Dear Parents and Students,
Welcome back to Term 2 at Stepping Out Dance Factory. We are delighted to be welcoming new faces each week and enjoying the progress of each and every student within our classes. It is fantastic to see your enthusiasm and accomplishments each week.
Dubbo Eisteddfod will see groups held on Saturday 18th June. Performance students will be notified of exact times ASAP. There will be a performance rehearsal day on Sunday the 29th of May Times are as follows
· 11-30am-12-45am 10years and Under Modern (To Change the World)
· 12-45am-1:30 10 years and Under Jazz (Ease on down the road)
· 1:30-2:00pm Lunch
· 2:00-245pm Circus Jazz
· 2:45-3:30pm 12years and Under Modern (Don’t dream its over)
· 3:30-4:15 Foot Ball Jazz
Orange eisteddfod groups weekend dates are September 3rd & 4th Forbes groups are usually only required on the Saturday.
Please note there are still performance team members who have NOT paid their costume deposits. Your costumes will not be ordered until they are paid. Please pay asap! Deposits are $35 per costume. Routines requiring costumes are the new circus jazz and BOTH 10years routines.
Accounts for Term 2 have now been sent home. Please advise us if you are yet to receive your account or there are any queries in regards to your account. Gail can be contacted for any account payments/queries or on 6882 4949.
Our other huge news is our USA DANCE TOUR for 2012. Over 50 students embarked upon this fabulous opportunity with us in 2008 and we promised ourselves and our students that we would continue to offer these experiences to our studio families. Students will be granted the wonderful experience of travelling with their dance studio and team mates to perform and learn at the “happiest place on earth’ Disneyland. Other aspects of this tour include participation in the Main Street Parade, Workshops with Industry professionals and behind the scenes at Disneyland, performances at Universal Studios and dance classes in L.A. We were so incredibly fortunate to have travelled to the USA and experienced this exciting opportunity in 2008. Our team of fifty students were exposed to a magical and rewarding experience which allowed them to grow as both performers and people. As their teachers, it presents the unique opportunity to first hand witness their “dreams come true” and set them on a path where discipline, team work and artistic growth is encouraged and achieved.
It is in this spirit and with our memories of 2008 that we embark upon the road to our next Dance Tour and invite you to register interest, in particular for time of travel (April or September). From this first registration of interest we will then be visited from Dance Around the World who will give a Presentation and Information/Question Night to better aid your decision (This will be in Dubbo or Orange). If you are interested please forward the following information to Emma at emma-jane.trudgett1@det.nsw.edu.au buy Wednesday the 18th of May
STEPPING OUT DANCE FACTORY 2012 USA TOUR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
Name of Performer/s........................................................................................................
Date of Birth/s..................................................................................................................
Number of family members also travelling.......................................................................
Email address...................................................................................................................
Please email copy of itinerary and costs to above address YES/ NO
Contact Number/s..............................................................................................................
PREFERRED TIME OF TRAVEL
· APRIL 2012
· SEPTEMBER 2012
Just a reminder it is a Stepping Out dance Factory policy that parents are not to watch classes as it is a major distraction for the students, especially the little ones. Because there have been so many new students I have allowed parents to watch classes so they know how the classes are run. Everyone should now feel confident with the classes and classes will now become closed to parents. Parents are very welcome to stay and wait in the waiting area. We understand how much you like watching the classes and seeing the little ones dance so you are welcome to view the last class of each term. Please note if a new enrolment starts their parents are allowed to watch their first class. There is STRICTLY no filming of classes as this has also proved to be a major distraction to students. However this does not apply to performance class as having a video of a routine can help students to practice at home.
If you have any concerns you can contact Emma at emma-jane.trudgett1@det.nsw.edu.au
Regards,
The team at Stepping Out.
