I was shocked. I was jealous of those students who can participate, but I never really thought about travelling myself because I thought you'd have to be a movie star or something to travel with them. She returned to a junior accountant's job with another firm, but the experience stayed in her mind, and last year, when she saw another show, she couldn't resist going for an interview. That was in September. Both of them got into the program quite quickly.
Some people wait up to two years and spend that time raising the money needed to join the show.
Program acceptance is open to any school graduate between the ages of 17 and 25, so cast members may be as old as 27, though this is rare. The program is set for one year though some people return as staff members for a period after their year with the student cast. Now it's May and both young women have been in Dawson for two weeks, the advance team for this season's first Canadian performance date, which will be here on May 20. You know, it doesn't seem like that. Up With People time is weird.