[As you may recall, at the end of my last post I was a ‘potential’ finalist – not dead, but also not alive, in an audition purgatory. The story continues:]
About 4:00 p.m. I receive a call from the personnel manager: I am officially advanced to the finals! I must report to the hall around 9:00 a.m., as I am to play at around 10:00 a.m. It sounds suspiciously like I might have been drawn as the first player in the round…