NCO 2018

Fingers crossed you get finished Floot it's a lovely feeling when you're done

Floot I think we are looking at being finished by next Christmas and yes it has been a bit cold . Then we discovered that some of the new windows hadn't been mortared in and found a puddle of water inside yesterday!! Last time we did building work I said never again as its never straightforward oh well onwards and upwards. At least they have turned up now to make it watertight .

Trumpetboy, it's too cold to have window problems - poor you! We're in week 26 of building work here and up against the clock to get things finished before Christmas, so I feel your pain.

It's awful luckily I have a major mess up with our new windows to cope with so I have less time to worry today . I know ds is fretting though and he has this solo to prep for plus a crazy number of tests this week so just knowing one way or the other would be good

We're new to this too Coffee, Floottoot and Trumpet, so no idea what to expect. My poor little man asks constantly if I think he'll get in. I'm just desperate for him to know so that he can stop worrying about it!

We are in a similar position to you both, coffee and floottoot - first time trying and no idea what to expect. Also we were told the wrong audition time and so we arrived at a time we thought was early to find that DD was actually late and didn’t have time to warm up properly! So I was trying not to get my hopes up. But what with expecting to hear last week and the head of music at DD’s school bugging me I am getting more and more nervous!

Coffee, we're in the same position. DS's first audition and he was nervous, so no idea how it went, plus he's nowhere near as advanced as others.

This is so stressful... the silly thing is that it is such a long shot for us (first audition) and DD did mess up sight reading, but I keep thinking "what if".... just need to get the results and move on. I have tons to do today and am back to refreshing like mad

I have finally managed to sync my e-mails with my phone though, so I don't have to fret all day until I get home, but I do wish they'd get on with it!

Lots to take our minds off it this weekend with two concerts and a snow day, but now back to the wait....

Double, my thoughts exactly!
I'm a bit 😕 at their statement that suggests not all children will hear at the same time; wasn't that why they swopped from post?
This week is going to be stressful enough, with various concerts etc, without checking emails every 5 minutes!

Just hit the send button!!!

Bassclef I can just imagine how that email felt!
Michaelahpurple we've had similar issues with hedging our bets - both have mine have been offered by places in NCCO this year, and one of them has an opportunity with a collaboration of Chineke! juniors/NYO at the same time.
It would have been nice to know exactly when results were out so we could plan... but only a few more days now

That made me laugh, Double!
Niggle, I think that counts as an AMAZING year - wow!! A place in NCO or not won't change the incredible progress she's made.

Okay, so we are into next week! Personally, my expectations are low, given the competition on violin, but DD has had an amazing year going from g2 last Christmas, to g5 now and squeezing in g5 theory along the way. So couldn't have asked for more from her. Either way, a great musical year.

Having to resort to next window in the ginvent calendar to take my mind off the wait. Thanks DH!

We had an email from NCO this morning - but it was about Winter concert photos not audition results. Had the adrenaline going for a few seconds though!

Michael I have no experience of NYC or NCC but well done to your ds . It's a pain that things always have to clash . Ds couldn't even hedge his bets and audition for the local county youth orchestra as the dates clash and the places have already been awarded and rehearsals started - fingers crossed his gamble paid off

Actuallly, among all the music gurus here, does anyone have view as to which of the nyc and NCO are “better”?

Hmm. That’s a bore as ds2 also auditioned (successfully) for the National youth choir and national children’s choir to hedge his bets and the NCC are asking for confirmation that we’ll take the place by Monday 11th (a bit punchy as less than a week after sending the result). NCO and NCC aren’t compatible. Especially tricky as while he loves everything about the spring NCO and the music at the summer one, he hated Rossal, so left to himself would probably go back to the ncc. Hey ho. Nice to have the choice I guess.

Look who's cupcakes made the NCO 2017 top 9!

Thanks so much for the update. I hadn't checked the NCO twitter feed. I have the feeling, as it is the first year they are emailing instead of posting, it will be a longer wait than the post! But new tech stuff can have initial difficulties.