Nfaa

stlouismom · 10-10-2007, 09:05 AM

Hi
Just wondering if anyone has first hand experience with this organization/scholarship contest and what happens during the arts week in January if one makes it to that point. Is it worth missing school?

soozievt · 10-10-2007, 09:11 AM

Very few make it to the arts week and I would encourage entering this talent search for its own merits without regard to the Arts Week and awards are given to the top 10% in each category. My D participated and won an award, but was not a finalist for the arts week. Had she been, she'd have had to miss school and I think it would have been worth it, though frankly, she would have had impossible conflicts (I recall a show she created and directed overlapped, as did All State auditions and such.....the former would have not been able to be missed). But she didn't enter this to get into Arts week. NFAA ARTS Awards/Search have a lot of value and benefits even without Arts week.

tashmu · 10-13-2007, 08:21 AM

My D entered last year and won an award, and it is definitely worth pursuing as it gets you seen by some of the auditors at colleges around the country, and on lists for other arts opportunities that otherwise might not come to your attention. it also is a nice resume booster for auditions as it lets them know that your student has already been selcted in the top 10% of a musical theater group.
I do believe that it is the category with the most applications, so the odds are more difficult. My D would have been more than happy to miss school for such an event if she had won that award, and been willing to work with the school, about missing classes. i do believe there is a poster on here whose son was selected, and it proved to be very valuable.

musicalmom · 10-14-2007, 02:05 PM

ditto, the above. My d also won an award, but not one of the Arts week ones. It was definitely worth the time and effort of creating the audition dvd (which really didn't take that much time). As previously said, it looks good on the resume and any amount of money won with the award certainly helps with college costs. It was also a confidence booster for my d to be considered in the top 10% of mt applicants.