swanprincess Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Good luck to your dd Discouraged, hope she enjoys it! :-) x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vonrothbart Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Fingers crossed for your dd Discouraged, try not to put too much pressure on her and more importantly on yourselves., Enjoy your day and feel priviledged, as some would like to be in your shoes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pasdebourree15 Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Best of luck to your dd Discouraged! Hope she has an amazing day... fingers crossed! x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aileen Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Good luck to your dd for today, Discouraged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balletgirlsplease Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Good luck to your Dd today discouraged x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balletgirlsplease Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/please-reconsider-the-new-changes-to-dada-funding Please sign and share! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa O`Brien Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 The very best of luck to your DD,Discouraged. Remember whatever will be,will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porthesia Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Good luck for today Everything crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulip Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Hi just wondering if your daughter enjoyed her audition today and also how you were feeling. Hope you all had a lovely day in London. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friends Posted February 10, 2013 Author Share Posted February 10, 2013 Many thanks for all of your support. Interesting day having coffee with fellow mums and discussing all options. DD did her best so we shall see. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nana Lily Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Wishing your daughter the very best for today and her other auditions. Think we have lost a bit in the thread there is a young girl with dreams and aspirations who has worked hard, along with many others on the forum. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulip Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Hear, hear well said Nanna Lilly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vonrothbart Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Very! I find I'm much harder on dd than other people are - not outwardly, but in my mind. I can see when she's dancing beautifully but I can see any mistakes and I'm under no illusions about how much she still has to learn and how much competition there is. All I can do is support her in her dream and take it one stage at a time. We shall see. No different to what a lot of us feel then span. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balletla Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Hope your DD gets through Discoraged. Do you know how many places there are for girls at RBS? Any other options that we haven't thought of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friends Posted February 11, 2013 Author Share Posted February 11, 2013 I'm not sure how many places on offer but I overheard there were 107 girls auditioning that day. That probably didn't include the WL girls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balletla Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Oh! That's a lot! No it won't include the WL girls as they have their own internal first audition but they all get put through to the final anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aileen Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I think that it's unfair that the WL girls (and boys) automatically get through to finals. Why should they? They should get through on their own merit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balletla Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Yes I think it used to be something like you say, where they just decided who got to upper school internally, but I think they changed it a couple of years ago. I suppose it doesn't say a lot if their own students who may have been there for 5 years, aren't good enough to even get through to the final? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balletla Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 I don't think the Elmhurst students even compete at the final for places, I think they are just told internally whether they have a 6th form place without any assessment with external people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulip Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Why would they have to compete with outsiders. The panel who are auditioning already know these students extremely well. Why waste time when there are already auditioning hundreds of students to get through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieW Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 I obviously don't know if it's the same now, but as far as I am aware the lower school students from both Elmhurst and WL have to audition at the final audition for their respective schools. I think it's entirely reasonable for them to not have to go to the first audition - and in fact, their appraisal/assessment classes act as that anyway - and they don't all necessarily take part in the final audition, if they have already decided not to carry on with classical training for instance. At WL they used to offer some places straight into upper school after the year 11 appraisals but not now. The schools also seem to like to see their students at finals (even if they already know they'll want to give them a place) as it gives a bench mark to "compare" the other finalists with. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lildancer96 Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 There were definitely elmhurst pupils at the 6th form finals last year. Surely it's a good opportunity for them to be seen and compared with those trying to get places . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balletla Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Oh, somebody told me that the current yr11s at Elmhurst have already been told if they have a 6th form place but maybe they're mistaken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aileen Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 So even the "weaker" students at these schools go through to finals thereby depriving better external candidates of places at finals? If the assessments "weeded out" those students so that only the stronger ones went through to finals that would be a different matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi4ballet Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 I'm not sure, but I don't think they have a limit to the number they see at finals, they will want to look at everybody they like, all together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
double trouble Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 good luck to your daughter discouraged hope she gets a yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anon2 Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 I don't think the Elmhurst students even compete at the final for places, I think they are just told internally whether they have a 6th form place without any assessment with external people. The year 11 Elmhurst students will need to pass their appraisal before being considered for a sixth form place alongside the outside candidates. Appraisals were last week in front of the artistic team plus a number of external assessors. They will be informed of the appraisal result over half term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieW Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Aileen - of course it wouldn't mean they've "deprived" anyone of a place at finals - they know who they want a second look at and the numbers aren't set in stone. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miracle Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 I hear RBS upper school preliminary results are out and was hoping that Discouraged DD has had a good outcome.X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friends Posted February 20, 2013 Author Share Posted February 20, 2013 Unfortunately not. Only one SA made it through to the finals! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pointytoes22 Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Where else did your DD audition for? I've had no's for elmhurst and RBS finals too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friends Posted February 21, 2013 Author Share Posted February 21, 2013 (edited) Sorry to hear about your no's Pointytoes22. We know how it feels. Keep going. We're off to Central this Sunday then plan B kicks in. Edited February 21, 2013 by Discouraged 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spax Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Have you tried Northern Ballet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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