Audition Day (Yesterday, sorry a bit late)

Hi everyone, sorry I didn't write last night but I got my photos uploaded, did my laundry and fell alseep...next thing I knew it was morning. So here's what I did yesterday...

Yesterday we started our day with morning meeting. This will become an everyday activity where we talk about what the day is going to consist of, what stuff is going on in the world and in the news, weather, announcements of guests if there are any, and anything else pertinent to the cast.

Later on we did a presentation of the USA and then a stereotype activity with all the countries. In this activity big posters with all 19 countries that the cast represents were posted around the room. We then had to go around the room and write down our first impression about each country. Afterwords we talked about what was written and identified what things were true and what things were simply stereotypes that were false. For example, Margaeux from France read on her poster that the French hate Americans... she explained that this is not true but that the French tend to be quieter and cold to EVERY nationality and person until they are more comfortable around them. Unfortunately, but no surprising, there were a lot of negative views about Americans, from war to a loud and unhealthy nation. Many of the things written were very true and while I was aware of these things before the activity it was very humbling to see it all written on one piece of paper. This was an impactful activity because of the after affects and discussion that it caused. It was great conversation that worked to wipe out untrue beliefs.

The rest of the day was reserved for modules (mini auditions for vocal and dance). My time was very late so I worked on rehearsing for the Culture Jam with Team Mexico! First I had the dance module. We learned basic steps then told to try to repeat them as best as possible. Later I finished with my vocal module for singing and speaking. I think I did nicely for the speaking portion but for those of you who are familiar with my voice the singing part was definitely otherwise! But it was still so much fun and it was great to hear everyone else try too. I was in a very encouraging group and it felt great to have support even though we were not all perfect.

My day ended with a phenominal dinner that our host Dad, Mike prepared for us. BBQ Pork Roast with stuffing and corn and rolls!!! Soooo yummy and I can never get enough stuffing!!! At the dinner table we got to talk about our day and listen to Rosie talk about her day too. She is so sweet and always has soo much to say! Like I mentioned at the beginning I did a bit of laundry but the day was so long that I fell alseeo between loads and my host Mom, Ellen had to wake me up so that I had clothes to wear in the morning! (Everything I was planning on wearing were in the wash!) After changing the load I crawled back into bed and 5:45am came very fast!

So that's it for Tuesday!