ups and downs
ive been experiencing some changes in the good and bad in my life recently. im in the Nutcracker with the Albano Ballet and even though i have a simple mouse part in it im really excited because i perform at CCSU one weekend and at Mohegan Sun the following weekend and i know thatll be an experience ill never forget. however, because of this, i'm missing three basketball games and a practice for dance team and we're only allowed to miss one game.
i talked to my coach about it because literally in the past two weeks we've had 6 people quit due to scheduling conflicts for next semester or their grades were lacking. so i told my coach that i dont want to quit but i know its not fair to miss three games, so she said to email her the dates id be missing and she'd think about it. but my guess is that im off the team, which really isnt a huge loss for me because 1. both of my roomates quit because of next semester and they were probably my best friends on the team and 2. i dont really gain anything from dance team. yeah its exercise 4 times a week but i personally would benefit more from being in a ballet production with professional dancers on the Mohegan Sun stage than performing on a basketball court in front of a few hundred students who dont even appreciate what we do.
also, i just got a job at the disney store and we're only allowed to take off two days a month, but i think i can maneuver around the second weekend i have shows. ill just have to switch some shifts and stuff but im not even sure when im working yet because i'm not training until next week so we'll see.
speaking of disney, i had my audition on friday. it was a lot harder than i expected. the video on the website makes it look like a piece of cake and one girl who was picked to be a character performer said "yeah i was so nervous because i have never been to a dance audition before" and i mean if THAT girl can get a job, im hoping i can too. there were 62 people that came to audition and i was number 3 so i was in the first group to audition. but first we learned a few 8 counts to "we're all in this together" and practiced pantemiming seeing our favorite character and then ordering a snack. we ended up auditioning in front of one woman and the choreographer did the dance with us. after we did the dance twice, they let me know that i needed to stay for the advanced choreography auditions! so i waited until all the other groups went and then they called those of us that were left for the advanced dance. there were only 8 of us that got chosen for this and this dance was hard. we learned it and auditioned it in about 20 minutes and the first time i did it in front of the judge, i messed up completely and the dance is so fast i couldnt get back on track before the end, but the second time i nailed it and then we had to do it twice more while being video taped which i dont think i messed up at all for that. so finally it was the end and they told us we'd hear in 2-3 weeks, but really that means a week or so after their last audition stop which is on November 15th because then they go back to disney and look at all the results and deliberate.
i felt okay about the audition, i definitely felt better about the first dance than the second dance, mostly because i had more time to practice it. but i feel, with both dances that could i have made things bigger and sharper and smiled more, but ill always feel that way about every dance i do. so hopefully what i did was enough to show them that i deserve to be in a show or a parade. i honestly doubt ill be one of those furry characters that walks around signing autographs because there were 56 other people at that audition that can do that, but i really will not know anything until i get that email. im trying not to think about it, but i guess getting a job at the disney store is not gonna help keep my mind off the subject.
so expect an entry around november 25th letting you know the good or bad news.
i talked to my coach about it because literally in the past two weeks we've had 6 people quit due to scheduling conflicts for next semester or their grades were lacking. so i told my coach that i dont want to quit but i know its not fair to miss three games, so she said to email her the dates id be missing and she'd think about it. but my guess is that im off the team, which really isnt a huge loss for me because 1. both of my roomates quit because of next semester and they were probably my best friends on the team and 2. i dont really gain anything from dance team. yeah its exercise 4 times a week but i personally would benefit more from being in a ballet production with professional dancers on the Mohegan Sun stage than performing on a basketball court in front of a few hundred students who dont even appreciate what we do.
also, i just got a job at the disney store and we're only allowed to take off two days a month, but i think i can maneuver around the second weekend i have shows. ill just have to switch some shifts and stuff but im not even sure when im working yet because i'm not training until next week so we'll see.
speaking of disney, i had my audition on friday. it was a lot harder than i expected. the video on the website makes it look like a piece of cake and one girl who was picked to be a character performer said "yeah i was so nervous because i have never been to a dance audition before" and i mean if THAT girl can get a job, im hoping i can too. there were 62 people that came to audition and i was number 3 so i was in the first group to audition. but first we learned a few 8 counts to "we're all in this together" and practiced pantemiming seeing our favorite character and then ordering a snack. we ended up auditioning in front of one woman and the choreographer did the dance with us. after we did the dance twice, they let me know that i needed to stay for the advanced choreography auditions! so i waited until all the other groups went and then they called those of us that were left for the advanced dance. there were only 8 of us that got chosen for this and this dance was hard. we learned it and auditioned it in about 20 minutes and the first time i did it in front of the judge, i messed up completely and the dance is so fast i couldnt get back on track before the end, but the second time i nailed it and then we had to do it twice more while being video taped which i dont think i messed up at all for that. so finally it was the end and they told us we'd hear in 2-3 weeks, but really that means a week or so after their last audition stop which is on November 15th because then they go back to disney and look at all the results and deliberate.
i felt okay about the audition, i definitely felt better about the first dance than the second dance, mostly because i had more time to practice it. but i feel, with both dances that could i have made things bigger and sharper and smiled more, but ill always feel that way about every dance i do. so hopefully what i did was enough to show them that i deserve to be in a show or a parade. i honestly doubt ill be one of those furry characters that walks around signing autographs because there were 56 other people at that audition that can do that, but i really will not know anything until i get that email. im trying not to think about it, but i guess getting a job at the disney store is not gonna help keep my mind off the subject.
so expect an entry around november 25th letting you know the good or bad news.