better and refreshing!:)

I just had a fabulous conversation with my friend Kristen (who is also doing the music for Giraffes Can't Dance AND working as the assistant conductor/music director on the Spring Awakening Tour.)  She gave me the names of people she has worked with to contact regarding directing and assistant directing, she told me about bulk summer stock auditions I can sign up for such as Straw Hat and NETC.  She talked to her friend at the Orlando Shakespeare Festival for me.  Helped me pick out audition material.  Recommended books to read and classes to take.  It was really great.  It was exactly what I needed.  So refreshing.  

I've also been taking some suprisingly motivated tap classes of all things.

Michael helped me with the German pronunciation of an Opera Song from De Fledermaus I'm working on and then we had a really conversation about the differences between the US and German governments - health care - views on abortion - taxes - security - views on history - etc...

And - I applied to walk Corgis on mycorgi.com  Hopefully I can walk a Corgi.  Though visiting the site and having all these people post about what a lucky roo corky was to have such a loving owner is making me a little misty eyed.

Overall today was better.  Hopefully I can put Kristen's advice to work and make things happen.  In the mean time - its more fosse and tapping for me!:)

PS - I totally feel like Elle Woods.  She got into law school using her sorority sisters to help her with the LSATs whilst doing sit-ups etc...  Im learning opera by having Michael and Francesco tutor me in their respective languages, listening to recordings, comparing recordings, etc...

And - I was told by a guy at an audition that I looked like The Littler Mermaid today!:)  I said - I dont know what to sing - should I sing IF I LOVED YOU or BEYOND MY WILDEST DREAMS - and he said - "BEYOND MY WILDEST DREAMS - you look like the little mermaid."  HEHEHE!  Still puts a smile on my face!:)