Great time at the Purple Crab

Last night was a fun at the Purple Crab. My acappella group, VERVE Collective, had a gig there. It's a small little place, very cool atmosphere. After we sang, we hung out, had some drinks and food. The food, by the way, is really good. But order it early, because it takes forever to get out. It was a nice chance for our group to hang out, too, because the only times we see each other are at our rehearsals or gigs. And thanks to our friend, Adam Abrams, for coming on down and taking a little video! You can check it out on YouTube. :)

No word on Iris Chang

Well, it's officially been one week and I haven't heard anything regarding the Iris Chang audition. I don't know when the callbacks are, though, but I would assume it would all be done quite quickly, as things would need to get in order for filming (which is in CHINA!). I usually have the "audition, then forget about it" attitude, but it's hard not to think about such a great role/opportunity.

BIG audition tomorrow

Wow! Just got a call from my agent - I'm being called in to audition for the lead in "The Woman Who Couldn't Forget: The Iris Chang Story". She's the author of the book, "The Rape of Nanking". I've done a little research and so far this sounds like it would be an amazing role. The story (well, the facts) behind her book is astonishing, and I'm a little scared to be portraying such a strong and heartfelt character. To imagine what she went through researching for her book... The audition is tomorrow, and I have a ton of sides to learn. Filming takes place in China! And finishes up in Ontario. How crazy is that?

"Rise of the Kitara" is online!

This is so cool. I just found out that our short film, "Rise of the Kitara" is available to view online! Of course, it looks best in its DVD form, but I checked it out yesterday and it's pretty good quality (just a smaller picture and you don't get all the out-takes!). You can view it at intake.ca. Click the "multicultural" tab at the bottom of the page to get to our movie. It's the long version, too, which has some great extra bits that our 10 minutes contest submission had to omit. Oh, and by "longer", it's 13 minutes - a whole 3 minutes longer than the original. :)

Sang at the Vancouver Art Gallery

Saturday night was really cool. My singing group, VERVE Collective, was part of the entertainment for Pacific Theatre's fundraiser, held at the Vancouver Art Gallery. We got all gussied up (we went formal!) and had a great time. It was so amazing to sing inside the gallery, because the acoustics were perfect. No mikes were needed, and the sound was just beautiful. It did end up turning into quite a long night for us, which we weren't prepared for, but all in all it was a really fun time.

Tick tick tick...

Man, the more time passes, the more I think, "OK, there goes the part for Men in Trees." I have no idea when the callbacks are, so I'm not sure when to let it go. I do know shooting starts Feb 19th, so I've got about a week left. So there's still hope. But it's fading fast. :(

On the plus side, I have a singing gig tomorrow night - a fundraiser for Pacific Theatre. It should be a lot of fun and our group is going formal! That'll cheer me up. I love getting all dressed up. It doesn't happen very often.

Singing samples online

Woo hoo! My a cappella group is starting to get some samples of our singing online! Our group is called VERVE Collective, and as of this morning we have 3 samples on our website. Check it out at vervecollective.ca. I'm the soprano in the group. :)