the calming aspects of fried chicken

Sorry again for the long period of time, I haven't auditioned much cause of trying to stay focused on training, and there really hasn't been too much of anything, but all that is changing now.

SO last week I was called by Dave Clemmons casting, this company actually has been the casting agency for a couple of shows that I've auditioned for now, including the tour of Evita. Now as you know I haven't got every show I've auditioned for, but I tend to make it thru most of my auditions, because it is not up to the casting agency, but the director of the show, thats why I would not neccesarilly be what they wanted, but the Agency would come back and tell me that they have me on file. Now one hears this alot, but you never really think it means anything. Until, you get a call.

So they called me and invited me to audition for the European tour of West Side Story. The funny thing about this was I was actually already planning on going to the open call anyway. Now the open call was at 930am this past wednesday, now for some reason I had 43opm written down on my calender. SO me truckin right along in life preparing for things, not really double checking just plan my day accordingly. Get up early, work out, take the 8am bikram yoga class, go to ballet, have a hf hr in the gym to tone and stretch, and take the 1pm bus to new york. That bus was a Peter Pan, and they are better rides, with better interiors, and they show movies!, SO I was all excited and ready to go. SO I wake up early do my thing, and am about to head out the door, when I give it one last check at the studio on line, cause I haven't been to Chelsea's studios in a while( remember it's the one that has m&ms). Well I check it out, and the audition is at 930am! Oh noo.

it's aready after 7 which would be the bus I would need to ride to be there by 9am so that's out. If I hurry I can still take the 8 and be there by 10, and still sgin up, So I'm ripping things out of my bag that I won't need like I thought for ballet, and Bikram, and just rush out the door, only to realize that this is the day that the whole ground is covered in ice. yippee. On the way to the Subway I check my phone message from DC casting, and remembered why I had 430pm, cause that;s the time they told me! So now I'm pondering, and slightly confused. I decide that if there is an error, it is on them, and they will hear from me, and decide to continue on like I had planned, with all the training I had planned, and that I would just leave it in God's hands. Well turnd out it was a special invited call that was at 430 so I was fine. I love this whole being invited thing, there's more respect involved, don't have to go thru the whole cattle call hassle, it's just so more at ease.

I did ok in the audition, I was the darkest one there, and the buffest one, so I don't know How likely it is that I'll be called back, and everything that the sharks do dance wise is on their left leg, with the famous old picture with the left leg kicked out to the side. Well My left leg can't kick my face yet. And he really wanted that, So it was an unevenful day, though walking down the hall the Choreographer did thank me for coming which was nice of him. But I felt alone, and a little down so on the way home after we arrived in philly I bought some fried chicken!.

Now I have a pretty rigorous schedule coming up.

My Cirque audition is next saturday and sunday, but I have also been invited to audition for Pilobolus on wednesday, It's another world reknown dance company that does alot with human sculpture kind of images. and there is a Legally Blonde Tour Call on friday. So I will go up and stay in nyc from wed til sunday. Now my knees are doing ok, they are still healing, but now my right groin muscle is acting up on me iving me sharp pain at times when I turn out, so please those of you who pray, lift me up!! cause it's only up from here!!!