Auditions are OVER!
So yesterday was the big Character Performer audition in Atlanta! I meant to get there super early and be one of the first people in line buuuuuuuuuuuut my handy dandy GPS steered me wrong and got me lost. I had to frantically call up my mother and have her find the dance studio’s phone number. The receptionist was really nice though and she found me eventually and got me to where I needed to go. I was number 83 out of about 92ish people, having gotten there about 5 minutes before sign-in ended. I filled out my paperwork, got measured at 5’4.25″ (very specific) and got my picture taken. Now I’ve read online that Disney people tend to measure you according to what height they want you to be, rather than the height you actually are. I can’t say anything either way on this because I don’t really know my actual height. People recently have measured me as being anywhere from 5’3.5″ to almost 5’6″. I think 5’4″ is pretty accurate though.
The dance was fairly easy and kind of long. Longer than I expected. But for me the hardest part was learning the dance with so many people in front of me. The instructor was tiny! She kept referring to herself as a ‘petite flower’. She was super awesome though and her energy was contagious. After learning the dance and practicing the animation we were sent out in the hallway to be called back in groups of 6. being #83, I was waiting outside for a long time. We practiced the dance A LOT outside and I think it really helped. I was actually able to do the steps full out instead of marking them to keep from smacking the people around me. The steps individually weren’t difficult; I think what people had problems with the most was just remembering what to do.We were told over and over that the most important thing was to SMILE. The instructor said smiling and having great energy were more important than actually doing the steps right. Although that certainly helps.
I think I did fine in my audition. The animations and the dance and smiling require tons of energy! I made one mistake in the dance first time round but I didn’t get flustered or drop the smile. One girl in my group was told to stay back, most likely for the more advanced dance. I think around 4 or 5 people got pulled to stay altogether, though I’m sure about that. And on facebook I saw that one girl was pulled for face, so that’s pretty cool too. I don’t really look like any of the face characters and I’m not a dancer dancer (musical theater for 9 years def does not equal serious dance training! 
) so I wasn’t expecting any of that. Hopefully something good will come out of this, but even if I don’t get picked I’m super stoked for Disney in 62 days!
We were told that we’d hear back by email or mobile in 2 to 3 weeks. Hopefully this is an overestimation and we’ll hear sooner – I have no patience!
