ONE week and counting...
(Originally posted on 18 September 2012)
The old adage of "Time flies when you are having fun" is a gross understatement as to the past few months. Sorry for my delay in getting a blog post up here. I've been bouncing about the US the past two months I guess in preparation for the travel I'll be putting myself through in Europe! And now the Tour update...
Auditions are coming in and in full force. The first few weeks are going to be INSANE (for lack of a better term) and they happen to look like this:
October -
1: Agent Audition Karlsruhe
2: House Audition Braunschweig
4: House Audition Deutsche Oper Berlin
8: Agent Audition Munich
9: Agent Audition Hamburg
10: House Audition Komische Oper Berlin
11: House Audition Berlin Staatsoper
12: Agent Audition Vienna
14: Agent Audition Munich
16: Agent Audition Hamburg
17: Agent Audition Berlin
24: Agent Audition Düsseldorf
(Phew that is going to be intense... and more keep coming everyday... I'm so EXCITED!!!!)
November is so far up in the air - hopefully more House auditions as openings in Ensembles are posted! But so far I have one audition in Vienna for an Agent! One is better than none at this point!
December looks the same right now. But I do have a house audition in discussion right now, so that is a good thing! I will be keeping the blog updated so more to come on that!
My hope starting next week is that I will be able to sit down every couple of days and give an update on the Tour. So I hope that you keep coming back to check in!
NOW onto the prep side of things! Since I have the auditions set up I know that I need to get my music ready and the packing must start! I've got everything in the car from storage and now I need to go through it and be very clever on what to take with me. I'm going to be traveling during Fall and the start to Winter weather so it's going to be a fun packing job! One thing I have to keep in mind is that I just need enough underwear to get me through a couple weeks... the other things can be worn more than once! Wash can be done once a week when I get home to Berlin or visit friends in Vienna.
I'm working on getting my Train schedule in order so I can go and set up my tickets for the first few trips. If I'm savvy I can get the most out of my Eurail and not get stuck having to pay too much beyond that. October is going to see a lot of Train travel from me. BUT... remember that a travel day can consist of several trips on the train not just one way. If you can map it out in advance, you will save a lot of money... and that's what I'm doing!
I've got my travel insurance! I've got my one pair of shoes that aren't for auditions (Keen's that are casual but really nice so that is all I'm taking with besides running shoes and audition wear).
Taking the audition attire to the cleaners today and then they won't see it again until December! The shirt will get washed a couple of times I'm sure, but they aren't going to see anything but audition spaces! HAHA!
So... I guess I'm in a good spot right now! I'll keep you updated as often as possible!
OH and before I forget... if you need the agent information from the previous posts, please message me because there are a lot of addresses that have been incorrect from the books I took them out of. I will gladly send you my updated list!
So... until next time (and hopefully that is when I am in Berlin)... Happy Travels!