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Post by merprincess on Jul 12, 2016 7:54:58 GMT -5
Yes you read that right, this is happening to me this afternoon!
Short of it: I won an online contest run by Laura Osnes and Paramount Pictures for the film Florence Foster Jenkins and was granted the opportunity to sing ONE song on the main stage at Carnegie Hall. Of course, I picked my all time favorite song nearest and dearest to my heart, Part of Your World. I hitched a flight to NYC and now I'm getting all dolled up for my performance! I feel like I'm living a dream, these things just don't happen to me, I always feel left out of fun opportunities like this, but it's here and now and I am just so grateful!
If you're in New York, around 2pm I think is when the performance starts, there will be video which I will upload/link after it all happens!
I'm just living in a blur, this is simply beyond my wildest dreams!!
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Post by Mike The Best on Jul 13, 2016 2:43:54 GMT -5
Wow, congratulations! You'll be amazing, I'm sure! That proves that dreams do come true, if you try with all you strength. Good luck!
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Post by merprincess on Jul 20, 2016 8:23:41 GMT -5
It was so amazing, such an honor, I'm still on cloud 9. Unbelievable that this got to happen to me. I could not be more grateful, what a way to spend my first time ever in NYC  Unrelated to the event, I got to meet SIERRA BOGGESS! I saw School of Rock, she was amazing, and stagedoored after the show. She is so so sweet and I told her about why I was in New York and she congratulated me, we selfied, she looked radiant, I couldn't be happier. Here's some articles if you're interested, I just had to share or else I'd burst! www.broadwayworld.com/videoplay/BWW-TV-Laura-Osnes-THE-COLOR-PURPLE-Make-Dreams-Come-True-at-MY-CARNEGIE-MOMENT-20160716www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/florence-foster-jenkins-my-carnegie-moment_77784.htmlwww.playbill.com/article/photos-see-these-aspiring-singers-have-their-carnegie-momentParamount Pictures was filming us the whole time, so eventually there'll be some B roll footage of rehearsals and down time for newsreels and they have a really nice HD version of my performance with lots of camera angles that they're currently editing. There were cameras everywhere, something entirely new for me, and I got interviewed quite a bit! Truly truly thankful for the support of my family and friends that led me here. I don't know if this will lead me anywhere, a girl can dream, I'm already happier than I've ever been |
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Post by yougottaloveariel on Jul 20, 2016 18:12:49 GMT -5
CONGRATS ! I "sang" with Jodi Benson at NYC Disney Store on Fifth Ave back in 1997 (SHE LIKED MY CHORUS!!! OF In Harmony)
Also in Smithtown NY their theater production did the show last Christmas Went the last day (AFTER THAT big snowstorm)
They were on a fixed budget (No heely's etc) BUT despite this they did a solid performance that dare I say could rival the Broadway one
And I saw that twice
Also it is playing in NJ this month but with so much going on just do not know
Its at the Alqonquin theater in Manasquan NJ July 16 through 31
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Post by merprincess on Jul 21, 2016 14:47:21 GMT -5
CONGRATS ! I "sang" with Jodi Benson at NYC Disney Store on Fifth Ave back in 1997 (SHE LIKED MY CHORUS!!! OF In Harmony) Lucky!! That must've been fun! I was just at that big Disney Store last week, surprisingly not a lot of Ariel stuff!... I don't live in the NY/NJ area but I hope to see at least some video of the productions, do you know if they're filming it? |
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Post by yougottaloveariel on Jul 23, 2016 15:21:35 GMT -5
The best thing about the Times square store is Rapunzel's lanterns as you go up the escalator
The original fFfth Ave store was QUITE nice BUT long since closed
aS TO YOUR THING DO NOT KNOW IF IT IS BING FILMED ETC
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Post by merprincess on Jul 24, 2016 0:55:55 GMT -5
The best thing about the Times square store is Rapunzel's lanterns as you go up the escalator The original fFfth Ave store was QUITE nice BUT long since closed aS TO YOUR THING DO NOT KNOW IF IT IS BING FILMED ETC Yes! I took a princess pic with the lanterns:   Very cool sight to see! As for videos, photos, and more info from my event, here's a few www.playbill.com/article/photos-see-these-aspiring-singers-have-their-carnegie-momentPlaybillVideo here www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRxkPS9FbNowww.broadwayworld.com/article/BWW-TV-Laura-Osnes-THE-COLOR-PURPLE-Make-Dreams-Come-True-at-MY-CARNEGIE-MOMENT-20160716www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/florence-foster-jenkins-my-carnegie-moment_77784.html In love with that jumping pic onstage at Carnegie Hall, real bucket list moment this all was. My performance (low quality) is here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2J8xwSRtnLkIt's VERY AWKWARD at the start, I have to warn you all. The intro talk is fine but I had to redo the beginning of the song because of a miscommunication with the pianist, it happens! It will be edited out, as the event was recorded and not a live event. Paramount will release a nice HD version of the performance with multiple angles and the huge moving rig they had in the center of the house, right in the audience. I'll let you know as soon as it's released! Also, this is a thing that I just noticed and it made me actually cry:  Jodi singing Part of Your World in concert at the Hollywood Bowl, blue dress  Sierra singing Part of Your World in concert in Tokyo, blue dress  ME singing Part of Your World in concert at Carnegie Hall, BLUE DRESS I lost it when I put these all together. I just love them both and it's like I'm following in their footsteps. I really hope my performance lives up to the Ariel standard, who knows, maybe I'll end up on Broadway someday?... |
