Well I would like to thank all of you for writing your reports and stopping me 1 step short of handing over my entire remianing savings!!!
My daughter and I were "Invited" to an OPEN Audition on Sat. Oct. 25. JRP had a table set up in the Regal Movie Theatre on the opening day of High School Muscial 3!
Against my better judgment, I took my daughter (who stressed how much she wanted to do this!) the next morning! It was just as I thought! They introduced the owner of JRP as well as Carol Stevens, someone who they claimed to be a famous talent scout from California! I did much research and could find no record of this famous talent scout!
They had my daughter and about 50 other kids get on-stage and read for a commercial while the camera was taping (or so they say!). Then they have your child go over to their table for a personality interview which consisted of 1 question "How much do you really want to do this?" Then they ask the parents "How flexible are you?" They told us that if she received a callback (as if anyone didn't!) it would come the next day between 10 & 11 AM.
Surprise, the phone rang at 10:25 AM. And it was a perky person telling me that they (JRP) would like to invite my child to work with them on the Masters Level!!! Masters Level classes begin at $5900!!! I told her we didn't have that kind of money and she suggested the Competitor Level Classes which begin at $1950! Again, I told her that was not financially possible.
She suggested a credit card or a helpful, generous grandparent? I told her we had neither. I asked if they had a payment plan and she said no. Monies must be paid upfront. She suggested maybe they could split it in two and I told her it would have to be a minimum of 4 for us to even consider it.
She said she would talk to the owner and call us back. She did but I didn't answer. I was busy reading consumer complaints! My daughters feelings are a little hurt but I told her not to give up. She can take acting classes elsewhere much cheaper! And no mention of that commercial which she read for yesterday! Hah! What a SURPRISE!!!
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