Volume 8 issue 3 December 2015

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1 'Tis the Season SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19TH 1PM (DMSDance SHOWTIME) 7PM (PURE SHOWTIME) DEC 19 The PURE Star Volume 8 issue 3 December 2015 PURE Academy Office Hours Mon to Fri, 10AM-6PM Saturday, 9AM-2PM Sunday, CLOSED CHRISTMAS show updates Our Christmas Show is fast approaching and we couldn t be more excited!. Tickets are selling at an excellent pace and we are looking forward to a jam packed audience for all our talented performers. All participating families should have received the Christmas Show Package in their recent s, which outlines all important details regarding the rehearsals and the show on December 19th. Please read the package details closely as you will notice that we have split the rehearsal into two parts: one rehearsal being at PURE on the 18th and the other at the Capitol Theatre on the 19th. Your child has been fitted or will be fitted shortly into their Christmas Show costumes. Shoe and hair requirements are also outlined within the package details. If your child s instructor has any special hair requests you will be notified prior to rehearsal. Again, please read through the package details closely to make sure you are fully prepared for the rehearsals and shows. Important Reminder for Saturday classes..: Due to our Christmas Show Dress Rehearsal on Saturday morning of Dec 19th, all Saturday classes participating in the Christmas show will be at the theatre instead of in class at PURE on this day. Below is a schedule of classes that will still be running at the studio on December 19th. If your dancer is participating in the Christmas Show, please make sure they are at the Theatre and not at the studio on this day. Sunbeams - 11:00-11:30 (SAME TIME) Level 3 Ballet 11:30-12:30 (SAME TIME) Level 2 Ballet 12:30-1:15 (DIFFERENT TIME) Level 4 Ballet 1:15-2:15 (DIFFERENT TIME) CATS 2:30-4:00 (SAME TIME) Volunteers If you wish to volunteer at the Christmas Show and/ or the rehearsal, please sign up on the sign up sheet which is now at the front desk. Simply write your name and phone number beside your child s dance number. I Creative arts update PURE would like to offer our congratulations and good luck to St Joseph s Catholic School in Chatham and St. Joseph s Catholic School in Tilbury on completing the dance program with Mr. Corey! Break a leg as you take the stage for your Christmas shows! If you would like PURE at your school please contact Corey at corey@pureacademy.ca! PUREwear orders arriving soon! Thank you for your orders! We will be sending out an Inspire talent. Develop abilities. Love the Arts.

2 update on the arrival of our PUREwear orders shortly. If you have placed an order please watch your inbox for updates on when your orders will arrive and details on when you can pick them up. coming soon...goldirocks PURE is excited to announce that it is finally the time many of you have been waiting for! AUDITIONS FOR GOLDIROCKS! Last year PURE rehearsed for a show (Beanstalk) and toured Southwestern, Ontario with All Together Now, Education Arts Canada and Judy & David! PURE is now searching for several animated performers for this years cast of GOLDIROCKS! Rehearsals will be held on Saturday afternoons at PURE Chatham location. If you are in grade 4-11 and wish to be considered for this amazing opportunity please express interest via to corey@ pureacademy.ca Note: (Performers will be required to miss a couple days of school) A message from our parent EXECUTIVE The PURE Parent Committees have been busy! We are so excited to share our news. All Committees have met at least few times each since dance season began. The first order of business was to establish goals, and individuals to take on roles. We have to say how pleased we are to have such a terrific turn out to the meetings, and folks are ready to dig in. Here is a brief summary of what each group has been up to: Community Outreach > With great happiness, we re able to report on PURE s awesome Santa Claus Christmas Parade experience. The PURE community responded wholeheartedly to the call to participate in Chatham s Christmas Parade on November 20th. We had about 40+ students and assorted parents attending, handing out candy and celebrating the start to the Christmas season. The atmosphere was festive and fun, and we were fortunate to have a relatively warm and dry evening! PURE spirit HOUsE LEAGUEs cumulative POinT TALLiEs The parade couldn t have gone forward at all without the tireless organization of Kristin Heyink and her team, who spearheaded the collection of materials to decorate the float with Christmas trees, artificial snow, spotlights, benches for the students to sit upon and constant music playing throughout the entire parade route. Fielding a parade float requires hours of organization to get materials, encouraging others to assist with decoration, and vision. Thank you Kristin! Also, thank you to all of the amazing parents and students that gathered during the week prior to The Disco Ninjas The Looney Tunes One Hit Wonders Da Bomb Squad UPCOMING HOUSE LEAGUE EVENTS DECEMBER 12th 18th RED AND GREEN WEEK! Wear your most festive colours for the season. Feel free to add tinsel and decorations! Competitive students, please ask your own coaches whether your teams/classes will be participating in this event. JANUARY 11 16th MOST PERFECT DRESS CODE WEEK! It s just what you think it means! Sharpen up your knowledge from our website on what this means! Hair back, buns with no bangs for Ballet, tights, fitted proper dance wear, proper shoes, shoe ties tucked in, no jewelry...you get it, right? You ll see how discipline of what we wear to class can help discipline within the classroom too. It s really quite extraordinary!t What Team am I on? Parents are responsible for helping young students learn what team they are on. Teachers will also be able to track the points they earn properly if students know the month they are born. Teams are determined by BIRTH MONTH as follows; Birth Months October, November and December are the Green Team Birth Months January, February and March are the Blue Team Birth Months April, May and June are the Purple Team Birth Months July, August and September are the Silver Team

