The Girl I Mean To Be
The Girl I Mean To Be
gavrochegirl
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/16/05
#0The Girl I Mean To Be
Posted: 12/2/05 at 7:45pmIs it an overused audition song? I may use it for future auditions.
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gavrochegirl
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/16/05
#3re: The Girl I Mean To Be
Posted: 12/2/05 at 10:11pmAw, it's such a pretty song, and I would think that it'd be a good choice for an audition.
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#4re: The Girl I Mean To Be
Posted: 12/5/05 at 8:26pmI think it's a very good choice. Not often heard at auditions. And just a nice song.
As someone told me lately: "Ev'ryone deserves the chance to fly!"...
He's there, the Phantom of the Opera!...
I dreamed a dream in time gone bye...
This is the moment! My final test!...
PS. Couldn't choose just one :-)
#5re: The Girl I Mean To Be
Posted: 12/5/05 at 9:33pmyea i have sung this song before it is so pretty, and its not used too often, so go for it and good luck!
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ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#6re: The Girl I Mean To Be
Posted: 12/5/05 at 9:35pmIs it really not used that often? I thought it was. Maybe I'm wrong. I sang it a long time ago. It's very pretty.
"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife
#7re: The Girl I Mean To Be
Posted: 12/5/05 at 10:38pmwould you guys say that songs from this show are mostly ok for auditions? or are there some to stay away from?
notsovirginmary
Stand-by Joined: 6/12/04
#8re: The Girl I Mean To Be
Posted: 12/5/05 at 11:22pm
I think it depends some on your location, cathy. I love "Hold On" and I can get away with doing it here in South Dakota. But when I attend auditions in bigger areas, I have been told to stay away from it, and most songs from this show.
But as far as TGIMTB goes, you're a young girl aren't you Gav? From my experience casting directors would rather you sing something age appropriate even if it is a little over done. There aren't many solos for children/young teens out there, so of course when they are auditioning young people they are going to hear the same songs over and over.
(-this is coming from the girl, who at the age of five, practiced singing Be Kind to Your Parents for an A Christmas Carol audition, but two seconds after entering the audition room, decided that an acapella rendition of You've Gotta Have A Gimmick was a much better choice.)
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gavrochegirl
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/16/05
#9re: The Girl I Mean To Be
Posted: 12/5/05 at 11:25pm
Yep, I'm 12, nsvm. I'm turning 13 on January 13th of next year. *cough* 
Thanks for all the advice, everyone!
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Racetrack
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/21/04
#10re: The Girl I Mean To Be
Posted: 12/6/05 at 12:12amI think it's a great song. If I had the sheet music I think I would use it even though I'm not 12 anymore. It's really a great song and I don't think you'd get into trouble for doing it at an audition.
"The weight of this sad time we must obey, Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say. The oldest hath borne most; we that are young Shall never see so much, nor live so long"-Edgar in King Lear
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