TWSB Nutcracker Rehearsal Schedule

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know about how many PB3 students are cast? Is that a hard age to be offered a role?

Plenty! It's been a long time since my child was PB3, is it a big group this year?

Not the PP, but also have a PB3 DD and was wondering the same because it looked like there was a big group of kids at the audition. I’ve no idea how the group size compares to prior years, but it seemed like a lot of dancers to me. My DD said there were a lot of people in the room. Are PB3 dancers ever cast outside of the mushroom and bee roles? Seems like the odds of being cast are lower for their level if they are only eligible for those two?

I know numbers were smaller in the cast last year with COVID, but previously there were like 6 (maybe 8?) bees in each show - times 6 casts - that's 36 bees (48 if it was 8)
And the same for mushrooms.
So anywhere from 72 to 96 spots. Do you think it was a bigger group that that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know about how many PB3 students are cast? Is that a hard age to be offered a role?

Plenty! It's been a long time since my child was PB3, is it a big group this year?

Not the PP, but also have a PB3 DD and was wondering the same because it looked like there was a big group of kids at the audition. I’ve no idea how the group size compares to prior years, but it seemed like a lot of dancers to me. My DD said there were a lot of people in the room. Are PB3 dancers ever cast outside of the mushroom and bee roles? Seems like the odds of being cast are lower for their level if they are only eligible for those two?

I know numbers were smaller in the cast last year with COVID, but previously there were like 6 (maybe 8?) bees in each show - times 6 casts - that's 36 bees (48 if it was 8)
And the same for mushrooms.
So anywhere from 72 to 96 spots. Do you think it was a bigger group that that?

Maybe not. So hard to tell really with the way the drop off/pick up was structured and I didn’t stick around outside to eyeball it super closely. I’m mostly basing my observation on the large number of adults outside the building when we walked up to check-in and remember thinking oh wow this is a lot more people than I imagined would be here.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Waiting is the hardest part!
My poor DD gets it stuck in her head that she only gets the "bad parts for kids who can't dance"
It's always a blow for her to find out she is not a coveted party girl, but always has fun none the less

Can we petition for a Monday update this year?

I'm totally already refreshing the home page, even though I know it won't be updated yet

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Waiting is the hardest part!
My poor DD gets it stuck in her head that she only gets the "bad parts for kids who can't dance"
It's always a blow for her to find out she is not a coveted party girl, but always has fun none the less

Can we petition for a Monday update this year?

I'm totally already refreshing the home page, even though I know it won't be updated yet

Ok, so I’m not the only one?! Whew. Lol.

[Anonymous]

Are there six jewels? Ruby, sapphire, diamond, emerald…. What else? (Ameythist, pearl?)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are there six jewels? Ruby, sapphire, diamond, emerald…. What else? (Ameythist, pearl?)

Those are the six!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are there six jewels? Ruby, sapphire, diamond, emerald…. What else? (Ameythist, pearl?)

Those are the six!

yup!

[Anonymous]

What a tease, in my compulsive refreshing I saw they updated the announcement page and deluded myself into thinking they made the announcement about roles early!

[Anonymous]

Veteran Nutcracker mom here. I can tell you they will not release the info before Wednesday night. Trust me, you can wait until after dinner on Wednesday and good luck getting your children to bed before the results are out!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Veteran Nutcracker mom here. I can tell you they will not release the info before Wednesday night. Trust me, you can wait until after dinner on Wednesday and good luck getting your children to bed before the results are out!

I already told my kid we are not checking until Thursday AM. Mommy needs to go to bed before that.

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know if it will be back to normal casting/choreography with the full number of dancers (instead of fewer people on stage because of covid) ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know if it will be back to normal casting/choreography with the full number of dancers (instead of fewer people on stage because of covid) ?

They haven't said. I'm assuming it is!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know if it will be back to normal casting/choreography with the full number of dancers (instead of fewer people on stage because of covid) ?

They haven't said. I'm assuming it is!

I hope so! Better chance for a "good" role and fewer castings to deal with

[Anonymous]

A lot of newcomers this year, they would have said something. Last Nutcracker there was an email sent after the audition that due to the reduced roles, more students would not be cast than usual. I kept it from DD until the morning of casting day and I'm glad. She was besides herself all day long, couldn't have imagined days of that.

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T-27 hours!