Oh the things you can do when you have enough confidence
It just goes to show you that you never know unless you try. There were auditions in Rocky Hill this past monday for Connecticut Idol and I decided "Hey what the heck. What do I have to lose?" Sometimes when I decide to do these things I chicken out at the last minute and say "NO I can't do that so I'm not even going to bother trying." But I signed up for an audition time, had the audition, and when i was done they were smiling and clapping and said I should hear something from them soon. At that point I didn't even care if I heard from them, I was just happy that I went through with it. Well, yesterday one of the ladies called me and told me that if I wanted to do it they would love to have me so this means I'm in! I did it. The shows will start on Saturday, July 23 with the next three shows on July 30, August 6 & 13. The final show will be on Saturday, August 20 when the winner will be chosen. One of the first place prizes is to sing at first night in hartford on new year's eve. The thing I'm nervous about is that when the lady called me, she said i'll get information in the mail about meeting times and stuff and something about a list of songs to be sung. That's limited for me...I can't sing too many songs, especially those in a higher range. That doesn't mean i'm going to give up though...it just means i'm going to have to do a lot of training with my voice, do all those exercises I did before when I had voice class in college. Hmmm maybe I can get a hold of Vicki and Scott and ask them to help me out...the former cantor and the former organist at my church. They're both music teachers and I know that at least scott is a voice instructor. OH steph, they're doing another audition on Monday the 27th from 6:30-9:30 i would've told you sooner but I didn't want anyone finding out that i was auditioning in case i didn't make it or in case i got talked out of it...i don't know i'm weird like that, for some reason i thought if i told people i was doing it they'd say...no you don't stand a chance, or i don't think you'll be able to take the criticism. I can give you directions but i tell you one thing it's a pain in the ass to find the place if you don't know your way around too well. Also, i just found out about it like a few days before i auditioned. but if i did it there's definately no doubt in my mind that you'd make it b/c i think you have a better voice than me anyway! the info can be found on http://www.theatrelives.org/connecticutidol.shtml