MaryMag
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worst song choice you've ever seenThink about a time you were at an audition and heard/saw someone sing the completely WRONG kind of song for the audition. Like so bad it was laughable.
I heard a girl sing "The internet is for porn" at a West Side Story audition the other night.
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metaphor17
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Once, at an audition for The Sound Of Music, a large black woman got onstage, crouched down, pulled her sweater over her knees, took out two pencils and began singing the theme song to "Out Of The Box", a children's show (or it was then) on Playhouse Disney... while drumming on the stage with the pencils.
This was all done a capella and without any introduction whatsoever.
It did not help that the "song" contains only four notes, sung repeatedly in chromatic order up and down to the words "Out of the box, out of the box" about 2384793 times.
It was the most absurd thing I've ever seen in my life.
*EDIT*- It should be noted that this was an audition for a PROFESSIONAL theatre. It was not even a community theatre audition.
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jazzygirlsings
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Some guy sang "Sodomy" from Hair for a "Student Prince" (operetta) audition... 
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nycbound
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I will humbly admit that I made such a blunder once.
I sang "My New Philosophy" from You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown in an audition for Candide! 
Luckily, the director cast me anyway, but it was a such a bad choice for that kind of musical.
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MaryMag
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| jazzygirlsings wrote: | | Some guy sang "Sodomy" from Hair for a "Student Prince" (operetta) audition... |
That may take the cake.
I didn't witness this, but an acquaintance told me about someone singing the masturbation song from Rent at this chew and view, very wholesome dinner theater that was doing, I think, Nunsense.
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jazzygirlsings
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Gosh, I could list so many more...but yes...that was definitely the first one that came to mind! LOL!
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eatsleepsingdanceact
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In childrens theatre auditions there's usually 20 Zippadeedoodah auditions, and 10 more Part of Your World's. I want to pull my hair out. It is so annoying!
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opheliarose
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the funniest was the guy who sang Free from Funny/Forum, and used a hand puppet for the Hero part.
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what_the_heck013
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A girl sang "Take Me or Leave Me" at a South Pacific audotion. She sounded great (the accompanist who was used to classic R&H type songs struggled), but it was the wrong song choice.
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BoundBySound
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It's scary how so many people have the nerve to sing "twinkle twinkle little star" and "somewhere over the rainbow" for just about any audition.
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Brigantine
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We get a lot of happy birthday and row, row, row your boat....
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Dvarg
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Re: worst song choice you've ever seenI have sitten through only one audition, the one for my male student's choir. One guy performed My Heart Belongs To Daddy combined with his own little dance. So totally inapropriate.
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jazzygirlsings
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Re: worst song choice you've ever seen | Dvarg wrote: | | I have sitten through only one audition, the one for my male student's choir. One guy performed My Heart Belongs To Daddy combined with his own little dance. So totally inapropriate. |
Love the word choice! LOL! It's so endearing! 
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Dvarg
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Re: worst song choice you've ever seen | jazzygirlsings wrote: | | Love the word choice! LOL! It's so endearing! |
Did I make a stupid mistake again?
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jazzygirlsings
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"have sitten" made me want to squeeze your cheeks! I'm not gonna lie! LOL!
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MsDivaKate
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The worst I can think of, at the moment, is someone (who's actually a friend of mine) sang part of "Still Hurting" for a West Side Story Audition.
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Cake_in_Song
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When I was 15, I auditioned for Seussical with the old folk ballad Scarborough Fair. 
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MaryMag
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| Cake_in_Song wrote: | | When I was 15, I auditioned for Seussical with the old folk ballad Scarborough Fair. |
tee hee. : )
I wanted to sing Prima Donna from Phantom for an audition for the chorus of Madam Butterfly a few years ago. Thank goodness my voice teacher advised me otherwise.
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PappyCat
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I auditioned for Once Upon a Mattress with Sensetivity and I wasn't going for the queen. What the heck was I thinking? I'm such a noob.
