Well, here I am finally at home. Today was a LONG and exhausting day. I'll upload some pictures later of the Qwest Center and how it was set up once I use up the rest of the film on my disposable camera :-). But here is the full story of today's auditions.
It started out with me being woke up with a strong summer thunderstorm moving through Omaha. And here they said that it was supposed to stay north of us. But after that, I was up and at it at 4:00 am. They wanted us in line between 5-6 am you know. So I had my wakeup call and stuff and then went back to sleep for 30 minutes. I had a quickie shower and got my bracelet wet, but luckily it didn't smudge my number off of it. But yeah, then I was up and at it and ate my breakfast at the hotel. Thank goodness they started continental breakfast at 3:30 am!!!
So then here I am checking out of my motel room and heading for the Qwest Center. So I get there at 5:30 or so. LONG line already. They want us there by 6 keep in mind. But needless to say, we still had people coming in and lining up at 8:00. And auditions were supposed to start at 8:00. And yes, they were late at starting them and we didn't even get into the building until 9:00 or so, if not 9:30. But once we got in there, we had a good time singing Born in the USA (although that doesn't apply to me). After that, we did some chants and screams and yes, I lost my voice. Hehehe, for awhile that is. But then I was warming up all day and singing.
So a few hours go by. Around 2:00 I FINALLY got to audition. I was so excited!!! However, when I sang for the judge, my voiced cracked and I was not thrilled. Needless to say, they did not choose me to move on. No one in my group moved on. The judge said that we were good, but not what they were looking for. My question is this, what WERE they looking for? Obviously people who could sing, yes, but what else??? I mean, you can't say star personality and stuff like that because they don't get to know us in 15 seconds!!!
Okay, back to the auditions. There were supposed to be 12 judges, but only 11 were judging. No clue what had happened to the 12th one. But it was set up in the arena so we could hear everyone sing and see everyone. The singers were on the floor in front of the judges. So yuppers that's what happened. Like I said, I'll upload pictures later.
Well, in the end, it was an EXCELLENT experience, yet boring in a way. But I cried after I found out I didn't make it only because I was disappointed in myself for my voice cracking along with the fact that I REALLY wanted to make it to the second round. I guess my dreams have been shattered of meeting Randy, Paula and Simon for tips on improving my voice. Well, there's always Philadelphia still!!! HA HA! Speaking of which, it was rumored that 25 states showed up to the auditions. We had some people from Idaho, others from Missouri and Wisconsin and we even had a person from Connecticut fly in with her father AND some person drove from NEW YORK!!! Talk about a LONG trip!!!!
But I'm glad to be back at home. I splurged and spent about $22 in cat toys. My cats were SO thrilled tonight in getting them!!! They just LOVE them!!!! But yeah, now it's time to read 4 days of newspapers that I'm behind plus today's and go through my mail. Anyway, that's the story behind the auditions and yeah, I didn't make it, but there's always next year!!! That is, if htey are relatively close. If they're in Iowa or Kansas or something like that, I MIGHT go again, but for now, I'll just look forward to seeing the auditions on television this January of who made it in Omaha.
Ta ta for now.
Suz
P.S. How's that paper Keeley?
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