This morning, I learned something interesting. Well, two things.
- Our region is comprised of only two districts.
- Because our district is the larger of the two, 2/3rds of the people auditioning today will be going to regions.
After school is the waiting period. I mostly just milled around, hung out with the people I knew, occasionally practiced a song or two. Ate dinner when the time came.
Then the auditions came. Then they called each section into their separate rooms and told them what song they would have to sing.
As soon as they said it was "The Sea of Sunset", I just fell into a state of happiness. That is quite frankly the easiest song they possible could have selected. And, the section that they had us sing only goes up to an Eb, and it is extremely repetitive. I was convinced that they were going to give us something with an A, or at least a G, but I couldn't have been more wrong. It was extremely weird.
I nailed the audition. If I don't get into Region Chorus, there was nothing I could have done to change that.
Then came the fun part. When we actually got together with the choir and started singing. It sounded really good! The biggest surprise: "Lay a Garland". I had no idea what to expect from that piece, but I was impressed.
I felt like my voice didn't matter. I just blended in with everyone else. I loved the feeling. I was worried coming in that I wouldn't fit in, that I would be the terrible singing who clearly didn't deserve to be in, but I couldn't have been more wrong.
The only thing that worries me is that now I have hope. So many times before I have had hope, and hope just led to disappointment. I pray that this isn't the case.
-NM
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