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QueenElizabeth
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My favorite was a girl who sang "Why Don't You Do Right" (which I always associate with Jessica Rabbit) for an audition for You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. She was the best dancer at auditions, though, so my music director asked her to sight read for Snoopy.. and her response? "I only sing jazz, loves."
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Angel-of-Music*
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i must say it was my own mistake, i sang do you hear the people sing from les mis for an annie get your gun audition (minnie oakley) , thankfully i got the part anyhoo.
besides the other girls made stupid song choices too.
some being:
the very first song in joseph
i wish i was a punk rocker - sandie thom
and some random song from starlight express
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pish123c
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When I auditioned for Fiddler on the Roof, TWO (both total strangers to eachother)alto girls sang "Think of Me" from Phantom of the Opera.
Fiddler on the roof, alto, and think of me should not be in the same sentence together ever.
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Angel-of-Music*
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did they transpose it down or actually attempt to sing that in the right key?
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LittleGavroche
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A few years ago, an audition came up very quickly for a cabaret night sort of thing. It was by appointment, so there were three of us who went in at once. I had picked "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again," as it had to be something I already knew. I nearly sunk into my chair when the other girl got up there and sang the same thing. Out of three people, two did that song
Granted, I did put her to shame with my rendition, but still. XD
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PappyCat
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| metaphor17 wrote: | Once, at an audition for The Sound Of Music, a large black woman got onstage, crouched down, pulled her sweater over her knees, took out two pencils and began singing the theme song to "Out Of The Box", a children's show (or it was then) on Playhouse Disney... while drumming on the stage with the pencils.
This was all done a capella and without any introduction whatsoever.
It did not help that the "song" contains only four notes, sung repeatedly in chromatic order up and down to the words "Out of the box, out of the box" about 2384793 times.
It was the most absurd thing I've ever seen in my life.
*EDIT*- It should be noted that this was an audition for a PROFESSIONAL theatre. It was not even a community theatre audition. |
That's the worst/most hilarious thing I've ever heard.
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QueenElizabeth
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I just thought of another...
My senior year in high school, we did The Music Man. They restricted all auditioners to three songs: "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again," "I Could've Danced All Night," and "On The Street Where You Live."
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metaphor17
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| PappyCat wrote: | | metaphor17 wrote: | Once, at an audition for The Sound Of Music, a large black woman got onstage, crouched down, pulled her sweater over her knees, took out two pencils and began singing the theme song to "Out Of The Box", a children's show (or it was then) on Playhouse Disney... while drumming on the stage with the pencils.
This was all done a capella and without any introduction whatsoever.
It did not help that the "song" contains only four notes, sung repeatedly in chromatic order up and down to the words "Out of the box, out of the box" about 2384793 times.
It was the most absurd thing I've ever seen in my life.
*EDIT*- It should be noted that this was an audition for a PROFESSIONAL theatre. It was not even a community theatre audition. |
That's the worst/most hilarious thing I've ever heard. |
Isn't it just terrible?
I was a bit surprised no one had commented on it before...
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PappyCat
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I mean, it all adds up to like, the worst thing ever.
First, the song doesn't fit the show at all.
Second, I can't see a place where the song would fit, EVER.
Third, the sweater over the knees is about the best image EVER.
And lastly, the drumming on the stage makes it laugh out loud and make everyone in the library angry at you kind of hilarious.
Plus, I totally know the song, which makes it all the better. (Maybe nobody else knows it and thats why people aren't as horrified?)
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LittleGavroche
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| metaphor17 wrote: | | PappyCat wrote: | | metaphor17 wrote: | Once, at an audition for The Sound Of Music, a large black woman got onstage, crouched down, pulled her sweater over her knees, took out two pencils and began singing the theme song to "Out Of The Box", a children's show (or it was then) on Playhouse Disney... while drumming on the stage with the pencils.
This was all done a capella and without any introduction whatsoever.
It did not help that the "song" contains only four notes, sung repeatedly in chromatic order up and down to the words "Out of the box, out of the box" about 2384793 times.
It was the most absurd thing I've ever seen in my life.
*EDIT*- It should be noted that this was an audition for a PROFESSIONAL theatre. It was not even a community theatre audition. |
That's the worst/most hilarious thing I've ever heard. |
Isn't it just terrible?
