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What the Mel? - Audition Update

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So Saturday was my audition for America's Got Talent.   
 
I've never auditioned for any of those shows before in my life.  I considered trying out for American Idol its first season, but was too pragmatic to consider taking a day off from work to stand in line for an opportunity that probably wouldn't present itself to me.  My husband convinced me to go for it with this one.  What do I have to lose? 
 
I performed "The World is Not Enough" by Garbage - the theme song to the Bond movie of the same name. 
 
  

   
 Everyone loves bank lines.  It's like playing a game of Snake.
 Everyone loves bank lines.  It's like playing a game of Snake.
I arrived at the audition place at about 7:15 am on Saturday, having been told that the doors wouldn't be opening till 8am.  The line outside was pretty short, which was surprising, and the door was also open.  I was inside within 10 minutes, after seeing dancers, a goth band, and lots of other singers.  Some dressed up, some were in jeans.  We were given our numbers at the door if we were auditioning.  I was number 60080287.  Once we got inside, we had to go through security, which was like going through security at a courthouse, or maybe an airport.  They checked like every compartment of my bag, and I got wanded down.  After that, we headed up to the second floor of the building, where I found out the "Holding Room" would be.  But before we could get into the holding room we had to turn in paperwork.  Of course there was a new line for that.  That line was very much like one of those bank lines that goes back and forth a few times.  Luckily the line was only down about halfway along the first row.  Later the first three rows of the line were full.
 
Based on the lines, I thought I was doing pretty good.  Until I went into the Holding Room.  It was a huge ballroom.  And it was already packed.  There were all types there.  Singers, dancers, variety acts, and instruments of every kind - some of which I couldn't even identify.  It was a cacophony of sounds.  But it was an interesting experience.  For most of my time, I ended up near a middle-aged black woman who was there to support (and sign for) her 15 year old son.  It was like watching a sitcom... she would beg her son to sit next to her, and he would say he wanted to sit with his friends and she should come join them.  She was a very nice lady though. 
 
The people from the show began calling out our numbers (by last three digits) in groups of about 50.  They started calling numbers about 8:30am.  My group was called just before 11:30am.  Then each group of 50 would get separated out - Singers were one huge group, and everyone else another.  From there, we headed to wait outside our audition rooms.   After a relatively short wait, we were called into the audition room 5 at a time.  Five of us, two producers.  I think I did okay.  I think I did sang well, sang strong.  The big question is, what it what they were looking for?  I'm starting to think that perhaps I'm not "wierd" enough.  Here was a quote I found in the paper from one of the shows producers: 
 

  Raff says the show's producers like to hold auditions in the Pacific Northwest because of the variety of talents here are a "good fit" for the show.   "We come back here because there just seems to be a great, diverse group of people," Raff said. "The Pacific Northwest, just in general, it's been great. People tend to embrace their weirdness a little bit."       Raff said he'd seen everything Saturday from jugglers, fire performers and a comedian with a robot to a bulldog that rides a rocking horse. "You just never know what you're going to find," he said. 


But we'll see what happens.  I'll find out by the end of the week.  Out of 2000 people, they're looking for about 100 to go on for next week's auditions in front of the actual show's judges. 

AUDITION INFO FOR TACOMA/SEATTLE
Updated 2/20/11

  All acts that are moving on in the competition will be notified by Friday February 25th. .  Only those acts that move on to the next round will be contacted.  We will update this blue box when all the calls have been made.

If you missed us in Seattle please  send in a video  of your act.

* Those acts moving on in the competition will need to be able to perform again in Seattle on March 2nd or 3rd .*

Infomation about the free tickets to be in the Seattle audience   is here .
    
And here's a video clip from a local news station that shows some of what I got to see on Saturday. 
  
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