Good Evening!
I'm back from the Waldorf-Astoria...
First of all, the W-A is apparently in the middle of some major refurbishing/remodeling. And that includes the sidewalk and entryways. I was told to enter on the Park Ave. side, but it took me a while to find the temporary Park Ave. entrance. Thankfully, it's still on Park Ave., just a few doors down.
Secondly, the "kids" that were assembled for this mock audition were mainly high-schoolers, 15-17 year olds. There were about 200 young women and young men, and they all danced pretty darn well! We basically ran an actual audition. We taught the short version of the Opening Combination, made a cut, then taught the complete combination. Very impressive.
-And I lost track of how many times I played the Opening after the 200th time.
