Ha, Thumper! Yesterday when Allmusic first started this thread, that was exactly my reaction! Auditions are NEVER over.
But I didn't want to be the bearer of bad news.
My kid's grad school auditions are over, and we're waiting for results. (He did them alone - much less stressful on my part! All I have to do is worry in the comfort of my own home.) But he has three more pro auditions to go, so I didn't feel like I could join this group yet.
I have a big chart of this whole semester - calendar style - showing all his auditions, competitions, recitals, concerts, etc. It has nothing to do with him - just shows me when he's more likely to answer his phone. He continues his own pattern of good performance / bad performance / good / bad ... at least as he gets older his "bad" are not as bad as they used to be, and we are learning to take "bad" as a sign of good things to come!
Congrats to those who have finished the process, and are now waiting. The nervewracking process makes the acceptances all that much more sweeter. Still remains one of the highs of our life. I remember getting the special delivery packet in Germany, having to wait a few hours (because of the time difference) to be able to call my S who was finishing HS in the US. Meanwhile I called my H, who let out a yell in his stoic German department, and had to explain to his German colleagues what was going on. And then when I was able to reach my S, who was half-awake and struggling to understand what I was telling him. Very sweet memories.