Re: Full time training 11-16... Italia Conti, Sylvia Young
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2017 2:21 pm
My daughter attends a state secondary school - we moved when she was 2, so that she could attend this very highly rated state school. We took on a massive mortgage to do this. Then we found out she is passionate about singing, acting and dancing. In that order ha! She really wanted to go to SY after we had attended Summer schools in the years from 8 - 11. We could never have afforded it and also, workwise was impossible. Now she is 14 - do we regret it or feel she has missed out? Absolutely not and I wish I had this foresight when she was 11. She has always attended part time stage school and continues to do so. Also, like the other person commenting, holds her own in holiday courses with vocational school students. In the past 18 months she has had 3 lead roles in local productions and as part of the Musical Theatre International at The Curve Leicester, was chosen by the adjudicators as an allstar. Also had a part in a National Theatre Connections Play. I do believe her dancing is weak as there is genuinely no time to squeeze it in as Singing and Acting the focus. This is not an advert for my daughter haha - but just to show that there is so much locally around all of us that can support a child truly passionate about the Arts. And for us, quietly continuing to train, while attending a free state school has been the best thing for her and us so far. I may be saying something very different if she had won a full scholarship. We did try 