New Plan - or rather - first or revised plan

I watched the U of M musical theatre showcase last night - one thing that struck me was that only one girl sang legit - the rest belted their faces off - some more successfully than others - and - among the GIRLS - they all blended together.  (THe guys showed much more diversity - but more on that tonight - I just need to get some other stuff out now.)

So - basically - I feel extraordinarily inadequate having not received the formal training that these musical theatre program students have/had.  They were such complete packages - some more impressive than others - but all very well put together.  I feel like a piece of marble that someone has been hacking away at - but does not yet belong in the museum.  So - obviously - I didnt get IN to any MT programs - so yeah - can't do that - so I have to make my own.

So here is my plan.

Voice Lessons: JP and Mary - when Mary goes to Italy - which seems to be often - I'm gonna try Reinking's teacher - who is half the price.

Group Voice: Broadway Dance Center offers group voice lessons for $18 - seem like a decent deal.  Going to try those - see what they are about.

Dance: Yoda and Female Yoda for Ballet obviously - and Derek for Tap - I'm going to try two new theatre dance teachers - and maybe - shudder - skip Jana so I can take Latin - which is very important for dance auditions - and I - kind suck at it.

Acting: Mary is very helpful - but I need to find something to help me with this.  I know I"m supposed to be this great director and all - and not NEED acting classes - but to be honest - I'm actually very bad at acting myself.  Maybe not acting in the sense of scene work - but I seem completely incapable of acting while SINGING.  And one can always use work on acting acting.  There is this place called Stage Door Connections which offers workshop with industry folk and casting directors.  A lot of people who I trust recommend them.  (THey are who I'm taking the WICKED workshop from.)  So - I'm going to keep an eye on them and see which look the most helpful and sign up.  STEPS also offers workshops - and since I get an extreme discount from them - I'm going to start taking those too.  

Alena and I are working on OUR showcase - so hopefully that will help meet industry people.  I just want to be prepared for when I do - why am I not Sierra Bogges NOW!?  lol.