March Newsletter

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It’s hard to believe that it’s already March! Competition will be here sooner than you know it and we are working harder than ever to make our routines the best that they can be! It’s very important that you come to class Please remember to email if you will be absent and again thanks for all of your hard work! It’s going to be great!

THANK YOU FOR THE LOVE

THANK YOU

DANCER OF THE MONTH

LEAVING OUR IMPRINT

CLASS OF 2024 FEATURES

ACRO

ADULT CLASS

PHOTO SESSION INFO

COMPETITION INFO

PAJAMA WEEK

REGISTRATION

REGISTRATION TIMELINE

RECITAL INFO

RECITAL MERCHANDISE

TDAC 24-25 INTEREST

TDAC ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IMPORTANT REMINERS CALENDAR

Important Dates

3/1: TUITION PROCESSED

4: TDAC NEWCOMERS ORMATIVE MEETING

5: TDA PHOTO SESSION

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3-3/31: SPRING BREAK A CLOSED)

5: PUBLIC REGISTRATION ENS

-4/11: RECREATIONAL MPETITION DRESS HEARSAL & PARENT ETINGS

2-4/14: RECREATIONAL MPETITION

8-4/21: TDA PHOTO SIONS

: PARENT PORTAL SHUT WN

-6/9: TDA RECITAL

J A N U A R Y

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CLASS OF 2024 FEATURES

Impact

DANCER OF THE MONTH

This Months “IMPACT Dancer of The Month” has been selected based on their dedication and improvement in class as well as their kindness towards their peers, families, and staff through their positive IMPACT they make on the studio environment as a whole Our Impact Dancer will get to select a charity of their choice for The Dance Attic to make a $50 donation in their name Once the charity is chosen by the dancer and their family, we will share that information with our families in the following Newsletter This year is all about spreading the imprint of dance and all of these dancers will be doing just that! This Months Impact Dancer is

Malaya Nelson

Malaya is one of our youngest dancers and we are so excited to recognize her for her positive impact this month! She is never seen without a smile on her face, and she makes sure that all of her classmates and teachers feel loved before, during, and after class! Malaya’s eagerness to learn and contagious positivity makes her such a joy to be in the present of! We are so proud of this young dancer and the Impact she is already making on our dance family!

LEAVING OUR IMPRINT

This month The Dance Attic will focus our Imprint efforts towards The Lodge Of Wake Forest and the Bolt 4 Brooklyn Organization. Learn more about the recipient who will receive this years funds:

Caroline Laughorn, 23, of South Boston, Virginia, has been battling leukemia for for most of her life On May 1, 2009, at age eight, Caroline was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Caroline has been battling cancer ever since and has proven herself time and time again as a deserving recipient through multiple diagnosis, and remissions, there is not a more deserving recipient for this season

SAMANTHA LANDRUM What Impact has The Dance Attic made on your life? Dance has taken me places I wouldn’t have reached having an everyday hobbie. Dance taught me how to mature and grow in a community and within myself

How do you hope to leave your Imprint on The Dance Attic before graduation? I hope my imprint leaves that feeling of connection. The connection between a dancer and their choreography, the connection of teammates, and the connections through teachers. All of these things create a conscious feeling of safety and love that I hope others in the future will be able to connect with and feel as well.

KASEY MCWILLIAMS What Impact has The Dance Attic made on your life & How do you hope to leave your Imprint on The Dance Attic before graduation? As someone who has been a TDA family member for over ten years now I can truly say that it has changed my life for the better Being a part of this little family has made me become a better version of myself and makes me realize how much I love dance and dancing with others. This studio has helped me get through some rough times in my life and I am forever grateful Even though it's sad that my time as a student is ending my heart and soul will forever be a part of this studio I hope the impact that I am remembered by the most is encouraging others to let go of their self-limitations and let their emotions shine through their dance. I want the dancers to know that you need to have faith and trust in each other as a team As a team we need to lift each other up and not put each other down because at the end of the day that's your family, in the dance studio and in real life. Overall, the Dance Attic has taught me that it's about teamwork and learning to love who you are. Love, Kasey AKA. Billie :)