I was a bit surprised no one had commented on it before... |
Ohgee. I wouldn't be able to sit quietly through that. I think I'd be laughing to the point of crying. I can't even think about it without laughing.
I saw someone do "I Dreamed a Dream" for a Thoroughly Modern Millie audition And then they got a part, too!
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Cake_in_Song
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| metaphor17 wrote: |
Isn't it just terrible?
I was a bit surprised no one had commented on it before... |
I was too speechless.
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born to perform
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| Cake_in_Song wrote: | | metaphor17 wrote: |
Isn't it just terrible?
I was a bit surprised no one had commented on it before... |
I was too speechless. |
Agreed. I read it, laughed really hard and just..didn't know what to say.
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metaphor17
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| born to perform wrote: | | Cake_in_Song wrote: | | metaphor17 wrote: |
Isn't it just terrible?
I was a bit surprised no one had commented on it before... |
I was too speechless. |
Agreed. I read it, laughed really hard and just..didn't know what to say. |
Try sitting through it without laughing...! It was so hard.
When she was done, she just got up, bowed, and walked back to her seat... you could have heard a pin drop. Finally the director was just like, "So... um... next person?"
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broadwayxdoll
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i havent been to very many auditions where my director didnt teach me a song that we had to sing (i used to belong to an acting group thing)
but i went to anohter audition and this woman sang all that jazz. didnt know a note. it was terrible. i couldnt look at her or i would start laughing
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QueenElizabeth
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| broadwayxdoll wrote: | | but i went to anohter audition and this woman sang all that jazz. didnt know a note. it was terrible. i couldnt look at her or i would start laughing |
One of my friends in college loved to tell her embarassing All That Jazz story... she decided to sing it for her first audition in high school and forgot all the words and just kept singing "Paint the town... paint the town... paint the town" until the director cut her off. She's much better now, but I think the poor thing would have been better off with just about anything else then.
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Chevstriss
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| metaphor17 wrote: | | PappyCat wrote: | | metaphor17 wrote: | Once, at an audition for The Sound Of Music, a large black woman got onstage, crouched down, pulled her sweater over her knees, took out two pencils and began singing the theme song to "Out Of The Box", a children's show (or it was then) on Playhouse Disney... while drumming on the stage with the pencils.
This was all done a capella and without any introduction whatsoever.
It did not help that the "song" contains only four notes, sung repeatedly in chromatic order up and down to the words "Out of the box, out of the box" about 2384793 times.
It was the most absurd thing I've ever seen in my life.
*EDIT*- It should be noted that this was an audition for a PROFESSIONAL theatre. It was not even a community theatre audition. |
That's the worst/most hilarious thing I've ever heard. |
Isn't it just terrible?
I was a bit surprised no one had commented on it before... |
the story gave me the queasy feeling that this woman was probably also offered a role.
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LisaKitty
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I think my favorite was the guy who sang the theme song to "Gilligan's Island" for a community college opera workshop production.
He ended up getting into the chorus, because he's male. Then again, I think everyone who auditioned ended up getting at least chorus. More people = more tuition dollars for the music department.
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Vice
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A girl didn't even know the words to the song she sang, and was reading them from a paper.
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metaphor17
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| Chevstriss wrote: |
the story gave me the queasy feeling that this woman was probably also offered a role. |
She most definitely was not. It was a professional theatre... I would be rather depressed if they offered someone who did an audition like THAT a role.
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pish123c
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| Angel-of-Music* wrote: | | did they transpose it down or actually attempt to sing that in the right key? |
oh no, those girls tried to sing at the top of the piano.
needless to say, they did not get into the show.
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Angel-of-Music*
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are they idiots or something..
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Maryssa
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"On Top of Spaghetti". The children's song. And it did not help that the girl singing it could not sing at all.
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metaphor17
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| Maryssa wrote: | | "On Top of Spaghetti". The children's song. And it did not help that the girl singing it could not sing at all. |
Oh my gosh, this 12-year-old little boy sung that for an audition and he was precious.
