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NCO 2018

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stringchild · 23/08/2017 19:07

The new annual thread for those interested and/or auditioning! Ask questions, update your news - lots of nco parents on board and those hoping to be :)

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folkmamma · 15/10/2017 20:45

My Mum has printed off enough of those NCO toppers to see us through Mains! I hope she at least gets back in to Regionals so we get to use them up 😂😂😂

Minimusiciansmama · 15/10/2017 20:40

folkmamma they're always fab!

folkmamma · 15/10/2017 19:02

Double... they were indeed 😂

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stringchild · 15/10/2017 18:03

Waffle - yes ooh indeed!

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Doubleup · 15/10/2017 17:31

folkmamma was your bakeathon for South Easterlies? If so, were they the NCO/music ones?

Musicdoc · 14/10/2017 23:46

Mini that's amazing... well done!

Wafflenose · 14/10/2017 22:37

Ooh!

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stringchild · 14/10/2017 22:24

well done Mini - what great feedback!

seems everyone is having a great set of auditions :)

Waffle...cello!

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folkmamma · 14/10/2017 21:30

Wowsers! Great feedback! I’ve just finished my usual pre-Regionals bakeathon. Hoping it’s not for the last time 😬

Wafflenose · 14/10/2017 19:02

I agree, Kutik. I think we are very right!

Doubleup · 14/10/2017 18:33

That's sounding pretty positive either way Mini.

Kutik73 · 14/10/2017 18:24

That's fantastic, Mini! Sounds like the discussion will be if she gets a scholarship rather than if she gets a place! Wink

Minimusiciansmama · 14/10/2017 18:13

DONE!!!!!!
We made it! And it all seems to have gone well. I am very proud of the little monkey. The steward commented how tiny she looked and that she was doing great practising her prepared sightreading. After her audition, one of the panel came out to us to say how great she had done & to keep up the good work before heading back in. The steward said he'd not come out for anything else that day so I am hoping it was as positive as it feels. We face timed her teacher. We had an early tea in her favourite restaurant. She declared it one of her best days ever. Whatever the outcome, I am taking it as a huge win for that kid.

Wafflenose · 14/10/2017 17:01

string do you have long to go? Which audition do you think she will do?

Wafflenose · 14/10/2017 16:40

Two years ago, Goo changed with 40 hours to spare, to something she hadn't played for over a year. She was between teachers and I just let her get on with it. Big surprise when she got in. Her current pieces are both at the extreme end of grade 8, and she now wants to go down a grade. Fine by me.

Doubleup · 14/10/2017 15:28

When DD2 did her first audition two years ago, her teacher changed one of her pieces the day before to one she hadn't played for about 6 months. Luckily it didn't throw her as she didn't really have a clue about what the audition meant.

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stringchild · 14/10/2017 12:47

Waffle - dd also changed pieces last night to something old; also not a surprise. Not sure that she is going to do both auditions - last night she def wasn't.....

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Wafflenose · 14/10/2017 11:57

Yep, that's allowed... she can do what she likes. I changed reeds during my diploma exam (planned).

Lol at Lamaal... no, her nickname came from her initials.

Goo is about to change piece for NCO. The safer one she now wants hasn't been played at all since June, or regularly since March. I am not athe all surprised. This is her usual style.

Doubleup · 14/10/2017 11:45

Just got back from DD2's run through with her accompanist before next Saturday's audition. Everything is suddenly coming together with tone, dynamics, cues etc. It was sounding lovely. Hope she can get the same out of it next week.... Must remind her to blow her crook out between pieces though as it can get a build up of water which then makes a strange intermittent bubbling sound. Must check and see if I can get the accompanist to remind her. Is that allowed?

Doubleup · 14/10/2017 11:39

Did she have Lamaal's spiky, fluffy hair as a baby then Waffle? Better than coming from Mr McGoo.

Wafflenose · 13/10/2017 22:33

I'm glad it went so well!

My Goo is short for Kajagoogoo. Her nickname used to be Kaj, and it sort of grew from there...

Eroica · 13/10/2017 20:32

Thank you!

Minimusiciansmama · 13/10/2017 18:15

Well done eroicamoo! Wink

Eroica · 13/10/2017 17:11

Mine is also a Moo! (Moomin)
Well, it went better than I thought it would, I think it helped that the centre is somewhere she knows really well, as she goes there weekly Smile
She did say the mess up last year (couldn't get a local audition, had an awful drive, 100 mile round trip, and it just threw her badly) had put her off. Despite being extremely stressed and anxious this morning, after a day at school she was relaxed and happy Confused and was calm for the audition.
Just need to rekindle the music love now. She's in a new ensemble now she's switched schools, which she really enjoys... it's just trying to get back in the swing of practice when she has so little time that isn't taken by sports training or homework.

We've never had to push practising, it's something she's always just got on with.

Doubleup · 13/10/2017 16:03

And my younger DD used to be Boo!

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