dancefanatic Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Finals for the last two years have been in mid March (17th in 2015 I recall). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happymum Posted November 8, 2016 Author Share Posted November 8, 2016 Good luck to everybody auditioning today and tomorrow! Armydancer - fingers crossed for your DS! Let us know how it went. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird22 Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 First one of ours auditioning today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird22 Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 Tomorrow even!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armydancer Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 Hi Happymum, Â Thanks day went very well. DS really enjoyed himself. Â Thanks again 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happymum Posted November 8, 2016 Author Share Posted November 8, 2016 Hi Happymum, Â Thanks day went very well. DS really enjoyed himself. Â Thanks again Good to hear it went well. Hope you won't need to wait too long for the results. Where there many boys in your DS group? I think you went in to see the end on audition? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armydancer Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 (edited) There was 11 and believe they were the only boys today. Edited November 8, 2016 by Armydancer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balletmum4ever Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 We are not part of the audition circuit this year as DD started at Vocational school in September. Good luck to all of you on the emotional roller coaster! Â I have a couple of questions on behalf of a friend whose DD auditioned at Elmhurst on Tuesday for a Y7 place. Â Her DD was in Group B which she thinks was mainly students applying for Y8. She wanted to know how many were in Group A and whether all or most were applying for Y7? Â Also whether results are by email or post as all of her communication from the school so far has been by email. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancefanatic Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 Previous years results have always come in the post although all other communications were by email. Re groups,I think they're done alphabetically by year group as first year my DD auditioned she was in the first group (Y7)) and last year (Y8) in the second group which was made up of Y7 & Y8 hopefuls. Hope that helps. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happymum Posted November 9, 2016 Author Share Posted November 9, 2016 2 years ago all the comunication was done by email but then the results came by post. The whole group A was trying for year 7, group B was year 7 and older children (organised alphabetically if I remember well) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happymum Posted November 9, 2016 Author Share Posted November 9, 2016 Ha ha Dancafanatic! Posting at the same time! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Does anyone know how many dancers get a recall for finals for US for Elmhurst? (just a rough idea). Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armydancer Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Hi Balletmumealing, Â My DS was in group 2 I think boys we're all y7 and girls 50/50. But group 1 we're y7. Â Hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balletmum4ever Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Thanks all for responding. Will pass on the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balletdancer22 Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Any ones DD go to Elmhurst audition yesterday if so how did they find the audition ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird22 Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Balletdancer22 my student loved it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Any ones DD go to Elmhurst audition yesterday if so how did they find the audition ?? I wrote a post about this last night but it doesn't seem to have posted. I'll try again. There were 4 on the panel, including Robert Parker and Denise Whiteman and all appeared friendly and interested. Dd said that the class was quite hard work but not too challenging in step content. They did the expected flexibility exercises, all splits, arabesque on both sides, standing in parallel with backs to panel, back bend and lie in tummy and move feet towards head. There was a short barre, I think she said 4 exercises including a panche one and a develope one (sorry no accents!) but the bulk of the class was in the centre with lots of work from the corner. There were about 25 girls and the corner exercises were done in 3s or 4s. Parents saw 2 of these at the end. During the audition, parents had a tour of the accommodation which is modern, bright and clean. Rooms are in pods, with shared bathrooms, most bedrooms had 2 beds and were sufficiently spacious. Dd is currently at vocational school, so we are familiar with the boarding scenario, and it felt to me that this was very similar to boarding with just a little more freedom. Certainly not the level of independence that some of dd's friends have in their yr 12 provision across various schools/colleges. All meals are provided in school, students are responsible for own laundry (washing machines and dryers on site) and there are cleaners. All yr 12 and 13 students are expected to do 10 hours of academics on top of the diploma and must do 2 A levels from a limited selection although retakes can be part of this if needed. Motivated students can do self study A levels which may not have taught curriculum input if there is a teacher with specialist subject knowledge to guide them and school will try to accommodate as many subject choices as possible, depending on demand. Information about fees was very vague and even although I had an individual conversation with a member of the finance team, I am still unclear. As far as I understand, and of course, individual circumstances will also apply, one has to pay the fee top up which is means tested as part of dada award plus boarding costs, although these are included in termly fees, so it is difficult to know how much they are. School may offer some small support toward this from in house funding pots in some cases. An average payment of 12k per annum was mentioned, but I'm not sure how useful this is to know because everyone's financial position is different. So, for me, lots to think about and of course, the wait to hear whether dd has made it to finals! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 (edited) Edited to remove duplicate post Edited November 10, 2016 by Karen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 Karen all I can say is that your dd is much more forthcoming than mine about the content of the ballet class! I would agree totally with your observations about the tour. I would add that the gym facilities looked pretty good and compared favourably to some other schools that we have looked at. Lets hope we don't have to wait too long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miracle Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 Two years ago results were out within about a week.x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happymum Posted November 11, 2016 Author Share Posted November 11, 2016 Two years ago results were out within about a week.x  Yes I remember we auditioned on Tuesday and results were on the following Monday, so 6 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mumofaboy Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 We got results the Monday after lower school audition last year - good luck everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caitlin_dance Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 Any news anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird22 Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 Nope! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armydancer Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 Hopefully tomorrow the waiting game is the worst!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happymum Posted November 14, 2016 Author Share Posted November 14, 2016 Oh, sorry Armydancer, I really thought you'll get the letter today! Fingers crossed for tomorrow. Silly question but can you tell me if boys wore shorts or long leggings/stirrups on the audition? Or was there a mixture of both? Generally shorts are better apparently but Tring asks for tights/leggings for boys (which my DS prefers) so I wonder if that's ok for Elmhurst as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armydancer Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 My son wore his shorts. Think there was a few boys there with leggings. My son prefers leggings but as he is a JA at elmhurst. They said to wear his JA uniform. Â Think what every they feel best in is the best option. Â Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mummy twinkle toes Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 Dd decided to audition in the end. Audition in January. Good luck to those waiting for news 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armydancer Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 The results are in my son has made finals. good luck everyone else. over the moon 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird22 Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 Well done!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancefanatic Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 Congrats to your son Armydancer. Hope everyone else gets good news today 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 Congratulations Armydancer! 6th form preliminary results from 9th Nov are also out and it's a yes to finals for my dd. Very happy ???? 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armydancer Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 Congratulations Karen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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