He didn't get in, though, and was pretty miffed at my little brother for getting the part
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pish123c
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| Angel-of-Music* wrote: | | are they idiots or something.. |
Obviously...I mean, you know the type.
Just loser chorus girls from local high schools who think they can be "OMG SUPASTARS!" and they just pick the most popular song of the moment from the most commercialized show (so most of the auditions were from Wicked or POTO)
It was so hard not to laugh through that whole audition process.
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metaphor17
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| pish123c wrote: | | Angel-of-Music* wrote: | | are they idiots or something.. |
Obviously...I mean, you know the type.
Just loser chorus girls from local high schools who think they can be "OMG SUPASTARS!" and they just pick the most popular song of the moment from the most commercialized show (so most of the auditions were from Wicked or POTO)
It was so hard not to laugh through that whole audition process. |
Agh I HATE people like that!!!
Not that it's necessarily their fault. They just don't know what they're doing.
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SuperKabob
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| metaphor17 wrote: | | pish123c wrote: | | Angel-of-Music* wrote: | | are they idiots or something.. |
Obviously...I mean, you know the type.
Just loser chorus girls from local high schools who think they can be "OMG SUPASTARS!" and they just pick the most popular song of the moment from the most commercialized show (so most of the auditions were from Wicked or POTO)
It was so hard not to laugh through that whole audition process. |
Agh I HATE people like that!!!
Not that it's necessarily their fault. They just don't know what they're doing. |
But sometimes they do. And they think they're being AWESOME!
*headdesk**headdesk*
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pish123c
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| SuperKabob wrote: | | metaphor17 wrote: | | pish123c wrote: | | Angel-of-Music* wrote: | | are they idiots or something.. |
Obviously...I mean, you know the type.
Just loser chorus girls from local high schools who think they can be "OMG SUPASTARS!" and they just pick the most popular song of the moment from the most commercialized show (so most of the auditions were from Wicked or POTO)
It was so hard not to laugh through that whole audition process. |
Agh I HATE people like that!!!
Not that it's necessarily their fault. They just don't know what they're doing. |
But sometimes they do. And they think they're being AWESOME!
*headdesk**headdesk* |
Yeah exactly. At the same audition, a girl sang "Part of your World" from The Little Mermaid. For Fiddler on the Roof!
I mean granted its not the most vocally demanding show, but come on! Don't sing Wicked, POTO, RENT, or Disney at an audition and expect me to not hide a smirk.
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Brackynn
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I had a friend who told me that she had an audition for Sweet Charity coming up and had found this great song that really showed off her voice.
The song turned out to be "Der Holle Rache" from Die Zauberflote.
Fortunately, I managed to talk her out of it.
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CameronCraziex3
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| PappyCat wrote: | I mean, it all adds up to like, the worst thing ever.
First, the song doesn't fit the show at all.
Second, I can't see a place where the song would fit, EVER.
Third, the sweater over the knees is about the best image EVER.
And lastly, the drumming on the stage makes it laugh out loud and make everyone in the library angry at you kind of hilarious.
Plus, I totally know the song, which makes it all the better. (Maybe nobody else knows it and thats why people aren't as horrified?) |
I was totally not gonna post that I know the words first.
Whatever happened to Vivian and Tony, Pappy?
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star2ballie
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So long, farewell, to you my friends
Goodbye for now, until we meet again
I say so long, farewell, to you my friends
Goodbye for now, until we meet again.
It's been great, to play and sing together (in the box)
and now it's time to say goodbye.
So long farewell, to you my friends,
Goodbye for now, until we meet again.
Goodbye for now, until we meet again.
Out of the box...out of the box! Out of the box...out of the box!
(My brother went through a 2 month phase where only Bear in the Big Blue House and Out of the Box would do it for him. Okay, okay, I liked Out of the Box, too! They had interesting crafts and sometimes performed a play!!!!)
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Sweeney Hyde
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| star2ballie wrote: | So long, farewell, to you my friends
Goodbye for now, until we meet again
I say so long, farewell, to you my friends
Goodbye for now, until we meet again.
