Yay!! I’m going to be an elf!!
The Elves and the Shoemaker
“Once there was a shoemaker and his wife; they were so poor he wondered what would become of them. One night before he went to bed the shoemaker left out his last piece of leather and, the next morning, a beautiful pair of shoes were in its place. A rich lady passed by, saw the shoes and was so delighted, she paid twice the usual price. This continued day after day until the Shoemaker and his wife resolved to discover the identity of the mysterious cobblers. Who were they? How did they sew so beautifully? And how could the Shoemaker and his wife ever repay them?”
’I found this blurb and this picture on http://www.karenwallace.co.uk/new-books.htm’
Last weekend I auditioned for the production “The Elves and the shoemaker”. The auditions were held where production is going to be held at ‘The Woolshed’, this is a little theatre in my hometown Te Awamutu. Anyway I auditioned for the part of an elf. I had come straight from tennis and so I went and got changed while Mum filled out the form, my nerves were starting to build up, this was the first time I’ve done something like this at The Woolshed so I didn’t know what it was going to be like. One of the main reasons I wanted to audition for this is because I really enjoy acting and because they asked for elves that are past or present tap dancers and I am in level 5 at tap this year. I grabbed my tap shoes and the lady led me in, I had butterflies, I was so nervous. I was in the room, the two ladies who were going to audition me introduced themselves and then asked me to put my tap shoes on and show them some steps. I was still so nervous but once I started doing some tap moves it slowly began to drift away. I did a couple of steps and then they said that I could obviously tap so now lets see if I can sing. I can sing but I don’t think I’m the best so I got a bit worried again. She played some music and gave me some words and I tried to sing along with it. After that it was all over and they said they would get back to me with how I went.
During the next few days after the audition I kept on wondering ‘how did I go’ ‘will I get in’. I just wanted to know straight away but then on Tuesday night the phone started ringing, my mum answered it and then gave it to me. “Hi this is Susanne” was the next thing I heard. Susanne is the lady that is organising this production and one of the people who auditioned me as well. Susanne then said “I would really like you to be a tap dancing elf in my prouction The Elves and the Shoemaker” I was so excited I could barely believe it. I was half speechless all I could say was ‘wow’ and ‘cool’. She said that she would send me out a letter on what was going to happen and when the rehearsals will start and then said goodbye, I said thanks so much bye and hung up. As soon as I had hung the phone up I shouted out gleefully “I’m going to be a tap dancing elf” I am so excited and I just can’t wait for it all. It’s going to be hard to learn it all but I’m pretty sure it’s going to be worth ot in the end.
