146th Passage

America's Got Talent held auditions in Boise this year, so I signed David up! He practiced several songs and we went back and forth on the one he would ultimately audition with. We landed on Say Something with him playing the piano. He brought the guitar just in case they asked for more.

David took the day off work and we got a babysitter and went to the BSU campus. Auditions were at the Taco Bell arena. I can't remember what time we arrived, but it was before auditions were supposed to start and the line was HUGE.

 David got an official AGT number and sticker.

 The line wasn't moving fast. We got to know the people around us pretty well and after awhile David decided to keep boredom at bay by cracking out the guitar. He played and sang popular tunes and the people in line around us all joined in. It was fun. Also cold. It was really cold and David never thinks he can get cold so he didn't even bring a jacket. He regretted it.

After hours of waiting we finally got to the sign that said Front of Line where they let us enter the building.

 Once inside we saw more gigantic lines.

 After waiting through that line we got David checked in and he had some paperwork to fill out. Then we waited more. After awhile his number was called, along with many others.

We then went to a different waiting area next to a door. Beyond that door was a judge. People kept getting called in to the room for their turn. After waiting for another eternity David got called in, along with many other solo artists. Here's my post on facebook about it.
We are on our way home. Here is the rundown. David got called in with 9 other solo artists to the judging room. It's where I left him. But I could hear him through the door and he sounded great! He said that they video recorded all the performances and called them up one at a time. They said their name, age, and the song they were performing. They played their piece and the judge could cut them off at any moment. David said there were only a few other actually good singers. The less talented got cut off early by the judge, but David and a couple others were allowed to finish. That's a good sign, right? We won't know for a few weeks if he moves on to the celebrity judges. 6 hours in line for 90 seconds of auditioning! But it was fun.
David did say that the speakers from the keyboard faced out at the camera and judge, and for the first of the song he couldn't hear it at all so he didn't know if he was singing on pitch or playing the right notes. But when the volume picked up he could hear it and felt more confident.
We never got a call back, but that's okay. It was a really fun experience and we don't regret it.