<p>Our “showup time” was 2:30 pm Monday. We got to the lobby, very crowded and very hot. They drew lots for the 16 singers. We were 12. They were already running 35 minutes behind they said. We were given a warm up time of 4:35 pm. So we left and went and sat at Barnes and Noble (no place to sit at Curtis). We got back at 4:30 and they were running futher behind. (And also the 4:30 group had already shown up to draw their lots). D went to practice room (which was so hot the harp strings were popping). And they had the windows open. There was 32 minutes of practice time. (not with accompanist - you only talk to the accompanist on stage - he was non verbal and sweating profusely) Then D waited about 15 minutes before she went in to sing. One judge and several current Curtis students were watching. Big lights on the stage. You sing the first song and they choose the second. They had already posted the group from the morning sessions that got callbacks. 8 singers out of the 32 they heard. They posted at 7:45 pm the list of afternoon singers that went through - 6 singers out of 25-30 singers. There was also a session this morning - 4 singers made it through. We were told by Chris Hodges - head of admissions that 150 undergrad applicants for singing applied and they invited 80 to audition. Callbacks were for 12:30 today and were to be finished by 2 pm. The lobby was full of cellists today.</p>