One Wild Week

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Last spring, Mark and I attended a German trip fundraiser that Cam was involved in. One of the Fairport High School acts that performed that night was the high school comedy improv troupe, Downstage. The kids were just hilarious and very entertaining , and at the time I thought, "Wow, Annalisse would really love this!" So, when auditions for Downstate were taking place this week, she hemmed and hawed and tried to decide if she wanted to try out. Of course, everyone she asked said she should because of her quick wit and funny sense of humor.

The Downstage troupe is composed of 10 kids, and this year there were three slots available. On Monday, she and many kids went through the first round of auditions, and afterwards she was so excited about the prospect of joining the group. On the second day of auditions, although she wasn't required to, she auditioned again so she could, in her words, "make sure she got noticed." Then, Tuesday night, we waited and checked the website for Wednesday's last round of auditions (callbacks). She screamed and jumped around when she saw her name on the callback list, so we got ourselves ready for Wednesday.

After Wednesday's callback, she felt that she had a really good shot. The current Downstage kids with whom she auditioned gave her great feedback, and led her to believe that she was a really strong contender. The next step was that she would hear if she was selected by Wednesday night. The rumor was that they would visit your home with the news if you made it.

As it happened, we were in and out on Wednesday night, so did not get a visit. At 8:30pm Mark and I went our separate ways: him to pick up Annalisse at crew, and me to pick up Cam at SAT prep class. Around 8:40pm I got the call: the Downstage kids had "rushed" Annalisse at the end of crew practice telling her she "made it." Much to the dismay of Annalisse's coach, there was jumping and screaming and crying all around.

We are so proud of her! I think this will be a great experience for her with a really nice group of kids. Traditionally, they've done a lot of stuff together and spend a lot of time "bonding," so it's nice for her to get to know yet another segment of the large high school population. She probably sums it best in one of her Facebook posts this week: "I officially LOVE high school!"

You go, girl!!

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