Shout out to dancers who have joined in on Acro here at TDA! Registration for these classes will run through Jackrabbit Parent Portal, and you will register for them under the "Events" Tab in your Parent Portal. Classes are 1 hour long and $10 per class. When registering, be sure to register for the date you want, and the level that you have been assigned to. If you are in the TDAC Competitive team, CLICK HERE to see your class assignment and time your classes will run If you are not in TDAC and are interested in these classes, please email us so we can get you placed in the appropriate class and you can register!

ADULT CLASS SERIES

Time For Tricks

For the month of March we welcome Ms Abby with our 6th Adult Series (Musical Theater)! Right now we have 5 adults registered for the class and we will need a total of 8 to continue with the class! We will have the last week off as that will be our WCPSS Spring Break and TDA will be Closed!

PHOTO SESSION INFO

Recreational Pictures will take place at TDA (1241 S. Main St.) with Ms. Hallie’s photography set up in studio 5. Dancers will be changing from costume to costume for their photo slots On the schedule, you will see the names of dancers taking individual photos have been added to the document to help with the timeline for your dancer Please note your picture fees will be on your March Statement and processed on March 15th. You will not be able to receive access to your TDA Pictures unless your TDA Balance is paid in full. Picture Forms are due TODAY - FEBRUARY 25TH as the form will close, no longer accepting requests. Additionally, there will be no refunds for picture fees processed.

Thursday April 18th – CLOSED – NO REGULAR DANCE CLASSES TDAC S/D/T Pictures at TDA

Friday April 19th – Combo 1, 2, & 3 (Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Hip Hop), Creative Movement a, b, e, f Pictures at TDA Creative Movement a, b, e, f - CLICK HERE to purchase socks that are needed for all of our youngest dancers pictures and recital routines to wear with their costumes/ballet shoes

Saturday April 20th - Combo 4-9 (Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Hip Hop), Tap 1-4, Hip Hop 1-4, All Advanced “I” Classes at TDA

Sunday April 21st – TDAC Production and Invite Group Pictures at The Corner & Meeting House of Wake Forest

As of February 15th, TDA Recreational Picture Pricing is as listed below:

1 Individual Costume (3 Poses) - $35

2 Individual Costumes (3 Poses) - $55

3 Individual Costumes (3 Poses) - $70

4 Individual Costumes (3 Poses) - $80

5 Individual Costumes (3 Poses) - $90

If you do not want to purchase pictures, please still complete this form so that we can collect responses from each TDA family. Reminder, that we want and encourage all dancers to attend to be in the group photos regardless of what you purchase These serve as keep sakes for many, and we want to document the work you have put in from year to year

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COMPETITION INFO

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Our studio will be competing in Star Talent Productions Dance Competition on the weekend of April 12-14 in Henderson, NC! Please know, we will not know the specific days and times for each dancer until 7-10 days before the competition date Also, please note that all tuition and outstanding payments must be paid to receive your costumes and to participate in the competition. Staff has also selected dancers to be Award Collectors at the competition. CLICK HERE to check and see if this applies to your dancers and the responsibilities that come with that If you were selected as an award collector you will need to confirm via the document above by February 1st

COMPETITION DRESS REHEARSAL

To help prepare for the competition, We will have a dress rehearsal during class April 8-11 Dancers who are competing, will come to class in the costume that you are wearing/competing in at Competition. This includes all costume pieces, hair, and make up. Dancers should also have regular dance clothes packed to be able to rehearse once we have reviewed any adjustments needed for their costumes We do not want dancers to wear their costumes the entire class, so please be sure the additional dance clothes are packed.

