HowMuch!

Have they? That’s interesting to know! I wonder if they’ve had too few applicants?

I think we can get ourselves tied up in knots with the not knowing. I’m not looking to see if ours has been watched. I think that they can see what they’re looking for quite quickly so I wouldn’t be too worried about a short viewing.

I think that’s the million dollar question! I’m not sure to be honest. I think strength is a big thing for associates places. I don’t feel like there’s a body shape, limb length type focus as much as RBS has. Other than that I’m really not sure. They really like to see enthusiasm, difficult on a home video!

She has. I have everything crossed for her! The audition video nearly broke her spirit, but fingers crossed for a studio final if we get that far.

Last year was such a horrid year. She was reserve for both Cat and associates which would ordinarily have given her a big chance of a spot coming free. But covid reduced their numbers and no spots came up.

Possibly. I think there’s always a push for more boys, there’s so few compared to girls so it’s understandable. I get the sense that lots of their boys are ‘spotted’ rather than come straight through from auditions too so these events feel important. I’m filled with doubt today. My daughter was a reserve last year for CAT but I still feel doubtful she’ll get through this year. I think we’ll get recall yes/no emails either Wednesday or Thursday. Last year it was the Thursday after a Sunday prelim audition.

I wasn’t expecting anything before tomorrow, perhaps by Wednesday?

Palpitations at every email ping today! 😂

Definitely worth a try! Hopefully the finals will all be live which will help.

That’s good to know. If she gets a no or reserve this year then I’ll see if we can get feedback. Thank you!

I thought the 9-11 video was difficult too, especially for the 9 year olds! I guess they’re looking for body/muscle intelligence, strength, musicality etc etc. My DD has been to finals before and was a reserve last year but they don’t give feedback so I have no idea what she was ‘missing’.

I’m not sure of numbers and I think there’s been a few changes since covid though and classes are smaller - there are a few AoNB associate parents on here who may know more? I get the sense that there’s fewer spots available as you go up the age groups but there will be children leaving associates for CAT and other vocational places, as well as those assessed out or left for other reasons, at key points. Sorry that’s not particularly helpful!

Hi Springflower, we submitted ours a while back and haven’t heard anything yet. I haven’t looked to see if it’s been watched though. I don’t think we’ll hear anything before the deadline, and maybe not until the Monday. I think the bit they’ve said about people getting results at different times might mean that we could hear anytime from the closing date until 29th March, I don’t think it’ll be before - I might just be convincing myself of that though so I don’t obsessively check my emails all week! 😂

Ah! Hopefully the finals can be soon then. Fingers crossed we get to finals!!!!

I’m not sure? I would have thought they would want to wait for them to be in person. I think they were the original planned dates maybe? Surely they can’t be in person before April? Or I might be getting totally confused with all the constantly shifting lockdown info?

Are people aware that from yesterday, households and bubbles with pupils (primary and secondary) are able to order lateral flow tests? They’re meant to be for the adults to test twice weekly, but I’m sure you’d be able to test your child? It won’t let me copy/paste the link but info is on gov.uk website.

Has anyone submitted their video and had a yes/no for recalls yet? I was wondering whether the bit where it said about staggered feedback was about the yes/no to recall or the result from recall? In other words should my anxious email refreshing 😆 start once I’ve submitted the application, or wait until after the 12th deadline? Good luck everyone!!!

This is really interesting to read! My DD goes to 3 dance schools, all are aware she goes to the others, all are very happy that she does. I think the important bit is thinking about your reasons for needing other dance schools. For us it was an extra non-syllabus ballet class to supplement her grade work at her local school, plus a contemporary class that her local school can’t offer. We’re really happy with her local school, the teaching is exceptional, which means the 3 schools are complementing one another. My feelings are that if you’re adding classes in to make up for poor quality teaching then that’s where the issue lies and perhaps it’s time to move schools? It doesn’t sound like that’s the issue though? There’s lots of worry around changing dance schools, understandably so with the dance world being so small! But, you need to put your child and family first and do what’s best for you. We changed dance schools (between two local schools) a few years ago due to class time issues, it felt awkward at the time, but I’m very happy we did it!

I can’t help, but was wondering the same thing myself! I was going to look for an editing app but I have no idea where to start!

That sounds thorough! I was just going to tape a bit of banana skin to her foot. 😂 Let me know how it goes.

Perhaps a bit weird, but I read somewhere that banana peel was meant to help get rid of them??? My DD has one which looks even worse after using bazuka, so we might give banana peel a go.

To be honest, I’d totally forgotten about this until now! But, I did look on the website info and it said it was a rough guide - check though! I’ve read so many things recently, I may have got mixed up!

I’m actually not convinced that more online classes will go down that well with DD. I think she’s reached her limit for camera adjusting, glitchy screens and no room for big movements! 😂 I’ll give them a call and ask though. There’s no chance she’ll focus if she thinks it’s ‘too easy’ so I don’t want to waste my money. Xxx

Are they strict about the age ranges? My 10 year old is RAD grade 4 so I’m wondering if she’d be happier doing the 11-12 group???

It’s been such a difficult year in so many different ways. I had a chat with my DD yesterday about reserves and how she probably won’t hear anything. She was really level headed about it and is simply keen to audition for next year! No tears, no upset, no regret. She’s amazing!