The Audition...

Wow I just returned from four incredible days in New York, NY! As some of you may be wondering how the audition went I thought I would make a quick post to give everyone an update. The audition was held on 34Th Street and 8Th Avenue in downtown New York City. It was held on the 16Th floor of Ripely Grier Studios. They had to take a picture ID before they would allow me to go beyond the main entrance; a little fancy for me, a small town kinda girl from Toledo, OR, but I managed alright. There were over 200 girls there for the audition and they divided the group up into several groups of 30. They taught each group a 16 count ballet combination and then had us perform the combination in pairs across the floor. From each group they chose about 3-4 girls and if you didn't make that first cut you were done with the audition. I didn't make the first cut and I was done with the audition around 11:00 (the audition began at 10:00).

Although I didn't make the audition I really wasn't sad about it at all. Dancing is something that I absolutely love, but it's not my whole life. I have thought many times about becoming a professional dancer, but those thoughts were in years past. Over the years my love for dance has never decreased, if anything it has increased with the sporadic dance performances I've been involved in, random classes I have taken, and daily private performances I have entertained, but my thoughts about becoming a professional dancer have changed. I use to think that nothing could make me happier than to dance professionally because I would be doing something that I absolutely love and be getting paid for it, but experiences I have had in my life over the past few years have changed my way of thinking; these experiences have shaped my desires into those of a more exalted sphere. I still love to dance and always will, but I don't see myself ever becoming a professional dancer, and not because I don't think I could have what it takes to dance professionally, but because there are so many more meaningful things that the Lord would have me do with my life; things that I know will bring me more happiness than any worldly things ever could.

I felt so good about going to New York and about doing the audition. Although I didn't make the cut at the audition, I still know that going to New York was the right thing to do. Some very sweet experiences have come from that very short, but incredibly amazing four day trip to New York and I am so grateful to have been able to go. One thing I will say that I learned from this trip is, always be obedient when you are impressed to do something. The Lord has things in store for each one of us that we cannot even begin to comprehend and all that He asks of us is that we are obedient. Obedience is power. I look forward to seeing what the Lord has in store for me next!