Nana Lily Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Best wishes to those children doing their final audition tomorrow and Saturday. Remember right now you have everything to look forward to and everything in front of you. Enjoy your journey! NL 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie4dancin Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Good luck Cx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwimum Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Good luck from us too! xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celb Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 yes all the best and enjoy the day to all those heading to White Lodge in the next 2 days...exciting times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lildancer96 Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Enjoy the experience and good luck x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachaelballet12 Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 good luck everyone and most of all enjoy xx 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancing10 Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Smile and enjoy every moment xx 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dance ATM Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Best of luck everyone. We will of thinking of you's x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Ballerina Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Good luck everyone. LB x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Beelam Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Good luck! Enjoy the moment Sx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janabiyah-Jane Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Lots of luck from me too. I remember that day (6 years ago) as if it was yesterday. It was so exciting, just make the most of the day and really enjoy it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieW Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 And same from me too - I remember it so well - how exciting for you all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiz Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Totally not dance, I love your avatar, Julie! We have an 18 month black lab bitch who is one of the apples of our eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieW Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Thanks Fiz - he's a flatcoated retriever - about 6 months in this photo - now 3 years old (and I've got a nearly 12 year old golden who I think is going a bit senile!) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frangapani Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Best of luck from us too! xxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frangapani Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 (not sure why that post had a line through it????? - couldn't do that again if I tried!!!!!!) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniffymum Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Thanks for all the good wishes. Hope everyone at WL yesterday and today had a great time and that you all get good news later in the week. Missed the speech at the beginning of the auditions yesterday due to traffic problems. Does anyone know if they said when the letters would be out? DD not hopeful as the other 3 dancers going for the year 8 place were so good and I think there is only place available but you never know. X X 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DancingPixie Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Last year the girls got their letters on Wednesday, and the boys on Thursday. Won't be too long a wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gingerbread Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Just want to say All the Best to everyone waiting for a letter - and that whatever happens, getting even this far is a fantastic achievement in itself xxx 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balletla Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 That sounds stressful Sniffymum. I know what its like to be stuck in traffic (and snow) on the way to an audition and its not good! Hope you saw my post in 'the wait begins' in reply to your post about pointe work and that it went OK. As always, don't worry about how good the other girls seemed to be. They often make surprising choices and take the one that they perceive has the most potential. In terms of letters, they always say up to 2 weeks and they always come out at very different times. They try to get them out before the Elmhurst final so that you don't have to go to it and waste anyone's time if you've already been offered and decided to accept a place at White Lodge. Last year the auditions were less than a week apart so they got them out really quickly. Got my fingers crossed for you! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniffymum Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Thanks Ribbons - DD will never give up hope - if it's not to be this year then she'll keep trying. She already has an offer for Hammond and the Elmhurst final to look forward to but for her it's "the Royal" or bust - I have to admire her singlemindedness. Reading other people's post of how their DDs/DSs have overcome rejections and made a successful career in ballet for themselves gives me hope that no matter what, things will work out in the end. X 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moneypenny Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Very best of luck to everyone out there waiting for news from Royal ... and when the letter comes, if it's good news very well done, but if it's not the news you hoped for on this occasion don't despair and don't give up. Presumably you don't get to Royal finals if you're not very talented or show great potential, so keep calm and ballet on! x 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwimum Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 And a lot who never make it to Royal finals go on to be very successful!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jellybeans Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Wow, Sniffymum, only four there looking for a yr 8 place! What a great achievement to even get that far! Does anyone know if there were similar numbers for yr 9 and 10 places as well and if they gave an idea of how many places there were for those years? Hope you all hear soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniffymum Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Hi Jellybeans - there were 24 altogether including 4 boys and the 4 going for year 8 so I guess that leaves 16 girls going for 9/10 places. I'm not sure of the exact split but DD says there were definitely more going for year 9 than 10. One of the PTA told me that there were technically 3 spaces available for year 9 and 4 for year 10 but don't know for sure. There were certainly at least 4 girls from overseas trying for year 10. Hope this gives you some idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moneypenny Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Last year my dd went to finals for a year 9 place and it was heavily rumored that they didn't actually take anyone for that year group! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniffymum Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 I heard that too. I guess they have to consider how the finalists compare with those already in the year they would be joining but then again the longer someone with potential isn't getting that daily training then the further behind they are bound to fall! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabitha Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 My DD went to the final for a year 9 a couple of years ago and there were only 3 of them and one was offered a place. As said above, it is often not the one you think who gets a place; it is all about potential. I think they are happy not to fill places rather than take children who are not exactly what they are looking for. It is still a great achievement to get to the final. Good Luck Sniffymum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balletmumfor2 Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Hi. My daughter told me that there were 11 girls applying for Year 10 places this year. This included one french girl and two swiss girls. She thought there were about 5 girls for each of Years 8 and 9 and then a handful of boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwimum Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Good luck to all waiting for letters after the final. Not long now!! I expect tension is running high in many houses over the country We're still waiting on the first round results from the 12th Feb!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amber21 Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Thanks for all the good wishes. Hope everyone at WL yesterday and today had a great time and that you all get good news later in the week. Missed the speech at the beginning of the auditions yesterday due to traffic problems. Does anyone know if they said when the letters would be out? DD not hopeful as the other 3 dancers going for the year 8 place were so good and I think there is only place available but you never know. X X Hi talking to one of the mums whose DD had audition they were told it would be this week!! Good luck!! Ax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyG Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Always remember that I had a gut feeling while at work that the letter had arrived couldn't wait to finish work and dashed home to find husband had already done the same and opened the letter!! W/L for ds, he had already prepared parents in case of distressed call but W/L isn't the end of the story just prolongs it. 10 days later it was a yes someone had turned a place down. Thinking of you all waiting for that letter. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieW Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 We got our letter a day later than everyone else (no facebook in those days - just lots of ringing round other parents who were friends from JAs etc!!). It was already a day later than in previous years so I was already climbing the walls and stalking the postman, so when I heard others had their letters I was ready to drive to the school to pick up a copy - and would've done if it hadn't arrived the following morning. I saw the postman walking down the other side of the road after I'd taken the children to school, so a friend and I went after him and fortunately I'd got to know him well enough that he didn't mind looking for our post (I'd've felt like a right wally if it hadn't been there). It was a fat envelope and I was shaking like mad when I opened it and felt quite let down that the letter was full of official stuff about what forms to fill in rather than like the one in Billy Elliot (I never like comparing things to that film, but I would've loved a nice handwritten envelope - lol). Friend came in and made me a cup of tea while I rang hubby who was on a coach with a load of colleagues going to a conference - I think they all celebrated with him. (Reality hit him a couple of days later when he started to think about finances.) Then I went down to the school at break time with a congratulations card for my son. He and friends ran around the playground screaming "I/he got in" when one of them stopped and said "Got in where?" Anyway - just thought I'd share as we're now coming to the end of our school part of the journey and I'm feeling quite nostalgic 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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