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

Yes, one of my female friends got a NO. But she didnt get the 'holding' email, so I've taken encouragement from that (or am I just deluding myself???)

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Hi, I probably won't email again. My 1st email I sent because I had had correspondence with them to reschedule an audition date. I knew my 2nd email was cheeky/pointless, but last week I become uncharacteristically obsessed with all this this. I still got a friendly response back, they basically said they had a momentous task and to bear with them. I won't bother them again else they'll think I'm crazy.

quite a few of us were in that audition. It doesn't seem as hard as everyone roses, I hope we weren't auditioned as reserves good luck! I so hope we all get in!

I got the 'we haven't forgotten you' email, was in the 1 male in the group audition doing dance for the opening ceromony (the dancing was lindy, street and partner work which was very basic lindy jive) and rather madly put myself down for Tap which I haven't done in years. Living in fear that I'll get a rejection or an offer as a Tap dancer. Living in hope that I get an email today for something manageable!

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Yep good luck and don't worry - I don't think we were a reserve group. My friends who did another audition with some dance/routine said that theirs was easier than ours and they still managed to get their routines wrong/backwards etc... in parts and have still got in.

I'd ticked ballroom on initial application (or rather my partner did due to the fact I did it as a teen - you can imagine I was thrilled about that) - but I guessed that was why I ended up in a 'partner work' audition. Our audition appears to be the only one with partner work (and the fact that there was only 1 male I assumed meant that they need more men for partner dancing - not just drumming). I think they're keeping us waiting whilst they wait on final numbers of new male applications which closes imminently - this would affect the numbers as they'll have to partner girls up or go for a different routine I guess.

When I signed up for the Tap I was told there wouldn't be a recall for Tap as they just wanted people who it wouldn't be completely new to - and that if unsuccessful for Tap you'd be slotted into a general dance role. I looked on the sheet and they had various ticks next to everyone's numbers and she added a tick for 'Tap'.

I thought our group was pretty mixed - some good dancers - and plenty of the sort I expect danced as teens but are no longer dancing that regularly or do things like Zumba, various ages (I'm early 30s and my dance partner was 19 - both of us had some previous experience and she got asked quite a lot of things on the bit we did to camera - we decided there will be a 'making of the games' show - how embarrasing!!!).

Anyway best of luck. It all seems rather close now and I'm going to have to control myself and stop treble checking the spam box in my emails for a bit!

Still waiting but loving going through the forum and agonizing along with the rest of you!

I got the 'we haven't forgotten you' email, was in the 1 male in the group audition doing dance for the opening ceromony (the dancing was lindy, street and partner work which was very basic lindy jive) and rather madly put myself down for Tap which I haven't done in years. Living in fear that I'll get a rejection or an offer as a Tap dancer. Living in hope that I get an email today for something manageable!

Hiya everybody peeps ..... new to this thread .... only signed up as Ive been following you all since the very first post, but you've kept me going during this tortuous wait for a response!!!

I was at the evening 30th November audition, had the 'holding' email saying they'd not forgotten me, but nothing since. Was anyone else at that audition???

Just checked twitter - nothing

Hi I'm new to Twitter -can you tell me how you check on twitter whether anything is going on?

Do you search for something?

The studio was split up into 5 segments can you remember which one you were in? I was in the middle, with a slim afro caribbean woman instructing us.

I am a reserve too.
My 3rd paragraph said, however we are still very interested in keeping you as a reserve performer. No mention of, we very much enjoyed your work in the audition.

so maybe there are several reserve emails depending on what recall audition you did.
Mine was an acting one.

That sounds like the same audition as me, was it 18th November evening? I really enjoyed the audition, felt I'd been put in the perfect level group for me and was pleased with how it went. I'm hopeful that most of us will get in from that group seeing as they are short of dancers for the opening ceremony, but who knows! What is this tick sheet people are talking about? I am a tap dancer but I don't remember getting a chance to tell them! I filled out the initial form before the first auditions online and I seem to remember I mentioned in that about the tap group that I'm in but it sounds like people are talking about something more recent?

Thats right .... we mustve been in the same group!!! xx