"Look at my FACE, I'm dancing!"

Oh goodness. Ladies, I have to tell you, my dance callback tonight was just... laughable. Really. I didn't have the first clue what I was doing, and the director (who was also taking us through the choreography) kept using all these technical tap terms, and it was SO. DAMN. FAST. But, you know, I moved in the correct direction across the stage, and I kept smiling, and I jazzed those hands like they'd never been jazzed before, and I am grateful for that! I'm grateful that my feet stayed in rhythm and I'm grateful that I have a vocal callback to redeem myself. I'm also glad that I somehow managed to have some fun through the whole thing instead of just shrinking into my shell and sneaking out of the theatre while the director pranced around the stage. (Oh. He pranced. In tap shoes.)

Here are some other things I'm grateful for today:

• Possibly the best dance advice I've ever heard, from Clare, by way of one of her instructors: "Look at my FACE, I'm dancing!" If ya keep the face going, hopefully they won't pay too much attention to your feet.
• "Okay now, you're all ladies, not elephants. We don't want stomping!" - quote from the director tonight. He then proceeded to demonstrate how an elephant would step-ball-change-hop, and how a cute little girl would do it. Which was hilarious.
• Kirsten offering to let me borrow her extra taps tonight since I don't own any. Definitely took her up on that.
• Singing songs from Cabaret with Kirsten in voices that can only be described as Ethel Merman on helium. I'm sure it was a "you had to be there" thing, but it was so, so funny.
• Starbucks chai tea - my reward to myself after tonight's mess.
• Having my vocal & reading callback for Guys & Dolls on Saturday, and my callback for Rent on Monday!!! So excited!
• Casts lists will be up next week!
• Jackie Roberts - I picked up my beautiful Alice and Wonderland painting tonight. In case you haven't heard, she's selling custom paintings to raise money for her study abroad in Ireland. Mine's a reproduction of the original illustration of Alice meeting the Caterpillar.
• Christy Altomare's music. It's been my soundtrack since I got home. If you haven't discovered her music yet, you're seriously missing out. Check out her CD After You - LA Sessions. It's acoustic and mellow, sometimes haunting, sometimes groovy; love it.

G'night, loves!