The School of Dance Yishun
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mine is abt butterflies?... judging from DD's movements & steps...
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poppy15:
definitely rewarding, and she will dance like a little angel on the stage! :rahrah:
yes these ballet rehearsals are tiring but when i managed to peep into her lessons, i found that she can really follow instructions well & danced gracefully for her age, i find it rewarding. :love:
better make sure ur video camera have enuf memory left on that grand day.
pm u aredi.... -
hi poppy,
did you collect your daughter's costume ? how does it look like ?
my girl's costume is sleeveless lime green & white. also got pair of white fairy wings attached onto dress. hand accessories made of dried flowers.
btw, the paper said No flash photography nor video recording permitted during the performance. sad
:frustrated:
both days (Fri & Sat):-
going to be long hours for us. report 1 pm, dismiss 10.30 pm.
make sure bring enough food & drink for your girl to eat. -
His mummies,
It rewarding to see the girls performing after so much hardwork. Extremely tiring for mummies n the kids as hours are long.
No doubt the teachers put in a lot of effort so should applaud for them. But the logistics by Sch are terrible:
1. Food not suitable for young child below 6, black pepper sphgattie
2. Did not recognise first time parents will be worry, no briefing on what is all abt to prepare them emotional
3.1 wk before performance then inform parents that we have to do make-up n bun up their hair ??? Mummy has to take leave, no experience - stress
4. 1 wk before, costume n shirt. $75 - great no choice but to pay
5. Not all mummies inform of Sch volunteer scheme is opened for registration
6. no sympathy of parent’s anxiety with kids as young a 4 so will want to care for them
7. Venue is not convenient
8. No cafe for parents to get food while waiting or buy other food for kids.
9. Security is lax
10. Hours are too long for young ones … -
jnemummy:
My girls first and last performance with The Sch of Dance..His mummies,
It rewarding to see the girls performing after so much hardwork. Extremely tiring for mummies n the kids as hours are long.
No doubt the teachers put in a lot of effort so should applaud for them. But the logistics by Sch are terrible:
1. Food not suitable for young child below 6, black pepper sphgattie
2. Did not recognise first time parents will be worry, no briefing on what is all abt to prepare them emotional
3.1 wk before performance then inform parents that we have to do make-up n bun up their hair ??? Mummy has to take leave, no experience - stress
4. 1 wk before, costume n shirt. $75 - great no choice but to pay
5. Not all mummies inform of Sch volunteer scheme is opened for registration
6. no sympathy of parent's anxiety with kids as young a 4 so will want to care for them
7. Venue is not convenient
8. No cafe for parents to get food while waiting or buy other food for kids.
9. Security is lax
10. Hours are too long for young ones .. -
stay from 1 pm until 10.30 pm - are too long hrs for 4 yrs old. hence, very tiring for both poor child & mummies. Those in Pri & Sec school still ok, because they are more mature.
actually for 4 yrs old - they should not make these poor kids remain behind, stay up all the way until the Grand Finale. The older ones can stay behind for Grand Finale, it’s all right for older children. but not for young toddlers.
last night (1st night) catered packet dinner was good. They cater dinner for about 450 dance students (from Yishun & Macpherson), aged from PG to Upper Secondary. noticed that many children had good appetite, ate fried rice with sausage hungrily. my girl finished 3 quarter of dinner pkt last night. After makan, teachers entertain small kids inside the lecture theatre - ask them do coloring, wait for their turn. When it’s their turn to perform the dance item, then they line up & go to the Khoo auditorium to perform in front of audience.
but for tonight dinner (2nd night) - noticed that not many young kids hardly touch pepper spagetti. mabye because of pepper, or they don’t like spagetti. end up parents ate the peper spagetti instead, sitting downstairs at SCGS canteen. And because young child like 4 yrs old couldn’t eat dinner (pepper spagetti), saw some parents drove their kids out elsewhere in the rain to eat dinner around 5.15 pm, then rush back latest by 7 pm, before the last performance began at 7.30 pm. Food wise - agree that food selected has to be suitable, esp. for young children.
but the 2.5 hrs dance programme was great ! It was a success!
the youngest age to perform was the cute, lovely & adorable PG / N1 group (3 yrs old) - ‘Minnie mouse’ item. -
Anyone DD in dance item 2 mystical garden?
