Its 2008!

So.... I never really promised to be very good at the whole blogging thing. In fact I just realized it has been one year to the very day since I have last written anything here! So much has happened... WAY TOO MUCH TO WRITE IT ALL OUT HERE! So I will just start with a quick recap of some important events and then full accounts starting with THIS year. I had marvelous blessings by being able to be a part of over 7 shows. The Molly Maguires was a particular favorite. I was also blessed to fulfill a life long professional goal of being hired at Sacramento Music Circus. They were the very first professional audition I ever went on back in the Los Angeles days when I decided to go for the gold out in the Golden state! Obviously it took a little while to get there, but get there I did in Hello Dolly. While I was up in Sacramento I got a call from Disney asking me to come down to LA to audition for a tour they were sending out. I was cleared to miss half a day of rehearsal and off I went. Just because it is unbelievable to me (and I actually did it) I have to tell you how the day went... I started in rehearsal from 9 til 12, made my 1 pm flight which landed in Orange county almost 20 mins early, got my rental car by 2:30 and made my 3 pm appointment time at Disneyland rehearsal studios. It went so well that I ended up having to change my flight home to the next morning from a different airport. (The cost of the air ticket change: 25 bucks... the rental car... $0!!!!) I landed at 8:55 and made it to rehearsal by 9:03! WOW!!!! I can't believe it worked out so perfectly! And then I got the job!!! I was the only girl in a 3 person show that went along the west coast and into Canada! IT was a bus tour, but we were rockstars on that bus! So that was another life dream checked off the list... Work for Disney... CHECK!

Well....Here it is the 21st of January 2008 and I have already rehearsed and completed 2 shows here in NYC! One was a quick run at The Public Theater in which I sang with a marvelous group of people from every walk of life.

The other show just ended today actually... It was a workshop for a musical by Joe Brooks (composer and Oscar winner for the song "You Light Up My Life") called Metropolis. It was pretty crazy. It is based on the 1927 movie of the same name which I've heard said was one of the most important Si Fi films ever made. It makes an interesting musical. It CERTAINLY needs work, but it was fun to spend 29 hours on it.

At the moment I am temping with Victoria's Secret in the corporate offices. I am actually administrative assistant to two VPs in the creative department! It is awesome. I love it there. They are so nice and are so excited that I am a performer! It makes it so much easier when I have to take off time for a show (or shows) and/or auditions. They really do like that I am a performer. What a difference it makes! Auditions have been really going well. While I haven't booked anything huge yet, everything I HAVE booked is a very important step on the road I am traveling!

Things, important things are happening I know this year. I can just feel it in the air.

I FINALLY HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE!!!!!! That a was a big goal for this year and here it is January and that too is checked off the list. I am also having a website created for me... www.ShawnaHamic.com! IT looks awesome! We are tweaking things still so it isn't officially up, but I know it will be soon.

Well I am off to bed and then off to work tomorrow. Life is really great. Even with the eminent passing of my grandpa... life is still amazing. He's ready to go and while I'll miss him like no other person in my life, I know he NEEDS his "promotion to Glory" as he puts it. It's just time...

So where ever you are... where ever life is taking you be it good or bad... I pray you enjoy the ride. That's the point after all isn't it!

Much love,
Shawna