Harwel Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Perhaps Tring wait until they know a bit more information about more of their students and do it all at once instead of Drip feeding information out. There are royal finals this weekend, elmhurst finals next week, not sure about ENBS finals, but soon. Then of course Tring is a very busy school - in this very short half term there are assessments classes, assessment solos, rehearsals for school show, rehearsals for Royal Albert Hall show this weekend and the Eve Pettinger Gala. And probably more that I'm unaware of. While there are staff allocated to different things there are only so many hours in the day and the head of dance keeps very close control over everything it appears. There is definitely room for movement on the MDS front at Tring, not only with the year 7's deciding their favourite school but also year 11's making career defining decisions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird22 Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Any advice on what I should be focusing on with students who have elmhurst finals on Tuesday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahw Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Crossing fingers?? Â Sorry that sounds facetious..... I would think they must be technically and physically sound to get that far. So maybe performance etc? It must be about trying to stand out from a very talented crowd. Â Good luck to everyone going. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahw Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 And really boost their confidence. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farawaydancer Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Last year it was the 22nd April when my ds got a place from the Elmhurst waiting list. It can take a few weeks for everything to settle down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird22 Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Confidence is where I've focused tonight! Crossing fingers is also a very valid point (but I shall just teach that to the mums!) Â I actually feel more nervous for my students than when I used to audition. It's madness, exam days, audition days, results days 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahw Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 I bet you teachers feel more responsibility than we parents.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird22 Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 I do get incredibly nervous for them, exam day most parents have one child doing exams so they just have nerves for their child, I have however many entries to feel nervous for. Â Thankfully I'm relatively anonymous here so I'm not too ashamed to admit, if your child has had bad news and they are upset I can pretty much guarantee I've gone home and been upset for them. Â Part of it is that teachers feel responsible, but we actually GET it in a way I don't think non dancers can understand! Â Constant emotional roller Coaster! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hfbrew Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 I do get incredibly nervous for them, exam day most parents have one child doing exams so they just have nerves for their child, I have however many entries to feel nervous for. Thankfully I'm relatively anonymous here so I'm not too ashamed to admit, if your child has had bad news and they are upset I can pretty much guarantee I've gone home and been upset for them. Part of it is that teachers feel responsible, but we actually GET it in a way I don't think non dancers can understand! Constant emotional roller Coaster! I don't think students and parents always realise just how much we teachers care. Oh the sleepless nights I've had..... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabitha Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 I thought there were 14 already in year 7 and 8, so are they going to 15 potentially then? At the audition insight day we went to in October Mr Powney did say they could take up to 15 in a year. So the maximum numbers at WL used to be 12 girls and 12 boys in years 7&8 and then 14 of each in years 9-11. Sometimes they flexed these numbers between years or girls/boys but the overall maximum stayed the same and was based on the number of MDS places available I.e. every place was MDS funded (unlike Elm, Tring, Hammond).  If there is now capacity for 15 boys and girls in each year, that's an overall increase of 18 places across yrs 7-11. Wonder how these will be funded or will WL now be going down the same route as Tring etc where there are a number of places only available if you can afford full fees (around £33,000)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picturesinthefirelight Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 They could be taken by international students who are not eligible for MDS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamy11 Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 Surely anyone not accepting their MDS for lower school will go to those on the reserve list that had been ranked, otherwise it's pretty unfair since the funding was supposed to be for the 60 children there that were considered classically talented? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picturesinthefirelight Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 I'm sure that all unaccepted MDS places would go to someone on the reserve list unless the school didn't feel that anyone else was suitable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballet4Boyz Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 Hi everyone, can anyone remember how Elmhurst informed you of finals results last year ?? Was it by email or letter and did the results come through fairly quickly ?? Thanks x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancefanatic Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 Hi everyone, can anyone remember how Elmhurst informed you of finals results last year ?? Was it by email or letter and did the results come through fairly quickly ?? Thanks x We got ours by post last year and I think it was roughly a week after the auditions. Certainly we had them just before the end of term as my DD went into school upset and didn't want to tell anyone. By the time the holidays were over, she had resigned herself to her result and determined she would carry on auditioning until she got in. So here we are a year later, and I'm waiting for next week to be over and done, even though I'm really nervous she will psych herself out again as she did at WL last week...  Good luck to everyone at Elmhurst next week, hope your DC all do well (although also hoping my DD gets a place!!