Ready or Not, Here I Come

Chicago was fun. After having no sleep on Monday night (it was totally my fault), Mom and I headed to the airport at 4:30 AM to catch our 6:30 AM flight. We arrived in Chicago at 1:00 PM Chicago time, got to our hotel, and slept until my cousin and his wife picked us up for dinner and Wicked. Wicked was...interesting. Not that it wasn't good...but I liked it a lot better the first time I saw it...probably because it was the first time. However, we got to see 2 different Elphaba's. The first one wasn't my favorite. I liked her voice better than the second one. The second one was a better actress and had better chemistry with Glinda, but her voice was flat a lot and had really weird, fast vibrato...not unlike someone I know. And the volume seemed to be really soft and the tempo on some things was really slow, while other times it was really fast. Wow...this sounds really negative. Hmmmm.....I still liked the show. The costumes were just as good. I liked Glinda a lot. I liked the dancing. I had forgotten some songs were in the show that aren't on the CD, so those were fun to hear. My cousin (Mark) and his wife (Sarah) loved the show. So that was good.

Now for the part you all want to hear....college auditions.

Emerson: It was ok. It wasn't great, but it wasn't horrible. There was an accompanist, who was a good sight reader...but not a good follower. I gave him a tempo and he sped it up (I was singing my ballad, which went faster than I had wanted it to go) and he didn't read the markings in the actually book that say when to speed up, slow down, etc. But it was nice to have a live accompanist. I sang decently and acted ok. But of course, I am my own worst critic, so I'll never say I did fabulous. After a group of us sang, we had the dance audition. It was a joke. Seriously. It was the easiest thing I've done in a long time. The best part was that there was only one other girl who thought the same. Of course, we were both dancers, but still........everyone else had a harder time picking it up. And we didn't do anything that tricky. The hardest thing we did was a passe hit (I'll be happy to show you the routine if you'd like). At the end, the guy asked us what level of ballet and jazz we would put ourselves in....advanced was not an option. Well, I put myself in intermediate for both jazz and ballet.....some of the people put themselves in intermediate jazz but beginning ballet.....and I thought to myself, "Are you kidding me?" Now I know it isn't my place to judge people, but from what I saw of the dancing.....no one in there except for me and the other dancer should have said intermediate anything. Anywho.....I really don't care if I get accepted there or not. It's not one of my top choices.

Otterbein: Definitely a better audition. I sang better (even though I couldn't do the whole of both my songs......16 measures of the ballad and 32 of the up beat). I don't necessarily think I acted better...but I didn't do worse. They were really nice. Man...I really want to go there!!!! While waiting to audition, there was this guy who was totally freaking out. He was pacing back and forth and making a big scene about being really nervous....even though he wasn't trying to make a scene. He was really, really nervous. I think I found him hilarious because he was the exact opposite of me. I'm not saying I wasn't nervous...because I was.....however, I was just not as antsy.

It snowed while we waited for the shuttle to the airport. It was fun. I love snow. I think I was the only one who was really excited it was snowing. Everyone else ran for cover and whatnot. I danced around yelling, "It's snowing!" It was sweet.

Well, that's about it. I have to get some sleep. We perform for the little kids tomorrow. And since I got no sleep and am still recovering, I need all the sleep I can get. Good night all.