Audition

awkward position of holding the French horn. Yet, worst of all was the pressure blisters that developed from the hours of playing I endured to ensure perfection on the piece of music. As the audition date arrived my nerves were running rampant which is not uncommon before a performance. On the date of the audition though, I did poorly, almost as if…

SEE PHOTOS FROM AUDITIONS HERE: "There's a lot of nervous energy in the room...but you meet a lot of amazing people here," said current cheerleader Karen Link, a second year cheerleader. "I'm a little nervous, but I'm really excited...I've been a Patriots fan since I've been little," said Rebecca Bradley, who lives in Rhode Island. "There's a lot of beautiful girls, but you just have to come in ready to show your best," said Deanna Reali. A pep talk before auditions begin. Today is the…

but honestly this one is the greatest. Last year I was in choir a couple weeks into school my choir teacher told the class about Honor Choir. I wasn’t really certain at first but at the end of the week i was. I wanted to join Honor Choir. I had to audition for Honor Choir and I was really nervous. When I auditioned I volunteered to go first because everyone was scared to and i wanted to go ahead and get this done first. I messed up so the choir teacher let me go again after everyone. After…

scared, like this is really happening, I was perfectly fine just a minute ago. Reality hit me in the face, because I realized that this is actually a make it or break moment. I stepped into the other room. I had stood right before the judges. My audition was really happening. I practiced for this moment so why am I so scared. The lady asked if I was ready, I wanted to be like, “nope I would like to go home.” I…

I began to realize that my failure in this audition had roots deeper than my theatrical abilities; I struggled with being unsure of myself in every aspect of life. I had issues with decisions ranging from what cereal to buy to what political party I agree most with. I would often analyze situations from multiple contrasting perspectives, leaving me stuck in the middle on most topics, unable to come to my own conclusion. The audition acted as a mirror, forcing myself to recognize the issues…

about two hours I was led into the audition room drenched in sweat with my oboe in my trembling hand. I managed a pretty good audition, but after replaying the audition over and over in my head I doubted whether I would get in. A week later, my band director congratulated me on making principal oboe and handed me Maslanka's Symphony 7, with about 4 parts marked solo in bold letters. I was shocked and felt the same twinge in my stomach that I did before my audition. I knew that this was just the…

For the last few weeks our class has been discussing what it means to be a discourse community as well as what it means to be a part of one. I am writing this paper to impart upon the fellow students in our class, as well our professor that I not only understand the meaning on a discourse community but that I also have been a full-fledged member of one myself. To further verify the extent of my membership I also am able to show the ethos, logos, and pathos that I encountered while within my…

This past Saturday I had the great honor of attending the South East Iowa Honor Band (SEIBA) auditions, a prestigious competition where music students from all of southeast Iowa have the opportunity to undergo an intense audition process including, but not limited to, arthritis from excessive preparation, mental breakdowns, glares from judges that could kill you with one look, and sugar overdoses from their wide variety of healthy options available for breakfast, lunch, and dinner at the…

Luck...What a funny word. Oprah Winfrey once stated, "Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity." To me the word "luck" was just a term to describe something good or bad that happended to you, nothing more, nothing less. But after some life changing events of my own, I've realized, luck is more than that, real luck is about the chances you take. I was in the shower. Shampoo in my hair belting out Rihanna's lastest hit, when banging started at the bathroom door. It was my older…

I work at a local dance studio and this past month a dance club held auditions at our facilities. One of my friends was reluctant to try out for the dance club because they have a relatively low profile here on campus and last year at competition they did not place. The audition process was seven hours long, consisting of multiple rounds, and on par with a professional dance audition. She found the process to be overkill because the club as a whole is not that good. She witnessed…