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballet4Boyz Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 Thanks DanceFanatic ......know how that feels !! My DS has been trying to work out what he should be doing differently since his no's from WL & Tring. He's lucky to have Elmhurst & Hammond still to aim for ...... It's hard to watch them put their heart & sole into something - to get a no & with no feedback as to what to try & improve on. Let's hope some of these DC get a 'yes' this time !!! Good Luck to your DD & everyone else ????????????x 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballet4Boyz Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 "Soul" lol !!! "Heart and Sole" is the name of a dance wear shop. ...........I'm going slowly mad !!!???????? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancefanatic Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 Ballet4Boyz, don't lose heart. One of my daughter's friends got a No from WL and Tring funding auditions last year but she did get offered a place at Elmhurst. And from what I can gather, she is enjoying it there, albeit with expected bouts of homesickness, and it was actually her preferred school before all the finals took place anyway. And, as you know, there are numerous stories on here about children who didn't succeed the first or even second year of trying but have gone to do great things with their dancing. When the time is right for them, they will get there. Unfortunately we just don't have a crystal ball able to tell us when it is the right time - would be so much easier if we did but then I also believe that the no's at this stage really do help weed out those DC who really want it versus those who aren't really that sure and are perhaps only caught up in the perceived romance of it all, if you know what I mean. Certainly, talking to a friend the other day whose elder daughter used to swim competitively, every no she got along the way, as well as the yes's, have helped her grow up into a very level headed young lady where not a lot phases her compared to her direct peers. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballet4Boyz Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 ......you are so right & I've told my DS the same. Every 'no' although upsetting at the time is good preparation for the future as it's something they have to learn to deal with !!! Good preparation for life in general too !! Good Luck - your DD must be motivated & strong to go through it all again. I really hope she gets a yes x???????????????????????????????????? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancefanatic Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 you and me both Ballet4Boyz! Not sure I can keep going through the highs and lows of audition season for a fourth year in a row, if I include her initial JA's audition. Plus she's got her MA's assessment in late May and a pathway meeting at Swindon Dance Academy over the Easter holidays (not quite sure what the latter entails though but it's part of her Steps2 class stuff!).... Sometimes I think she's stronger than me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happymum Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 Dear worried Mums, keep smiling and stay strong, it will be over soon. Just to let you know that at my DS JA centre 2 boys and one girl got into WL and they are not planning to attend Elmhurst finals. Tell your DC to enjoy it. I'll be thinking of you on Monday and Tuesay (who knows it might be my DS at finals next year!). Good luck! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzyballetmum Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 Just to add to that my daughter and her friend another girl who got WL , are also not attending Elmhurst finals . Good luck to you all loved Elmhurst and look forward to reading good news on here for all you DC . Xxx 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird22 Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 From little bits I've heard, there has been changes to the finals list at Elmhurst as people have taken up WL places .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balletmum20 Posted March 12, 2016 Author Share Posted March 12, 2016 Yes I wonder how many people will be at elmhurst x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBA Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 How many for year 10 finals at Elmhurst ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballet4Boyz Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 ........well my DS is hopeful that some of his main rivals re other boys may not attend Elmhurst LOL ???????? He knows he isn't quite as accomplished as some other boys as he hasn't had any associate training but given a chance I know he would work his socks off ........ Really wish all the DC best of luck for Elmhurst !! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balletmum20 Posted March 13, 2016 Author Share Posted March 13, 2016 Good luck everyone at yda today!! Dance your ballet shoes off!!! Xxx 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amos73 Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 See you there balletmum20! x 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balletbrokemybank Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 We are off to Elmhurst. On the letter it says "where possible only one parent should attend the audition". Both my husband and I would like to go, do you think that will be okay or will we be turned away at the door?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahw Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Don't worry - I have always seen couples there - I don't think you'll be turned away. They are lovely there. Personally bearing in mind the distance people will travel and the potential significance of the day I would expect most parents would like to go as a couple - if they could of course. Work and siblings often prevent it. Â Good luck! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balletbrokemybank Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Thank you sarahw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picturesinthefirelight Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Is this also when you will get a tour of the school/boarding facilities etc? If so then yes I would expect both parents to want an input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principito Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 I would like to wish good luck to all dancers attending Elmhurst in the next few days. My little man was lucky to be offered WL earlier in the week, so we decided that it wouldn't be right attending any other auditions. Hope you all sparkle!! x 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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