So excited for my girls! **Updated**

The theater here in the town where I work is putting on the Nutcracker. The girls are going to audition tonight. I am so excited for them, they love being on stage and have taken ballet for several years now, so hopefully something good will come out of this. The one thing that really bothers my husband is what we will do if one gets it and one doesn't. I think if this happens, being that they are only 5 and it really isn't detrimental to their futures, I will probably not even mention it to the one chosen and we just wouldn't participate at all. Now, if they were older, totally different case, but hard decision if that has to be made. Anyway, so excited for them!

In this case, if both of your twins auditioned but only one was cast, what would you do?

 

I know in the theater where I grew up, if one sibling was cast for a speaking role, we would try to include the other siblings that auditioned, either in a less prominent speaking role and in the choir, or if they were older (8+) we would have them be stage hands if they wanted.

 

How fun! Good luck to them!

 

I know it would be hard, but if one gets in and the other doesn't, I would let that one be in the show. Maybe it is too early to learn this lesson, but my thought is that in that case, it may be too early to have them auditioning for things. It seems like kind of a mixed message.

I also think a 5-(nearly 6-)year-old is old enough not to let you get away with simply not telling them the results. Would you tell them that neither of them got in? Would you ask the ballet teacher or theater director to lie to them about it? I know my kids would be reading (or asking me to read) the list of all the kids who got in.

(I'm surprised there are kids that young in your local Nutcracker, actually -- but I think this same subject came up last year and I was surprised then too! Our ballet company doesn't let kids audition until they're at least 7 or so.)

Anyway, I hope they both get in and you don't have to deal with this! Good luck to them!

 

Good luck to your girls.

 

Good luck to your girls !!! How exciting.

Hopefully they will both get it .. my girls aren't twins .. but have auditioned many times for the same things and have not been both cast on several occasions. I just had to explain that it just wasn't their time and maybe next time will be .. and it was ! But I also know having them BOTH in was so much better. Keeping my fingers crossed for you !

 

I hope they both get in. My girls are in dance(tap/ballet) and I know for sure one of the dance for Christmas is the sugar plum fairies :wub:

 

Thank you all for your input! Just wanted to update that they both made it!! They are both going to be Polichinelles, which are the little kids that run out of the ladies skirt in one of the scenes. We are so excited and will be starting rehearsals in two weeks.

 

That is awesome!!!!! :woo: :woo: I hope we see pics on FB! :wub:

 

I bet they will be adorable

 

:wub: congrats to your little ballerinas!

 

Soo sweet! Congrats!

 

That's awesome. I hope they have great fun.

 

That is great news!