JulieW

Wonderful news SP, so, so happy for you xx

I'm not posting as a moderator this time, but as a balletco member. I've just remembered to donate so thought I'd remind those of you who, like me, have been busy, or maybe thought you'd wait until after payday. It's easy to ignore the sticky threads so I thought I'd post to you lovely lot in a Doing Dance.

Looks like the 35th anniversary tour has been a success. Hope they find some lovely new dancers - anyone know how many they're after?

Completely off topic, but I've been meaning to ask you for ages CdR, why do you use exclamation marks rather than full stops?

I really enjoyed his performance. I thought the gymnastic moves blended well with his dance.

I know someone who'll be there and I'll be keeping everything crossed :-)

Am I missing something? How do they differ from "normal" knickers? Edited to say.... Ignore me - I found the proper website details. So, I gather the only difference is that they have a waterproof panel. Not sure how that's much of an improvement over pads in regular pants

Thanks all, and yes she is Lisa (not just ballet these days though)

Phew! Hope they can get to the bottom of it, you're very young to have to put up with tinnitus. Linmm - as vonrothbart said, hearing aids can help I believe, as they amplify the normal sounds which helps to block out the internal "noise" (the tinnitus).

I too am happy with the age range and the sexes being together - I think it needs to stay along the same lines as the musician comp. And also don't agree that ballet and contemporary should be together - they're far too different imho. But would like to see another section along the lines of stage so tap and jazz could be included.

Latest update. Foot's fine, although will never be "perfect". But the news is that he comes back to the UK for good on Monday. So excited to have him back (won't be living with us, but will probably come home regularly for class at his old school - and my cooking!). He just decided that as he didn't want to stay in Estonia forever it was time to come back and look for work here. Wish him luck in his search!! In the meantime he'll be found at Pineapple and Danceworks with his girlfriend I expect :-)

I quite like having a few sections adjudicated together - means more people in the audience. I'm not involved this year for the first time in 12 years! Good luck everyone

Voting closes tonight - hasn't been a bit for decades apparently: http://www.votenationalbird.com/

Sorry all. Think I got my year wrong! Must've been a qualifier last year - wasn't paying attention (as I no longer have someone dancing in it) oops

Remember they have to wait for all the qualifying festivals to be finished (I've just been writing at one yesterday) and then entries in, and I can tell you from experience that putting together a sensible programme takes considerable time, but hopefully you won't have to wait too long.

I'll have to dig out my RBS end of year performance programmes as next to the lists of names from each year group there are *s showing who were associates. But I definitely know that although the majority had been associates, there were several in each year who weren't (or certainly a few, if not several!). I don't know about this year's year 7 or 8 however as I didn't go last year.

I have merged the two threads together - please continue discussion in the News section: http://www.balletcoforum.com/index.php?/topic/9464-bbc-young-dancer-2015/page-2#entry127247

Merged the two threads together :-)

Hi Ost and welcome to the forum. Have you got a son or daughter going to WL this year? My son was the same year as hfbrew's so they did Nutcracker together as toy soldiers in years 8 and 9 (they had to make the trousers longer for ds and a friend in year 9 as they'd grown so much). Some boys and girls are chosen to be the "party children" and some of the girls are rats or "gingerbreads". My son was fortunate to be a soldier in Birmingham Royal Ballet's Nutcracker too when he was at Elmhurst Upper School (the production is different and they have adult sized soldiers) as well as a party guest, and then in his first professional job he was in Nutcracker again in a couple of different roles. So as you can understand, Nutcracker has a very special place in my heart!

Are they still on their Easter break?

And welcome to the forum :-) I hope we continue to hear from you

I've moved this to Doing Dance but left a link in the original forum. Look forward to hearing what you discover!

My daughter always liked Bloch tights as they weren't too "girly" pink. I always washed them in with whites (with Ariel for whites (so I think that also helped to keep them pale)

So glad I went today. Such a shame that the audience was so small but they were appreciative. Stand out performances for me (and my companions I believe) were Pedro Santos, Charlotte Eades and David Brewer (the latter being by far the best male at partnering). They all do such a great job considering they get no stage rehearsal and I believe, as the stage is small at Camberley, they have to adjust for less "staging" than they usually use. Please support them if they come to a theatre near you.

I'm not sure Friends, as this one is about hidden costs (clothing, trips, exams etc), whereas the other one should be for the fees. I think they work quite well separated, but am happy to change if the general consensus is to do so.