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Are music, dance and drama exams worth it?

Posted on Sunday July 26th, 2009 at 05:47 in music, Dance, drama, performing, pressure, singing, exams, nerves, grades

I've just waved my eight-year-old daughter off as she goes to her ballet exam. She seems ok about it! There's a lot of debate about whether exams in the performing arts are valuable or not, and I've heard plenty of stories, maybe exaggerated, maybe n...