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DanceStation: March Newsletter

First of all, I would like to congratulate all of our Cecchetti dancers on another successful exam session! We had dancers taking grades 1-7 this year, and everyone did beautifully. Congrats!! I’d also like to invite you to come and watch 8 of our young dancers in a production of The Velveteen Rabbit at McKendree College April 18th and 19th. The girls were chosen by audition to perform alongside the professional company ODC, from San Francisco. It’s a huge honor for the girls and our studio, but I hear tickets are going fast. So call the box office at McKendree soon if you want to go.

Snow Days. We’ve had a lot this year. Wendy’s Mon. tap/jazz classes will have their first make-up day on Monday, March 24. Those classes will meet at their normal times. We will make most of the Tuesday ballet classes and Thursday jazz/tap/modern classes up in May or early June (as it gets closer to recital time when we could really use the extra rehearsals). Advanced Ballet and Pointe, Ballet IV, and Ballet III will have many extra rehearsals throughout the next few months. Those rehearsals should more than make up for any missed classes last month.

A Costume deposit of $45 was due in February, and the remaining balance owed will be mailed to your home in late March/early April. We try very hard to be creative and keep costume prices down, especially for the girls involved in multiple classes.

Broadway workshops. We will offer two Broadway workshops once again this year. They will run for 8 weeks each, starting in April. Students enrolled in the Ballet IV class (Mon 6:30-8) will have the option to take the Intermediate Broadway class offered on Wednesday nights from 7-8pm. We will be dancing to “One Night Only” from the musical Dreamgirls. Students enrolled in Ballet III (Mon 5:15-6:30), Teen Ballet (Thur 8-9), Ballet II (Tues 7-8), and Ballet I (Tues 6-7) are invited to take the Junior Broadway class on Wednesdays from 5-6pm. We will be dancing to a medley of songs from the musical Jersey Boys. The fee for either workshop is $70 ($60 for the 8 week class and a $10 costume rental). Both Broadway classes run for 8 weeks beginning April 9 - May 28. There is a sign up sheet available in the waiting room for both classes. The $70 dollar fee for the workshop is due by April 9th (the first class).

Students, your hair and attire have gotten out of control! Please secure your hair neatly and tightly to your head so you don’t play with it all class; And now that the weather is warming up, get rid of your extra apparel!!!

REMINDER: Dress rehearsal and recital dates for Ugly Duckling and Cinderella are June 6th and June 7th.

Spring Break is Tues March 18-Mon March 24. NO CLASSES! (Except Wendy’s make-up classes)

The staff at DanceStation wishes you a warm and relaxing Spring Break!!!