My Narrative ( the first time I auditioned for a spring musical)

It was the week before my first audition for the spring musical at McAuley high school, and I had to figure out what 1-2 minute monologue and Disney or Broadway song that I wanted to perform. I wanted to choose something that would be easy to learn and memorize, so that I would not have any difficulty when I went to practice the words.  The monologue and song I decided to do was from Disney's The Little Mermaid. This was an easy thing to do because I am very good at memorizing things from Disney movies, since I have seen them many times. So when I practiced the monologue and song, I thought of Ariel saying the words and singing the lyrics to the song. I am so glad that I had my parents there when I practiced, since they sat and listened as if they were the audience in the room where the auditions were going to be. When the day of the audition came, I was really nervous that I would accidentally forget the words to the monologue or the song. But since I practiced a lot before the audition, I was able to give an amazing performance.  After the audition, I was so proud of myself for having the courage to get up in front of an audience to recite a monologue and sing a song. Once all the auditions and callbacks were finished, the cast list was put up the next day. I was very anxious to know if I had received a part, and when I saw my name under the list for Chorus, I became so excited, and really proud of myself. My family was so happy, especially my younger brother Noah. He had always wanted to see me as part of the cast, since I had been on crew for other musicals. So he was super excited, when he found out that I had received a part.

This event was an important day for me because, I tried something that was out of my comfort zone.  I am someone who had never had the courage to try out for a musical, but not until my junior year of high school. So this was a very big deal for me, because I am a very shy person who becomes nervous when I am in front of a huge crowd of people. But I was so happy that I had the courage to try out for my first spring musical.

After watching the Ted Talk, I do trust how well I remembered the time I auditioned for my first spring musical. I was able to recall every detail that happened. This event is important to me because, it reminds me that it is okay to go out of my comfort zone and try new things.