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confidently dreaming

Well, things have been working out quite smoothly lately!

For one, I won't have to change my plane ticket to an earlier date (did I mention that before? Because it's a long story that I don't feel like typing out)! So this time, three months from now, I will be back in London. Creepy, when I think about it!

Anyway, but my course schedule was confirmed-- I'll have class Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday afternoons. Which, by the way, is quite fine by me. I'm taking a Theatre in London class, Marketing, and Poetry and Prose (I assume it's Creative-Writing ish). That's about an equivalent to taking 9 hours, which I am perfectly okay with taking! Haha.

The last 3 credit hours will come from my internship-- that I've finally confirmed! It has been worrying me but now it's all sorted out. I'll be interning 1-2 days a week (maybe more?) at Nettwerk Productions UK, which is a record label/management company. I'm so stoked about it. I ended up sort of knowing the guy who interviewed me on the phone, as he spoke to my music business class when I was there last summer. Crazy, eh? But it turns out that I might be over there to help with the release of Leigh Nash's (of Sixpence) solo album...holy cow, that'd be freakin' amazing!


So yes, I'm starting to get pumped. Also, today I received an interesting email from SUNY about this show that NBC Networks is producing. I'd totally do it except that A) I don't have a camera to use for an audition tape B) the deadline is Saturday anyway and C) I don't have charisma exactly "oozing from the ears". But who knows?

Now Casting: 'Junior Year Abroad'


WHAT IS J.Y.A.?
J.Y.A. (Junior Year Abroad), a new show from NBC Digital Studios, chronicles the first-person travel escapades and cultural discoveries of ten college students living and studying in all corners of the globe. With camera-wielding students in five unique continents, the show will capture all facets of life abroad, as lived and breathed by our cast. Our audience will experience the journeys vicariously through our young travelers, while learning interesting country facts and meeting colorful locals along the way. J.Y.A. and its accompanying website will soon become the definitive on-line destination for anyone with a penchant for global travel and a voracious appetite for adventure!


WHO IS THE CAST?
Could be you! Are you planning to study abroad in the fall of '06? Do you love to be in front of the camera? Do you thrive on the adrenaline of foreign travel? Do you have charisma oozing from your ears? Then we want YOUR audition tape! NBC Digital Studios is currently casting for the premiere season of J.Y.A.. We're searching for bright, articulate college students who wish to self-document the adventure of a lifetime. Cast members will receive cameras, tape stock, monetary compensation, and possible cash bonuses. Sound too good to be true? It isn't!

WHO IS ELIGIBLE?
(click here for complete submission rules, regulations and eligibility requirements.)
Above meeting all requirements of your study abroad program, J.Y.A. participants must:
* Be a full-time student at an accredited college or university
* Be at least 18 years of age
* Be registered to study abroad in the Fall of 2006
* Possess basic camera skills
* Be registered to live with a host family of native origin
* Have a dynamic personality and great English language skills




HOW DO I AUDITION?
Audition tapes should not exceed three total minutes in running time. Tapes should be an honest exhibition of your personality and creativity, while answering the following questions:
* What is your name, school, and major?
* Where will you be studying? Where else do you plan to travel?
* Why did you decide to spend a semester abroad?
* Will you be traveling with a friend or alone?
* What makes you an ideal cast member for J.Y.A.?

Tapes must be in VHS of DVD format and postmarked on or before July 1, 2006.
Be sure to include your complete contact information.


SEND AUDITION TAPES TO:


JUNIOR YEAR ABROAD
NBC UNIVERSAL
293E-1
30 ROCKEFELLER CENTER
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10112




Verrrrrrrrrrry interesting. Man, I'd love to participate. Ah well! I'll be busy enough as it is.

Time to stop shirking at my internship (international department at EMI-CMG) and get to work!

posted by Marion M. @ 8:33 PM Comments: 0