Just Scream!

Yesterday morning I got up, even though all I wanted to do was sleep in, due to exhaustion of being at the theatre every night this week. I had an audition.

It was an open call, and I had a show again later in the evening. I was worried there would be a long wait and I wanted to get there early and I already felt like I was running behind.

I have never auditioned for camera work before. I have seldom auditioned where a prepare song or piece wasn't required or where I wouldn't be learning a dance to perform. I was nervous and tired and excited all rolled up into a tight little ball.

When I arrived at the audition, there was only one person in front of me...and my stress level dropped. Then when I walked into the audition room everyone was nice and easy going...AND I got to quickly meet @suzemuze in person (I love meeting the Twitter world IRL) and my anxiety dropped even more.

I felt like the audition went well. I read, was interrupted by a street sweeper, read again, then received some direction and read again.

Then the best part, at the end of the audition they asked me to scream. Screaming isn't something I wanted to rehearse ahead of time. I wasn't necessarily "prepared" to scream. So I closed my eyes and wondered how I was going to do it. Then I opened my eyes back up, and SCREEEEAMED!!!!!

It. Felt. AWESOME!!! :) Partway through the scream I realized I was REALLY scared and not audition scared, but the fear that would cause me to scream like that, is the fear that I felt.

Yesterday was a very happy day! :)

With Love
~sarah~

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Location:Centrum Blvd,Ottawa,Canada

92 Decibels

(back for good?)

I've been performing all week at the Shenkman Arts Centre in a show called Journey, which is the title of this year's Yoriko's Shooting Stars. It's a wonderful experience each year, spending time with the other vocal students, preparing a wonderful show and getting an opportunity to work on the stage again.

There has been a lot of happiness for me throughout this production, starting first from learning and adding a wonderful new song to my repertoire in less than a month, which I didn't know I could do, to the wonderful feedback from cast and audiences alike on the song itself, to finally tonight.

For the past two nights one of the staff at the Shenkman Arts Centre has been checking the SPL (Sound Pressure Level) of our show. Last night's reading for the finale was 96.7 decibels (apparently an average rock concert checks in at 95), and we do it without mics or amps. But what made me extremely happy is finding out that my voice during my solo tonight hit 92 decibels un-mic'd :) :) :) I'm just tickled pink about that. I'm going to do research about it tomorrow since it's all new to me.

And I'm already working on tomorrow's blog (about something that also happened today...sooo much to be happy about!)

GOODNIGHT!

With Love
~sarah~

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Location:Jackson Ct,Kanata,Canada