2013/2014 Audition day review

addicted2MT
Sat, 22 Nov 2014 19:03:41 +0000

Moonifieds Day #2:

D had an overall wonderful day. A few schools were poker faced (with all kids) but most made her feel “wanted.” some were even downright flattering.

Day started bright and early at 7:00 am with vocal warmup by Balwin Wallace.

8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. - College auditions on second floor of Dallas Hilton Park Cities Hotel. Kids had a large “green room” where they dropped off their bags, and hung-out with one another.
Parents were not allowed to accompany students to second floor, but we could drop off any forgotten items with a staff member who sat at a table just outside the elevator doors of the second floor. This worked out great as kids took charge of their own audition experience and had their own safe space to chill, but could stay downstairs with their parent if they so desired. Most did not. And we heard they were helping each other and being quite supportive of one another in the green room.

The mommas and a few dads hung out downstairs and checked their phones constantly for any texts or updates from their kiddos. The day went smoothly even if some rooms/schools were ahead of schedule and others ran as much as an hour behind. Everyone was told not to freak out if one of their auditions ran late and threatened to conflict with another, to just go to whichever was ready to see them first and then go back to the other. No one worried too much after that and the kids adapted and regrouped as needed without undue stress or concern.

Every kid (just about) came out of the Otterbein audition feeling like they did great. As they only take 4MT of each gender, we all realize this still means most of our kids (if any) will not get in; however, coming out of an audition feeling positive is never to be taken for granted and puts the kids in a great place mentally as they walk into their next audition.

For schools that this was a live Prescreen, only Penn State lets them know right away. Those who passed walked out with a card to contact Shannon Ritter to schedule an audition. The D was one of them. Yay! :)

7:00 p.m.- Dance Call was late (we adults assumed the kids were tired after a long day) but they were troopers, full of excitement and adrenaline. The D liked the combo and felt good. All schools had reps at the dance call taking notes.