As you could have guessed, my husband and I are HUGE supporters of the arts. While neither of us played in school, we've been band parents since 2001 and we've loved every minute. I feel like we've done it all, but this May was new territory for us as our middle son, Dylan, auditioned for the University of Illinois Bands & the Marching Illini. We've been through many auditions processes with him, but this time it was different. We arrived to the Harding Band Building on a Sat