3 assemble the float and bring the vision to life. Tim and Christine Charron were the other indispensable piece of the parade puzzle, with the very generous donation of the transport truck and flatbed without which the whole endeavour would not even have been a flicker. Additionally, the Charron s provided indoor space over a number of days, to provide opportunity to design, build and decorate (and take down) the float. If that wasn t enough, they also provided 7,000+ pieces of candy to be handed out along the parade route. Kudos also to the driver Bill, who drove a large trailer through an ever shrinking parade route along King street not an easy feat. Thanks to all the parents who provided support for decoration, provided security around the float during the parade, and generally made a lot of work enjoyable for the PURE students. You know who you are, and we know for certain that you are on the Santa s Nice list! Looking forward continuing to grow PURE s community connection In the spirit of Christmas we are proud to be organizing a donation event for the Ronald McDonald House. We are offering all our families the chance to make a difference in a child s life who is currenlty struggling with an illness. We have provided boxes at PURE under the trees to donate new, unwrapped toys for these children...and to help make this holiday season just little bit brighter for them! Please donate generously. We are also working with the coaches to identify some classes to perform at a number of seniors homes in the new year. More details will be released when we return from the holidays. Fundraising Committee > The Fundraising Committee is excited to share some upcoming events with everyone. PURE Academy is non-profit organization and a collaboration of a talented team of individuals to offer the performing arts to the Chatham-Kent community. We are fundraising this year to help offset some of the costs of our competitive families, as well as introducing fundraising initiatives that benefit all of our families studio wide. 50/50 Draw We are selling 50/50 tickets from now until Saturday, December 19th - the PURE Christmas Recital (tickets will be on sale at the theatre as well). Ticket sales will go towards studio wide initiatives that benefit all of our families and will give one lucky winner some extra spending money before the holiday season! Ticket prices are 1 ticket for $2, 3 tickets for $5, and 10 tickets for $10. The draw will be held at the Christmas Recital. Present Wrapping at Downtown Chatham Centre Your cure to gift-wrapping frustrations. This year let us wrap your gifts! PURE Competitive families are volunteering their time and resources to wrap presents at the Downtown Chatham Centre this month, up until December 24th. The mall has graciously provided us with our own storefront that is located on the second floor near the food court look for the signs! Please share with your families and friends. We would love to help make your gifts look beautiful! Wrapping prices are by donation and proceeds will go towards competitive fundraising families. Please see downtownchathamcentre.ca/events/month/ for our wrapping schedule or check out the DCC on Facebook. Avgen Gift Cards We are off to a great start with our scrip program. Avgen Gift Card orders are being taken every week, with orders going in each Friday. You buy gift cards at their face value and the retailers give us a percentage back this is no extra cost to you! Gift cards can be used for most of your daily purchases (groceries, gas, household items, restaurants, clothing, etc) and &

