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  1. Ballet Dreams
    Money has been tight for us so I completely understand your point. But just wanted to stress that a no to JA does not open less doors for your child and that the no’s my child has received have had a real positive affect on her. As she just wanted to succeed and worked that little bit harder to achieve her goals.
  2. Ballet Dreams
    Please don’t ever be put off by any no’s to JAs, my DD had two no’s in year 4 and 5 and SWL for year 6. Luckily she managed to get a place at Elmhurst young Dancers this year for year 6 instead and the difference it has made is phenomenal. She never let the no’s affect her passion for ballet and her aspirations and dreams to try for finals this year. I think the no’s from RBS have made her a much better dancer and this week she has received invitations to both White Lodge and Elmhurst Finals.
  3. Ballet Dreams
    My DD is an EYD and has a yes to Elmhurst and WL finals she’s not a JA though.
  4. Ballet Dreams
    It’s a yes for my DD so pleased and glad the wait is finally over. Well done to all of the yes and not yets x
  5. Ballet Dreams
    I am stressing about this as well! We have community Lateral Flow Testing however I have looked into it and you have to be over 16 to have a test. I have emailed the local LA to ask if they would consider testing my DD so hopefully I will get a response soon. I don’t understand how we will be able to provide evidence though do you get an email result or something my eldest has these regularly at secondary school and you don’t get paperwork to prove the result.
  6. Ballet Dreams
    So pleased my DD has a yes to WL finals. Just goes to show you should never give up and keep trying she had a no to JAs in year 4 and 5 and was a SWL in year 6. She and I are over the moon!
  7. Ballet Dreams
    I guess the wait is nearly over then, good luck to all the DC who have applied! X
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    Tests can be expensive as well around £120, on top of travel and accommodation it would make a big hole in some parents pockets. Money is tight for some people at the moment with furlough etc. I agree I hope they also have other arrangements for those self isolating.
  9. Ballet Dreams
    My DD and I watched the schools Instragram live last night with Brandon Lawrence it was very inspiring. Ms Ward seems very caring and supportive to the students. My daughter has said her choice would be Elmhurst! If she got that far, hopefully her dreams will come true and hard work will pay off.
  10. Ballet Dreams
    How lovely, Elmhurst sounds an amazing place. We are gutted we haven’t been able to visit although we have taken the virtual tour and attended the Q&A and it looks and sounds amazing. Its lovely how parents from previous years are being so supportive and helpful.
  11. Ballet Dreams
    Thank you for this my Eldest DD is currently doing a BTEC in Performing Arts. I also was dubious about the BTEC qualification but have been really impressed on how well it has fitted in beside my daughters ALevels. She also has had 5 offers to study university all of them have counted the BTEC. I have passed this onto her teacher it would be a real shame if this qualification was no longer available.
  12. Ballet Dreams
    Is this your first view or a second view? My DD is EYD we had a view on Monday. It’s all very exciting good luck everyone x
  13. Ballet Dreams
    Our Ballet Teacher lodged an appeal a couple of years ago for all the students in one exam sitting. As the majority of the marks given were way off previous marks for these students and results were no where near what she was expecting. The result was that each child was given an adjusted mark and given an extra 4 marks. From what I remember that’s all they could do. I think this was due to appealing on behalf of all students instead of each child separately as I am sure there were two approaches to an appeal but one meant paying a fee for each child.
  14. Ballet Dreams
    I agree would rather an email what happens if it gets lost! I guess it will be a while yet anyway it will take weeks to go through all the year 7s I really wouldn’t want their job.
  15. Ballet Dreams
    I had my DD invoice from Elmhurst in the post this morning as well and thought the same thing.
  16. Ballet Dreams
    Not yet but I didn’t submit my DD video until Christmas Eve.
  17. Ballet Dreams
    We sent my DD Video application on the 30th October the Friday of half term. That’s why I was worried when other has said there had been watched I thought maybe they were watching them by centre the children were due to audition at. My DD was due to audition in Bath.
  18. Ballet Dreams
    My DD video was watched yesterday as well. I am actually glad as I was getting worried that I had uploaded it wrong as it hadn’t been watched.
  19. Ballet Dreams
    I thought the same I don’t envy having to watch all of the videos. The Q&A was really good the Head Teacher, Artistic Director, Head of Dance Training and Deputy Head all gave an insight into the school. It’s sounds such a lovely place I was very impressed.
  20. Ballet Dreams
    Both there was an audition class going through some of the exercises they may ask your child to do as part of a usual audition with tips etc. This was similar to the RBS insight lesson in half term and then a separate Q&A for students and parents. They said at the Q&A that everyone who applies will now be asked to submit a video audition.
  21. Ballet Dreams
    This was mentioned yesterday at their Q&A session following the audition workshop. Thankfully it doesn’t look that different to the RBS video although there are a few differences. We were hoping for face to face auditions here. Really feel sorry for the year 6 children they have missed out on so much of the process of auditioning. My DD was so looking forward to our road trips and attending auditions. Let’s hope 2021 is more positive with the introduction of a vaccine. Good luck to everyone filming both RBS or Elmhurst videos.
  22. Ballet Dreams
    We submitted my DD video during half term as well. No views yet I will keep you posted if it changes.
  23. Ballet Dreams
    My DD has Waiting list as well. We have never applied for the intensives before but thought we would give it a go as pictures are the same for Mids & WL audition. My DD has had two nos for year 4 and 5and SWL for year 6 JAs. I am so surprised she is on the waiting list we thought it would be a straight no! I am so proud of her perseverance she’s so determined to achieve her dreams.
  24. Ballet Dreams
    We are in the same position we filmed and submitted my DD during half term as we were worried we would lockdown again. Glad in one way we have it done it but also gutted as we could have had more time. Like you said there is no guarantee we will be back in the studios in December especially if we go back into tier systems at least it’s out of our hands now.
  25. Ballet Dreams
    We will be using I movie, we used it for my DD ballet boost video audition. It’s really easy to use.
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