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    At Tring šŸ˜ƒ
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    Thanks šŸ˜ƒ Just dropped DS off and now the wait till pick up
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    Ok thank you , Iā€™m glad I checked as I was thinking it may just be a regular lateral flow that you do at home without needing to send it off to nhs ā€¦I had better order those then xx
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    For the Tring audition, it says to do a lft 24 hours beforehandā€¦Iā€™m wondering if this is just a regular lft or an official one like the WL one was ?
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    Ah thanks, I skim read that part šŸ™ˆ DS is wanting to go out for lunch tomorrow in Brighton and I suddenly thought but what if he catches covid ā€¦.it just seems everywhere at the moment and I suppose once they go back to school, thereā€™s the very real chance they would catch it šŸ™ˆ I wonder what would happen if they couldnā€™t make the auditions because they were ill ?
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    Oh we are the same ā€¦.DS has a dance that heā€™s never practiced and itā€™s a well known song that Iā€™m somehow going to have to cut šŸ¤·ā€ā™€ļø no idea re academic assessment.
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    My son is on the 7th too šŸ˜ƒ Lets hope that nothing changes next week and auditions can go ahead šŸ¤ž Those of you doing the Tring auditionā€¦.what are you doing about music for their solo ? I donā€™t think theyā€™ve said how to bring it eg disc , usb etc ?
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    Ahhh that makes sense šŸ˜ƒ It will be a nice excuse to do lots of exploring xx
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    Oh I hadnā€™t realised that WL final was spread over 2 daysā€¦.we got the email this morning for DS and I just thought the 2 dates meant it would be with the 10th or 11th šŸ™ˆ
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    I think itā€™s on Sunday in London as my DS has his on Sunday xx
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    Ah that makes sense thanks, I didnā€™t realise they hadnā€™t closed yet xx
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    Good luck to everyone applyingā€¦I really canā€™t believe we are already at the auditions stage. DS has his WL/MA audition next Sunday, itā€™s the London auditionā€¦are there any other boys attending? Has anyone else whose applied to Elmhurst heard from them yet when their prelim audition isā€¦Iā€™m worrying maybe our application didnā€™t go through (even though I got email confirmation lolā€¦I know Iā€™m being silly) as it seems really late to not have heard from them yet ?
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    Youā€™re right , 11 is sooooo young and thereā€™s a huge difference between 11 and 16. do you mind me asking which school your DC attended ? Iā€™m so sorry she struggled so , I am an ex dancer myself and absolutely know the perils of body issues that often arises amongst girl dancers xx
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    Oh itā€™s sooooo good to hear such a positive experience, you sound like both your DCā€™s have been so happy at Tring which is wonderful xx
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    Thatā€™s very true xx
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    There was a JA yr6 zoom call on Monday about the audition process and they mentioned then that the yr6 JAā€™s get a visit to WL in November I think it is ā€¦Iā€™m not sure how they get there but Iā€™m sure we will hear more.
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    Thanks for this , these are excellent questions and some I hadnā€™t thought of ā€¦.how do we find this all out though ? Who do we ask these questions to ? I know with JAā€™s my DC will have a day where they go view WL but Iā€™m not even sure if thereā€™s an open day for parents (I actually havenā€™t looked on their website) , I know there is one for Tring but it is a long way to go travelling wise for an open day (I was so hoping they would all do them virtually for those that live far away ) ā€¦.so Iā€™m just wondering how itā€™s best to find all this info out ? I feel like a lot of us (probably?) would be considering certain schools and even accepting places offered without actually knowing these types of details and just expecting the schools to be good due to their prestigious names .
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    Thank you so much for all your input and PMā€™s . Iā€™m so sorry for all the bad experiences and itā€™s good to hear of some of the good. this is all so very helpful and youā€™ve brought up things I havenā€™t even thought of but itā€™s also making me extremely hesitant to enter into this journey. I do so wish we could do day pupil as I truly believe that would be for the best and I really, really donā€™t want my DC to go away to boarding school but we simply live too far for a daily commute. I would also consider not doing boarding at all and going to ā€œregularā€ school till 16 and then contemplating upper schools but my DC is a boy and I suspect being a boy teenager at regular school, he may not want to continue dance at all with all the pressures of being a boy dancer socially amongst teenagers. Im feeling so unsure about this all ā€¦the thought of as you say ā€œthe school becoming the parentsā€ is a heartbreaking one for me but itā€™s also hard to just decide not to enter on this journey with a talented dancing loving child. I fear if we get swept up in the auditions and subsequent (hopeful)potential offers of a place somewhere, itā€™s going to be very hard to turn downā€¦.this all feels like life changing decisions not only physically and logistically but also potentially the future mental state of my child and not knowing how that would all go , itā€™s hard to make that decision. sorry for my rambling but itā€™s just been great to hear some actual experiences of parents and children who have gone through all this before embarking on this journey. For us logistically, it would only really be WL (and the chances of getting in are slim) or Tring so any more experiences of those 2 schools are very welcomed. Thanks so much.
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    Thank you so much for all your replies, itā€™s very much appreciated. this is just such a hard decision to make , it feels life changing and without actually knowing ā€œwhat it would really be likeā€ it feels an even harder decision. 11 really is still so young to go to boarding school I feel and itā€™s not something I would ever have chosen if it wasnā€™t for the love of dance so as a parent, itā€™s my DC welfare I suppose that I worry about the most so itā€™s just good to know of some experiences wherever good or bad to have an idea of the kind of things to expect or look out for going into this whole process. I feel itā€™s very easy to be swept along in the process of auditions and be enticed by the popular prestigious schools without actually knowing what it would really be like to go there , day to day experiences etc .
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    This is very good advice, thank you xx
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    Thanks so much for replyingā€¦thatā€™s wonderful your son is dancing professionally now. Do you mind me asking what you feel was the cause of the mental scarsā€¦.was it the hard training or the environment? I can totally imagine that itā€™s damaging in ways and that must be hard to deal with xx
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    Thanks so much , I will do ...you must be so pleased that shes enjoying it xx
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    Oh thatā€™s lovely that sheā€™s happy so far xx
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    Thanks so much . Is your DC happy so far , I know they will have only just started xx
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    Thanks so much for replying. Itā€™s a very daunting prospect to even consider sending DC ā€œawayā€ for schooling xx
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