4 also make great gifts. If we had just 100 families using $100 in gift cards per week, we have the potential to raise $20,000/yr. Imagine if we could build this up to studio wide participation we have the potential to raise over $100,000/yr! Proceeds from this program will go towards competitive fundraising families and then starting May 1st, studio wide. Pig Roast The Fundraising Committee is hosting a Pig Roast on Saturday, February 20th at the CAW Hall on Merritt Ave. This night will include a pig roast dinner, live and silent auctions and a dance with music provided by SUPERFLY. Tickets are $15 advance purchase and $20 at the door. This promises to be a fun, family night out. *For all of those hockey fans out there, rumor has it that one of our live auction items is a VIP Box at the WFCU to see the Windsor Spitfires vs Sarnia Sting game. The box includes 14 tickets and 4 VIP parking passes. Mark your calendars everyone is welcome! Proceeds from the night will go towards competitive fundraising families. If you have any questions about any of our fundraising initiatives, please contact fundraising@pureacademy.ca or your Parent Executive Committee. PURE Performing at the COOL YULE show in Windsor Several PURE classes have been provided the special opportunity to perform at the COOL YULE show Saturday December 12th at the Olde Walkerville Theatre in Windsor. This show will provide a variety of local artists to the chance to showcase their talents and raise some money for Care for Kidney foundation. Tickets are $20, $15 for Seniors and Studnets and kids 8 and under are free! Come support the PURE family and the Care for Kidney foundation this Holiday Season. Term 2 Raindrops & Sunbeams Begins Soon! Do you know a little one who LOVES to dance? Bring them to PURE! Registrations starting now for Term 2 Raindrops (ages 18 months - 3yrs) and Sunbeams (ages 3-4 yrs) These classes start in February 2016 & fill up quickly so go online or call to register your child today!!

5 SHARE THE LOVE THIS YEAR... SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO + = HOW CAN I HELP? As the season of giving begins, we would like to offer our families of PURE an opportunity to give back, show we care and support those families who need a support during a difficult Christmas. This year the Community Outreach Committee has decided to partner with the Ronald McDonald House. As parents we can all relate to the extreme stress & sadness that families endure when their child is hospitalized; these feelings are often magnified during the holidays. We have placed a few boxes under the Christmas tree in the PURE lobby. Please consider donating an unwrapped gift that can be given to a child or family member of the child that is staying at the Ronald McDonald House Thank You... Merry Christmas One & All!

6 Debbie s Corner! Our Christmas show is just around the corner! Tis The Season Saturday Dec. 19, :00 p.m. Capitol Theatre. Such an exciting time for everyone! Especially our dancers, who have been working hard preparing for their big performance. With only a couple of classes left to practice and clean up those routines, it is extremely important that all students attend class. Info pamphlets will be handed out Nov. 30 Dec. 5th. to each family with the rehearsal schedule, so be sure you have received yours and you read it thoroughly. Each student s rehearsal time is highlighted so you know exactly when you need to be at the theatre. Remember this is a full dress rehearsal. For your convenience, info packages will be ed to each family. The package includes the rehearsal schedule along with other important information to help make our rehearsal and show run smoothly, and be a fun, exciting experience for our dancers and parents. Costumes will be handed out the last class before the show. Please, please take care of your rental costume. As you know they are costly and most costumes cannot be replaced. Check your info package for directions on how and when to return your costume. Tis The Season Tickets are available and can be purchased - in person: Chatham Cultural Centre box office, 75 William St., - by phone: , - or online: We d love as much family there as possible so bring your parents, grandparents, cousins and friends! This show is a perfect way to watch your kids perform and kick off the Christmas season! Captured Moments will be returning as the videographer. DVD order forms will be ed and are also available at the Blenheim and Wallaceburg studios. The Purple Pansy will be selling flowers before the show and during intermission. Please note CASH only sales. The Blenheim and Wallaceburg Crew and Tap Team will be selling tickets for a gift basket and a 50/50 draw. They will be in the lobby during intermission. Be sure to purchase your ticket and support our teams. Huge Thank You to the Glass House Nursery, who will be dressing up our stage again this year! We appreciate the time and work it takes to do such an amazing job! show or both. Anyone interested please contact Debbie: dmdance@ bellnet.ca We sincerely hope you enjoy the show! Upcoming Theme Weeks Red and Green Week Dec.11 17th. Wear your most festive colours for the season. Feel free to add tinsel and decorations! All classes are included. Most Perfect Dress Code Ever Week Jan. 11th. 16th Early Years registration is now open! Kinder Dance Combo Term Two, Wallaceburg: Wednesday 5:00 5:45 p.m. (begins Jan. 13, 2016) Saturday 9:30 10:15 a.m. (begins Jan. 16, 2016) Register online or call CHRISTMAS BREAK REMINDER There are no classes from Dec. 21, 2015 to Jan. 2, Classes will resume on Jan. 4, We wish you a very safe & happy holiday season! Looking forward to a fabulous New Year! who are we?! DMSDance Instructors Paige Bertholds Blenheim Instructor Stephanie Harris - Wallaceburg Instructor Shannon Clapp - Blenheim and Wallaceburg Instructor Debbie Vassallo McGonigle - Director, Blenheim + Wallaceburg Instructor Roger Wellington - Hip Hop Instructor Wallaceburg Brittany DeJoseph - Blenheim Competitive Crew Coach Corey Mariuz Wallaceburg Competitive Crew Coach Administration reminder So Debbie is able to better focus on instruction, choreography and show productions, PURE will continue to take care of all administration. So for dance fees and submitting payments please contact the PURE office at We are still looking for backstage volunteers for either rehearsal or

