Well last night was very exciting because it was my very first audition, at the age of 47, would you believe it! X Factor here I come. I think that many of us were encouraged by Susan Boyle because it proved to some of us that you do not have to be young and fit and have a gorgeous body in order to sing but you do have to have strength, passion and devotion and really want to do it. Where there's a will, there's a way! So last night I auditioned for the Bury St Edmunds Operatic and Dramatic Society which is a fabulous Society over one hundred years old. My son James had previously taken part in Bitter Sweet at Vincent the Piano player. I was so impressed by this wonderful show that I decided to give it a go myself.
Previously I had been singing sixties songs in a singing duo with one of my best friends Jim, called Select Sixties. After 8 months of rehersals we were just starting to get off the ground and introduce some Abba songs when we have reached a big ? Who are we right for? Many places nowadays take bands and so we decided to give a few performances at homes for the elderly but with both of us hollowing we could be quite noisy for them.
So where to now? Well I will have to wait for the result of last night's audition where I sang - You'll Never Walk Alone - from Carousel to a panel of distinguished members of the Society. Let's hope that I don't have to walk alone! As if I don't get in I don't really know where to go from here on the singing front! Open to ideas please.
Fingers crossed for my son in his GSA Audition this weekend as for him this is the biggie. Our house has been full of music. Wish us luck!
