November 2024

Important Dates:

• November Tuition Due-11/9 ($15 late fee applies after this date)
• Costume Sizing Week for Recital Dancers-11/11-11/16
• Personalized Hoodie Orders Due-11/16
• Cookie Dough Delivery-11/22
• Calendar Raffle Money Due 11/26
• No Dance (Studio Closed for Thanksgiving Break)-11/27-11/30
• Angel Tag Donations due-12/2
• Toy Drive Donations Due-12/7
• Deadline for ALL remaining unpaid costumes-12/14
• Semi-Private Acro Sessions-12/23 & 12/27

 

AS A REMINDER WATER ONLY IS ALLOWED INTO THE DANCE STUDIOS. 

 

FUNDRAISING RAFFLE CALENDAR

It’s that time of year! We are underway with our Calendar Raffle Fundraiser. For those who are unfamiliar, here’s how this works: 

• First and foremost, ALL fundraisers are 100% OPTIONAL. You do NOT have to participate.
• If you do participate, you would sell calendars to family and friends for a cost of $10 each. Calendars can be sold through November 26th, 2024. CASH ONLY! Purchasing a calendar gives each person 31 chances to win a prize (and the prizes are AMAZING. Be sure to check them out)! You can submit your raffle slips and cash to the office at any time between now and 11/26/24, during office hours (listed below). 
• For every calendar you sell, $5 is credited to your account. The remaining $5 is credited to our scholarship account which helps pay for some costs of dancers experiencing financial hardship. 
• Beginning on December 1st, 2024, we will begin pulling a raffle slip each day of the month. The top prize listed on that calendar day will go to the person who purchased the raffle calendar and had their name pulled that particular day. The bottom prize listed on each calendar day will go to the dancer that sold the raffle slip pulled that day! Winners will be announced daily on our social media pages and we will contact winners by phone as well!
• Feel free to make copies of the calendars that were emailed on 10/8 or visit the office for additional copies from us!

OFFICE HOURS

Just a reminder, below are our current office hours. If you need something, please come during this time. Teachers unfortunately cannot stop teaching class to process payments/assist with purchases. Thank you for your understanding.

 

ATTENDANCE POLICY REMINDER

Please read our attendance policy as a reminder: Once your child has 12 UNEXCUSED absences they will NO LONGER BE ABLE TO PERFORM IN RECITAL, regardless if you have already purchased the costume or any items associated with Recital. An excused absence is one where a doctor’s note is provided. Please submit documentation to the office to have your attendance marked as EXCUSED. If students are absent on a regular basis, it hinders the whole class and choreography. Some routines also require partners or assistants for stunts so if everyone is not present, it would negatively impact others. If your child habitually misses class you will be required to schedule a private lesson for the cost of $25 at the instructor’s discretion.

 

COOKIE DOUGH DELIVERY

Cookie Dough orders will be available to pick up ONLY ON Friday, November 22nd at 4:00 PM. YOU MUST PICK UP YOUR ORDER THIS DAY! WE DO NOT HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF STORING AND REFRIGERATING COOKIE DOUGH. If you do not pick it up, it will go bad. You will be assigned a 30-minute time block to come and get your cookie dough based on the first letter of your dancer’s last name. You can send someone else to get your cookie dough. If you do not come at your assigned time you will have to wait until everyone at that time block has gotten their order. The time schedule is listed below:

4:00-4:30 A-E

4:30-5:00 F-L

5:00-5:30 M-R

5:30-6:00 S-Z

6:00-6:30 Anyone who cannot make their assigned time slots.

WE WILL NOT BE HERE ANY LATER THAN 6:30 SO PLEASE GET YOUR ORDERS. If you need to come in early before 4:00 pm, please make Miss Kiirsten aware and she can let you know when orders arrive. FYI, we got notified that some people picked the Chocolate Pecan cookies even though they were marked “discontinued.” Those people will be getting that flavor replaced with Chocolate Chunk. 

