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No for us for Manchester

We are also waiting on Manchester and happy that shouldn't be a long wait!

My DD is in group 2 at Manchester, so excited now email has arrived! Good luck to everyone auditioning!

Is anyone auditioning for Manchester?

Hi stagedancer I still have the costume and would be happy to sell on I will find a photo and some measurements for you!

Well done Theodore and Krishell! Although my DD not involved with this, love hearing good news!

Thanks everyone, DD's teacher is deciding between Hungarian and Lithuanian? Then it's time to get out the sewing machine!

Thank you Loulabelle, haven't seen Hungarian before, cue visit to YouTube! Do like ones with pretty costumes too! Thanks too taxi mom, but seem to have lots of tarantellas on our festival circuit at the minute!

My 9 year old DD is in need of a new national dance for festivals. She has been doing Swedish but desperately needs a new one that is not too young, but not too old! Any ideas???

thank you flowerdew! that's really helpful. Will give them a call tomorrow!

Can anyone give anymore infornation about Hammond Associates? what it involves ? ages? audition information?

we would be applying for Manchester

What year did your DD get into Elmhurst JAs Aurora? Eloise and Aurora have both your FDA enjoyed their JA classes so far?

Thanks! My DD does very well at her local school and is a confident child but is also pretty sensible for her age and understands that there are a lot of reasons we don't understand why some children are selected and others not! She is quite tall and although no means overweight is not slight!

My 9 year old auditioned for year 4 last year for Elmhurst and RBS but was unsuccessful, she is really keen to try again for year 5! She really enjoyed the experience last time and wasn't too disheartened when it was a no, so think going to go for it again, any words of advice?

It's a no for us too! Never mind when one door closes another opens, I'm a firm believer in fate!

Thanks! think I'm more disappointed than DD!, she was disappointed at first and then said, well I'm going to keep trying!!!

It's a No for us for Manchester

Great news, congratulations! Sounds like results are out quickly, we auditioned at Manchester on Saturday, so hopefully not too long to wait!

Well DD auditioned in Leeds today, came out with a big smile and said it was "brilliant"! We're both very aware of the odds of the getting in, but would say no matter what the outcome, the audition itself was a positive experience worth doing!

DD had a lovely time at Manchester audition today and made some new friends! Good luck to all those now waiting for news and those waiting to audition!

I only received my email on Monday for audtion this Saturday as closing date was only on 20th for Manchester and it does say they will contact with times only after the closing date- think for birmingham this was 30th April so will probably be next week before you get your time!

We've just had our audition info emailed to us for Manchester on Saturday - my DD is in at 2pm! anyone else in at this time?

I have applied for Manchester and not heard anything, but when I looked on their website noticed they have extended the closing dates for entries to 8 days before audition date!

Hi I'm new here too- I took my 8 year old to JA for a day in Leeds and she loved it! She is going into year 4 in sept and we have took the plunge and are auditioning in Leeds 2nd May. I'm a bit worried as she seemed quite a lot bigger than some of the other potential year 4s and hope that won't put her at a disadvantage! She seems happy to go along and enjoy the experience though so we are going to go with the flow!