A moment of truth?

So this week is a pretty big week. There is no concert. No recital. There is a playoff game which yours truly and his marching band must attend, perform, and cheer – but that is a mere formality (if we don’t know it by now, we never will). The big week actually comes to a head on Tuesday evening as I take students to Westminster College to audition for the PMEA Honors Band. Months of preparation on a college level instrumental solo lead to a 4 minute audition, and depending on how successful – a spot in the Honors Band Festival to be held later this month. As the title of the blog infers, it is a critical and decisive moment in time – like the reference to the matador making the kill in the bull ring – but it is only one moment. Will the matador win? Being that it is today’s public education, I doubt that the matador will actually be able to take a sword into school without facing expulsion. Good thing I armed the matador with an inner ipod (Thank you Dr. Cameron!)…