Our biggest challenge is we played Boston, Cleveland, the White Sox and Cleveland again,

It's such a challenge. A show like this is almost like a rite of passage that you have to go through as an actor. It's technically difficult because it changes each night.

We've already failed one challenge. Not so much on the scoreboard, but the way we performed that day.

I think the kids are ready for this. I think they're ready to take on that next challenge. We've been talking about Taos, Espanola and Capital all season, and we're ready to finally play.

It's really been a challenge as we come to the end of the semester to work on this. We're real anxious to go do it. One of the challenges is we continue to function in our separate groups as well as our responsibilities as a band and with the Rose Bowl parade stuff as well.

The biggest challenge I have with Washingtonians is they think Illinois is exclusively a Democratic state.