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I thought that the standard Freed point shoes in the ballet shops or online were machine made and not done by hand as shown in the pictures and video's above and that professionals had the ones hand made?

can you put a link to this tape please Hairbelles

Yes it is 3 terms.

Shelia is there a pattern for the skirts or do you make your own up?

we have to be at Elmhurst tomorrow at 9.30 am tomorrow for year 8.

Its not just on TV some dance competitions / festivals the dances can make you feel uncomfortable. I even think some of the costumes could of come straight from the Ann Summers shops

I usually wash the tights in my machine usually in white but sometimes in the red to keep the pink. If I get the correct tights they last for ages.

My dd is no where near doing GCSE's etc but her PE department keep moaning that she is not doing after school clubs.

When would they like her to do them? In her sleep.

please correct me if I am wrong but I thought that I saw a little "gymnastic's" in the nutcracker when the Chinese toys play or was it a different thing altogether

I have just finished darning my DD's pointe shoes and my fingers and especially my thumb really hurt. All for the love of my daughter

first thing I told my daughter taxi4ballet. I wouldn't let her even sleep in them without her teachers ok.

I got moaned at this evening because the pointe's were not ready

yes it was for her spannerandpony. I took lots of photos  . I have just got to pluck up the courage to darn the tops. Spoiling the perfect silk is daunting

My DD has just been fitted for her first pointe shoes. She was so excited. what does the D SO132 Suprima mean  they are a BLOCH size 3

My DD has come out of your workshop very happy thank you, very tired but happy.

I need to know what the turning boards are and where can I get one sorry two one for each foot

My dd does Ballet, tap, and comps on Monday, musical theatre and comps on Tuesday, ballet on Wednesday, Friday ballet, tap, jazz and gymnastic's dance and Saturday she helps with the little ones from 9.30 and then Riverdance and Acro  and finishes at 4. Starting in Sept she will be doing Modern and stretching on Thursday.

DD's teacher tries very hard to get the different dances of roughly the same grade to follow on from one to the other.  Sometimes it doesn't work for everybody but she does try

I don't have this problem my dd teachers are amazing and nothing is too much trouble for them. My problem is that my dd is sooooo comfortable there she is shy about exploring new place such as summer schools, and vocational schools but I know she wants to dance professionally

Lema he takes the bus , which is virtually door to door as he know that journey well as we have done it together more than 20 times . There are those that share Taxis , but he can't go in one alone as he is to young according to the taxi company !!!!

Since it's a fixed time train on an advance booked ticket it was a logistical nightmare getting someone over 14 to share with him at just the right time ! The comforting thing is that I can track him on his phone and keep him on the phone all the time to make sure he gets there safely ! We have an app for the virgin trains that tells me which platform to send him to as well , once on , it's straight through to Euston .

We had never considered Elmhurst till his dance teacher recommended it , purely because of the distance , but it is feasible .....and will get better with time as he is quite confident travelling alone now and next year hopes to travel with friends as well .

The worst part was a the first term , I was exhausted getting back home late around midnight on Friday and Sunday nights after taking and dropping him as the school does not open till 6pm on a leave out Sunday and then having to go to work the next day . RBS is different as I believe the school does not actually close in the term time , though someone may correct me on that !

My non DS has been using a taxi to get to school since year 3 and it was only because I kicked up a fuss that he had an escort until year 8

There you go... Americans love British stuff and British love American stuff and everybody loves/hates the French!

So True

I some times think that IDTA is also in general "downgraded" compared to RAD

Spirals in Bromsgrove (just off M5) have two young (around age 5-7) male dancers who do ballet and tap and they love male dancers

This is what I use. Its a baby changing box from tippitoes and little boxes for the bits and pieces

don't forget Stella Mann

can I have a love post instead of a like for Jane

I believe there is a type of person who is more bullied than others. People who lack confidence are easy targets and those who words do not come easy to them.  There are other traits

Children are nasty and no matter wether you are at vocational school or main stream they are still nasty.  Rising above it is the best policy but that's hard, telling the responsible person is also hard, using your words for a shy person is also hard or laughing at yourself. I think it really depends on the persons personality what that person does. I have been there and until I left the school it didn't stop.