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This made me laugh! The ‘junk room’ has been reorganised with now precarious stacked high ‘stuff I really must sort & get rid off... The light fitting has been a concern as have seen it wobble after a grand battement a la seconde on more than one occasion now!

I’m really rubbish about tech... so, if a student clipped this over ipad or phone it would enable wider/longer/more full body view for teacher taking online class & also if using phone etc to record video/take photos? Could I be cheeky & ask if there is any way Dr Dance you could post a link to a demo photo/video - without then with gadget to see the difference it makes as I’m more confuddled than Confuddled!! Thanks in advance....

The one year in ages when there’s a good likelihood of waitlist places becoming available & didn’t make the wait list!! (Really bad photos that didn’t look like her tbh....so knew it’d be a no when I did Form! Yet got wait list for Adv Assoc so clearly looked better in real life 🤣) So firstly 🤞🏻🤞🏻all goes ahead & hope lots on here get happy news from wait list!

That letter does seem strangely uninformstive detailing merely that it is a standard process that they will follow.... doesn’t really offer any specific guidance or indication to families waiting. I do not know if this differs from previous years overall. I do recall the Bursary finance forms were very in depth, quite personally invasive & made one feel a little ‘second class citizen’ .... much more so than the government led MDS forms & info required. This did also vary slightly over the years... What seems odd is the statement that they do not have a scholarship or bursary fund....so what are they calling the fee assistance & from what ‘pot’ of money will this be sourced from? Seems very unclear....names unfamiler to me (I know there have been lots of staff changes in all areas) I will say that time there was well worth it as were the family financial sacrifices & we have no regrets! Good luck to all awaiting decisions etc xx

Hang in there.... I suspect with this lockdown & lack of usual physical activity & peer & teacher engagement (what online provision they can/do access is great but in no way a like for like substitute...) by our DC’s there will be lots of mood swings/self criticism/motivation loss/negativity/self doubt (bit rnough about me....!!!!🤣) Seriously though, they are in the middle of what year on year is an expected tough time for this year group but with the added intensity of ‘all change’; the oppression of just being home with the same people for company (who mean well bit let’s fsce it teen/parent relationships again are traditionally challenging!) & too much spent in just their own company with their own thoughts.... I think (hope) schools/colleges are anticipative of this & the added future needs for support our young people will need as they progress in their chosen training routes.... And also that they are truly aware of the anxiety where options are still not all firmed up & can swiftly move to make offers where they can so that families can have something to work with. 💜💜to all

I think there can often be movement from wait lists right up to & even in first few weeks of term.... eg. you do get occasional places at full time vocational schools come up at start of term....which then may mean a reserve list then gets an offer of full time which in turn could make an associate place free up.... On occasion, some change their mind about joining/boarding etc, a very occasional one may drop out of full time voc or of associate scheme after they start too for individual reasons so you just never can tell!

This recent sharing of experience is I’m sure really going to be helpful to many on here with decisions to make - thanks!

Also had the tendu thread.... dance dhops often sell it... a largish ‘ball’ so lasts ages! my DD uses that to sew in ribbons/elastics big prefers wool to darn the outline around platform of box.... I worried this would be sloppy but apparently not.... think just bought a ball of ‘baby pink baby wool’!?Again, lasted ages. Wool in so many colours you’ll find a perfect match for shoes!

Hints of hypocrisy?

Good luck to those awaiting these & any other results! I hope all have had positive Upper School results & can make ideal choices for September! Stay safe & happy all! xx

Simple kitchen routine...& wow what a kitchen! Forget body envy....I’ve got Aga envy 🤣

That’s kind of you to share that news & hope for others! Very best of luck with your DD’s dance journey & hope they will be very happy in their chosen school come September! xx

Wow Chunky, that certainly is a long time to be in the ‘Royal Family’! Thank you for sharing your story & I wish your young adult the very best of luck in their ongoing journey....xx I do an adult class with several people who trained at WL &/or RBS US (when at Talgarth Road) of varying ages & they are all still very much ‘Royal’.... it never leaves you & they never ‘leave’ the Royal! Dare I hope my DD might just get that lucky Royal summons to join the AA of waitlist? Well 🤞🏻🤞🏻for her but whoever are the fortunate ones to secure places I know will deserve & cherish them & I wish all the very best of luck!

Yes, email 25th March - DD short wait list for Advanced Assoc in London (attended the London audition) 🤞🏻🤞🏻For your results

Thanks - sounds worth a look (though hubbie did find a temp barre in garage I’d forgotten about! Bit long, bit wonky but working well & was free so we are good for now.... bit expect others will also be grateful of your info wrapsnbows - thanks! Stay happy & healthy!

