at the bar was a girl that Kevin and I did Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat with. We didn't speak, just exhanged glances.
We walked around downtown for a while and finally drove home. To liven up the car ride I tried to do the whole, "I'm going on vacation and along with me I'm taking an Afgan thing. It was Magnolia's turn and she said, "I'm going on vacation and along with me I'm taking an Afgan and a knife." I told her it was supposed to start with a B, and she said, "Oh, then I'm taking a banana...............knife." The car broke out into eardrum piercing laughter, and Laigh said, "What about a butter knife, " I said, "I was thinking Butterfly Knife but those are good too." Leigh said, "I think a butter knife and a banana knife probably do the same thing." It may have been one of those situations where you had to be there to find it funny, but man in was a good laugh.
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All the girls had to sing Hot Patootie, and do scales to check for range. I think Tracy and I had the widest range, hers went higher, mine lower. Then they had everone read, I was the last to read, because I put down that I wasn't seeking a role, just wante to be the Usherette, but I ended up reading with Chris McVey. We did the show together last time, and it was fun getting to read with him. The director called for the readings to get more physical right before she called for Chris and i to go back. Kevin yelled out, "You're a hot dog, but you better not try to hurt her!" It was hilarious.
Leigh and Danny spent hours waiting for Mags and I at State Line, we went there after auditions and had drinks and free hot wings. Sitting at the bar was a girl that Kevin and I did Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat with. We didn't speak, just exhanged glances.
We walked around downtown for a while and finally drove home. To liven up the car ride I tried to do the whole, "I'm going on vacation and along with me I'm taking an Afgan thing. It was Magnolia's turn and she said, "I'm going on vacation and along with me I'm taking an Afgan and a knife." I told her it was supposed to start with a B, and she said, "Oh, then I'm taking a banana...............knife." The car broke out into eardrum piercing laughter, and Laigh said, "What about a butter knife, " I said, "I was thinking Butterfly Knife but those are good too." Leigh said, "I think a butter knife and a banana knife probably do the same thing." It may have been one of those situations where you had to be there to find it funny, but man in was a good laugh.
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