Victoria hits the RED CARPET!!!

A picture you better get used too. 

On Tuesday, Victoria had a FULL day ahead of her. Her first full day at iPOP, was sure to test her meddle as well as her readiness. She tackled both with flying colors. The picture above was actually taken at the end of the night after the "Parade of Schools" which closed out her schedule. Right after the parade was a concert and some guest appearances.. but Victoria really wanted to get some rest and some pizza by heading back to the room.

She started with the 8:30am Houston Group meeting to confirm our schedules and coordinate meeting times and places for the days events. At 9am, Victoria attended the iPOP "Pep Rally." Everyone from iPOP was there, and it was a good time for all. We all learned alot and heard from Ron Patterson President and CEO of JRP.

Now, apparently the Houston team consists of only 14 members.. all ranging in different disciplines from acting, modeling, sing, and dance. Victoria is the youngest member from the Houston team.. and the team is numbered by age (or age and last name). In either case, Victoria is the first one in line whenever the Houston team lines up for a competition since they line up numerically.

At 10:30am, Victoria had to line up with the Houston team for the first competition. This one was for Acting/Commercials. Victoria did one of her commercials.. Well, actually she did two... she did so good on the first one the judges/agents loved it so much they asked for another one. So she obliged with a 2nd commercial. This was a blessing for the rest of the Houston team.. and then EACH Houston member got a 2nd commercial too. I caught Victoria's director (the Houston "team leader") shortly after they entered the room, and she said Victoria had already done her commercials and she was great!! She was a smart girl, and the director wanted to be sure Victoria was entered in ALL the competitions at iPOP.. because she NEEDED to be.

Victoria then proceeded to the Modeling Showcase Audition. She auditioned behind closed doors, and this was "outside" the Houston group.. but at the end of the evening.. Victoria did not get a call back for the modeling showcase. But no worries, the day was still young!!

Following the Showcase Audition, Victoria head back to the hotel room for lunch and then a nap to get ready for her next audition. This one was the "Talent Showcase" audition at 4pm. This also was behind closed doors and outside the Houston group.. so no inside info there.. but at the end of the evening.. Victoria was on the call back list for this audition so she will be in the Showcase at the end of the week.

We were alerted by our director, that Victoria was selected for a special meet and greet with agents which was reserved for "elite" iPOPers. Apparently, she would get a unique chance to perform for more agents (another commercial or monologue), and then mingle with them and network until the Parade of Regions would start at 6pm. Well, this unique chance started at 5:30 but ran really long..and due to issues with setting up the Parade... the Parade didn't start until nearly 7pm.

During the meet and greet, we met with several agents who have ALREADY put Victoria on their call-back list for FRIDAY!! Some of them SPECIFICALLY REMEMBERED her and her performance out of the hundreds of auditions/performances they have seen. (At last I heard, there was approximately 700 iPOP competitors here.. from the USA, UK, Canada, and China).

Finally, after the "Parade of Regions" finished with Victoria leading the Houston team onto the runway, right behind the team from Honolulu. Things then got scary as Victoria disappeared at the end of the Parade. She was NOT with her team.. and her "buddies" who normally stay and watch her.. hadn't seen her. iPOP staff was alerted and the search began.. They even HALTED the Parade and stopped the music, and made the announcement over the PA system. But she was found following the 2 members from Honolulu.. LOL!! She was OK. Lesson learned!!

After much hugs and kisses.. and thanking everyone for their help.. we then proceeded to wind down and before returning to the hotel room.. we stopped for a shot at the red carpet. See the pic above!!

Tomorrow, Victoria has a Showcase rehearsal.. and THREE competitions. Should be a fun day. But with the feedback from today, and the results... things look very promising indeed.

Stay tuned.