It's been great, to play and sing together (in the box)
and now it's time to say goodbye.
So long farewell, to you my friends,
Goodbye for now, until we meet again.
Goodbye for now, until we meet again.
Out of the box...out of the box! Out of the box...out of the box!
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HAHAHAHAHA! Perhaps the funniest thing I've read all night!
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Glissando
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For my first community theatre audition (Guys and Dolls Jr) I sang Amazing Grace. I cringe in retrospect.
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Maryssa
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| Glissando wrote: | | For my first community theatre audition (Guys and Dolls Jr) I sang Amazing Grace. I cringe in retrospect. |
Ha, that's weird. Same with me. Except it was for Stuart Little. I was eight. Strangely, I got a part.
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LisaKitty
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| Brackynn wrote: | I had a friend who told me that she had an audition for Sweet Charity coming up and had found this great song that really showed off her voice.
The song turned out to be "Der Holle Rache" from Die Zauberflote.
Fortunately, I managed to talk her out of it. |
OMG!!! That almost made me pee myself!
We need to get her together with the "Gilligan's Island" guy ...
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metaphor17
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| star2ballie wrote: | So long, farewell, to you my friends
Goodbye for now, until we meet again
I say so long, farewell, to you my friends
Goodbye for now, until we meet again.
It's been great, to play and sing together (in the box)
and now it's time to say goodbye.
So long farewell, to you my friends,
Goodbye for now, until we meet again.
Goodbye for now, until we meet again.
Out of the box...out of the box! Out of the box...out of the box!
(My brother went through a 2 month phase where only Bear in the Big Blue House and Out of the Box would do it for him. Okay, okay, I liked Out of the Box, too! They had interesting crafts and sometimes performed a play!!!!)
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The only thing is, she ONLY sang the "Out of the box...out of the box!" part. Not the rest of it. JUST that part.
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MsDivaKate
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Way back in my days of awkward youth theatre, I most definitely sang Christine's part of All I Ask of You for an Oliver audition.
However it was one of those shows where they cast everyone anyways(you paid to do it) and most of the other kids just sang the song they taught you, which I think was Consider Yourself, and I must say even though I cringe at that song choice, I sang my face off and got cast as Widow Corney (fun role!) so I'm not really complaining looking back lol
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Glissando
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| Maryssa wrote: | | Glissando wrote: | | For my first community theatre audition (Guys and Dolls Jr) I sang Amazing Grace. I cringe in retrospect. |
Ha, that's weird. Same with me. Except it was for Stuart Little. I was eight. Strangely, I got a part. |
I got a part too. I was a street extra.
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Gwen
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I know someone who sang the Pokemon Theme Song (original season) for a Hello Dolly audition...
It was funny. Props to that kid. 
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southernsweetie23
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I once sat through one where a middle aged man (about 40-45) sang "My Favorite Things" from SOM.
The bad part about it was that he was singing the wrong words.....
"Raindrops on posies, and whispers on kittens....."
It was not possible to keep a straight face.
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AllThatJazzHands
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OK, my only MT audition was for Wizard of OZ. I sang "42nd Street" (I had no training & no sheet music way back then). An older man sang "Viva Las Vegas" for the part of the dad, and another girl sang "All That Jazz". Unfortunately, the girl forgot the words and nerved out, and wasn't cast. The man got the part of the dad and I was a crow. For a day. I quit the production. Trust me, it was for the better.
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greenspottedantlers
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ugh the songs ive heard sitting in on middle school auditions. lets see...um...
cell block tango....WHAT?? why would you sing this alone? for an OKLAHOMA audition?
take me or leave me...i swear if one more 12 year old girl sings this...
and everyone's favorite: i am 16 going on 17.
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MsDivaKate
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^^ I think that is precisely why our directors in middle and high school (and now for the youth theatre I used to work with) just print audition packets.
Yes they have to hear the same songs from the show over and over again, but they also save themselves the aggrivation and kids who don't know much about auditioning the embarassment of some horrendous song choices.
