Daily Mail

I HAD PANIC ATTACKS ABOUT THE COST

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Louise BraMaLD, 48, who works in marketing, lives with husband Matthew, 46, a fabricator, in Wakefield, West Yorks. Their daughters Darby, 19, and Lexie, 14, are both dancers. Louise says:

I USED to dance when I was younger and loved it — so when Darby was three, it seemed natural to send her to the local dance school. With great teachers and hard work, she reached the Miss Dance of Great Britain finals two years in a row. When Lexie came along, she wanted to go to the same school. Now they both love it but Darby is most keen to follow it as a career. She is studying dance and musical theatre at a great university in London while Lexie does it for fun.

Having two daughters dancing costs us a fortune and I had panic attacks about the cost when Darby got her university place.

We were on the cusp of telling her she couldn’t go, that we couldn’t afford the £8,000 a year fees plus living costs. But we did the sums, and with my husband’s overtime and my salary, we can just about afford it.

We make sacrifices such as no holidays, but if you can give your children these chances, then you have to do it.

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