STUDIO NEWS AND ALL THAT JAZZ A DANCIN PLUS NEWSLETTER JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2019 Warm wishes for the New Year to all our dance families! I thank you for making Dancin Plus your dance home and I am honored to provide you and your child with quality dance instruction in 2019! At Dancin Plus we are excited to be kicking off the new year by kicking up our heels. With dance production season waltzing closer, the dance studio will be buzzing with excited performers digging deeper into our production numbers, putting on the finishing touches and polishing their performance abilities as well as learning new skills every week. Our studio is a busy atmosphere but that is how we like it best! Having dance class to look forward to often helps us glide through those gray, hibernation inducing winter months. Dancers have taken such pride in their efforts and I am excited to see the continued progress in the new year! Keep up the great work! INSTALLMENT PAYMENT REMINDER If you are paying tuition in installments, the fifth installment is due no later than January 10 th and the last installment is due no later than February 10 th. For your convenience, all payment totals and due dates are listed in your copy of the studio handbook. There are three easy ways to make payments: 1. Mail it to our mailing address: Dancin Plus 403 E 1 st Street Fairmont MN 56031 2. Pay online at www.dancin-plus.com with debit/credit card or Paypal. 3. Drop it in the locked payment deposit box (no later than the 10 th of the month) on the side of our counter at the studio during any class hours: Monday 4:00-7:30pm, Tuesday 4:00-8:45pm and Thursday 4:00-8:45pm. Paypal processes our online payments. Sorry, I am not able to take credit card or debit card payments over the phone or at the studio. Those payments must go through the online payment processing company. Thank you!
DANCE PRODUCTION PICTURE DAY Saturday April 6, 2019 Dance recital picture day will be here before we know it. This information will help your photo session go smoothly for you. Be sure to see the picture day poster hanging in the studio lobby. It will provide you with important costuming directions. We will be sending more information along with order forms in the March recital packet but feel free to take pictures of the poster with your phone. Parents tell us it helps them feel super organized. We love the teamwork! You are not required to purchase pictures but we ask that all dancers attend so everyone is included in the class photos. We will be updating the studio window photos for 2019 and you will want to be included in them. Picture day is Saturday April 6, 2019. Photos will be taken at Seifried Portrait Design - 200 Downtown Plaza, Fairmont. Please be on time. Staying on schedule is very important and depends on our dancers being on time. Plan to be there for your group s entire photo session time. Do not forget any of your costume pieces. We can not delay your group s session while you return home for forgotten items. We must stay on schedule. Because changing space is very limited, if at all possible, arrive dressed in your costuming for the group photo. Have hair done and make up already on when you arrive. Add a light touch of blush, mascara and a little color on the lips to make faces pop. If you want to purchase individual photos, they will be taken during your class photo session time. The costume you wear for your individual photo is your choice. Be sure to bring it along if doing individuals. If you have more than one child in dance, in different classes and want a picture of your children together, that can be done. Have all children present and costumed at one of their designated photo session times and it s a snap to get the picture. So that dancers can focus their smiles on the photographer, only the photographer and Ms Tammy will be permitted in the photo taking room. You would not be happy with pictures of dancers looking every which way focusing on the moms in the room rather than the photographer s camera. Thank you for understanding and for your cooperation. Picture pick up date to be announced.
RECITAL PICTURE DAY SCHEDULE: Please read carefully so you arrive at the correct time for your group. Class: Monday 4:00-4:45pm & Tuesday 6:00-6:45pm Photo session time: 9:00-9:30am Class: Monday 4:45-5:30pm Photo session time: 9:30-10:00am Class: Monday 5:30-6:15pm Photo session time: 10:00-10:30am Class: Monday 6:15-7:30pm Photo session time: 10:30-11:15am Class: Tuesday 4:00-4:45pm Photo session time: 11:15-11:45am Class: Tuesday 4:45-6:00pm Photo session time: 11:45am-12:30pm Class: Tuesday 6:45-8:00pm & Any Senior Photos Photo session time: 12:30-1:15pm Class: Tuesday 8:00-8:45pm Photo session time: 1:15-1:45pm Class: Thursday 4:00-4:45pm & Thursday 4:45-5:30pm Photo session time: 1:45-2:15pm Class: Thursday 5:30-6:45pm & Thursday 7:30-8:45pm Photo session time: 2:15-3:15pm Class: Thursday 6:45-7:30pm Photo session time: 3:15-3:45pm
COMING SOON We know our dance families have busy schedules. We love fine tuning and making things more efficient for you. We will be doing just that with our NEW recital ticket sales procedures in 2019. Watch for details coming your way in mid January. We think you will like it a lot. THANK YOU!.for remembering to pick your child up promptly after class. Children not picked up promptly are not supervised. I GET ASKED SOME GREAT QUESTIONS Dance parents ask me all the time "How can my child become a better dancer?" It all starts with one word - commitment. A dance class is just like any other team activity. Do you respect the commitment you made to dance class when you registered? Do you respect your fellow dancers (team mates) who are working hard to make the team you are a part of be something great or is dance class what you do when you don't have something else to do? We will SEE the answer to that question once you step onto the stage. THANK YOU! I appreciate our families who take time to read our newsletters and stay up to date with studio happenings. It makes my job a little easier and helps us all feel organized. I appreciate the teamwork! To say thank you, send an email to Tammy@dancin-plus.com, tell me the date of dress rehearsal for 2019 and you will be entered into a random drawing for two FREE pair of tights. Winner will be notified the week of January 21st.
