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Trying out for the musical turns out tobe aHUGE ordeal. You don’t justgetup and doalittle dance, singa song, act and be on your way. People pour their hearts and souls into this; it’saforcetobereckonedwith.It’svery intense and...dramatic. was wrong when Ithought Icould just tag along and do my own thing. They suck you in, so that allyoucan.think about is Beauty and the Beast.

When thechance toaudition and write about itarose, Iwas completely excited. I was so thrilled about that week of dancing, singing and acting. Deep down I thought I would make it, even if was justthethirdspoon from theleft. Ireallywanted tobeapart of theexperience andyet,Iwas panicked by the thought ofperforming.

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Monday weweregiven schedules, grade and auditions sheets. The auditionsheetswere arequired two sidesof hardcorequestioning. Height, weight, schedule, emergency contacts and the listwent on. Even after the informationalmeeting, questions stillrang out inmy head, because Iwas tooafraidto askthem. Iwas terrifiedoftheupcomingweek.

Isuppose shouldconfess thatthe reasonIwas soafraidisbecause Idon’t dance.Imean yesIdance toM.C Hammer when the house isempty. But no, Ican’t dance, so don’t. Iknew that formy dance audition Iwould have to perform right after learned it,otherwise would completely forgetit.However, even more than I don’t dance, don’t sing. There are exceptions, such as my car when I’m by myself, but I won't sing infront ofanyone else. ’'m paranoid thatsomeone might hear me and think I’m absolutely horrible and tellme tostop. Iknew that for an auditionIwouldhavetoconquer thisfear and singbymyself. wasn’t reallywortied about the acting audition, Ifig-

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