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SuperKabob
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^^thats why my middle school give you the sixteeen bars to sing.
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star2ballie
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| MsDivaKate wrote: | ^^ I think that is precisely why our directors in middle and high school (and now for the youth theatre I used to work with) just print audition packets.
Yes they have to hear the same songs from the show over and over again, but they also save themselves the aggrivation and kids who don't know much about auditioning the embarassment of some horrendous song choices. |
We do audition packets for the MS and HS shows here, too. It saves so much crap from getting into the audition room. The exceptions are with the plays, we pick our own monologues.
And, we do a week long intensive audition workshop in between our shows, so we learn HOW to audition for a 'real show' (i.e., picking music, etc.) so we don't miss out on that experience. It's a good system.
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Holly
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| metaphor17 wrote: | Once, at an audition for The Sound Of Music, a large black woman got onstage, crouched down, pulled her sweater over her knees, took out two pencils and began singing the theme song to "Out Of The Box", a children's show (or it was then) on Playhouse Disney... while drumming on the stage with the pencils.
This was all done a capella and without any introduction whatsoever.
It did not help that the "song" contains only four notes, sung repeatedly in chromatic order up and down to the words "Out of the box, out of the box" about 2384793 times.
It was the most absurd thing I've ever seen in my life.
*EDIT*- It should be noted that this was an audition for a PROFESSIONAL theatre. It was not even a community theatre audition. |
I think this one wins.
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everdancing
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Oh gooshness....
Well, my BFF sang Amazing Grace for an Annie Audition, then I sang You're Never Fully Dressed-whatever that thing's actual name is...It's been....4 years and the director is still SICK of that song and Tomrrow. haha
Oh, I sang On My Own for Cinderella-I didn't really know how overdone that is....but I did do pretty good!.....I...think...
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vanillabean
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I sang Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend for Brigadoon.... on my voice teacher's recommendation.
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disneybeauty
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I was at an audition for a summerstock theatre company, and this girl got up to sing "Popular", not realizing that the director and chorographer hate that song. Not only did she sing off-key, but she forgot the words in the first verse. Everyone at the audition tried to help her by singing with her, but it was no use. I felt badly for her. She didn't get cast.
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Vice
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I'm planning a CATS production. All my friends know that, and have told people. Well, some chick just randomly walks up.
What happened:
Her: ZOMG! You're that chick that's doing that girl scout CATS play thing!
Me: Yeah...
Her: O. M. G. I LOOOOVVVEEEEE CATS! CanIaudition?
Me: Well... I'm not that fa...
Her: (interupting me) Your not busy? Okay! Here! *takes a big breath*
Me:Wait!
Her: Oh... I know I'll sing something from "Swenty Tot" (She actually said it like that... ), I've heard you like that! I've seen you sing it too!
Me: Wai...
Her: (Begins to butcher "Worst Pies in London." Quite obvious she was singing it from when she'd seen me rehearse my Sweeney Todd number. )
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Francois
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I didn't hear it myself, but I used to help out at a big call for a bunch of Outdoor Drama auditions--these are historical or religious dramas, pretty heavy, for the most part. My friend who was monitoring the vocal portion said one girl not only sang a (homemade) MADONNA MEDLEY, but did it a capella, looking like she was so proud of herself she couldn't see straight.
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snowhite880
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Someone sang "Out Tonight" from RENT for a Sound Of Music audition. She got ensemble, and then dropped the show.
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SweetTart13
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hm...This couldn't be classified as 'worst' or anything, but for Grease auditions, almost every girl sang 'There Are Worst Things I could Do'. And I mean almost everyone. 40 girls auditioned. 36 sang that song. I am so glad I decided against it!
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SweetTart13
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terrible...ooh, and I almost forgot. For another show:
One boy sang Music of the Night
And another girl sang an Evanesence song
....
For Godspell!
YIKES!
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phantomphan85
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I sang On My Own when I auditioned for A Chorus Line.
Love the song, but what was I thinking? No wonder I didn't get a main role.
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curlyfry
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A friend of mine decided to sing "Notice Me Horton" from Seussical for a Fame audition. She didn't get in at all, not even in the chorus. 
