I am back! Yesterday I auditioned for my school's musical of Beauty & the Beast. My audition was awkward because I had never done anything like this before, nor have I done a 'proper' one. The director, my vocals teacher, the drama teacher and pianist were there. I sang 'I See the Light' from Tangled and read a script from the musical for them. After I presented those two items they asked me to sing 'Happy Birthday' in different tones. By this point, I had no idea what was going on and why I had to sing two songs. Towards the end, my vocals teacher gave me a song which I had no clue about. It's titled, 'A Change in Me' and I have to sing it on the day when I get a callback*, which was today (Sunday). As I write I am listening to it. It is an appealing and beautiful song to listen to. Belle sings it when she talks to Maurice, her dad, about the beast (Scene 5, to be precise).
* 'Callback' means that you have been considered for a role in the play.
Today Sunday I had my dance audition. I had forgotten the choreography which we were taught on Friday, but luckily a few girls memorised and showed me how it goes. As I was talking to one of the girls Gwen had finished her dance audition. I didn't get to talk about how awkward I acted in my audition nonetheless still managed to receive a callback. I hope she had gotten a callback also. During the dance audition, I was out of sync & moved a little bit too gracefully. It wasn't as bad I had expected; I still had a smile on my face throughout the whole time. I bet the choreographer hates me now.
Oh my gosh. The director knows my name. I walked outside the gymnasium after my dance audition and she called, "Marian, let's go to the music suite for your callback."
She's aware that I exist! The director has directed a lot of musical and theatre productions. She's considered 'famous' now. A famous person knows my name! Eeek! (That was an 'eek!' of excitement, by the way.)
There was another girl in my year (grade) who also got a call back. We've hardly ever talked, but I know that she takes drama with my friend. In my callback audition I sang 'A Change in Me' in front of the choreographer, director, drama teacher and the pianist (who is also my vocals teacher) and I think I sang it too powerfully. I then read a piece of script as the narrator. The narrator is supposed to have a French accent. In my CV I put down, 'can fake an accent'. I lied without knowing.
They stopped me immediately. They knew that me being a narrator was not worth considering, and I felt the same way also.
Rule for directors seeking narrators: Never consider Marian Yao for the position, she cannot do a French accent.
After all of my auditions were done & dusted, I went back into the waiting room to grab my stuff. As I was about to leave, my R.E teacher from last year (her son was also called back) congratulated me and commented, "well done, Marian."
I left with a smile on my face and presented the news to my parents. Their reactions were lovely.
I hope whoever receives the title of Belle cherishes it and does well.
-M.Y❤
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