Today was another great day for progress. First, Terri gave us some updated figures concerning how much money we've secured, how much we expect, and our projected fallout. This gives us a much better idea of how the financial situation is and will work out, so that's great. Then we passed around the letters that we'll be sending out to some specific donors to hand-sign them and add that personal and professional touch.
We also went over headshot info and finalized a date to have them taken. It's important that we all have professional headshots from a known practicing photographer in order to be taken seriously by the agents at showcase. Along the same lines, we also discussed the importance of changing your phone number to have a New York City area code. The reason is to make sure that the agents know our intention is to move to and stay in NYC. Unfortunately, they want nothing to do with us if we don't have that intention, so that becomes extremely important.
We spent the final part of class having people sing through some solo song ideas and I'm extremely pleased to say that not only did I find the song I'll be singing, but nearly the entire group has their songs chosen. We only have one or two people left to choose their songs, which I'm sure will happen on Tuesday. Something that I realized today, though, which was pointed out by Jonathan, is that picking a song isn't as complicated as it seems. I was trying to think up new songs and ideas that I hadn't sung before and while that was good, I was missing the material that I'd already worked through and really worked for me. In Jonathan's words, "We aren't here to reinvent the wheel." At the end of the day, I ended up with a song that I sang a couple years ago as my showcase songs and it works great for me, so I couldn't be happier.
We should be putting the final touches on our lineup and working the group number within the next couple classes. We're making great progress and I couldn't be more excited. Showcase, here we come.
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