Disney Auditions

Let's just start with saying I didn't make it past the first round. Simple as that.
I tried my hardest.
They say that just because you weren't asked to stay doesn't mean the road is over. For the DCP it doesn't matter....they could offer you another job in a different field, you just aren't going to be a character performer.
Part of me is okay with not having to wear a large fur costume in the hot sun....however, let's face it...everyone knows it's the dream of a life time.

I was crushed. I tried acting like it didn't bother me, but it did.

This is what happened...

We stood in line and got our numbers before signing in. We all went into one room then numbers 1-70 went into a separate room. We learned a dance quickly, very quickly. We did it four times, then four times while going across the room, then you did it again...this time only four at a time. That's when they made first cuts...that was it.
People who would really good dancers and people who were very much a look-a-like didn't get called back. There were some people who had been there more than once and have made it all the way to not making it past the first cut. It was a very odd audition.

I can't say that I'm not happy I did it. I am happy. I did it.
However, now I don't know what I'm suppose to do.

My sprained ankle is kind of putting a damper on my parade. I can't do derby and now...well now I'm still just sitting and waiting for Disney to tell me if they're offering a job (or role as they call it) for the DCP.

There is always more auditions, but after the way I feel today I'm not sure if I can handle another Disney audition.

I will tell you one thing...the people there are so nice. Many people come back and try again if they didn't make it the first time around. You start knowing people and remembering them and you get in contact with them and it's like a little family. Everyone was cheering for everyone, meeting everyone, smiling. It was a wonder place to be....even for that moment. I think that's why I'm so disappointed. I knew I would fit in if I got a chance.

I was told by someone there that at the very end of the audition they only have 15 people left....15. There was over a 100 people there. It's hard to believe how limited they are. It's understandable that they can only have so many jobs and so many people, but the massive amounts of people and you can be cut because you didn't smile enough or simply for the fact there was too many people for your height and you just didn't make it. Not to say that if you audition again it'll be the same. They could have only been looking for people who were 4'5-5'3 and if you're not in that...you're out. That's just part of the game.

My sister made a good point in how hot it would be while in fur. I'm not sure how much I would like that and everyone has to be fur. That's just the way it is.

Maybe I will audition again. It's hard to keep your chin up. They say when one door closes another one opens. Perhaps I am meant to stay here or for that matter...I'm just not meant to be a character performer.

Who knows? I might get a job offer down there that I take and it turns out to be the best time of my life. Thinking on it, being a character performer you have to be always up...being someone else. At least in any other job, I would still be able to be myself and at the end of the day I don't want to be anyone else.