Awww my camera last minute gave me trouble and I didn’t manage to capture any clips or photos of my DD. she was performing in item 2… Any kind mummies who have a video clip of it can can help to email me a copy…
Thanks a million!!! -
I must say the concert is truly impressive.
The older kids dance well…the younger ones are adorable…
Agreed that the hours are really long esp for the small gals. Somemore 2 consecutive days of 1pm to 1030pm.
Probably next year, they can reduce the number of concerts to 2?
I realise alot of parents are like me, bought tickets for all 3. Saw the same old faces during the 3 concerts.
Mine is one of the 3 yrs old in the performance, probably the youngest group in the whole concert. Although i am worried that she will not be able to take it, she surprise me when she say she enjoy herself and she is not tired at all. In fact, when i pick her at 5+ for dinner, I wanted her to rest in the car or at least take a powernap before going bac but she refused. She just want to go bac and join her friends and "jie jies"… I guess, they must be having alot of fun in that waiting room.
I am definately more tired than her. However, its certainly rewarding to see the end result. -
jnemummy:
My DD also in the concert which was rewarding to see them performace. I guess you are the lady who was shouting over the phone, complaining and complaining. Ashamed to see you as a parent that you don't understand how hard the teachers has worked so far. So many performers that have to be taken care of.
My girls first and last performance with The Sch of Dance..jnemummy:
His mummies,
It rewarding to see the girls performing after so much hardwork. Extremely tiring for mummies n the kids as hours are long.
No doubt the teachers put in a lot of effort so should applaud for them. But the logistics by Sch are terrible:
1. Food not suitable for young child below 6, black pepper sphgattie
2. Did not recognise first time parents will be worry, no briefing on what is all abt to prepare them emotional
3.1 wk before performance then inform parents that we have to do make-up n bun up their hair ??? Mummy has to take leave, no experience - stress
4. 1 wk before, costume n shirt. $75 - great no choice but to pay
5. Not all mummies inform of Sch volunteer scheme is opened for registration
6. no sympathy of parent's anxiety with kids as young a 4 so will want to care for them
7. Venue is not convenient
8. No cafe for parents to get food while waiting or buy other food for kids.
9. Security is lax
10. Hours are too long for young ones ..
1. Cakes and doughnuts were provided and kids love it.
2. The school of dance gave informations about the details for parents to note like make-up and things to bring. What kind of emotion briefing you need?
3.The school of dance not only train the girls also they want to train the parents so that you will be more engaged with your child!! ( not just throw everything to the teachers or the school, reminded that there are almost 400 participants and unless you want them to be there from 6am in the morning to do make up and hair.)
4. First of all, if you do a concert and measurements are taken definately there will be costume and there will a cost to it right?
5. Volunteers are for parents that are capable of taking care of other children which i don't think you have that heart. Selfish mother that only care for your own daughter.
6. There are so many seniors and parent volunteer were taking care of them. At times they have to learn alittle independant with mummy.
7. What kind of location you looking for? Just plainly finding things to complain!!!
8. So now you want the school to cater for 800 parents and 400 kids?? Come on!!! Think of the whole picture!!!
9. There are security guards and many parents around. Kids are champeroned where ever they goes!
10. Hours long is good training for them eventually they go Primary school.
You are just pain in the ass!! -
Honestly I think the show went superly well! I’m totally taken aback by how good the girls are big and small included! I’m just a little sad we weren’t allowed to take videos of the performance. I was taking halfway cos I wasn’t sure if Mad hatter was joking or not…and was told to shut it off half-way. Anyways, I love all of them especially the Mulan one…I though that was a real feat.
Yes, totally agree the hours are long and we are worried for our little ones but I think it’s great exposure for them. Except for the spagetti i think food was ok. My daughter said she finished the entre box of rice on the 1st day. Information wise, I thought was okay too, at least there weren’t any surprises for me. Enough briefing and hand-outs given. DD’s dance teacher always smses us for anything on the day itself so i was well informed. Agree we had to do some work (I had to sew sequinns) and do hair make up etc…but overall i enjoyed myself too. I felt involved! I had to take leave but I guess we need to make sacrifices if we put them into these dances in the first place.
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