All Dancers will wear their hair in a low, slicked, middle part pony tail into a braid. (Ballet Classes included)

We will send slips home with dancers if there are any specific issues with their costumes, hair, or make up as well as send out emails to individual classes if we have notes for the whole group.

Please note, Combo Dancers who do not usually take tap, we ask that you come at the 4:30 time slot to allow for more rehearsal time for our competition routines for that week only!

C O M P E T I T I O N P A

Combo Dancers and Families will have Parent Meetings Prior to competition. See below for the Competition Parent Meetings Times. All Advanced “I” Classes will have meetings with dancers and teachers in class, and parents do not need to attend.

Monday Combo Dancers – Mon. April 8th at 5:45

Tuesday Combo Dancers – Tues. April 9th at 6:15

Wednesday Combo Dancers – Wed. April 10th at 6:15

Thursday Combo Dancers – Thurs April 11th at 6:15

COMPETITION HAIR

All Dancers participating in our April Competition should have their hair in a middle part braid at the back center of your dancers head See one of our Seniors, Sylvia Donahoe featured in our competition ready look!

PAJAMA WEEK

Directly following our competition, we will celebrate our dancers with a Pajama Week Celebration. Dancers will receive accolades and talk about their experience at competition with a few surprises and fun activities at well.

R E G I S T R A T I O N

Registration for the 2024-25 season will be here before you know it! We want you to go ahead and be thinking about what classes you would like to take next year. See below for a timeline of how Registration will work for next season. Current Student Registration for 24-25 is at a discounted rate of $40. You will see this posted to your account after we process April Tuition. If you do not plan to return to TDA you will email info@thedanceattic.com and we will remove your registration fee. Any dancer who has not emailed, will have their registration processed on April 15th, claiming their spot for the next dance season. After fees have been processed, we will then open our Online Registration for General Public. As seen below, we will shut down the Parent Portal after processing the last tuition payment for this season. We will be hosting 1 trial class (Friday, June 21st) for new dancers to come out and try classes, teachers to place dancers, and to help them with their registration More information to come, and would love your help spreading the word!!!

APRIL 1

2024-25 Registration Period Opens

$40 Registration Fee posted on all Current Student Accounts for Discounted

Registration Fee for the upcoming season!

R E C I T A L I N F O

Registration Fee Processed for all returning students. Public Registration Opens! After Fees are processed there will be no refunds.

MAY 1

Final 23-24 Tuition Processed.

Parent Portal Closed to insert Class Placements and schedules for upcoming season into system.

Hard to believe but, we are already busy planning for our 36th Annual Recital! We wanted to go ahead and give you some information so that you can plan accordingly. This year’s recital will be held at Wakefield High School, June 8-9th! The tentative schedule is as follows. Please read carefully, as it is a little different than years past! This change was made to help accommodate our 13 Graduating seniors to ensure they would be able to participate in all of their senior events and celebrations!

In Studio Recital Rehearsals: The rehearsals below will be our last rehearsals at TDA before we head over to Wakefield High School on Friday for Dress Rehearsal. Dancers will have altered time schedules listed below based off of what recitals they are in. More information will be given as we get closer to Recital.

Monday June 3rd – 4:30 pm Recital 1 (Creative Movement a-e, Combo 1-3 All Dancers, TDAC Production Pieces)

Monday June 3rd – 6:00 pm Recital 2 (Combo 4-9, Tap 1, & TDAC Production Pieces)

Tuesday June 4th – 4:30 Recital 3 (Advanced “I” Classes, Hip Hop 1-4, Tap 2-4, & TDAC Production Pieces, Class of 2024 Performance)

Tuesday June 4th - 7:00 TDAC Company Gala

Wednesday June 5th - 6:00 TDAC Awards Ceremony

Rehearsals and Recitals hosted at Wakefield High School: Friday, June 7th will be a dress rehearsal for all shows (with exception of the Company Gala) There will be two shows on Saturday June 8th, and 2 shows on Sunday June 9th.

