Having arrived in Crewe a little after 11am, after the long drive knowing that we were minutes away we started Searching for a place to eat. The first place we noticed was a Subway which we settled for. I was surprised to find out that they still had the old price ranges. I usually have the 6" sub deal with a refill drink which recently went up to £3.20 because I have chicken tikka but, there it was £3. Bargain. We didn't stay at Subway for long. We ate and then we left, mostly because their wasn't much time before registration.
We arrived on Campus for around 11:30am. Parking was free thankfully as I found out beforehand and then we joined the queue for registration. There were two lines dividing the names alphabetically. It was only a short wait and when I got to the front I handed in an old photo they requested. My thought being that it was still a photo of me and that it was better than nothing. I also handed over an album of demos, that I had burned last minute with the hope to impress. In return the lady gave me a slip that told me that there was a talk at 1pm in the Lecture Theatre but, she then went on to say that we should follow the others up the stage stairs and take the tour for accommodation, and so we did. We had to wait for a few others to join the group and for one of the ambassadors leading the tour to come and collect us. It ended up being a rather short tour because someone was saying that they had their audition at 12pm. So, off we went to the accommodation that was a short walk just across the road. We had a look inside the individual rooms where we would stay and the communal kitchen. I did remember the ones in Manchester being a little bigger but, everything seemed suitable enough.
It wasn't long until we were heading back to the campus. It was a little after 12pm when we got back and if that girl did have her audition then, then she would have missed it although our tour guide; Victory suggested she lead the way to were the auditions were going to be. We decided not to follow and just tried to figure out where I was meant to go next. It didn't take long to find it. A few other female musicians were waiting outside so I decided to follow them, which turned out to be the right decision. Later we were waiting inside the corridor for the talk to commence. More people were arriving slowly and the the corridor started to be become rather busy. At around ten minutes to 1pm, they decided to let us in. It's really bad that already, I cannot remember a single one of the lecturers names, though it was easy to see that they all came from very different musical backgrounds. When we were let in we sat nearer the back of the theatre, I didn't want to sit either too close or too far away so we settled for the middle of the raised seating.
The talk began a few minutes before 1pm because most people had already arrived. Everyone was told to be five minutes early anyway. There were a few people walking in during the talk, some even midway through which was a little annoying but, I suppose not everyone knew where to go. That or they got lost or something. Dr. Pete Dale (I had to look up his name on their website) opened the talk by welcoming everyone and declaring mostly what the talk is about. He also told us a little about him self and his contributions and experience to the music industry. Three other lecturers were also introduced more briefly halfway through the talk, one of which whom I had my audition with later on. It was all very confusing towards the end as we had to be split up into groups for the auditions. I was sure that I had only applied for a single honours course but, I found out later that I had actually applied for the double honours Music/Popular Music degree so I didn't move thinking I was in the right place. It didn't really matter too much, I just had to think of a way to tell them that I had made an honest mistake.
Anyway, we found out that my audition was the last slot at 4:15pm. The whole day had seemed to have been a bit of waiting game and this proved it further more. We waited in the cafe for over an hour after Dr Pete Dale came out to ask who I was. I was unsure if I had to go down the hall to meet them at 3:30 or not, the instructions weren't that clear but, this lead to me gaining a practice room which was much needed. An ambassador lead us up to one of their smaller practice rooms. By this point I was really tired having been up since about 7am getting everything ready. I had about three quarters of an hour to prepare myself, so I went over the song several times. It didn't seem long until we were fetched back downstairs so I could do my audition but, I didn't waste any time.
Dr Angela Kang (I had to look up her name too, I hope it's correct) was the lecturer that look me for my audition. She was very king and really nice to talk to. After she had asked all of her main questions, I had told her that I went to NCN Clarendon, that's when we got talking about Nottingham and how we both know Dmitry Fedotov, my old tutor and Muha; his band. It was nice to talk about similarities and she did go on to say that she missed Nottingham. I think at that point I was starting to too. It's not very often I stray too far from the homeland. I felt like I did well after I played my song. I knew that I had messed up a little in places but, I think that because I just kept going and tried to remain professional about it I managed. This time around was definitely a lot more stressful that just going back to Clarendon.
The good news is that this morning I had a call from Manchester Metropolitan's Admissions and the lady on the phone told me that I had passed my audition and that all I need to do is send her a scanned copy of my BTEC Extended Diploma so that they could make me an offer. It's all very exciting. I just need to choose between staying close to home or moving out for a couple of years.
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