Shellbell12

On 27/03/2019 at 11:02, Starlight69 said:

My dd did, & was offered mds.

I wonder if your daughter was the little girl my daughter spoke to? X My daughter was the blonde child. 

On 27/03/2019 at 11:20, valentina said:

You’re Dd definitely didn’t fail!! Through everything she does she’s learning and watching and gaining vital experience. Sometimes it just takes more work ( in the right areas of course ) and can take several attempts to get to where she wants to be.

Thankyou, you're right of course....but as parents we tend to take it harder. X

On 27/03/2019 at 14:22, junedancer said:

 

You did say earlier that it was your DD's first audition so well done to her for going for a vocational place.  As others have said it is not that she failed in any way.  There will be hundreds of applications for Tring and only a few are given offers and not all of those will get a scholarship audition.  None of us has a crystal ball to know why our DC get offered one thing and not another.  The Forum members are many but there will be just as many people out there not on the Forum with experiences of yeses and nos.  Everyone has a no at some point, often several in a row but we only hear from those who wish to share this as we do with the yeses.  She will have been up against those with and without experience and at this level potential is what they are looking for.  She can move on from this with the audition experience under her belt.  Ask her teacher(s) for some advice on how to go forward and try again in the future.

Thankyou for your kind words....all very much appreciated. X

Did anyone get through to the scholarship stage that auditioned on February 18th? I know it was the final audition date, and an extra one they added. Trying to convince myself that by then they'd already decided the scholarship audtionees rather than the fact my DD failed....bless her, she was fine about it. I was more upset. 

Well done to everyone who got in or on the waiting list!! X

On 25/02/2019 at 18:59, meadowblythe said:

Let her enjoy it and stay calm!  If you can both stay calm so much the better.    One of the hardest things to do as a parent is to not interfere or fret.  Once she has disappeared my personal strategy was to get away from the place, it seemed everyone else auditioning had more experience than my child (I was once sat next to 2 parents out billying each other - both had sons in the cast and were trying to outdo each other on length of contract, number of performances, expenses ...) and it just added to my stress to listen.

 

Double check music for solos as well as shoes.

 

Leave enough time to allow for traffic - as a Midlander I am always gobsmacked by how many traffic jams I had to sit in.

 

If they like what they see, they will always put students through to the scholarship round.  

 

 

They obviously didn't like what they saw as she didn't make the scholarship audition. Don't know whether it was inexperience on our part. She prepared her own solo, rather than a set dance that the other girls and boys did that they'd more than likely performed in comps/shows etc.....

I was super gutted, but she's fine. I just would have liked a little more explanation other than competition is tough and there's a high demand for places. We would have required a full scholarship and boarding place. X

11 hours ago, meadowblythe said:

Let her enjoy it and stay calm!  If you can both stay calm so much the better.    One of the hardest things to do as a parent is to not interfere or fret.  Once she has disappeared my personal strategy was to get away from the place, it seemed everyone else auditioning had more experience than my child (I was once sat next to 2 parents out billying each other - both had sons in the cast and were trying to outdo each other on length of contract, number of performances, expenses ...) and it just added to my stress to listen.

 

Double check music for solos as well as shoes.

 

Leave enough time to allow for traffic - as a Midlander I am always gobsmacked by how many traffic jams I had to sit in.

 

If they like what they see, they will always put students through to the scholarship round.  

 

 

Thanks Meadowblythe. X

Hi all,

Eeek, my dd has her Tring Audition tomorrow. I believe it's the last one. I'm more nervous than her, she has NEVER auditioned for anything and seems to be taking it all in her stride. It's for the year 7 entry.....I'm worried that it being the last one they may have got enough students to go through to the scholarship round and may miss out. But I'm totally speculating here. 

Any last minute tips you can give us and I'll slip them to my daughter without her realising.  She's so calm about it!!

Hi Everyone,

My dd is auditioning for dance year 7 on Tuesday....I believe the final date to do so. I'm nervous... she's not. When you say  the talk and tour was hectic, in what way?