The audition wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I went to the audition in Boston this year for the Fall 2006 CP. When you arrive, they measure you and give you a number (I turned out to be 5'2 1/2" and was #13, out of 42 people). Then you have some time to stretch and talk to people (usually) while they get ready. Then it is time to begin. What happens next depends on the amount of people and how much room there is. Usually at the audition everyone goes together in the beginning, but since we had hardly any room, we went in 2 groups. First, Gene (our auditioner) demonstrated how to animate. Then he started going over the dance part. It is in counts of 4. Finally, it is TIME. You go in groups (it was groups of 4). First you animate (the topic varies, but mine was animating meeting a character and getting a snack). Then you go into the dance part. it starts out easy, but gets harder throughout the dance. Gene did the dance in front in case we needed to look up. After this, what happens next depends on different factors. The next part was the puppet audition. If you were too short, or whatever reason, you weren't called back. I wasn't called back. So I don't know how the puppet part went, but I heard it was just moving your hand in time to music. And after that, more people were let go and some people were kept for more (I'd assume more difficult) dancing (and again, I got these 2 from my friend- she stayed for both). So that is how the audition went. 1 thing to remember- do not practice while the groups are going. One of the audition people actually asked people to stop practicing. So keep that in mind- it's rude, and distracting. And for those auditioning, good luck!