July Reminders (I Send out reminders at the beginning of every month. You can also find these reminders posted on the bulletin board outside the studio, our website, and on Facebook!)

• 4^th of July Parade is Tuesday, July 4^th at 11am!
  • Please meet in front of the civic center at 10:45am. I will come find you and take you to our entry!
  • Every dancer or tumbler is invited to join us!
  • We will have a cooler of water but please also make sure to bring water or Gatorade to stay hydrated! It’s going to be a hot morning.
  • Dress up for the 4^th and be ready to have fun!!!!

• Montana State Fair!
  • The fair has asked us to perform for them!
  • On Saturday, August 5^th we have an hour on the 3 River’s Stage to perform at 2:15pm!
  • All Summer Classes will perform!
  • Please let me know if you CAN NOT be there so I can get an accurate count for gate admission. They are giving all of the dancers free gate admission for performing!

• T-Shirts!
  • We have t-shirts made every summer with our Studio Logo for the dancers to wear at the Pot-luck. They will also wear them at the fair this year and they make great memorabilia!
  • They are only $10!

• Tuition is due the first lesson of each month.

Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks!

We Love Teaching Your Children!

Miss Nicole

Welcome!

Our Summer classes start this coming Monday, June 12^th!!

 Let me know if you have any questions about your class schedule, and I can send out that information before classes start!

Dress Code:

• Please remember that all classes need to wear leotards. You can wear shorts, skirts, or dance pants over your leotard as well as a shirt that you can dance in if you want. Or you can wear a leotard with tights. **The tumbling class prefers that you wear shorts only if you wear anything over your leotard.

• If you need dance shoes, we do sell them at the studio and we can take care of that on the first day of class. **We also sell other dance wear if needed as well!

• Hair should be pulled back and out of the face in either a pony tail or a bun.

• Please no jewelry.

The potluck for our summer performance is scheduled for August 18^th!

Congratulations to our new competition Company! We can’t wait to get the new season started this summer! We have a great bunch of girls!! 

Competition Tryouts!

Being a part of a Competition team is a bigger commitment. Girls are expected to work hard and be at all classes. Competition is called The Company as a whole. The following are the Company Teams:

• Elite Company –11 years and up in age. Or more advance dancers
• Petite Company – 6-10 years or beginning competitors.
• Tap Company – all tap dancers
• Prep Company – pre competition team
  • All students who aren’t quite ready for Company will be put on Prep Company. No one will be left out!
  • Prep Company will have chances to advance to Company.

Tryouts will be held at Live 2 Dance Studio with the following schedule

Wednesday, May 10^th

• Elite and Petite Company – 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
• Company parent meeting – 7:00 pm to 7:30 pm
• Tap Company – 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm

Thursday, May 11^th

• Elite and Petite Company – 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
• Tap Company – 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Friday, May 12^th

• Company Tryouts – 5:30 pm to ??
  • Will go till everyone has tried out.

*Recital Fee of $20/family was due March 25^th.

*Make-up Pictures are offered on May 1^st at Photo Solutions. Let me know if you would like a time slot.

*Watch for fall class suggestions to be emailed in the upcoming weeks.  We give our current students until May 31^st to sign up on a first come first served basis.

*We will be closed for Spring Break Thursday April 13^th, Friday April, 14^th, Saturday April 15^th, Monday April 17^th, and Tuesday April 18^th. We will resume class on Wednesday April 19^th!

*May 3^rd– All tuition and fees are due to participate in recital

*May 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd, we will have classes as usual

*May 4^th – Rehearsal West Elementary (no classes held at the studio)

*May 5^th – Recital at West Elementary 7:00 pm (house opens at 6:30pm)

OTHER ACTIVITIES:  Baseball, Soccer, Music, etc.  For those dancers involved in other activities, we know it gets busy this time of the year!  You have worked very hard for this recital.  You owe it to your classmates and to yourself to finish.  Please be at class.  The last few classes are very important.  Finishing touches will be applied to the dance and minor changes will be made!  Make-up dance lessons are very hard to get at the end of our season.

*May 31st – Deadline for Summer registration. Watch for an email about our new summer classes!!!.

*May 31st-Deadline for Fall Registration-We give our current students until May 31^st to register on a first come first served basis and take new students June 1^st to fill in the openings we have left on a first come first served basis.

*September 4^th – Classes Resume for 2017-2018

*Recital Fee of $20/family is due March 25^th.

* And your costume balance was due Feb. 27th*

VISITING is March 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, and 11^th.  VIEWING LESSONS ARE FOR ADULTS ONLY.  This will be enforced.  Please respect the adults who have made arrangements for their younger children.  If you want, you can split the class time with another mother and swap tending in the waiting room.

