were yesterday and our family had four of them. Five kids auditioning, three judges, ten hours of trying out between us, two pairs of pointe shoes, four ribbons, 1 pair of black ballet shoes, limited spots and 50 hours of waiting for results.
Ruby and I had auditions at 8 am til 10 am. All the other audition groups got their numbers by height, the shortest girl being number one. Our group didn't do that, so Jennifer (the teacher in charge this year) started telling us to come get numbers. No one wanted to be number one, so I volunteered as tribute ;) Also, a few years ago I met Christiana Bennett with Lexie and Ruby and one of her audition tips was to always try to be in the first group. Besides, I wouldn't have time to forget the combination of psych myself out watching the other girls.
So #1 it was. I was in Emma, Alecia and Chloe's group. We did an echappe combination, then a pirouette one, a jumping one, then piques and chaines one at a time from the corner, then a grand allegro. My favorite was the grand allegro because it had leaps and traveled and it was the easiest one for me to look like I loved ballet (which I do) and that I loved performing.
Ari, X and Free also felt pretty good about their auditions, so here's hoping that we get 5 out of 5 on Monday at 7:00 pm!
Ruby and I had auditions at 8 am til 10 am. All the other audition groups got their numbers by height, the shortest girl being number one. Our group didn't do that, so Jennifer (the teacher in charge this year) started telling us to come get numbers. No one wanted to be number one, so I volunteered as tribute ;) Also, a few years ago I met Christiana Bennett with Lexie and Ruby and one of her audition tips was to always try to be in the first group. Besides, I wouldn't have time to forget the combination of psych myself out watching the other girls.
So #1 it was. I was in Emma, Alecia and Chloe's group. We did an echappe combination, then a pirouette one, a jumping one, then piques and chaines one at a time from the corner, then a grand allegro. My favorite was the grand allegro because it had leaps and traveled and it was the easiest one for me to look like I loved ballet (which I do) and that I loved performing.
Ari, X and Free also felt pretty good about their auditions, so here's hoping that we get 5 out of 5 on Monday at 7:00 pm!
What a wonderful family experience!! All the best to all of you!
ReplyDeleteIs it 5:00 yet? :o)