Friday June 7th – Dress Rehearsal at Wakefield High School, ALL SHOWS (except Gala)

Saturday June 8th

11:00 AM - Recital 1 (Creative Movement a-e, Combo 1-3 All Dancers, TDAC Production Pieces)

2:00 PM - Recital 2 (Combo 4-9, Tap 1, & TDAC Production Pieces)

5:00 PM - Recital 3 (Advanced “I” Classes, Hip Hop 1-4, Tap 2-4, & TDAC Production Pieces, Class of 2024 Performance)

Sunday, June 9

2:00 PM - Recital 4 TDAC 23-24 Gala Performance

R E C I T A L M E R C H A N D I S E

1. Program Advertisements Order Form: Each year we have a special souvenir program for our recital. In the program you have an option of purchasing advertisements and souvenir pages/pictures where you can claim space in the program for either advertisements or sweet photos and messages for your dancer. For your souvenir pages, we will only use pictures taken at the TDA picture week For businesses they can use the form here, to upload any business advertisement materials as well. Pricing Information is included in the form, so be sure to check that out as you begin to make your Recital purchases and plans!

2. Recital T-Shirts, Flowers, Programs Order Form: For recital, we have a couple of traditional merchandise and memoirs available for purchase The order form to claim your programs as well as all your Recital T-Shirts and Flowers will be sent out in the April Newsletter.

3. Recital Ticket Orders: We will be using online ticket sales again this year. Please note that it has been removed from our policies, that families will no longer receive comp tickets for recital More information on ticket sales will be given in our April Newsletter

4. Recital Videos Orders: As stated in our policies from the beginning of the season, every dancer at TDA will receive all 4 recital videos for only $25! This charge will be processed on your account on May 15th and you will get access to all videos, If you have multiple dancers, you will only be charged one time per family. We are excited to offer this package for all students!

T D A C 2 4 - 2 5 I N T E R E S T

At The Dance Attic, we value every student – young and old, beginners and advanced students alike. It is our aim to offer a quality dance education all students and their different needs. Some students choose to make dance their primary extra-curricular activity and participate in dance at a very high level. Here at TDA we have a competitive team for dancers such as these to audition and participate in to take dance to the next level We are already in the process in plans for our next season, and are getting emails of interest from dancers wanting more information for our competitive team! If you are interested in TDAC (The Dance Attic Company), we would love to hear from you! Below is a form to show that you are interested in TDAC (The Dance Attic Company) and to be added to our mailing list for more information

CLICK HERE to let us know that you are interested in auditioning for TDAC in the 2024-25 season!

This form is due by March 15th 2024, and is required for all 23-24 TDAC Members to complete.

TDAC ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We are so excited to share that our competitive team has entered into the competition season in full swing! CLICK HERE to access our awards and recognition page on our website as we start collecting and creating memories through the season. TDAC Staff wanted to also acknowledge a few dancers for their work in the program as well. See a few featured dancers below who have received some recognition for their hard work.

IMPORTANT INFO & REMINDERS:

1. Please read our Facebook posts for important and quick announcements.

Parents, please drop your dancer off no more than 10 minutes early and pick them up promptly when class is over.

2. We want you to email when you are absent. Remember to include the class, day, 3. and teacher in your email. Please note you will still receive email reminders and updates even if you have told us that you will be absent. Those are mass emails that go to everyone!

4. Write your dancer's name on all dance gear (shoes, bag, jacket, etc.). Also, please be sure to put your dancers name on water bottles. All dancers should be bringing their water bottles to class. We have some dancers taking advantage of leaving class to use the water fountains. To help alleviate this, we ask that dancers all pack full water bottles every day.

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5. Dancers in Idol Lyrical should have received an email in regards to your schedule change for your class shift. Please be sure to review your email and be reminded that this change with start in your first class of March.

“The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team”– Phil Jackson