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Hi Just wondering if anyone has used this shop for pointe shoe fittings? Would welcome any opinions. DD wants to try a new shop and trying to work it around other commitments! Many thanks

Anyone looking at 16+ dance courses I just thought it worth a mention how I am impressed with the course on offer at Preston College. Set in the affluent area of Fulwood it has a state of the art performance building on campus. It's a 3 yr part funded FE course, the performance element of the course is £1,100 which can be paid monthly. Means tested bursaries are available too as is a £700 scholarship that any student can apply for. As it is a FE course families on a lower income do not lose family allowance or tax credits , help towards living costs are also available plus free lunches and subsidised bus passes . Campus itself is like a small shopping centre with a shop , resteraunt, hairdressers, nail salon, snack shop, gym and physio and much to dds delight a subsidised Starbucks. The students study for their DDI & DDE in a chosen genre as well as lessons in performance. Ballet , tap and modern are studied up to ADV 2 . It is a full on course dd starts at 8:30 -4:45 mon- fri As well as ballet , tap and modern syllabus classes every day she also does Jazz Contemporary Commercial National Body Conditioning MT Plus Weekly workshops with industry professionals Throughout the year students take part in a Xmas showcase , a fashion show , Move It and the main show in the Summer. The enrichment programme is fabulous there has already been a trip to a Dirty Dancing also planned is a trip to Alvin Ailey , a weekend to London for Move It plus much more. There is also a yearly trip to New York for 5 days including 2 Broadway shows and 2 master classes on Broadway this time one of them is Wicked. It was a huge leap of faith to hand back dds dada from her previous school but she was ready for a change and is loving every minute ( except for the bus journey home lol). Well worth a look for any 16 yr old not yet quite ready for London life.