@dbandmom it feels like a sprint at first and then a marathon! All your kid’s friends will have sent in deposits and he or she will still be auditioning and waiting. We were able to drive to most auditions which was less stressful with instruments etc. I researched hotels so that I could book them as soon as prescreens were passed (I may have even booked before for Frost, but some would say that invites bad karma!). We tried to pace them so my son had some audition experience in before the big ones. If we had visited more schools before auditions we probably would have culled out the list, but it all works out. Good luck to you!