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37 minutes ago, SJBallet said:

Did you get the results today? X

They were received yesterday .

1 hour ago, SJBallet said:

That’s great news. When did your DD take her exam? We’re still waiting for results from 17th March 😭. 

Ours were on the 19th and 20th March 2020 .

We have now received our results , and after the comments on here i was getting concerned . Our results seems to be as they would have been expected if done with the examiner present. My DD last RAD exam was in line  ( from primary to grade 8 with vocational's in between ) with all others she has received. So its a plus for our school that we managed to get these recordings in prior to lockdown and the fact that the children can move on accordingly . 😃

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Anyone starting this on Sunday ?

My Dd is very excited / nervous !!

My Dd Attended Tring SS and loved it . She was in a group which did more ballet than others .

Dd loved the tuition , house mistresses , food and everything involved .

I was very impressed with the variety of classes offered and the standard of the teacher on observation day . The certificates and extra awards were a nice touch st the end of the day too .

My DD is also 12 . She's very excited too.

Do you know how many places are on the course ?

Love Laines as a school their show this year was outstanding especially the boys .. Just wondered if anyone had any 1st hand dealings with this course or is it new ?

There is no audition .. So just wondered the standard .

The application form asks for grade standard etc . I'm just intrigued .

Anyone had any dealings with this ? Was looking for my DD . Just wondered what the standard was like.?

My DD is attending too . She's just turned 12 . She's done a few courses before , this and one other . And also been to a few Tring one day events .

She's very much looking forward to it .

She's always excited to see who's teaching and who's group she's in .

32 this year . Hong Kong were present . China and Japan not this year but have been in past years . The ballet was dominated by Portugal .

No it's not associated with All England but many of the same schools participate . And the organiser for Team England runs an All England affiliated festival .

If you can take the time to watch the mini and children's Gala , it's well worth a watch . The standard was incredible across all genres of dances that were performed . You can find this link on the DWC website and is available to view on demand .

When it comes to cost and expenses.... Yes it can add up , but that depends on a number of factors ie how long you stay ... Where you eat ... How many of your family go etc etc . But my DD raised every single penny it cost to go from doing cake sales , obtaining sponsorship etc so I can only commend her .

Yes , it is a competition and yes it does involve children but to me life is a competition and I believe events like these enable children's confidence to grow and able these children to learn a huge amount of others skills .

Yes it may not be a true reflection of the 'best ' in the world , but I'm sure a 100 metre runner still wins a race even if Yusain Bolt isn't running !!

All I have witnessed over the last 6 days has been positive and the party last night was a true reflection of what the competition is supposed to be about , and that is all nations uniting together through the love of dance .

Yes it's live streamed on the dance World Cup website .

I totally understand where you are coming from joyofdance , it's a very interesting experience . Some sections are amazing , some others not so much and the standard varies enormously from country to country . The ballet solos and the moderns are outstanding . I watched the boys ballet 10-13 today . If you can , please watch . The lad from Portugal who was awarded 98.7 for his solo variation, received a standing ovation from the audience including the judges .

We are having an amazing time the standard is amazing and the atmosphere electric !!

Jersey is beautiful and the people so lovely .

And my DD has the added bonus of bringing home a bronze medal ! Her smile hasn't moved for days .

No the tap / jazz is Friday 3rd June

My daughter is doing the jazz and tap day at Tring in May half term .

She's also done Easter and summer courses in the past at tring and has loved them

Hi , we've had the bad news today that a lovely family at our school will be relocatinge to the bath/Somerset area .

We are keen to find them the best school possible as one daughter in particular is very talented .

Any suggestions ?? It would need to be an all round school to include ballet , modern , tap , jazz etc

Thanks in advance .

Which heat were you at proud mum ?

How many were they putting through to finals ?

Our heat is not till the 15th . Be intersting to hear how people got on today and how they found the new format .

There are a few VERY good schools in your area . One being Jacqui Ison . They are based in bishops stortford but have branches in North London . They are merging with Morgan aslanoff who are a fantastic tapping school . Jacqui classical work along with her Greek , national and modern as of an extremely high standard and I believe this merger will make an amazing school .

Graham's School of dance also has a very good ballet standard producing some very very competent ballet dancers who are a joy to watch . These are also based in Bishop Stortford .

Although my DD dancing school follows the RAD syllabus , they also do a non syllabus class every week -split into junior , inter and senior . I wouldn't be surprised if these two schools offered the same .

The teacher that DancingDays talks of at Kilburn (RAD Examiner ) is the one which has taken over Mayhew School .

Can also recommend Kilburn school in Wellingborough . Also Mayhew which is in Northampton itself has been recently taken over by an RAD examiner and is a very successful school .

My DD absolutely loved her week at Harpenden . 1st time for her and she'll be back next year. Very friendly and some SUPERB teaching .

Also I might add some very talented children .