Check this off my Mondo Beyondo list, twice!

Back in July I wrote a post about auditioning for and getting a singing part in the Traverse City lip dub video, a city-wide music video. Well, it came out a couple of weeks ago, and here it is:

Traverse City LipDub from FishSoup Films on Vimeo.

I'm near the end, I join my new friend Dave right after he throws records into the air.

It was such a great experience. The highlights would have to be:

-Meeting so many fun and friendly people. I got to spend some time with the other singers near me during the filming, and they are such nice people. I think I made some new good friends there. In fact, I just went out last night with my new friend Micki who was the singer right after me in the dub.

-Watching the premier of the film on the big screen in the open space (a big park on the Grand Traverse Bay). For the Traverse City Film Festival there is a giant movie screen inflated in the park and free movies are shown all week at dusk. The lip dub was shown to open the first movie, and I got to see myself, and see Traverse City in all its glory, on the big screen. Now, since I have a tendency to be critical of myself already, watching myself on a 100 foot projection was a bit shaking, but it was also pretty darn awesome. And I think I can officially check getting on a movie screen off my Mondo Beyondo list of big dreams and goals, for sure.

-Stepping outside of the old comfort zone. I truly believe that doing things that stretch what you are comfortable with and putting yourself out there makes you braver and stronger. It shakes the cobwebs off of life and makes things a little bit more vibrant and fresh. I'm so glad I did it. Oh, and being in a guerrilla dance/singing video was also on my Mondo Beyondo list, so there's another life goal to cross off.