BA Talent Show Rehearsal

This was scheduled for 11am and as usual i was there by 1015, so grabbed a coffee and watched an Indian contestant singing in Indian with a backdrop of a movie which sort of explained what he was singing. It was very technical but not the most grabbing act for an audience.

I had been to this venue before but imagined it bigger than it was, still big enough. The room itself will be laid out on the night theatre style rows of seats, but the back and the sides will have tables and chairs, the people who are coming to support me better not take front row seats as it is really off putting when you walk on a stage and recognise someone in the front row. The judges, including Chico also seem to be very close to the front of the stage.

I sung my first song and was told i need to be more animated, but even when i watch Barbra Streisand sing "Don't Rain on my Parade" she does not fly around the stage like a loony, so i will have to work on "working the stage", and can you believe my second slow song i was also told to move around, i prefer a mic stand and to stay static when singing a slow number as it looks daft being a whirling dervish during "This is the Moment"

On the night i will be third on out of ten, not the best place to be, would prefer to be six or seven but Carole Baldock is sixth, she is singing smooth operator and On the Radio, during the instrumental break of smooth operator guess who has been roped into walking on stage in a black suit and fedora hat looking like a male smooth operator, if i did not have enough to do and think about.

The building itself is multi functional and i have attended BA courses here, it is a members only vacinity and they even have their only monthly lottery, there is a lovely subsidised bar and restaurant with outside area during warm weather and for smokers.

The advertisement for the show is plastered all over BA property, this is it....

What made me laugh was one place i found an article......

There was a draft of the programme which i had a little look at, it was no finished by any means but we all had to send in a photograph and say a little bit about ourselves, not an easy thing to do in such few words.

I am flying off to Mauritius on Sunday and i only get back the day before the show, i will use the time while i am away to rehearse in my room, sort out some hand movements and gestures to accompany the song well. Could the two free tickets to New York and the £750.00 be mine? Tune in soon to find out.

Wish me luck.