Shannon called last night to let Anna know that there were tryouts for Beauty and the Beast today at the high school. Of course, Anna HAD to also go. So, we made a last minute change of plans and instead of going skiing - we went to tryouts.
The newspaper had the tryouts listed as 9:30. We got there at 9:25 and there were plenty of people already there. In fact Alaina had gotten there so early - they were first in line. Anna was number 58. I had to sign a gazillion sheets of paper, list her experience (none) and sign her in.
She then got the number 58, had ot pin it to her shirt and have her picture taken. Then all the girls (and a couple boys) lined up in the hall - 1 to 60. Then they all filed into the auditorium and were gone for over an hour and a half!
At abt noon Anna finally came out. She was all smiles and several of the girls were telling her she had done a good job. And of course I had loads of questions - I wanted to hear all about her tryouts!
Apparently they all went in, learned a song and then one by one got up on stage and sang a song! Wow....I can't believe she had the guts to do that. When I asked her if she was nervous she said, actually it's easier to be on stage in lots of people than just a couple. Is she really my daughter?
And that was that - there were over 100 kids there, there would be 30 call backs and then 6 children picked for the show in April.
They were going to call every single person tonight and let them know.
So after skiing, we called into our homephone and got the message:
"Thanks but no thanks."
I told Anna - and she was just fine with it and she and Lila just went off to choreograph their latest High School Musical Masterpiece.
And me.....I suprised myself....I felt like they had rejected my beautiful Anna...how could they?
I had to force myself to get over it....why was it so easy for her? She's the one who really wanted a part. I have no idea how we would have swung it if she had gotten the part....
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