Singing at the Apollo Theater in New York City is not supposed to cause bruising, is it?
Ever since Azusa Dance got the opportunity to audition for the right to compete in the annual Amateur Night at the legendary theater, she’s had black and blue spots on her arms and legs. The marks have nothing to do with the building or the singing, however.
Barry Courter“I’m so excited, I keep pinching myself,” she says, the absolute joy in her voice coming through the phone lines.
“It was absolutely amazing. I wake up and think, ‘Did I really sing at the Apollo?'”
Dance, who moved to New York from Chattanooga about a year ago for the second time, had never been inside the historic theater, but decided last February to go for the audition. The city had just had a snowstorm and the temperature outside was about 10 degrees. When she arrived, the line of people hoping to audition wrapped around the building.