HollyDay Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Dd's have asked me to research their options for ballet, violin, and piano in the DFW area. Anyone have any recommendations? What is the cost like? DFW is such a big city compared to where we live now, I'm concerned the cost will be much higher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Girls' Mom Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Again, it's really going to depend on where you end up. Here in Fort Worth, my dds take piano for $15/lesson and that's a fairly cheap rate. For homeschoolers specifically there is TAFA http://tafaclasses.com/ but there are a blue billion other dance studios here. You can also take music lessons at the Seminary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Girls' Mom Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 (edited) Also, something to keep in mind while you are looking, as I didn't realize this before we moved here. DFW is actually 3 large cities. There are Dallas (huge), Fort Worth, (really big) and then Arlington (large) is sandwiched in between. It can take well over an hour in light traffic to drive from one side of the DFW area to the other. Light traffic only happens early Sunday morning..lol. So while you might find some great things in Dallas, if you live in Fort Worth it won't be practical to drive there. Edited May 10, 2011 by Apryl H too early for grammatical correctness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyDay Posted May 10, 2011 Author Share Posted May 10, 2011 Also, something to keep in mind while you are looking, as I didn't realize this before we moved here. DFW is actually 3 large cities. There are Dallas (huge), Fort Worth, (really big) and then Arlington (large) is sandwiched in between. It can take well over an hour in light traffic to drive from one side of the DFW area to the other. Light traffic only happens early Sunday morning..lol. So while you might find some great things in Dallas, if you live in Fort Worth it won't be practical to drive there. Okay.....that is good to know. I've never been to the area and it does intimidate me a bit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnsinkableKristen Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Also, something to keep in mind while you are looking, as I didn't realize this before we moved here. DFW is actually 3 large cities. There are Dallas (huge), Fort Worth, (really big) and then Arlington (large) is sandwiched in between. It can take well over an hour in light traffic to drive from one side of the DFW area to the other. Light traffic only happens early Sunday morning..lol. So while you might find some great things in Dallas, if you live in Fort Worth it won't be practical to drive there. Ditto to this! I moved here after college when I married DH and I had no idea how large DFW was and how excruciating the sprawl can be when you need to get from one part of town to the other. We live in the north Fort Worth area and to get to the middle of Arlington can take anywhere from 20 minutes on a light traffic day to over an hour in rush hour. Make sure to look at a map when thinking about classes because if it's across town you may be signing yourself up for quite a commute! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyDay Posted May 10, 2011 Author Share Posted May 10, 2011 Ditto to this! I moved here after college when I married DH and I had no idea how large DFW was and how excruciating the sprawl can be when you need to get from one part of town to the other. We live in the north Fort Worth area and to get to the middle of Arlington can take anywhere from 20 minutes on a light traffic day to over an hour in rush hour. Make sure to look at a map when thinking about classes because if it's across town you may be signing yourself up for quite a commute! Now, I'm getting scared!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnsinkableKristen Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Okay.....that is good to know. I've never been to the area and it does intimidate me a bit! Once you get used to driving here and have a good idea of where all the small cities are in between the big ones, it's not too bad. It's just a little bit of a learning curve :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Girls' Mom Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Now, I'm getting scared!! It really intimidated me at first too. We moved from a VERY small town in TN to Fort Worth a little over a year ago. It is a learning curve, but I love it here now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinRTX Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 It really depends on where you are in the area. But the classes at TAFA(which is linked in another post) are really good! They have art, ballet, choir, drama, and band. There are also private lessons for piano, voice, and guitar. There may be some others but these are ones I know about. My daughter has been at TAFA for 8 years now. The classes here are really, really good in fine arts. I know someone who drives 2 hours to get here for classes. Just as a sample of how good they are (at least vocally, since that is where we are): For the private school all region choir, 100 voices are selected (25 each of the four types) and TAFA was 24 of them. Only 2 of our kids who tried out did not get selected. For the solo competition, most of our kids get the highest rating. So it is worth checking out, especially if you are in Fort Wort or Arlington. Linda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newhsmom Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Also, something to keep in mind while you are looking, as I didn't realize this before we moved here. DFW is actually 3 large cities. There are Dallas (huge), Fort Worth, (really big) and then Arlington (large) is sandwiched in between. It can take well over an hour in light traffic to drive from one side of the DFW area to the other. Light traffic only happens early Sunday morning..lol. So while you might find some great things in Dallas, if you live in Fort Worth it won't be practical to drive there. I would add a 4th area which would be north of Dallas which includes McKinney and Frisco. You definitely need to zero in on where your husband will work and make a decision about where to live from there. The traffic here is really bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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