Going back a few years now & for year 7 entry (so this may not be current policy) I was told by the then Director of Dance that all at finals who didn’t get offer of funding were on a numbered reserve list for funding & - at that time - it was shared with us in request that we were not particularly high so best advice was to be looking at plans B/C..... I couldn’t say if you can get that info nowadays... Remember though that not that many per year group are even invited to finals across each year group so DC’s have already achieved much to be proud of! Also remember that it is often the same faces at finals for all the MDS lower schools & for the Ballet focussed Upper Schools. And the best of the best may well receive multiple offers of funded places from these schools but will only ever accept a place at ONE of them so that may free up a funded place at one or more school for another candidates on these schools reserve lists.... So well done to those with a yes to funded place & good luck deciding whether to accept it or another offer....& well done also to those on reserve list & GOOD LUCK! I really hope all the offers enable as many DC’s as possible to go to their first choice School....but also remember that another option still may offer exactly the right fit for their immediate future training at this time! Good luck with all the decisions & let’s hope that we can all look optimistically to Ballet life getting back to normal as soon as possible for our DC’s xx

Ooh will try watch this when I get a moment! Never been to see theatre in Paris & at this time virtual tourist visit sounds a great option! Thanks for posting!

Can I ask where from/how much please? Thank you!

As said earlier, we’ve had lots of straight ‘no’ emails plus then a variety of titled wait lists & one hallowed (couple of years ago spring course) yes! Never got a place for either SA’s/Summer from any of those hallowed wait lists....but hoping this could be the year! Ironically, if it did happen not 100% sure doable but hey, ever the optimist 😀!

Now that’s the million dollar question! I can assure you that there are various terms used as have had then all so cecDD applied for JA’s, MA’s, SA’s & Spring& Summer courses... we’ve had no’s, one yes (Spring) and then a variety of ‘wait list’ terms.... non of which have materialised into offer of a place.... these have been ‘Select Wait List’, ‘Short Wait List, ‘Priority WaitvList’ & ‘Director’s Wait List’ ( which sounded very grand as it listed that Mr X as inviting her to be on the list!!!) Personslly I think these are all one & the same List & if any places become available they will be offered to the ‘best fit’ candidate off whichever wait list...ie. a ten year old boy will be replaced by another ten year old boy. I’ve wondered if the different wait list names just depend on who did the email out that year for that group or indeed if they have fun making us all guess the order of priority! 🤣🤣😧😧😭😭 Do wish though that they’d adopt one term & it be more transparent & understandable & stop the (very natural) human nature response to wonder if X kid is ahead of Y kid in the ‘pecking order’!!! The key word to remember is these are kids being ‘judged/graded/rejected/given hope’. And most of their non dancing peers never get judged this way....though I’m sure it’s replicated where kids apply to join any form of elite sports/music etc training. Good luck to all!

Completely forgot about this one! SWL Advanced Assoc London.... not even sure I know what this actually is? Weekly Saturday lesson? So used to just ticking those boxes! Won’t raise Royal hopes though as places never came up from SWL for SA’s & summer schools the last couple of years....still, nice to get a ‘maybe’ at least! Congrats to the yes’s & rest of our DC’s can try, try & try again! Let’s hope good news shared here helps raise all our spirits will looking to a brighter future! xx

Contact them.... explain perhaps all the extra online home schooling making internet a problem & but a bit of time! I’m sure they will extend based on current situation....

Yes, very good point... we all want our kids to be able to go back as if neverchaving been away once they can & that will only happen if schools remain ‘as if open’ albeit with staff homeworkimg. Presumably too there will be access to various Yreadury measures to help ease the burden on schools (vocational & independent dance ) finances.... & hopefully families paying some/all fees may too benefit from some assistance.... Looking very much as if we all just have to ‘suck it up & make the best of it we can’ We may all be poorer but most important is we remain healthy & support all our family members, friends, colleagues & of course schools & their staff.

It’s got me thinking about next term & vocational fees.... Don’t have insurance (seemed pointless to take any in GCSE year as if something made dance not possible kid would still attend as it’s exam year....) Well how foolish does that look now? Always supposing insurance would actually cover & pay our for this extraordinary situation? I hope it does for those savvy souls who did take it out... Has anyone heard anything about what could happen if no swift return as far as next term fees etc? I appreciate schools will try provide distance learning etc but that can in no way make up for vocational dance training in studios with teachers & peers plus performance opportunities etc.... At same time I’m so worried for the dedicated staff across all areas of a school (teachers, house parents, cooks etc etc ) & how this impacts on them & the long term running & viability of a school... Such desperately sad & worrying times on so many levels 😟

Tango Dancer I’m impressed:- Ballet, Bellydance, Swing & Samba Wot no Tango???😁