SYTYCD

Unrelated to most of this blog, I am a ballet dancer. I have been dancing for the majority of my life and decided to talk my brother into another trip to head off to auditions. After rescheduling presentations and midterms at Humboldt State University I arranged my schedule so that I could make the Oakland auditions for the Fox show “So You Think You Can Dance” I didn’t really expect to get far since I was completely unprepared, but I figured it would be a good experience and worth a shot. This trip went something like, get done with school in the afternoon, drive to Oakland (about 5 hours south) and sleep in the truck on the street near the theater. Ok so this sounds way worse than it really was, although the lack of bed and sleep probably didn’t help my audition. I can now say I was in line at 4AM for a television show audition. While I did get a call back, but I think everyone did, the floor was completely slippery and difficult to dance on. After running around the theater all day for and doing all the things they told us to, I started to brainstorm ideas for making my shoes not slip. On my day between auditions and call backs my brother and I tried to get crafty. We found a hardware store and bought 7 ( I think) different types of glues to try on the shoe. The end result a spare wheelchair tube cut and glued to the tip of my shoe. It helped a little but not enough or I just wasn’t good enough. but the auditions were well worth the shot for experience. On that note I am considering trying again.