<p>My S attended Unifieds in NYC for acting programs. I accompanied him to the UNCSA audition and sat in on the introductory remarks given by the two auditors. During the session, they mentioned that each candidate would have to sing 16 bars of a song. They went to great lengths to note that “if you don’t know when 16 bars is over and you keep singing, we will let you know when it is time to stop.” After the introductory session was over, the parents and kids went into the hallway. My S came up to me and said “I don’t recall that I had to sing a song. Do you remember that UNCSA’s audition requires singing?” I said that I didn’t recall seeing that at all when I was helping him put together a list of what each acting program he was applying to required of the auditioning kids. My S figured that if decent singing was required to be accepted at UNCSA, he was in trouble. While he can dance, he sure can’t sing. So, he finally is called for his audition, he does his monologues, and then it is time for the dreaded song. He thinks about it for a second and then says with a flourish, “Well, if you can’t sing, you might as well entertain them!” and, using his best fake New York accent, bursts into the first verse of “Officer Krupke” from West Side Story. The two auditors laughed when he was finished and one of them remarked “You CAN sing!”, to which my S replied “Only if I am singing in a funny accent!”</p>