Dancing at Disney has been my dream since I was little. The first time I remember a Disney parade was when I was six and my little sister and I got pulled out from the crowd by the Beauty and the Beast dancers to help with the cake or something. I was so excited! Every time we go to Disney I make my family get ready for the parades with plenty of time beforehand that way I have a good seat to watch the dancers. I always used to critique the dancing because I knew I could do what they were doing someday.
Soooooo.... On March 18th I set out hoping to make that dream a reality. It was a very spontaneous thing. My friend, Shelby had told me that Disney was holding auditions somewhere in Michigan but she didn't know where at. I got online and found out it was about an hour from my hometown and I decided that if I could get a ride home, I was going to that audition. Luckily, I have awesome parents that came to get me from the east side of the state and drove me to the west side of the state for the audition. My mom and I did our normal audition prep, starting with Starbucks and singing Disney music the whole way. When I got there I wasn't nervous until I saw people I knew. Thankfully, my friend Amber, who also dances at GV was there and she told me exactly what to expect and made the whole audition feel ten times better!
I loved everything about it. That was the first audition that I think I actually tried with every bit of me because of how badly I want to dance for Disney. The waiting process has been the worst. For the first couple of weeks I was super confident. I felt awesome about how I did, dancing-wise, I felt like I made a connection with the choreographer, and I had so much fun while I was doing it. Except, I'm not supposed to find out until April 20th. April 20th is the Friday before finals week and it is also the opening night of Grand Valley's Dance Department's Winter Concert... After realizing all of that, I started getting worried... If I don't get this dancing job, that week and that night is going to suck.
Although, I've thought about it more. Yes, I do want this more than anything, I want it so badly that I would consider dropping out of school to do it all of the time. But I have to prepare myself for what I don't want to hear and for some reason I keep forgetting that this was my first opportunity to audition... I have 3+ years to audition still! If I don't get it, I'm going to be seriously bummed, but that just means I go back stronger next time and keep trying.
I'm determined to be a Disney Character Performer and I'm so anxious to hear back!!