I think my worst blunder was singing "What They Don't Know," which is a Collin Raye song (country music singer) for a Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat audition. I was young and stupid... I still got in though! ...Somehow...
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s1ng4m3
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At a Bye Bye Birdie audition, I heard kids sing...
Circle of Life,
some Keith Urban song, and
"Lord, I Lift Your Name on High".
Granted, it's my high school, and we're low-budget, low-tech........but still. Good songs when not used as audition pieces!
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wicked_diva
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When I was auditioning for Jekyll and Hyde, this one guy "prepared" Pick a Pocket or Two, but he didn't bring the sheet music. He went around begging everyone in the audition group to see if they had it in their music books, and when no one did, the accompanist just played it from memory (she had Music directed the show a few years prior). Her playing was iffy, but his "singing" wasn't there at all. He didn't get cast.
Of course, I sang Follow Your Heart for the same audition. And didn't get cast. But I'm a girl, and community theatre is really competitive in the bay area.
But my worst audition choice was when I sang Someone Like You for a Seven Brides for Seven Brothers audition. The accompanist couldn't play it at all, and then when you add the fact that I'm not a dancer... I didn't get cast.
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Maid Marian
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A couple of years ago, when Wicked was first becoming popular (no pun intended) on Broadway, I heard a girl who was a low alto trying to sing "Popular" in the original key - for an audition for Tuptim in The King and I.
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pish123c
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| s1ng4m3 wrote: | At a Bye Bye Birdie audition, I heard kids sing...
Circle of Life,
some Keith Urban song, and
"Lord, I Lift Your Name on High".
Granted, it's my high school, and we're low-budget, low-tech........but still. Good songs when not used as audition pieces! |
Same here!
At a Fiddler on the Roof audition, this one girl sang some sunday school religious song!
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Patches
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haha, in high school I sang "Cabaret" to audition for Stuart Little.
I got the part of Mrs. Little though haha
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NoOneMournsTheWicked
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At WSS auditions, we were asked to sing something from the show. I know that for a fact, because I was very involved in putting together the audition materials. Girls could sing America, I Feel Pretty or Maria or Anita's part of the Quintet. That's it. It was our directors' first year directing the musical, so we wanted to make it easy on them.
One girl sang 'The Phantom of the Opera'...but she did it with like...R&B styling. It was just...not WSS. And then she proceeded to do a scene not in the audition sides- she just copied lines from the movie.
Needless to say, she wasn't Maria.
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MsDivaKate
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I know a friend who sang "On My Own" for a Bye Bye Birdie audition at a community theatre (same one who sang "Still Hurting" for a WSS audition) and actually was cast in the show as one of the Telephone Hour girls.
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bwayluvor31
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I wonder why so many people seem to use "On my Own" innappropriately (myslef included). I sang OMO for my very first audition, for a children's/teen's operetta, without belting (because I didn't know what belting was at the time), and without having seen the show. I have no idea what I was thinking.
Amazingly though, I got cast as a secondary lead! 
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badprncess
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I used On My Own for the Fame, Oliver!, Barnum and Little Shop and was cast in all. Granted that was high school 10 years ago. I used it at a community theatre for Wizard of Oz more recently and got called back but I had too many schedule conflicts so I couldn't do it. I used it because it worked for me and becuase I am very confident singing it. Won't use it now because I know there are much more appropriate songs but that doesn't mean I don't wish I could still use it.....
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disneybeauty
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A few years ago while at an audition for a Summer Stock theatre, this guy did "Past the Point of No Return" from Phantom, complete with chorepgraphy and a stand-in for Christine. It got a little weird when he started sexing her up in the middle of the song. I admired his conviction though.
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Eponine93
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I think everyone wishes they can use OMO. It's perfect for nearly every girl's voice, even if they're not a fabulous belter.
I was once at a Jekyll and Hyde audition where a man sang "Lily's Eyes" from the Secret Garden. It was no big deal, except for the fact he sang BOTH parts in it, in character.
