<p>Yes! For sure, Coach C knows of what she speaks! We had a local voice teacher that said the same thing about not belting . . . we educated ourselves and had great assistance in the form of the fabulous Coach C and her awesome MTCA coaches. I know for a fact that if we hadn’t taken the counsel of Coach C that my daughter wouldn’t have gotten into the programs that she did. Her type requires her to be a mixer/belter and we were certainly too green to have known that. Thank goodness we didn’t listen to the old-school-thinking voice teacher. </p>
<p>That brings me to the other point . . . you don’t know what you don’t know. Coaching is one way to enlighten yourselves, and, I agree with Christie2 and others who said a summer program is a great idea to see where your kid stacks up and what work she has to do to be on par with the fierce competitors she’ll face at auditions.</p>
<p>I don’t know your daughter’s type, but whatever it is, I highly suggest ramping up the dance lessons. My girl isn’t really an chorus/dancer type, but maybe she could have been had she started dance much earlier. </p>
<p>Best wishes!</p>