It is always an exciting and terrifying endeavor that takes much planning and a whole lot of of chaos.
We begin with our 2nd through 4th grade auditions. I have 117 kids signed up to attend. They will be showing up around 7:30 to sign in and begin learning a one minute song and dance. We then perform in groups of about 10, followed by a minute of standing in line while I madly write down notes. Having done this quite a few times, I have a pretty good system, but no matter how organized or prepared I am, it never works out exactly as planned. There are bound to be papers that are forgotten, resulting in kids that can't audition. Mom's that wait anxiously at the doors the ENTIRE audition so their 2nd grader can come out and say, "it went fine."
Thursday I audition 5-6th graders, about 70. And Friday anyone brave enough to sing a solo brings their big 30 seconds and gives us their everything.
The casting process is never easy. Cutting a 7 year old is heart breaking no matter who you are. But I'm one person, with my faithful assistant (another teacher I've suckered into helping me) and we can only handle so many kids. The hardest part is explaining to parents (yes, parents, not kids) that life is actually not fair, and sometimes you don't get what you want.
In real life, not everyone gets a trophy.
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