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WrapsnBows

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  1. Morning I’ve not been on here for about two years as my DS lost his way in dance what with covid etc tough time at high school, he was in 3 associates pre covid and has dropped out of them all now and one of his main issues is with ‘normal’ associates there seems to be NO boys work!!! And all 3 associates he ended up being the only boy left at 12!!! He’s the only boy of his level at his dance school as well now at 14. He loves his boys days at the Hammond and Tring and his Main Stream school has been running a dance club for years 7-9 and my DS has helped push dance to the fact they've included it onto this years GCSE’s, to late for my DS as he’s year 10 now so I’ve spoken to a few teachers in the north west and I know one who is keen to start an boys only associates in the north west as they know the Tring one is popular, so is there any boys out there who would be interested in joining an all male associates in the north west??? The faculty will be industry and vocational teachers, within an hour of Staffordshire, Manchester, Liverpool, north wales. please pass on your thoughts as we need all the support for our boys both physically and mentally
  2. Can you remover the time table etc I’ve asked my DS again and he has said yes was it as similar standard to the normal teaching? And it says a theatre trip now is that to a west end show do you remember. Sorry about the questions
  3. My DS has said he would like todo Tring Easter residential but a few years ago he did another residential at another vocational school and we were very disappointed with it, my DS son loves his associates at this school but the ss wasn’t a patch on what we expected so before i sign my DS up for tring I’d like to hear of experience please especially for the older ones as he’s nearly 14. He’s already disappointed as his school music tour abroad has cancelled so hence last minute change
  4. I can’t understand why they closed the whole school another school / collage had 24 cases the other week and 3 were in one year of BA’s. It’s been heart breaking , my DD flat Got it last September and she had to isolate for a whole month as the periods reset itself each time someone tested positive, she chose dance for assessments which were assessed dancing in her flat kitchen and has come out with lower grade than her friends who chose drama vocal and singing, she’s never done a live performance in 3 years, they have one evening next week for agents and parents to watch! Theve been given just a week to learn it all. I could cry for all these students. So many of my dd friends have decided to take time out or even leave the industry already
  5. Is there anyone’s child been excepted on the Hammonds TA associates program (NOT DANCE) please and what day is it on please Saturday or Sunday any information be most grateful
  6. Just being nosey sorry has the Hammond given any dates for next year also have they clarified what day the theatre arts is going to be please
  7. My DD just been offered this live in and with a £16.000 wage so she’s jumped at the chance, hopefully it will all pan out as she will be fed with a bed with a wage and still able to be signed with an agent whilst still having access to classes and the studios ..
  8. Afternoon is there any current Hammond associates here please as we paid for the last 4 and we believe the 3 is tomorrow but we’ve received no zoom code at all I’ve emailed several emails and messaged via insta and still no reply!! can anybody shed any light please
  9. My daughter in in her 3rd year at tramways, the staff have been brilliant over the last year or so through Covid, always putting activities on, checking up if every one is ok, when my DD was in isolation they offered todo emergency shops for them. Since September my DD has been in a complete flat of 6 hammond students 2 3rd years and 4 2nd years as they have tried to restrict bubbles etc..........I can honestly say my DD will be sad to leave her flat lol oh a good thing is it’s directly next to the train station, nearest to the Hammond oh and town centre
  10. Yes tesco in walking distance, B&M small Sainsbury’s in town along with all major shops, Aldi and home and bargins a bit out but walking distance oh and I think there is a Waitrose just round the corner from my DD flat though she dosnt use that. Plea that if nice pubs and eatery’s apparently, my Dd has had fab fun filming show reels etc around chester this last few weeks even in the amphitheater and gained an audience 🤣
  11. My DD has just been applying for commercials n Tv work as nothing up north as of yet
  12. I’ve always encouraged my two to do sport and music and drama and never asked them to sacrifice one thing for another, my youngest hasn’t gone vocational but they are now enjoying playing rugby, hockey, basket ball and there school is lucky to have its own pool so they do swimming most weeks, going into year 9 this year and he wants todo PE gcse and go and do it in dance and gymnastics, my oldest is now doing a BA in MT at a vocational school after doing her Alevels at 6form and dosn't regret it at all, she was never given the chance to try for vocation school but is now representing GB in rifle shooting and has been embraced by the collage in having time off for international comps etc, she has completed her gold dofe, and is about to become a DofE assessor and is also a scout and explorer leader in her spare time. I guess what I am trying to say is my two don’t regret going down the vocational route and life life to the full where as some of their friends went down the vocational route and gave up everything outside of dance, some didn’t last unfortunately and dropped dance now.
  13. Hammond in Chester is a monthly and is a day long or was on a Sunday, included MT, singing , contemp as well as ballet Midas is a very good one run by a lovely team @drdance and is based in birmingham near to elmhurst, it’s ballet based with conditioning and an extra lesson in MT or Jazz etc KS Dance in Warrington I think BBO or did do an associates in manchester Ballet Boost in Stoke, staffordshire youth ballet again in stoke plenty about
  14. Done for you and shared xx glad to be of help, hope you find the answers and please don’t give in you and your teachers are amazing.
