This morning – and I’m not making this up – I had a strange little dream.<\/p>\n
I found that I was a guest judge on American Idol. I was sitting right next to Simon.<\/p>\n
It must have been the early audition rounds, and they changed the form a little so that they were holding them in the large auditorium with an audience, rather than individually in a small room. The one nice young lady stood, told us how great she was going to be, and then proceeded to essentially speak the lyrics of her song with a very slight, almost undetectable attempt to put a little sing-song medley behind her words. I gave her advice that when she comes to a singing competition, she should try to actually sing the lyrics. Simon smiled and let my comment stand without adding any more.<\/p>\n
True to the form of the show, the girl got upset, complained that she had a cold, wanted another chance. Then a little different, she ran to the side of the room, found an LDS hymnbook, and started searching for a song she knew. Unfortunately, she did not find any song that she was familiar with, and her audition was over.<\/p>\n
Then the end of the show came. From my view on the stage, I could see Ryan Seacrest standing in front of the cameras, and the producers giving him his queues. I was caught up in watching the process of seeing the TV program made. Then Ryan pointed to me, thanked me for helping guest judge today, and said we have a minute left in the show, so would I like to sing a song?<\/p>\n
I stood up, and began singing the first song I could thing of, The Star Spangled Banner. I knew I only had a minute, so I sang the song a little bit faster than normal. I sensed confusion from the audience, but then they soon stood up, and sang along with me. We finished the first verse just as the show – and the dream – was over.<\/p>\n
What does it all mean? I have no idea. But happy Independence Day everyone!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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