Thurs

Well that's my boy after he'd done his audition...We later than i originally planned and am so glad of that...I knew there was major roadworks in Dundee and i did want to allow for possibility of roadworks elsewhere but we still got there with plenty time to spare...I'd never been to the SECC before and i was worried about finding it...I needn't have been, it is so easy to find...I've only been to Glasgow to Hampden for footie and last years Robbie gig and years ago when i went to Star Trek conventions...I do remember how to get to Sauchiehall St from back then like...Well the turn off for the SECC from the motorway is the next one along from that one LOL...And after that it is a very short drive along the Clyde...M was in the 3 o'clock slot along with loads of others...After we queued where you can see people queuing in the background there we went in to the holding area...Sounds like a herd of cattle that but i suppose in effect they are LOL...Thurs wasn't in front of the judges you see on telly...It was in front of a producer but the next stage is in front of Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan...They did film a little bit for crowd scenes and such like...Well they said a little bit LOL...Having gone through filming with a film crew before they shot loads of stuff that will either not get used or you will see a few seconds worth of LOL...They had some producers going around chatting to performers whilst they were waiting to be called...Some were filmed being talked to and some weren't...And most didn't get chatted to...M did but not on film <phew> I did NOT want to appear on camera...She was lovely but i could see she was a bit puzzled by the way he answered some of her questions...She asked him how long he had been singing...He told her 16 years so she then asked him how old he was...He said 16 LOL...So she laughed in a nice way and said so you've been singing since you were born...You know he wasn't that far off being right...He used to hum away as babies do after a while and it was always in tune...I got slagged off for buying a drum for him to get from santa when he was 18 months old at one mother & toddler group we went to...I told the other mums that a plastic drum with plastic sticks was quieter than the pan he hauled out and the metal spoon...Even back then he did bang away with a sense of rhythm...At that point i explained about him being autistic, not sure if she knew what that meant but she seemed to...His number was called whilst she was chatting to him but she went over to the guy calling out the numbers and said she'd take M through when she was finished...He was seen at around 5pm...He wouldn't allow me through to watch him actually audition so i don't know how he got on as such...I know he was excited because he does a funny rolling and widening of his eyes thing when he is exicted...He also tends to flap a bit...So i told him to make sure he looked straight ahead or at the person he was auditioning to...Keep his head up and eyes straight...He said he did that and he thinks it went well...He said he was asked what school he went to so he told them the name of his school and that it is a special needs school...He was also asked his age and i can't remember what else he said...He sang Take That's latest single and as we had no backing track he sung it acapella...He will hear near Christmas or definitely by New Year if he has reached the next stage...IF he does then i will be letting everyone know...Oh and i won't be going backstage with him then either...K and G can look after him...K in her usual sarcy way said 'mum doesn't want to risk being on telly'...I said too right i don't and also as Ant & Dec will be there presenting then it would give her and G a chance of maybe meeting them...See am being nice mum not scardy cat mum <G> I do hope he does get through as it will be such a boost to his self esteem...Getting an audition on thurs has already been one but to actually get as far as on stage in front of the judges with 2000 strong audience would be even better...His headteacher and deputy headteacher gave him a Good Luck card :o) His music teacher had him practising earlier in the week to project his voice...He's wheedled a new shirt, new tie and new trousers out of me from all this...He also went to the barbers again to have his hair cut...And he promised her he would go along regularly to make it easier for her to do his hair...So that's a bonus side effect of all this :o) It was a long day and at times a rather boring long day but he coped extremely well...I had bought earplugs to take with me to block out some of the noise...But he didn't need them...Another bonus side effect is that he coped brilliantly with all the crowds and all the noise of people practising and cheering...He even coped with the sound of a lot of drummers drumming and bagpipes and all manner of stuff being played all at the same time...I have to post a copy of his birth certificate to them...They didn't seem to have any idea what his photo ID was LOL...He wasn't the only one and they had a pile of pre-addressed envelopes for doing that...I had forgotten to take his birth certificate because he had photo ID...His concession bus pass has official pass hologram on it and his date of birth on it as well as a photo of him...BTW for the show earlier this year they didn't come to Scotland at all TUT

G is off out to a friends soon and i can't persuade M that we need to go to a pub somewhere to watch the footie grrrr...Oh G went to one of his friends on thurs after he got home from school and we picked him up on way home...IF we beat Italy later today i will be back screaming for you all to hear LOL

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