  15. Yes your teaching is fantastic and my DS came away with so much if it wasn’t for it clashing with another associates we would still be with you now or if it had been left to me, Most associates don’t teach as in-depth as you do especially with PBT, I have never heard a bad word said against MIDAS and will always continue to recommend you to others. My DS also enjoyed his open zoom classes especially the ballet and the conditioning. xx.
  16. Hiya I think every studio is different, where my D’s is now they do PBT and Body Con 50/50 fitness and stretch but over lockdown we’ve found a a dance physio who has been fab looking at all the things which you have mentioned, we’ve also been doing low impact weights with the local gymnastics club which again I only know of one other dance school who includes weights in its training programme, the dance physio also includes low impact weights into some of his sessions.
  17. My DD did weekly classes never did associates and did normal A levels still danced normally till she went to a vocational school at 18 todo a BA in MT, she’s just about to graduate. She applied for about 5 at 18, 4 being a diploma and got nowhere but the BA she got excepted. Where my DS dances locally and is part of 3 1 ballet 3 mixed associates and he applied for full time for years 7,8,9 and though he’s made finals has never been lucky enough for a funded place. So associates isn’t the ‘be all’ I’ve questioned a few and talked about the money spent on these and if the money would be better of being spent on a good private lesson.
  18. This year has become very apparent I have several social media accounts and I only use them to promote my business but I do feel that this year the audition process has become a divide, My DC was given an hour in the studios to record the tapes and that was it where I’ve heard of Dc parents spending over £100 a week on privates, I couldn’t even afford that in a month! Well probably never atm. I approached one vocational teacher and they wanted £35 per hour and a lot of others are around £60, until zoom and lockdown this wouldn’t of been the case at all and the auditions would of been more on an equal footing. My DC Will leave it now and we will keep plodding and dancing and hopefully will apply again at 16 when all of this horrible time is long gone.
  19. Just to highlight the MA’s I do know of two lady’s who one and been through JA’s and Mids and summer schools and didn’t get Snr but he friend had tried every year for JA N Mids and always got a no until she audition for another year but for Snr and got a yes, the one who got assessed out was so upset but apparently they did asses a few out that year ........ so again for all those no’s if it’s your dream never give up
  20. Chester is a wonderful city well it’s sort of a large town 🤣 we live 20 mins away on the train and my DD still decided to board for her 3 years of her BA, it has everything during my DD’s 3 years she’s been to the zoo, done escape rooms, been cinema, been around the cathedral, walked the walls, river and canals. To name a few things. And she’s now talking about taking roots there as she loves it in Chester
  21. Not sure with 16 year olds atm as they changed accommodation last year but my DD is in her 3 year as a BA and she’s at tramways opposite the train station it’s run by student roost but that may be for the over 18s but it’s lovely staff have been brill over the last year, kept phoning my daughters bubble whilst in isolation asking how they were and if they needed anything also been tough on keeping them safe through Covid as well
  22. I would do your research on other associate schemes, we are in the same boat, DC is part of 3 associates and isnt flourishing as one would like to see, Dc main teacher has also said this to me on several occasions, so we’ve looked further afield and we over lockdown DC has changed direction and joined a local gymnastics club for strength and conditioning and also we have found a highly recommended physio who does dance conditioning and Dc has come on so much and is enjoying the new lessons...... once this academic year is over we will be reassessing the associates and looking at which my child wants to carry on with and enjoys. At the end of the day you do what’s right for your child not what the teachers want.
  23. Unfortunately that’s common i once attended another of the top schools whilst my child auditioned for a year 7 place and the principle gave the ‘parent’ talk and a parent asked about ‘assessing out’ and that’s when it came out ‘unfortunately we don’t assess out! so unless somebody leaves then we don’t have the space!! It’s not fair at all, the system isn’t fair at all
  24. It’s really is bizarre this year we got a no to MDs but yes to a waiting list after MD’s auditions..... it’s really is bizarre. Seems like they have really struggled with everything this past year reading through the post, it’s a shame as the teaching staff are amazing as my DC has attended summers schools etc there and I’ve and I know children who are there now or have recently been. like others have said I know it seems it at the moment but it’s not the end of the world as my DC has now got the chance to pursue other options and is lucky to be able todo theatre and music tech at gcse level oh and drama and I’ve mentioned that they might be able todo dance as part of gcse PE
  25. I was told by a teacher out off all the MDs offered last year all went to year 7’s, I think about 12 in total with 56 places offered (out of the 80+ who applied) in total made up with fee paying. I know of 3 others who got a bursary of 30%, I think a girl joined in year 9 in September then offered a MDs after she started!!!! Previous year all who made recalls got a 50% bursary if they didn’t get a MDS, no matter what year they were in. congratulations to those who have had fab news today and those who havnt then don’t be lose the way as every cloud has a silver lining you just have to choose another route which might turn out to be a better route at the moment although it may not seem like it
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