Dreamy11 Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Hi, does anyone know how many girls may be invited to finals at Elmhurst and Tring for year 9. I understand the chances are extremely slim of a place at all but just curious how many may have been invited to finals. Can anyone recall of know? Thanks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancefanatic Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Balletqueen, I have the same question ref Year 8 finals at White Lodge & Elmhurst. I keep telling my DD that if there is a place, they won't necessarily award it if they don't feel any of the candidates are quite good enough but I also tell her to just enjoy the day and do her best. So hard though to keep her grounded without taking away her excitement! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat09 Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Hi, does anyone know how many girls may be invited to finals at Elmhurst and Tring for year 9. I understand the chances are extremely slim of a place at all but just curious how many may have been invited to finals. Can anyone recall of know? Thanks my DD was invited to year 9 finals at Elmhurst. I recall there were 4 girls & one was accepted for year 9 entry. Good luck this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamy11 Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 (edited) Thank you kat09. Dancefantic, there were 5 there last year for year 8 at white lodge. Edited February 14, 2016 by balletqueen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamy11 Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Kat09 did the year 9 girls dance seperate or with all the auditionees? Also, what was the orthopaedic assessment like? Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat09 Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Kat09 did the year 9 girls dance seperate or with all the auditionees? Also, what was the orthopaedic assessment like? Thank you Have sent you a PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamy11 Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 (edited) Thanks kat09. Any one recall from Elmhurst from last year? Am surprised they want such a lengthy reference form at this stage. Edited February 15, 2016 by balletqueen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amos73 Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Just wondering if anyone who has Tring Funding audition next week has had a recent communication from them about it? We had the letter at the time saying yes, please come on 24th etc but I haven't had anything recently. Wasn't sure if they sent a follow up letter or not? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamy11 Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Hi Amos, we haven't heard anything since either x 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pointeyourtoes Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Hi, does anyone have any idea how many places are available in Year 9 at The Royal? Do they have extra beds as they move up the school? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancingmuppet Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 When my dd was a year 6 JA, we were told that there were 2 or 3 (can't remember exactly) extra places for girls going into year 9 and the same for boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vonrothbart Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Hi, does anyone have any idea how many places are available in Year 9 at The Royal? Do they have extra beds as they move up the school? I think the extra beds start in year 10, but I'm not 100% sure, but if there's anyone they really like, they just might make room for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vonrothbart Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Just wondering if anyone who has Tring Funding audition next week has had a recent communication from them about it? We had the letter at the time saying yes, please come on 24th etc but I haven't had anything recently. Wasn't sure if they sent a follow up letter or not? Thanks! No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amos73 Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Hi, does anyone have any idea how many places are available in Year 9 at The Royal? Do they have extra beds as they move up the school? At the audition insight day we went to in October Christopher Powney said that they can take up to 14 boarding students in any one year, and there would be possibility of a few day places as well, but that they don't always fill all places. Depends on who they see. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lema Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Amos we haven't heard anything from Tring either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amos73 Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 HI Lema, not to worry apparently as it seems that we won't receive any other letter from other people's previous experience! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amos73 Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Amos we haven't heard anything from Tring either! I've just emailed the registrar to check the details are still as per the letter we received after preliminary audition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amos73 Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 She has confirmed details are as per the original letter - we haven't missed any correspondence! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lema Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Thanks Amos, I'm useless aren't I, you'd think I'd remember from last year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waitingmum Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Hi, does anyone have any idea how many places are available in Year 9 at The Royal? Do they have extra beds as they move up the school? I know that there are currently 14 year 7 girls and 13 year 8 girls so may be 1 place? Sometimes the day students still stay at times so are allocated beds - not sure if you have a dd or dd? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pointeyourtoes Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 I have a daughter. So if all the girls stay then we could be looking at only one place...if they like anyone enough to take them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baeballet Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 My dad has finals for wl I know nothing about ballet was told to come on here to meet fellow reluctant ballet mums 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Hello Baeballet and welcome to the Forum! Well done to your DD for getting finals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lema Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Baeballet I think you'll find this forum extremely welcoming and helpful! I have learnt a lot since joining and had a lot of support from the other members. Feel free to ask any questions you may have as there always seems to be someone that can help. Huge congratulations to your dd and welcome to the forum 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baeballet Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Thank you so much . I don't understand much about the ballet world much to the dismay of my dd she is a late starter in ballet so I don't expect her to go any further I suspect she was taken more on physique than ability. Do you know how many have been taken through to finals and if getting a final audition has an impact on gaining a ma place ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legseleven Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Hello Baeballet and welcome to the forum! Oddly enough your DD may be better placed to start vocational school at 11 in some ways than others who have been taking ballet lessons for years; she is less likely to have had time to develop ingrained bad habits and may find it less annoying than others may do to 'go back to basics' in the first lessons at WL if she gets a place. Physique is very important for vocational school places and if your DD has the required look and physical construction (facility for turnout, extension, decent feet etc), plus musicality and a passion for dance then she has as much chance as anyone else of being awarded a WL place. Obviously if she was auditioning at an older age there would be more need for her to be experienced and technically accomplished, but at 10 or 11 I understand that WL and other vocational schools are looking for the right 'raw materials' for their specific requirements. Wishing your DD lots of luck in her final audition for WL - I hope she enjoys every minute of the day and is able to show the audition panel that she loves dancing! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balletmum20 Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 I have just received an email from elmhurst about the finals, does anyone know how many groups there are? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DancingShoes Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 There were 3 last year but we're group 2 this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balletmum20 Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 What year are you applying for dancing shoes? So are all years in the same audition? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happymum Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 If I remember well there were 2 groups for year 7 entry girls and 1 group for older girls last year. So when group A had ballet lesson, group B had physio or visited boarding facilities etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balletmum20 Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 Thanks, do you know how many is in each group? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancefanatic Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 We're also Group 2 this year (for Year 8 entry). Last year my DD was in the first group and there were 3 groups of girls, one which had the Year 8 & 9 girls, but I didn't really pay any attention to anything except the group we were involved with. I know last year my DD went underchanged but not sure if she should again this year. Looking at the timetable I've been sent, there is a time slot for them to change for the orthopaedic assessments and then again to prepare for the class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balletmum20 Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 Strange as we are in group 2 but are year 7? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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