December Monthly Memo
Can you believe it’s already December? It seems like our Dance Season just started! The studio is buzzing with excitement for our first studio-wide performance of the year. Our Winter Showcase Fundraiser! Click that link to make sure you have all the information you need.
Our mission at SDA is Empowering Students and Community Through Dance and this month our focus is on Empowering Through a Collective Cause! Working together, we can each make a small contribution that can make a big difference. We also believe a strong community makes us stronger as individuals.
We encourage volunteering, participation, and engagement with the community. In fulfilling our mission and values, SDA plans intentional ways we can support our community. At the end of September we started a used costume sale, with costumes donated by our SDA family. All the proceeds went to our scholarship fund. We made a total of $446! Impressive for a first year trying this out. Watch for our Collective Cause worksheet this month. Have your dancer complete the worksheet and bring it to the office for a chance to pick a prize out of our treasure box!
The Dance Season Continues!
During the days (15th & 16th) the studio is closed for regular classes. Then we will be closed through the new year. We resume classes on Tuesday, January 2nd. All enrollments continue through June 2024, when we have our Recital on June 15th. No need to do anything unless you want to make a change in your enrollment!
As soon as we return it will be an exciting 5.5 months, packed with choreography, costuming, recital photos, and practice practice practice. We ask that all of our students make attendance a priority to allow them to feel confident and capable come recital day. Working as a team with their classmates, good attendance is also important for the entire class. If your dancer misses three or more classes between March and June OR two or more classes in a row, they will be put on choreography probation. We will connect you with your dancer’s instructor to find resolution.
Additionally we ask that you hold off on family vacations that would impact your dancer’s class in May and June (through Recital Day). We appreciate your best efforts to help make the recital a huge success for all our dancers!
Save the Date! Dress Rehearsals for Winter Showcases
The week of December 4th-9th we will be having in-class dress rehearsals. Have your dancer wear their assigned Winter Showcase Costuming (classes are listed by day/time of class). They’ll be able to run their Showcase routine in costume to make sure everything works.
Bathroom Supplies
We are happy to continue to offer menstrual supplies to our dancers and families. Unfortunately for the past few weeks, as soon as we would restock the bathroom, everything was taken by the next day. Normally when things go missing here and there, I figure someone needed it more than me and I don’t stress about it. But I can’t afford continued theft like this, so for the time being, all menstrual supplies will be in the office. Please drop by if you need anything!
All my best,
Liana MacFarlane
Owner/Director