*Recital Picture Orders are due March 25^th.

*Watch for picture order forms to come home with your child next week.  Please fill out the picture order forms and return them to Miss Nicole by March 31st.  All picture orders must be pre-paid.  There will be no order forms available at rehearsal.  Please don’t lose the forms that will be sent home with your dancer.  You must fill out an order form for each dance group your child is in. Please be ready for pictures-we won’t have time for you to get dressed at the studio. For dancers with more than one dance, you will have a short amount of time to change costumes. Please be prepared for a quick change. We run a tight schedule and wouldn’t want to have you miss out on the pictures -we usually run ahead of schedule.  Stacy will not cash checks until the day of pictures.  If you have any questions, call Photo Solutions @ (406)-781-8618.

*March 13^th there is no school, so there will be no dance class.

OTHER ACTIVITIES:  Baseball, Soccer, Music, etc.  For those dancers involved in other activities, we know it gets busy this time of the year!  You have worked very hard for this recital.  You owe it to your classmates and to yourself to finish.  Please be at class.  The last few classes are very important.  Finishing touches will be applied to the dance and minor changes will be made!  Make-up dance lessons are very hard to get at the end of our season.

*HAPPY HEARTS WEEK is Feb. 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th. 

You can dress in Valentine’s attire as long as you can move freely in it, and have a leotard!  Have fun decorating yourself!

*We will be closed Monday, Feb. 20th for President’s Day.*

*Costume balance is due Feb. 27^th-last year the costume company charged $10/costume for any balance paid late. If you have recurring payments set up, the charge will come out of your account on the due date.*

*Recital Fee of $20/family is due March 25^th. If you have recurring payments set up, the charge will come out of your account on the due date.*

*Costume Fittings

Remember to wear a leotard to class each week.  Costumes will be fitted as the shipments arrive in the upcoming months. NO LEOTARD – NO FITTING

Coming Up:

VISITING is March 5^th through March 11^th. VIEWING LESSONS ARE FOR ADULTS ONLY.  This will be enforced.  Please respect the adults who have made arrangements for their younger children.  If you want, you can split the class time with another mother and swap tending in the waiting room.

Dates to put on your calendar:

*Pictures are scheduled for April 1^st at Live 2 Dance Studio

*Rehearsal is scheduled for Thursday, May 4th at West Elementary School and the recital is scheduled for Friday, May 5^th at West Elementary School.

 WELCOME BACK TO DANCE CLASS – BRING ON THE NEW YEAR!!

*Classes return on January 3rd!!

*Our last fundraiser is Munch A Bunch!

            – Begins: January 3rd.

            – Ends: January 16th.

* There is no school on the 16th so we have no class

*Costume Fittings

Remember to wear a leotard to class each week.  Costumes will be fitted as the shipments arrive in the upcoming months. NO LEOTARD – NO FITTING

*Costume balance is due February 27th (unless you’re competition). Costume descriptions and prices will be mailed out by the end the week!

*Recital Fee of $20/family is due March 25th

We Love teaching your children!!!

Christmas dancing will be the week of December 12^th through 17^th.  You may wear holiday-themed clothing over your leotard as long as you can move freely.

We will be closed December 22^nd to January 2^nd.  Class resumes on January 3^rd.

Christmas present donation:

          Some dancers have asked to do Christmas presents at the studio. I took that idea and decided to donate Christmas presents to Toys for Tots! If you’d like to contribute, you can bring a present to the studio and put it under our Christmas tree! At the end of our Christmas dancing week, I’ll take all of the presents and donate them! Make sure to have them unwrapped. You are welcome to donate but you do not have to.

• Start date: 12/5/16

• End Date: 12/19/16

Merry Christmas to the best parents and students.  Have a wonderful holiday season.  We LOVE teaching your children! 

1. We will still be measuring for costumes this month. Please be sure to wear your leotard or we won’t be able to measure you. Your non-refundable costume deposit was due Oct. 15th. I have sent in the deposit to the costumer.

2. Visiting is the second week of November. Nov 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th. VIEWING LESSONS ARE FOR ADULTS ONLY. This will be enforced. Please respect the adults who have made arrangements for their younger children. If you want, you can split the class time with another mother and swap tending in the waiting room.

3. Be looking for an email for when the candles arrive if you participated in our La Tee Da Fundraiser!

4. Costume Fundraiser – Candy Apples from the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory

Packets available at the studio November 14th
Monday, November 14th to Saturday, November 26th

5. We will be closed Wednesday the 23rd, Thursday the 24th, Friday, the 25th, and Saturday the 26th for Thanksgiving.