 

 

SEMI-PRIVATE HOLIDAY ACRO SESSIONS

Click here to Register! First Come, First Serve

HOLIDAY ORDERS

We are offering a variety of Holiday gifts for you and your dancer including our famous Personalized Sweatshirts. You have the option to keep it a secret from your child so you can save it for a Holiday present. DEADLINE to order is 11/16/24. Please use the link below to see products, pricing, and place your order. Click here to place an order!

 

 COSTUME MEASURING WEEK

Costume Measuring Week is when I, Miss Kiirsten, will personally measure each child so we can pick out the appropriate costume size for them. You do not need to do anything but send them to class in their normal attire. I measure the bust, hips, waist, and girth and add an extra inch or so for growing room. Once I have measured every child, I will then compare the measurements to a sizing chart to pick the appropriate size for your child. You have the option to let me choose the size or you may review the size chart and select the size you want. If you want to pick your child’s size, it is your responsibility to reach out to me and schedule a time for us to look at measurements.  If you do not make an arrangement with me, you are forfeiting your right to choose your child’s costume size and leaving it to me. 

Either way, there is a $10 exchange fee for any costume that is ordered and needs to be exchanged due to a sizing conflict. There is also a $10 fee for XL & up adult costumes. 

NEW THIS YEAR- SOME COMPANIES ARE NOT ALLOWING EXCHANGES!

 

ANGEL TAGS

We will be doing Angel Tags from the Salvation Army again this year. We have them available in the office. They will be due back to the studio by Monday, December 2nd. If you are new to us, this is a program where you purchase a winter coat, based on the size and gender requested, put it in a gift bag (do not wrap), and bring it back to the studio. We will then deliver them all to the Salvation Army for children in need. PLEASE PURCHASE THE SIZE REQUESTED ON THE TAG. You can also email and we can send you the info that way instead of coming into the office. 

COSTUMES/DIGITAL DOWNLOAD PACKAGE

ALL UNPAID COSTUME FEES & DIGITAL DOWNLOAD PACKAGE FEES ARE DUE BY 12/14/24. Unfortunately, if your fees are not paid (INCLUDING TUITION), then I cannot order your child a costume and they cannot be in the Recital. Costumes are now priced at $85 each as the early bird rate expired on 10/19/24. Please keep in mind these prices are cost per costume. Please see class descriptions for an accurate count of how many dances each class performs or reference your online parent portal. There will be an additional $10 fee for an XL & up Adult costume per the costume companies. I know this is a tough time of year for people to be spending extra money but I will need to order the costumes in December to ensure their arrival for picture week and recital. There will be a $10 fee for a costume size exchange. Exchanges can only be made if the company can guarantee a ship date in time for pictures/recital and if the company even allows exchanges. 

 

FINALE

As usual, we will be doing a Finale routine this year to close out our recital shows. 

Finale is open to the following classes:

• Combo 1 & 2
• Acro 2 & 3
• Pom 2 & 3
• Hip Hop 2
• Irish 2
• Contemporary
• Musical Theater
• All Teal Classes
• All competitive classes

There will be a $25 fee to be in the finale, due by 12/14/24. There will also be a costume fee of $75. You will be billed for both when you sign up. Please fill out the google form below if you want to participate.  Practice times to be announced based on sign ups. We will have 3 rehearsals on Saturday afternoons in June. Dates TBA.  Attendance to these rehearsals is very important. Please note there will be a mandatory make up class required for a class missed. This will be an additional fee of $10 for any make up class for material missed and the class will be roughly 30 mins. SINCE THERE ARE LIMITED REHEARSALS, IF YOU MISS MORE THAN ONE FINALE PRACTICE, YOU ARE NO LONGER ALLOWED TO BE IN THE FINALE AND WILL NOT RECEIVE ANY REFUNDS. 

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR FINALE!

 

TOY DRIVE

HELP OUR DANCER BRIELLE COLLECT TOYS IN HONOR OF HER BROTHER, MADDOX’S MEMORY! Our Studio will be collecting new, unwrapped toys for the toy drive event, benefitting the Operation Christmas Program here in Fall River! Bring in a toy now thru December 7th and it will be given directly to the Almeida family for this cause. 

Thank you and please share the flyer below with others in our community!