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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can imagine how it would feel to be assigned a soldier and then end up a page. Or be a page three years in a row! Being part of the Nutcracker is exciting, but at a certain point... Our DD stopped dancing at WSB a few years ago because of their inflexible schedule for older girls. I can say in retrospect that all of this seems like such a big deal in the moment but isn't. On the other hand, there should be respect for the girls involved. Three years as a page is just wrong. And switching someone from soldier to page is, for a young girl, a pretty big blow. These roles do have varying levels of desirability, and young girls will take something like this hard. There should be more respect for the girls or a clear warning about what could happen so families don't sign up for a possible humiliation of this order without being aware of what could happen.[/quote]

If my kid were assigned as a page for the third year in a row and didn't want to do it, I would 100% pull them out. I don't give a crap what I signed earlier. It's so totally disrespectful to the girls. This is especially true because one kid who I knew who got stuck in that role for two years was more or less told that it's because they were an excellent babysitter for the younger kids. It's especially crappy to get the worst role because you're a nice kid. 3 years in a row? No way.[/quote]

This is such a poor attitude. This is a company production, not a school production. The casting is about filling the needs of the production, and not necessarily about showcasing each student. This is going to vary on the number of kids who show up to the audition at each level.[/quote]

Most of the roles at that level are pretty interchangeable, honestly. It’s not like I’m saying she should get a chance to be Clara (or even clown or party girl or butterfly or bunny). You can absolutely not give a kid page 3 years in a row without affecting the show. At the very least, you should pre-warn parents and give them a chance to turn down the spot.[/quote]

Also, FYI, Clara is not a student role[/quote]

I’m not a ballet parent - who dances Clara? Didn’t Chelsea Clinton do it one year when she was young?[/quote]

Clara is a PTP role, and though I know Chlesea dances with TWSB, I don't know her nutcracker roles[/quote]

According to the internet in 1993, Clinton played the role which was then known as "Favorite Aunt"[/quote]

Little Butterfly and Party Parent is all I know she had.[/quote]

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