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Post by merprincess on Aug 17, 2016 10:52:28 GMT -5
Here's the full video of my performance! (also, by the way, if any of you have Disney connections, feel free to send this along. I do hear there's a live action TLM in the works by them...) www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWMbvqQEJoM |
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Post by Mike The Best on Aug 21, 2016 3:20:44 GMT -5
Here's the full video of my performance! (also, by the way, if any of you have Disney connections, feel free to send this along. I do hear there's a live action TLM in the works by them...) www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWMbvqQEJoMWOW! You are amazing! Amazing in every aspect! I loved they way you conveyed the emotions of the song. At some parts you even reminded me of Jodi Benson. At the end I was moved—if I said you were better than Jodi Benson, would I overreact? Oh my god, you're perfect! The little interview, though, it was so cute. Love you!^^ EDIT: I hope you don't mind me sharing it at my blog? |
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Post by merprincess on Aug 21, 2016 22:53:43 GMT -5
WOW! You are amazing! Amazing in every aspect! I loved they way you conveyed the emotions of the song. At some parts you even reminded me of Jodi Benson. At the end I was moved—if I said you were better than Jodi Benson, would I overreact? Oh my god, you're perfect! The little interview, though, it was so cute. Love you!^^ EDIT: I hope you don't mind me sharing it at my blog? Thank you so much, I really appreciate that! I've looked up to Jodi, and Sierra, for so so long and have wanted to follow in their footsteps as much as possible. Part of Your World was the song that got me into singing, the first song I sang on a stage back in middle school and now I study voice in college and now I've gotten to sing the song that started it all for me at Carnegie Hall. It was even more crazy that I got rejected to play Ariel twice in one week just a month prior, three times total, and then suddenly this opportunity comes along. The Little Mermaid as a film is so important in my life, it's more than my favorite, and has changed and saved my life when I was at some very low points. Kudos to LAF for existing since I've joined in 2008,I've loved it and the people here ever since. Ariel is such a big part of my world, it's so difficult to get that across and I wish I would've had more time in the interview to say how much this really meant to me, I was such on an emotional high that I just word vomited out the most random interview ever lol  I'll never be able to fully express my gratitude that I even got to do this and what it all means to me without messing it all up some way but believe me, this meant a great deal to me and I'll never get over it. Thank you so much once again, and go right ahead and feel free to share with whomever you'll think will enjoy it!  |
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Post by Mike The Best on Aug 25, 2016 7:25:32 GMT -5
WOW! You are amazing! Amazing in every aspect! I loved they way you conveyed the emotions of the song. At some parts you even reminded me of Jodi Benson. At the end I was moved—if I said you were better than Jodi Benson, would I overreact? Oh my god, you're perfect! The little interview, though, it was so cute. Love you!^^ EDIT: I hope you don't mind me sharing it at my blog? Thank you so much, I really appreciate that! I've looked up to Jodi, and Sierra, for so so long and have wanted to follow in their footsteps as much as possible. Part of Your World was the song that got me into singing, the first song I sang on a stage back in middle school and now I study voice in college and now I've gotten to sing the song that started it all for me at Carnegie Hall. It was even more crazy that I got rejected to play Ariel twice in one week just a month prior, three times total, and then suddenly this opportunity comes along. The Little Mermaid as a film is so important in my life, it's more than my favorite, and has changed and saved my life when I was at some very low points. Kudos to LAF for existing since I've joined in 2008,I've loved it and the people here ever since. Ariel is such a big part of my world, it's so difficult to get that across and I wish I would've had more time in the interview to say how much this really meant to me, I was such on an emotional high that I just word vomited out the most random interview ever lol I'll never be able to fully express my gratitude that I even got to do this and what it all means to me without messing it all up some way but believe me, this meant a great deal to me and I'll never get over it. Thank you so much once again, and go right ahead and feel free to share with whomever you'll think will enjoy it! Here it is: arieloverfansite.tumblr.com/post/149459589204/wow-i-really-dont-know-what-to-say-about-this |
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I'll never be able to fully express my gratitude that I even got to do this and what it all means to me without messing it all up some way but believe me, this meant a great deal to me and I'll never get over it. Thank you so much once again, and go right ahead and feel free to share with whomever you'll think will enjoy it! 