Chicago-Day 1.5

Here we are, back in Chicago again.  Thursday night, Mark and I left State College, flew through Detroit (lots of snow removal and de-icing while there) and finally arrived back in "that toddlin'' town".  This is the big weekend for Mark--auditioning for Gail Williams at Northwestern.

He woke up this morning, went to a master class, and then an orchestra rehearsal this afternoon.  He is now sitting on the bed in our hotel room, practicing.  He didn't want to go back to the practice rooms at the school (is that a sign?), and I figured 4:30 was a pretty safe time for horn music to be blasting out of a hotel room.

The big audition is in the morning.  If anybody reads this before then, could you please send some prayers Mark's way?  This is his first choice of schools.  He's already been accepted by the admissions committee, but now it's up to Ms. Williams and Mark's audition.

I grabbed this quick pic of Mark in front of the music school.  Can you tell he hasn't seen the sun in a couple of weeks?  It was blinding!