<p>My daughter received a phone call from the Director of Choral Activities at Otterbein today, and she's been accepted into the music program with a significant talent award. My daughter won't make a final decision until all her colleges have been heard from, but Otterbein has transformed from "academic safety" to "safety I love and would gladly attend." Funny thing is, on the drive down to Otterbein for her audition, she was saying that she really wasn't sure why she was auditioning since she didn't think she wanted to major in music. Immediately after her audition, her "tune" changed to "this is the one school where I can see myself majoring in music, just so I can learn from these wonderful professors." It's been a good day...!</p>
<p>Congratulations to your daughter!!! That is very exciting! It's a very nice feeling to get such an affirmation. She'll have a fine option now to consider. Enjoy the feeling.</p>
<p>Hey mezzomom - glad to hear it! Maybe both our girls will be there - though we wont know for another six weeks or so!</p>
<p>it says that at unifieds you will "demonstrate your dance ability"....does this mean bring jazz gear?</p>
<p>ToTheStage: That won't be necessary. Just wear clothes you feel comfortable moving in. We'll be working on carpet, unfortunately, so there's no need for full gear. See you soon.</p>
<p>but you do have to bring dance clothes to change into then I'm guessing...otterbein gave me a fairly specific audition time though, so am I to assume that the dance part of it will be after the voice/monologue? sorry, you probably don't know about all that-wait...are you from otterbein?....confused!</p>
<p>Yes, Dr. John is from Otterbein and will probably conduct your audition. My d auditioned with him and she wore her nice audition dress. She was simply asked to do a "time step" from tap, then a couple more tap moves and a couple of other dance moves. Nothing you couldn't do comfortably in what you wear for your audition.......shoes removed, of course. All of this followed her vocal and monologue part. I don't think anyone wore dance clothes to the otterbein audition.</p>
<p>oh! okay I get it....that's different from a lot of other schools that did dance @ Unifieds in Chicago...but I like....because I don't have to change! haha</p>
<p>Hi
My daughter did the audition for Musical Theatre with dance concentration at Otterbein at NY Unifieds and was told ahead of time by Otterbein to wear her dance clothes to the audition, which she did, so I guess it depends on your type of audition.</p>
<p>Yes, it is different for the dance majors.</p>
<p>had my audition today-
for beg. dancers....you basically don't dance unless you really really want to put it on tape for all to see ;)</p>
<p>I had my audition today too.</p>
<p>First of all, I want to thank all the people who stopped by during the unified auditions to say hello. It was great meeting you, and I very much appreciate the kind words. Students, you did good work, and you will make our choices extremely difficult; that's what you're supposed to do.</p>
<p>While we were in Chicago, we got the very exciting news that Mandy Bruno, MT class of 2004, was nominated for an Emmy as Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series for her work as "Marina" on GUIDING LIGHT. Here's the link to an article about the Emmy nominations:</p>
<p>And here's a link to Mandy's high school's press release about her nomination:</p>
<p>We're very proud of her, as you can imagine.</p>
<p>Best wishes to everyone on your remaining auditions.</p>
<p>DrJohn....
Congratulations! Your pride is understandable. I remember seeing Mandy in your Senior Showcase when we were visiting Otterbein. She was one of our favorites! LOADS of talent!</p>
<p>Congrats to Mandy and to you. We can feel your proud MT "papa" vibe through cyberspace. How great!!</p>
<p>Major congratulations to your former student who has achieved so highly! It is a testament to your program. You have a right to be proud of her after nurturing her along the way. It's wonderful to hear such positive news and outcomes from your fine program, Doctor John!</p>
<p>congrats, that's so great!</p>
<p>doctorjohn - Congratulations! It must be so fullfilling to hear wonderful news about your students. Even though you know you've given your kids the best of training, it's great to see that OTHERS in the field also see the talent.</p>
<p>doctorjohn:</p>
<p>Congratulations to you and your former student!</p>
<p>vocaldad</p>
<p>anyone going to be at the audition on the 4th this coming week!?!</p>