Did anyone else get an audition for the 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony?

I ticked off everything except ballet on my sheet I think - including musician/singer - but still I only made it through to the reserve list (as a drummer? well that's what my 2nd audition was so who knows!(.

I expect after all that the best I can hope for is a "behind the scenes" role (which I've now applied separately for to up and including the Opening Ceremony only as busy with other stuff after that which clashes with rehearsals for Closing Ceremony and this stuff cannot be changed/moved to another date).

If I do actually get to take part in the opening ceremony though I full expect that role to be as an extra of some sort, not as a dancer, actor or drumming purely because I am female, overweight and 47 years or age not a nice supple young thing of, say, 25 with a pretty face still !!

Hi all ! Congrats to those who are definitely in. I was in the Blur/Madness group but have had the 'reserve' letter (Friday 20th). Am really disappointed as had been pleased with how the audition went, and was buzzing all the way home, but wondering how many they wanted for that particular section. Hoping I may still get in somewhere !

Thanks to everyone contributing to this. Any reserve people that later get an offer - please let us know to keep our spirits up.

Hey I'm in that group too!!!!! what audition where u at?

hey 5th nov and then recall 26th nov. I have no idea what kind of sequence it's going to be, i just guess it's going to be hiphop/street dance? either way, i want an awesome costume LOL.

To all of you who got through for dance roles, do you have previous dance experience?

To all of you who got through for dance roles, do you have previous dance experience?

To all of you who got through for dance roles, do you have previous dance experience?

To all of you who got through for dance roles, do you have previous dance experience?

To all of you who got through for dance roles, do you have previous dance experience?

danp142: What difficulty group did you put yourself in?

I am now in 51-B.

I did the wrong audition (dancing instead of drumming) as they made a mistake with my application (they emailed me back afterwards)!! But as they know I am actually a drummer anyway they have put me in this group.

Appears to be mic group and first hip hop group waiting. Good luck guys!

Just found this thread tonight and have stayed up half the night reading it. Eep.

I haven't got a reply yet... or any of the other emails now I'm well nervous!

Then again, nobody here seems to have been in the same audition as me. I did the rollerskating audition on the 1st of December.

I'm definitely going to be calling them on Monday! I can't handle the suspense any longer!

Just found this thread tonight and have stayed up half the night reading it. Eep.

I haven't got a reply yet... or any of the other emails now I'm well nervous!

Then again, nobody here seems to have been in the same audition as me. I did the rollerskating audition on the 1st of December.

I'm definitely going to be calling them on Monday! I can't handle the suspense any longer!

Hey, I'm in 51-C doing the same thing. What difficulty group did you put yourself in in the recall audition? I thought the most experienced would be put in 51-A and least 51-D with the others in between, but if you didn't put yourself in the most experienced group then my theory is clearly wrong.

HappyEnding are you in Section 63A as this sounds like the same choreo I did during my recall on Wednesday 30th November - my audition was the evening one. I just remember the dance choreo being an extremely fast "Street Jazz(??)" and reminded me of being at the Pineapple There was one girl that wore a small pair of shorts and did the splits at the end of the routine. Does this particular audition ring any bells?

Looking back I'm wondering whether those that auditioned us did this purposely to see how many of us would persevere with the routine and to see how many of us would still be smiling at the end of it

Any Segment 63 Group A's I look forward to meeting you all at the rehearsals. The Cast Co-Ordinator on the Ceremonies website looks very much like one of the ladies that showed us the routine. Here face is VERY familiar (spotted her on the Ceremonies website).

Don't know how we'll know who's who unless someone's willing to carry a placard saying : "Hi I'm so and so from the student room?"

Re: the privacy issues in the email, I'm sure there's many of us on here that need to inform colleges, employers etc of these rehearsals. My take on this would be to photocopy the first and rehearsal page and tippex / blackout email addresses, rehearsal locations, which part you've been offered, the Cast Group / Co-Ordinator's names (plus their email addresses), Role Outline and remember in the Key information part of the email that you do not leave details of where the rehearsals will be but leave in the dates. I think this would be more than sufficient information for colleges / employers in relation to arranging time out for rehearsals.