BalletBoysDad
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Thanks for the info (and the good luck) that’s really appreciated! Do you know if they audition a lot of children for a relatively small number of places? I always wonder what the statistics involved are like, and what ratio of children apply for what number of places.
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Excellent, what a happy result!
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That’s dedication! We will be doing that for Ballet Boost on alternate Sunday’s. Lichfield to Richmond is 2hr26 each way, without stopping. If he gets into Tring, it’ll be a choice between the two, as they run on practically the same days. But that’s still 2hr5 each way, so we’re in much the same boat!
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Well I hope the all have better luck this year. Amazing how much difference a year makes. I noted that Birmingham is its own separate application group this year. I wondered if that was for geographical reasons, or that Birmingham has a much higher number of applicants given I imagine it’s a bigger centre. Who knows. I think I drive myself unnecessarily mad trying to work out things I’ll probably never know 😂
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No I’m terrible. I see the same names on different threads as were all applying the same things 😂 Will you be travelling far for the Birmingham classes? We are applying for RBS JA’s I’m Birmingham too, but after the disappointment of a SWL place last year that never materialised I think we will take it in our stride and just treat it as an experience. My son also has a Tring CBA audition on the 5th September. If he got another class that would be great, as wee recently moved and he’s left behind all his London ballet. So it’s great to have Elmhurst!
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So are both you DD and DD’s friends rising from Y4 to Y5? It’s ashame you’ll have to hang around much longer. But I’m amazed they are actually running physical classes. Although we left London a few weeks ago, we’re still on email updates for a couple of his former Ballet schools. In order to accommodate the older children, they’re still putting the younger ones on zoom classes. I
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The boys are in a separate group and my son will be in Group 5 10:30-11:45am. A shame there being no jazz class for the time being, but it’s great they’ve been able to allocate actual studio time for all groups under the current circumstances! Probably a huge achievement in itself.
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Sorry I’m dreadful remembering names! So both our DC’s will be doing Elmhurst! My son is really looking forwards to this Tring audition as it’s a physical ‘real life’ experience. He was offered Ballet Boost which runs on almost the same term dates, so in theory it would be an either/or IF he were successful. But we’re just going with an open mind to see what happens and take it as an experience.
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As the boys and girls are taught in separate groups, I would imagine they are auditioned separately too. It makes me wonder if group 5 is all boys, or a specific age group of boys. But that wouldn’t clarify how groups 1-4 are organised and which age groups participate in which group.
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My DS is auditioning in group 5. Tring CBA is the programme I know the least about, so I’m not sure how many children are in each group and how many places are potentially available. We shall put it down to experience I think and go without expectations. My DS is looking forwards to a live studio audition though.
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Well said 😂 Yes, that was my presumption, that they’ll take who they like and massage out the numbers accordingly, rather than sticking to a rigid quota per year group. As that would mean even fewer opportunities for those who didn’t start at Y4.
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Thank you very much for that info, really appreciated, That would suggest that most Y5 places are taken by the current Y4 children, and the bulk order of the places available will be Y4, maybe with a slim chance of a couple of additions to Y5? Unless they decide to take fewer year 4s purposely to take a few more y5s? (Not that me knowing this will make any difference ) Were applying for Birmingham so I imagine there will of course be fewer classes than London too.
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I would think the same. They’d give themselves a lot of ‘acceptance admin’ holding onto results to give them out all in one go. But just a guess too. We applied to London last year, which was the last set of results to be given out. The wait felt agonising, as results were released in order of audition centre. We’ve applied to Birmingham this year, which is, ironically, last to be given out 🤦♂️😂
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Glad it’s nearby. I think we spend enough of life in the car as it is 😂 Though I’d happily take him any distance for something well worth doing.
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I thought he would have a decent chance based on last year. But this years’ audition will be so different, we’re going on the assumption that it’s just good experience.
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Thanks for the recommendation on the jazz class. My son has only ever done ballet so it would be great for him to try something new!
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I was really grateful for how quickly they dealt with it. My sons former ballet teacher in London went to Elmhurst for upper school and speaks so fondly about all her experiences their. So this was the one my son really wanted. Their communication seems so considerate and it’s great that they don’t drag out the waiting.
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We only just relocated to the midlands, but feel so fortunate that Elmhurst is only a half hour drove away. We applied for RBS London last year. My DS was second to last too! It literally went tallest to shortest,m. He sounded like he had a bit of an awful audition and actually slipped over. He was offered SWL that came to nothing. So we will try again. But purely for experience and without expectation.
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My sons Elmhurst audition for Y5 was on Sunday 9th August, and we found out the result on Thursday 13th. He was in ‘group 3’ according to the email, but I didn’t know if that was a full day of auditioning for Y5 over all centres.
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Ah that’s good to know, thank you! And look forwards to hopefully seeing you there in September. My son is really excited to be starting. We’ve only just relocated to Staffordshire so didn’t apply last year. Amazed he got in this year, given the difficulties and stresses of a home digital audition.
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Indeed. But at least there’s Elmhurst to look forwards to. Only thinking hypothetically, but elmhurst will be well under way by the time RBS Birmingham applicants are informed. There’s nothing to say the class times aren’t the same etc...
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I emailed the auditions team email address last night. and this was from their reply this morning. At least it’s nice and transparent. Im going on the presumption that this is just good experience for my DS. But like @Spamcat I’m feeling a bit the same. When they lined up last year in number (age) order, my July born DS was so much smaller than the other boys. Yet he’s had quite a growth spurt and a good year of experience with ENB and Central School, so he’s come on so much as a dancer. He’ll be starting Elmhurst Young Dancers in September, so I’m glad he’s got that to focus on.
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Just incase this is interesting for any Group 4 applicants: We have only just sent out group 1, so Group 4 will not be going out until the end of September with a return time in the middle of October.
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I remember asking RBS at the beginning of the year how the groups expand from year to year. As I originally rather naively thought, if (for example) there were 8 children in Y4, and they all rise to Y5, how would there be places available? They told me by email they take fewer Y4, and expand the group in Y5 to allow space for new applicants. Same with the Y5 group rising to Y6, then expanding to take new applicants. I don’t know how many places come available, and how that’s mixed over boys and girls. There are some things I resign myself to probably never knowing Results were sent out last year in the order of centre audition, so I imagine they’ll post results in the same way this year.
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Hi! 😄 We’ve just moved to Lichfield so it’s only about a 35 minute drive to Birmingham. Will you be travelling very far? Though he has a Sunday associates programme back in London every other Sunday, so we will be putting the miles in.
