At least it was just a cold - if she had the flu, we would have had to reschedule, that would be too much. And since all of these were either the last or very close to the last opportunities for scholarship auditions, it could have been very bad!
She was feeling much better by the 3rd audition (and since I caught it from her, I’m now on day 3 and feeling better than I did yesterday), and they had nothing but good things to say about her.