<p>Hmmm, dancersmom…I never would have thought of that and I don’t think my D will want to say that. I appreciate your input and it did work for your D. I would have thought that saying you are sick, even though it is very true, would sound like making excuses. I even thought I read somewhere, I forget, where they said NOT to say that. It might be obvious she is sick. I think it will be what it will be. I think she would just put her best foot forward. I saw her perform just as sick last year and felt badly. I thought she still sang well but you could tell she was sick and sniffing in between songs ;-). Part of being a live performer sometimes means going on sick or not. I feel badly about the timing as I felt so badly last year when she was this sick when the show opened. I can tell her what you said but I have a feeling she would not say anything, plus she would not be into my saying anything to a department chair. I never would have thought to do that but this is her thing and I don’t think at this level/age, she would want me to intervene and I doubt I will. I hope it is positive in any case. It’s late and I would have loved to hear what others thought of that but I have to leave early in the AM for her voice and acting lessons which are far from home and ironically in the OPPOSITE direction from Boston. Long day. Maybe she will sleep in the car, but then again she has homework to do. We’ll see how it goes. That is one reason why others advise against the unifieds because if you are sick and can barely sing, then you might be doomed at lots of auditions whereas this is just one of them. It happens to be a school she really likes though and the early one to boot. I can’t get too concerned. It was always a possibility in this type of thing and too bad it happened and on the first audition no less when you want to start out with a positive feeling. </p>
<p>Susan</p>