Nashville Star Update!

Holy smokes. What a weekend it was! It's Tuesday and I'm still trying to recover. :-) Like I said in my last post.. I flew out to Denver, CO to audition for Nashville Star, which is basically the country equivalent of American Idol. For those wondering if this is the same competition I did in the fall of 2006; Yes. Same competition. I had a GREAT experience in Denver! We (Kaylene and I) stood in line outside in the 33 degree weather for about 2 hours, then were able to go inside to wait some more. haha. What I'm trying to get at here, is besides the waiting around, it was a blast. I met so many nice people, and feel really good about my auditions. 

I made it through the first round, which was in front of everyone, plus one camera, plus one judge. The auditions were very raw.. no microphone. (Except for the one that was about 2 feet off the ground, and strictly for the camera.) As you can imagine, it was hard to hear some people... but- what can ya do? Groups of 8 were called up by number. Each person would then step up and sing. Once everyone in the group had auditioned, the judge called forward the numbers of those who would advance to the next round. I was lucky to be the only one who advanced from my group! I was surprised. Anyhow, after that I was taken to a holding area where I was waiting to go into my second audition. I ended up waiting about an hour and a half, I think.. maybe longer. It's all such a blur at this point! In that audition, it was dark, except for the "stage" area that I was to stand on. The lights were so bright that I could barely see the casting director/red dot that was the camera. haha. First, I sang part of my original song, "Perfectly Broken." After my song, they asked some questions about things I had said on my 17 page application.. haha, Something that was a huge benefit was the casting director was very nice; a bubbly personality, so I felt like energy was being drawn from me in a positive way, I was able to adequately show my personality to them. Another thing that was really cool was that I was able to talk about my Mom, and how she has impacted my life through her awesome examples I've learned about through her journals. 

So now is the worst part.. I'm waiting for a phone call from the Nashville Star Staff inviting me to the second day of the National Auditions, which is basically the last audition before getting on the show. I'm super anxious!! 

Last of all... I just have to express how thankful I am to my amazing Scotty, who is so supportive of me and my dreams/goals. He's my biggest fan! So I just want to give a quick shout out to Scott, who I love SO much. Love you babe!

Until next time......

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