placement day, 1st day, 2nd day!

OK so I have a lot to catch you up on. Wait, who am I addressing? Who is "you"? ...Anyway, so much has happened in the past three days.
Sunday was the placement audition day. We showed up to CAP, sat through Orientation, which took about 2 hours, but wasn't boring at all. We got to meet several of the faculty and teachers. Then we split into groups based on how much dance experience we'd had. We learned a jazz combo (fast but fun) a ballet combo (which I picked up very easily, thanks to Meredith Sutton!) and then all came together into the shop. We did each combo in a group of 4 or 5. They asked me to do the ballet combo twice. Who knows why. Then, the people who had experience tapping before learned a SHORT tap combo... like 32 counts... but in 3 minutes. Seriously. She did the combo twice for us, did it once with us, and then we had to do it for the panel in groups of 4. It wasn't hard, but it was tricky, and super fast. We had to tap individually as well. After that was over, we waited for our specific time to sing and do our monologue. When my time came, I went in prepared to sing "Sing, But Don't Tell" and even explained it to the accompanist and everything. But I was asked by the lady at the panel to sing what I wasn't good at, or uncomfortable with. Where I needed work. That threw me off! I only had two songs with me, so I sang Hold Down the Fort. Not as belty, where I'm most comfortable. I did my monologue, and then I was done for the day!
OK, fast forward to the 1st day of class! We had to get there early to find out our class placement and schedules. I was placed into beginner music theory, intermediate jazz and ballet, and advanced tap! Holy cow! Now that I've completed my 2nd day of classes, I've had most of them, but I won't have gone to them all until the end of the week. I LOVE ALL OF THEM AND EVERYONE IN THEM! CAP 21 is the best thing ever. I love ALL of my teachers. I've already learned so much. I'm already super sore (that's a great thing!) and I feel like I might have already lost 5 pounds... haha!

I just want to be a sponge and soak up EVERYTHING that these teachers and this program and these people and this city can offer me. Today after class was over I asked if any studios were available, and I practiced all the dances I've learned so far. By myself. I'm going to try and do this every day. Whether its dancing, singing, or scene work, I'm going to bust my butt and work as hard as I can. I have no other priorities to worry about. THIS is what I'm here for. To learn. To improve.
That's something I've been chanting to myself the past few days: "I'm here to improve, not to impress." I don't want any silly notion of competition or show-offiness to get in my way. I'm here to work on my craft. There's no need for me to feel like I have to impress anyone. I'm already here. All I can do is my best, and work hard. My work ethic should be impressive. And by the end, hopefully, my progress will be impressive on its own. Without me trying to impress.

I'm pumped. Let's do this.