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8 December 2015 sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday EFT/VISA/MC payments processed HOUSELEAGUE EVENT: red and green WEEK! DMSD/PURE Christmas Show Dress Rehearsal (Capitol Theatre) DMSD/PURE Christmas Shows (Capitol Theatre) DMSD 1pm PURE 7pm C H R I S T M A S VA C A T I O N C H R I S T M A S VA C A T I O N January 2016 sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday Classes Begin again! -- EFT/VISA/MC payments processed HOUSELEAGUE EVENT: Most Perfect Dress code ever WEEK Exam week COMPANY REHEARSAL (at Capitol Theatre) Time TBD 29 Exam week for High School Students/excused from assisting (Jan 29-Feb 3 30 Exam week

9 PURE/DMSDANCe MONTHLY AWArdS The PURE Monthly Awards are a way for the PURE Staff to recognize deserving students. Throughout each month instructors nominate students in their respective disciplines who have been demonstrating all of the behaviours outlined in the Code of Conduct found at pureacademy.ca. The PURE dancer of the month goes to Ariel Visser. Ariel takes ballet class on Tuesday nights at the studio. She has perfect attendence and always has perfect dress code. Not to mention, she is a beautiful dancer! Ariel understand what it means to focus on her technique and really work towards becoming a better ballet dancer. She has the discipline to flourish in the ballet syllabus. Thanks for working so hard Ariel! The PURE actor of the month is Emma Winkler. She is such a focused and dedicated dancer and is a leader in her class. She brings so much positive energy and her enthusiasm on stage is sure to entertain everyone at our Christmas Show! The PURE Florence Dancer of the Month is Lola Cerda. This dancer has been chosen for this month due to her positive presence and love of dance. She is always the first one in the classroom and gives her 100% in her dances. Lola is always ready in her spot for her dances and has a great big smile on her face. It is a joy to have her in the classroom and set a good example for her fellow students. Congratulations Lola on this award as it is well deserved. Wallaceburg dancer of the month is Jenna Everaert! Jenna is a dedicated, hard working dancer. She is always prepared and willing to take on a challenge. Jenna pays attention to correction and applies herself. Can t wait to see her hit the stage with our new tap team. Keep up the great work Jenna! DMSDance is proud of you!! Blenheim Dancer of the month Blenheim dancer of the month is Addisyn Lewis! Addisyn is always ready and waiting for her class to begin. She is a hard worker who pays attention to instruction and applies her corrections. Addisyn is respectful to her instructors and class mates. She is a joy to teach and we all love watching her improve and grow. Way to go Addisyn! DMSDance is proud of you! goes to Our PURE Heart goes to all the Dads who bring thier little girls to dance. It actually struck us tonight when a Dad arrived to PURE 30 minutes before his daughter s class to take her to the washroom to ger her into her ballet attire (bodysuit, tights, ballet slippers) and I heard her crying. He was desperately trying to get her hair into a ponytail. Then he came out of the bathroom and asked if anyone knew how to do a bun! Now that s a fantastic and dedicated Dad :) PURE S PeOpLe Sandra Campbell - Receptionist/Administration Brittany DeJoseph - Dance CREW Coordinator/Dance Instructor Corey Mariuz - Director/Artistic Director/Instructor Bonnie Mather - Receptionist/Administration Debbie McGonigle - Owner DMSDance, Instructor Margaret Ross - Administrative Director Roger Wellington - Dance Instructor Candice Willmore - Costuming and Retail Director Kent Willmore - Director Melissa Colman - Director/Artistic Director/Instructor Tammy Chouinard - Director of Marketing & Design Kristi Thompson - Instructor Brooke Thompson - Dance Instructor/Costuming Holly Holmes - Instructor Carly Erina - Instructor Madelyn Alexander - Instructor Jaiden Lyons- Instructor Alyssa Reed - Acting Coach Chatham Wallaceburg Florence Blenheim