Never, ever do a duet with yourself at an audition. Ever. Even for the role of Jekyll/Hyde. It doesn't work.
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SecondBestBet
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We had "I Will Survive" to audition for "Oliver".
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pish123c
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| SecondBestBet wrote: | | We had "I Will Survive" to audition for "Oliver". |
OMG!
Did they do it in a falsetto type of way or just sing it in their normal voice?
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deedlebug103
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OMG! At a Pirates of Penzance audition, some girl (who wanted the part of Mabel) sang "It Sucks to be Me" from Avenue Q... She didn't get the part.
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julia
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freshman year my high school did 42nd Street. it was specifically reccomended that we sing a song from 42nd Street. A girl came in and sang 16 measures of "My Strongest Suit."
not that my audition was wonderfully perfect, but out of all the millions of musical theatre songs, why on earth would you pick that one?
hmmm...
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Brackynn
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| disneybeauty wrote: | | A few years ago while at an audition for a Summer Stock theatre, this guy did "Past the Point of No Return" from Phantom, complete with chorepgraphy and a stand-in for Christine. It got a little weird when he started sexing her up in the middle of the song. I admired his conviction though. |
I just came this close to spitting water at the screen. A stand-in Christine? Did she tell him that it was a good idea?
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disneybeauty
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He didn't even know her, he just acked her to stand there and be his "target". The whole scene gave me the heeby-jeebies. Needless to say, neither of them were cast. It was kind of sad because they could both sing and dance really well. They didn't get asked to do a cold reading.
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mikey79097
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My high school recently had auditions for Into the Woods. There was this one junior boy who went into the audition knowing he would sing Happy Birthday. I thought he had forgotten his song or something but he had a monologue prepared but didn't bother with getting a song since out producer had previously said we could just sing Happy Birthday if we got nervous or something. Let's just say I don't want him finding out when my birthday is. But what are people like him thinking? He obviously either wasn't taking the audition seriously or is delusional thinking an off-key happy birthday would get him a part.
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i'm_back
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I saw some girl sing "I'm Not That Girl" from Wicked for a Cinderella audition
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Cake_in_Song
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At the theatres I always audition for, we get the weirdest things, seeing as we're a youth theatre. I've seen people get leads in shows like Seussical and Fiddler singing "Think of Me", "White Christmas", and pop songs. And at school, we always have to do songs from the show, which can get lame sometimes. Like for My Fair Lady, when ALL of the girls, even the altos going for small roles, had to sing ICHDAN. I did not envy the Musical Director.
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Dancediva19
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| i'm_back wrote: | | I saw some girl sing "I'm Not That Girl" from Wicked for a Cinderella audition |
But Cinderella IS that girl.
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shakalakababy
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I sang If I were a bell for a sweeney todd audition. my voice teacher had recommended it but i don't think she had ever heard much from sweeney todd. Needless to say I didn't get the part. i regret it all a lot now
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sopranoopianoo
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When I was 12 and had never auditioned, nor understood the audition process I went to audition for The Music Man for community theatre. (Oh God this is embarrassing)... you see I knew you had to provide your own sheet music and at the time the only sheet music I had with vocals was a norah jones book so I sang 'Don't Know Why' hahahahaha. I was such a shy, dorky little thing at 12. Needless to say, whomever was judging it did say I had a really nice quality to my voice. (I can say however, my voice sounds absolutely nothing like it did at 12 compared to today thank God.)
I think back and realize how naive that was... but of course, I didn't know any better. My dad who is amazing at musical theatre but hadnt done it since his younger days auditioned and made it hands down he was brilliant... oh well. hah
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ChrisFitzpatrick
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I just sung How Lucky You Are from Seussical at a High School Musical audition...
Bad choice? :/
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Francois
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| Quote: | | When I was 12 and had never auditioned, nor understood the audition process ... |
Relax. At that age, nobody expects you to "know your way around" the audition process and what is or isn't appropriate. They were probably smiling wryly inside, at worst.
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Da_Dark_Dude
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I sang cole porters too darn hot.... not the worst choice u may think, but if u had of heard the way i murdered it....
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