Auditions(478)

One thing that makes people turn away from trying out for performing arts, such as show choir and musicals, is the actual try out. Which I admit can be very nerve wracking.  When I tried out for my sophomore year I did not make show choir. I always blamed the fact that I wasn’t good at auditioning. My voice would shake, I would be scatter brained, and I would think way too much. These are all things you should definitely avoid if possible. You should try to come across as calm, cool, and collected. Although this is tough for some people most of the time it can be managed.

            For the purpose of this blog I will be speaking about show choir auditions because they have to listen to you and watch you dance. My personal feeling is that the singing is more stressful then the dancing.  There are ways to prepare for the singing audition. First, pick a song and practice it, over and over again. Try to find someone who will listen to you, this takes away the stage fright, they also could provide helpful feedback. Another piece of advice would be; don’t practice too much, of course this isn’t a problem with the dancing. If you practice the vocals too much you get set on that one way to say it. So much so that if you do happen to make a mistake during the actual audition that is all you are thinking about, not what you are singing at that moment. One more thing to help your voice out a bit is to drink tea with lemon and honey, it coats the throat with lubrication. This is also helpful when you have a sore throat.

            The dance audition is less crazy because you learn it, you dance it, and you are done. First you have to learn the dance, when learning the dance make sure to pay close attention to details, like if the choreographers hand is in a blade or a fist. If you know this and someone else doesn’t, it could be the difference between making the group you want and not. Picking out key moves can also help your score. Although it may not be like this for all choreographers I know mine has moves that are his favorites, and when he teaches them it shows. If you give 100% to the whole dance, you should give 110% to those specific moves. Facials is one thing they also look at. Smile. Smile. Smile. Having good facials is very important. They know that they can tech a kid to dance, they don’t know if they can make him perform.

            The best advice I can give is to do whatever you have to do to be confident. Be confident in your song choice, in your voice strength, and also be confident with yourself.