<p>^Thanks for taking the time to write this, Setumommy. We have come to the same conclusion at my house. In fact, my son had already decided that he will definitely be attending his audition. It takes effort to research a school, effort to apply, effort to have the extensive list of required repertoire at the ready, and plenty of money just to apply and send a prescreen. It seems like a big waste of time and money to then choose to throw away the opportunity for fear of ‘wasting’ another $1200 or so. No, we don’t have $1200 on hand for the additional audition fee and travel expenses. The extra $1200 won’t come easy to us. But we came to the decision here that lots of people would relish the chance to audition for Curtis, that he was fortunate enough to be granted that chance, that he worked hard for it, and so he’s going to take it. I’m really glad. Airline tickets have been purchased. Hotel has been reserved. :)</p>
<p>Besides, this occurred to us:
Which would he/we regret more? Spending that $1200, auditioning, and not getting in? Or NOT spending that $1200, not auditioning, and forfeiting the chance to get in? </p>
<p>Easy peasy. He’s going for it. I’m really glad.</p>