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Oh Sun, Where Art Thou?

Well, another cloudy and foggy day is in store for us today.  Perhaps, we came to the Smoky Mountains by mistake. . .

We would make a quick run to the beach, because that is always magical in and of itself, right?   But, according to the local news,  there is a serial killer on the loose in Daytona Beach, and we are in no mood to become his next victim, so we took that as a sign to stay far, far away.  

Oh well, I am almost in surrender mode in my quest to find the sun.  For those who were jealous that we were coming to Florida without you, I hope this helps to make you feel better.  And you won’t have to worry about us coming home with a tan, so that should help as well.

Back to the real reason we are down here -  the auditions.   Neither Crystal nor Hayley were invited to the next phase of the auditions from yesterday, but they were both OK with that.  Yesterday was a vocal audition, and they were trying to fill one very specific role for a female performer

But, they sang, and that was what we came for.  Their resume’s and photos are in the hands of someone who can help them, and they go back today for another audition; another contact; another hurdle; another experience; another step in the right direction.  Today’s audition is for character look-a-likes and parade performers, which would be right up their alley. 

They are very excited for this opportunity, and have thoroughly enjoyed every step of this process.  They are now much less intimidated and have more reason than ever to believe that this is where they want to start; knowing that any experience they get from Disney will be absolutely priceless. 

So, believing that good things wait for those who leap, they take another leap of faith today.

And then we head home to find the sun.  It is obviously on vacation as well.

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Auditions are in progress. . .

Well, Crystal and her friend Hayley are now in the audition process.  They are numbers 72 and 73, so it still may be a few minutes.  But, they explained that everything will be done by Noon, so we will keep you posted.

As you would expect, Disney has everything down to a science and is very well organized.  They do this on a monthly basis, and those with experience tell us that you never know what they are looking for at any particular time.

We have learned that they are holding character auditions tomorrow at 1:00, so we will stay for that as well.  That would be a very different audition than what Crystal is attending today. 

Her main goal with this entire trip has been that they would get to see her dance.  She wants to make it that far in the process at the very least.

Please pray for her.

Malloree would add that someone needs to pray for the sun to make an appearance while we are here.  Florida just isn’t the same without it.

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We’re Off to Find the Magic . . .

Sometimes, the most important part of a journey is the part in the middle.  On a winding path, you have to keep walking.  You can’t stop just because you can’t see around the next bend.  As a matter of fact, you have to follow the path , or you’ll never see where it is trying to take you. 

So, tomorrow, Crystal Faith Grimes is going far enough to see what lies next on her path.

This journey began before she was a year old, long before she could stand on her own.  Crawling across the floor, she would pull herself up by anything she could grasp, break into a huge smile and shake her hips to the beat of the music.  It didn’t matter what music – sometimes it seemed as if she heard her own – but she could always feel the music and couldn’t wait to express how it made her feel.  Likewise, when she would be sitting in her carseat, even in her sleep, she would tap her tiny little dancing feet to the music.

So, tomorrow, those dancing feet are taking us to Disney, to see what happens next.   Auditions are a tricky thing, and I’m not sure what makes one person stand out above another.  But, as with dancing, one step leads to another and the experience itself is worth the trip.

The only thing I know at this point is that it is important for us to go - to keep following the path - to believe in the magic. 

Nothing is possible unless you have enough faith to take that leap.  

And we’ve always had that faith – Crystal Faith.

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