This past weekend, I did something that was a little out of my comfort zone - I auditioned for a musical at a professional theater here in Memphis...Hairspray, to be exact. Now, let me just state that the last time I tried out for a musical was 11 years ago during my senior year of high school. Yikes! I heard about the audition less than two weeks ahead of time, but I thought it would be a lot of fun, and I really felt like I could be good in the show (since I do have prior experience in both singing and dancing). So, on Saturday I went to the audition - along with over 90 other people! - and after my vocal audition, I received a call back for Monday night. Monday was a dance callback, and even though I felt like I did really well at the callback, I didn't end up making the show. While I was incredibly disappointed at first, I realized that I really miss being able to perform, or be involved, in something other than the piano.
When I was in high school, I was involved in all sorts of activities - I played the cello, sang in the choir, took vocal lessons, played the piano, was on the swim team, had a lead in the aforementioned musical my senior year, etc. Then, I got to college and had to narrow my focus a bit. During my undergrad, I sang in the choir, was on the dance team, and played the piano. (Everything else fell by the wayside.) By the time I moved on to the masters degree, my only activity was the piano. I have been involved in a few performance type activities over the last few years (pageants, a short time in a show choir in Austin, and a couple of dance classes here and there), but unfortunately, none of that was quite what I expected, nor did any of it really fill my desire to be involved in the arts again.
I plan on using the rejection of this past weekend as a launching pad to get myself involved again. For years (well, ever since I graduated college), I have longed to get back into dance. I have often thought about taking up some form of ballroom dance and going all the way to competition level with it. I am also going to be keeping my eye out for other musicals that I feel I might be a good fit for.
So, here's to stepping out of my comfort zone, and going out on a limb...even if I end up falling off!
2 comments:
Good for you, Amy! I miss doing some of the things I used to do and vow that when my boys are a bit older, I'm going to try to get back into some of them, too. I'm proud of you...and they are CRAZY for not putting you in their show!!! =)
way to go on stepping out there!! I know that this will inspire you to kill it next time..shoot with only 2 weeks to get ready I'd say making it to the second call back was a pretty big pat on the back!
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