First ballet lesson on sat, ooh ooh ooh,

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What should dd (4) wear? We have a tutu but no tights/ballet shoes/leotards, but the head of the school was v curt on the phone and am scared to ring back and ask. Hopefully she won't be dd's teacher!!

the girls started term in a mix of summer frocks ,leggings and T shirts and big sisters outgrown leotards.Now all seem to be in pink leotards and voile pink skirts and tights. the cardigans came out this week!
I'd hold off buying "the works" for a week or two. one mum who did buy it all for week one now has a child who screams and refuses to join in... is most narked at having spent all that.
Our teacher keeps a basket of cast off ballet shoes in all sizes for new or young with fast growing feet children to use over tights or socks. Boy is still using those as his feet are growing so fast I don;t want to keep spending 8 quid on new shoes he wears fro 3 weeks.
Boy wears blue Lycra shorts and either a white vest or a white or blue snug fit T shirt. He is not " in uniform" but its practical and close to proper ballet boy uniform. His socks I let him chose! so mostly stripey in bright colours!

depends whether RAD or ISTD ballet school, uniform is different....

I won't get her the full kit tomorrow, I just want to !

Did they ring you back? I need to know if she will be in pink or blue?!

They never rang . Am v , I want to know too-they are v disorganised-they rang last week at 12.15pm to see if she could attend the 12.45 class that day (I had rung on the Tues to see if they had spaces). Hopefully they are a bit more forthcoming when you are actually there

The website says that they do RAD and ISTD-that doesn't help either

oforfoxsake - my DD has exactly the same outfit. We purchased ours yesterday and it was a lovely Mother and Daughter moment seeing DD in her first ballet outfit!

Only problem is I'm hopeless at sewing and am not even capable of sewing that pink elastic into the shoe..do you have any tips?!

oh, it's easy (the elastic)- REALLY, I am rubbish seamstress!!

or you can buy ready-sewn

If they do RAD and ISTD it is very likely that it is RAD for ballet and ISTD for tap and jazz.

For a first lesson bare feet and leggings/t-shirt is fine. No socks or tights without shoes that is too dangerous. Hair shouldbe tied back or it gets inthe way.

RAD pre-syllabus and pre-primary uniform is sotton short leeved leotard and a voile skirt but it can either be pink, white or blue depending on the school. They wear pink ballet socks not tights at that level. Dd's uniform was white but now she is in Grade 1 it is a lavender leotard, no skirt.

Cheapest place online is www.dancedirect.com but I'd get the 1st pair of shoes from a shop as they fit very small.

Whatever you do, don't sew the elastic through the cord that runs around the top of the shoe as this helps tighten or loosen the shoes iyswim. Sew just below it.

If your dd does tap, then often trainers or plimsolls will suffice for a first lesson or two until you get kitted out with tap shoes. My DD's dance class has a uniform shop visit once a month to check shoe fittings and swop them around so she was very busy the first week back .

How did it go then? Did she love it? Did you have a wee weep?

Oooh she loved it! They are in burgandy-think it is so you can only buy it from the school . All so cute though-and she got to do a scarf dance-she was beside herself with happiness! They do rad and have the polka dot voile skirts-we're going in early next week to pick up the uniform before the class-am so excited, and was quite amazed at how good they all were!