Henderson Bunch: The Voice Audition in LA

So a few months ago Don took me down to LA to audition for The Voice on NBC. It was a really fun experience. We stayed with a good friend of his, Dan Bird and his sweet family, who I had been dying to meet since Don and I have been married. We spent some time at the beach in Malibu with them and ate at some yummy restaurants.

The audition itself was a long experience!! Or at least a long day. I arrived at about 11am and finished about 4 or 5 hours later. At the beginning of the day you stand outside just waiting in this LONG line of people waiting to get into the building, there they check your idea and your audition pass and give you a bracelet showing you belong there. So, nobody was there who wasn't auditioning, unless it was a parent there with a minor. Then they eventually split you into several groups of ten... still waiting... and then those groups audition together in a small room with one or two producers present. You wait for your name to be called and go up, tell them your song and sing one verse and one chorus A Capella, and that's it!! It's pretty nerve wracking, even tho you aren't on TV or anything. I felt like I did pretty good, but wished immediately that I could have done it again. One other person sang the same song as I did, but luckily a different verse, and he forgot some of the words. I sang "I Can't Make You Love Me", I got my inspiration from Carrie Underwood. Anyway, it was a good experience... I didn't get a call back or anything from it, only one person in my group of 10 got a call back.

I was grateful for the opportunity and for a husband who loves me and believes in me enough to help me get there. I was grateful to feel the spirit after my audition and feel of His love for me and to know I had a wonderful and fulfilling life to go home to. As I looked around at the people around me who had been there waiting and hoping and wishing for something to change their lives, I wondered how many of them would also be going home to such a blessed life, as I was. I thought for most of them this may have been the "only" chance they had to happiness. How many of them thought life wasn't worth going home to after not making it there? I was so grateful to realize and to have a husband help me to see, how many other talents and abilities I had beyond singing and how much good I can do in my little world and for my family, which will reap far more benefits in my life than making it to some TV show. I also felt proud to be someone who wasn't afraid to try, even if it meant what some might call "failure". I hope it was an example to my children, but I am sure they have forgotten about it by now! I would still love a life full of singing and performing, but maybe for me it's just singing everyday with my kids and husband and performing in church. And, that's enough for me.

Here are a few photos from the trip to LA....