BalletmumH

My DD has attended this summer school 5 times now, it is a wonderful opportunity for students and one I would highly recommend. A fantastic faculty of teachers are dedicated to getting the best out of each and every student, they are caring and nuturing. Students work hard, have fun, make new friends, are taught multiple genres of dance throughout the 5 days and on day 6 a wonderful show is performed to family and friends. This year the students demonstrated jazz, contemporary and drama pieces then went on to perform ballet based on Swan Lake. Bravo! The audience was stunned to discover this had been put together in 5/6 days. My DD had a fantastic week and wished she could do it all again the next week! 

On 26/07/2021 at 08:06, MrsKrabz said:

Hi @BalletmumH Just wondering what company you used as I'm really confused with it all, I don't have travel insurance included with my bank account

 

 

Hi @MrsKrabz@MrsKrabz sorry for the delayed reply... I did a search on compare the market and came up with Southdowns which is part of the Axa group. It allowed me put my DD as the policy holder with my bank details etc. 

6 hours ago, SJBallet said:

@BalletmumHdo you have general travel insurance? Could you give them a ring and see if they will cover it? 

I don't however have I've bought a single trip policy for DD for the 6 days which covers cancellation due to covid 19, illness and injury so hoping that is what I need. Also hoping we won't need it!! 

Thanks for your reply. 

Hi, does anyone know about insurance for summer school for a day student, not residential please? Where would I go for this/do people even buy this insurance? Struggling to find anything online. 

Thinking same as @SJBallet in case of illness, injury or dare I say covid related isolation.

Thank you. 

A no here too, fully expected however so not feeling too disappointed. DD doesn't know yet. She auditioned for Leeds Y5. 

On 09/10/2020 at 00:32, The red shoes said:

So do you send three separate files or film it continuously? 

On 04/10/2020 at 10:02, Ballet_mum3 said:

They may have just skipped to the parts they are interested in?  There was a lot of standing and listening to instructions also. I am not sure they could watch every candidates 30 min video in full and get through them all? We are group 2 too, good luck!

Yes I knew they'd just watch certain bits of the recordings, some more than others depending on if they like what they see, and as you say skip through instructions etc 🙂

Now grp 1 are back - congrats to the yes children and commiserations to the not this times, its been a long process 😔 hopefully they'll move through the remaining groups efficiently over the coming weeks. 

Good luck to everyone else! 

On 04/10/2020 at 09:16, Balletmad78 said:

Hi BalletmumH, which centre did you apply for?

Hi there, Leeds.

22 hours ago, Spamcat said:

So is that just the 1 yes from Group 1?! 😲 Sounds like it is harder than ever to get in this year. Amazing result @Millicent!!

We are group 4 so not even done the video yet.

Did anyone else have sound issues on the video? I checked it yesterday and can hardly hear it.

Yes we thought it was extremely quiet too. We used a Chromebook and could only just hear what the teacher was saying! 

We are grp 2 and our video was watched on Tuesday, 12 minutes of it - I uploaded it as a whole rather than 3 sections. DD didn't show her full potential on the day however so I'm not expecting a yes this time. 

In the email they said expect to hear approx 4 weeks after the closing date, so would be mid October if they manage to get through them. 

My dd has done her video audition for Leeds today. I'm currently trying to upload it to YouTube, it estimates 3 hours - is this what other people experienced?! 🤔 The file is 3GB. Thanks.

Estimate was way off, its uploaded already!

Unfortunately it's a no for my DD Yr 5 Manchester. She's feeling really disappointed. We are very proud of her regardless of the outcome. Onwards and upwards. 

Congrats to all those who have got a place! 

Year 5. How about yours? 

My DD really enjoyed the audition today. It went well for the most part and I'm happy she had a good time. It was great to watch the audition! They said we will know the outcome by the end of the week so we will wait and see. 

How is each child identified? The email says to put their name in on zoom (I've never done this before for her regular classes), doesn't mention identifying them by a number or putting anything on their leotard. Is that right? 

Best of luck to everyone auditioning this weekend! 😃 

Hello, my DD is auditioning for Leeds group 2 also. Such a shame they won't get the lovely audition experience in the studio. We did go the the insight day however which she enjoyed. 

14 hours ago, BellaF said:

Still no email re Sunday 😩

 

Am a little stressed about having enough space for DD to dance in. Is there any mention of it in the info you have? Hope they get something out to us soon.

Morning, I received the email about my DD Sunday audition just after 8pm last night. Has yours come through now? We are grp 4.