The Audition
Knees tremble, eyes run, Stomach aches, it's just begun. Walk the boards, take the stage, Room is blurry, lost my page.
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Knees tremble, eyes run, Stomach aches, it's just begun. Walk the boards, take the stage, Room is blurry, lost my page.
There goes my hope of a Merry Christmas, one of the dancers got a bad cold and is aparently "currently under alot of stress and needs a few days off to recover from a cold like she has" so my mum...
My heartbeat. That's the only sound in the dead silent auditorium. It feels as if everyone could hear my heart beating as I walked up, and griped the microphone.
Lady gaga is singing in the background. And I'm wearing 5" heels retro style. My skirt is like a fish bowl that's pink. My top is glittered black and loose like one of those summer shirts.
'I'm not sure I want to do this.' Bodily Delilah said. 'Oh shut up and get on with it wuss!' Said the Delilah in my head.
Tonight's the night, how will it go. Will I be too fast or go too slow. A little nervous, a little shaky A little older, a little achy Hope my drumsticks do not break And no-one hears mistakes I make.
I could feel my throat dry up. The crowd was shouting Judy's name. As I walked on stage the crowd fell silent with a moment of whispers and confusion. I spoke into the microphone "Um...