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  1. Raquelle
    Hello! It has been a crazy journey! I've had the pleasure of meeting some lovely parents including @balletdreams and many other lovely people from this group! We had low expectations and weren't even sure if applying for vocational school was right for our DD. She came out of the auditions certain that she wanted to go but even then it took a good few weeks for us to decide on her chosen school. As ballet dreams said, apply to as many as you can afford. We ended up with a choice from 2 but it is obviously very competitive. Don't worry if the initial videos or auditions are not perfect but if prelims are by video ask for help from a teacher....finals week was mad! 3 auditions within 4 days round the country in a pandemic! But so many lovely memories made! Good luck xxx
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    We got a yes! We will most likely be handing our place back as dd off to vocational school x Congratulations to all the yes/swl and nos. Xxx
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    What year is your dd? Is this lower or upper school? Congratulations to your dd. My dd is going into year 7 x
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    I am doing this!!! Thanks for the fab advice guys!
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    Thanks so much....I was actually going to ask about what skills they need in readiness for boarding! I'm a bit worried as she is the messiest child alive....feel sorry for whoever ends up sharing with her! Do they do bedroom inspections?! X
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    We have been waiting a year to do grade 4 with her dance school....not sure whether to see if we can get an exam date booked in this term as otherwise I can't see her being able to do it? She does BBO x
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    Hi Newbie. We got the same rejection from year 7 wl and sounds like it is the same letter judging by the wording? however I don't think they take many to finals in year 9 as very few spaces....so to get to finals she has done exceptionally well x
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    I don't think they've published the figures for the last 2 years yet...last years figures were unusual due to covid...they took a lot less due to covid (our JA teacher told us). I don't think there is anything official though. They normally take around 10/15% of those who audition but it varies by centre....x
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    Yes my doctors have said no....I'm going to contact the practice manager and see what I can do x
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    Sounds like she did amazing to get finals and they obviously really like her to offer summer school too! Well done x
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    Ah sorry! Yes I think there will be a charge x
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    Hi Bunny...looking at the form I'm not sure you could do an online consultation...as the examinations are all physical...unless you meant as an initial consultation? X
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    I rang my GP who said they aren't doing face to face medicals then rang BuPa and they said they weren't doing medical assessments for under 18s..so I've emailed Elmhurst to explain...I'm not sure whether it might be different in England but I'm going to struggle in Wales to get the assessment done x
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    Hi Ballerina girl. I think they do take into account finals though as well as our JA teacher said sometimes they find a physical issue (i guess from physio assessment) which might rule you out from MA....? X
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    Hello. We are based in South Wales and there is very little additional training here. We have had to attend 2 schemes in Bath and London to get extra training, which means a lot of travelling. I think it very much would depend on where you are based, but here in Wales I think any additional extra training would be amazing! What I think is different about yours is perhaps a focus on fitness? The associate classes she attends are focused on technique, and a little on conditioning but not fitness. In fact in the main associate class she attends, I've been watching in zoom and they do very little movement at all! So I think perhaps a fitness and conditioning focused class would be useful. My daughter is about to start vocational school and dances a lot, she is very strong and flexible but actually struggles if she has to run anywhere. So I think some cardio mixed in as additional training would be really useful. X
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    Hi Amanda. We are also in South Wales and there isn't as much as in other parts of the country....For ballet associate wise there is ceccheti i think in Newport and ballet cymru at 11. Otherwise you need to travel to associate schemes....There is mid associate classes in royal ballet in Bath and elmhurst extended dancers in Birmingham or ballet boost in devon/London based on auditions. Think it would be too late to apply for royal but ballet boost and elmhurst extended dancers still open. Also some of our dancers go to London Studio Centre in Hereford which is supposed to be really good too. Alternatively to supplement training from home Camille Bracher and Sarah Toner provide prevocational training/vocational via zoom so worth looking into. Good luck with everything xxx
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    I'm not sure Reggi. I have sent you a PM xx
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    I know a someone in yda who does associates...I'm pretty sure hammond said in the open day they don't do associates either x
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    Congratulations to all the yeses and the waitlists and the not quite yet! Cant quite believe it xxx
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    Thanks so much. Just had an email through saying we have an aided place...I assume this means MDS or bursary? It doesn't specifically say those words x
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    I'm not sure whether I am a yes or a no...basically I messed up and forgot to send the finance information off so they have use down as not needing mds. I've been offered a fee paying place for dd which we can't afford. Feel like the worst mum in history and hoping it can be sorted as she can't go without funding....congratulations all xxxx
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    Sooooo much email refreshing going on here!!! Best of luck to all you lovely people x
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    You're giving us hope sunrise! X
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    I've heard of a few who made it to mids without having made the finals so you definitely have a chance xx
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    My dd JA teacher said they normally get mids if they reach the finals unless they find a physical issue...but it looks like they may have taken more to finals than normal so not sure this is true this year....I wouldn't read too much into the physio checks...a lot of them had the physio before the dancing? Also different physios may have used different methods...also they were often lying on their front when they did checks so they wouldn't have necessarily seen? I think I will be playing down our chances of getting mids though as the standard was so high and there were so many girls! X
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