TAKING CARE OF YOUR DANCER IN THE WINTER The cold winter months bring challenges to our bodies. Staying energized and healthy is important but tricky, especially for dancers. If we do not have the energy to move, how can we dance? It is difficult to exert and dance at your best level if you do not take care of yourself. I think we can all admit that during the winter we would prefer to stay in a nice warm house on the couch with a pillow and blanket. We can also admit that this is not going to happen. So, to keep dancers energized, here are a few helpful hints we have tried that seem to work. Get plenty of sleep at night. Going to bed early is NOT a bad thing. For those with classes before meal time or later in the evening, have a small, healthy snack before heading to dance class. String cheese, fruit or crackers anything healthy that can help you keep fuel in your body so you have energy to move in class. Have a car picnic on the way to dance class! Stress will wear you out. Avoid it. Be organized. One thing I notice happening at least once in every class, every week, is a dancer coming in stressed from trying to find their dance bag before leaving for class. They end up late to class and then that is stressful to them too. Avoid it! Put the dance bag on the door knob the night before or better yet, put it in the car. It will be there waiting for you. Set realistic schedules. We know folks are busy and often running at top speed. Try not to overbook yourself or your child. Running from activity to activity results in below average performance. Participating in an amount of activities healthy for one day allows for average or better yet, above average, performance and results. During the winter people of all ages often complain about going to an activity but once they are there, they have a great time. Can you relate? I can! Understand that it is not actually the activity being complained about but the thought and process of having to bundle up and go out in the cold to get to the activity, especially if your current activity has you on the couch with the before mentioned pillow and blanket. Dancers may need extra encouragement to get to class in the winter. This is normal. No matter how active your child is during other times of the year, their bodies tend to be in hibernation mode not lets go move around a lot and over exhert mode. This is normal too. I have found that there is one age group exempt and that would be the preschoolers. Bless them and their limitless energy levels. These are just a few things that we have tried and found to be helpful. Let me know if you have any other suggestions! I would love to hear them!
CLASS SCHEDULE Thank you for following the dance class schedule we mailed you with your studio handbook. We like to give each of our classes on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays a full dance season. We can t do that if we break from dance each time a school breaks from classes. Days off from school are not always days off from dance class. Extra schedules are available at the studio. WEATHER CLOSURES Winter has been so kind to us! But, just in case, to keep it simple..in the event of snowy weather: *Dance classes at Dancin Plus will be canceled if Fairmont Public Schools are canceled for the day or dismissed early. *Listen to 106.5fm for school cancellations. *You can also view dance class cancellations on our website s home page: www.dancinplus.com and on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If the weather takes a challenging turn in the late afternoon or evening(once classes are in session) the studio will remain open for those that can make it. I have built in two snow days per dance class day into our tuition total. If we use them great, you have not paid for them. If we don t use them, you are getting FREE classes! For classes with more than two snow days, we will reschedule in the spring closer to show time when we can really use the extra practices. CHANGES? If you have had a change in home address, email or phone number be sure to call and update - 507-235-6114 or send an email to Tammy@dancin-plus.com Thank you! DRESS THE PART TO RESPECT THE ART Thank you for following our studio s dress code as listed in your copy of the studio handbook. You can also see photos of required attire on our website. Our attire requirments allow dancers to move freely, warm up properly and learn correctly. Instructors can make corrections to bent knees and sloppy arms when dancers are dressed correctly. Help your dance student get the most out of his/her class by dressing correctly. Visit www.dancin-plus.com to view proper class attire.
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER Our students are currently on holiday break. Classes resume Thursday January 3 Fifth Tuition Payment Due No Later Than January 10 Final Tuition Payment Due No Later Than February 10 Dancin Plus Will Be Closed March 1st - March 10th For Spring Break, Also Known As Dance Production Prep Marathon For Tammy. Classes Resume The Week Of March 11th. This Is Marked On Your Class Schedule. PLANNING AHEAD Saturday, April 6 - Dance Production Picture Day At Seifried Portrait Design 200 Downtown Plaza Mark Your Calendars If You Have Not Already Dance Production Dates Are: Dress Rehearsal: Wednesday, May 1 (All Dancers Must Attend.) Dance Productions: Friday, May 3 - Saturday, May 4 - Sunday, May 5 (All Dancers Perform In All Shows.) The Next Newsletter Will Be Galloping Your Way The End Of February. DON T MISS A BEAT! Visit us at www.dancin-plus.com Dancin Plus is on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter Check out our great photo albums, receive studio reminders and MORE! THANK YOU!