T H E D A N C E A T T I C
J U S T A N O T E
We are working hard on our routines and getting them ready for both competition and Recital! Please remember to call or email the studio if you are unable to make it to class for any reason Thanks for your hard work and understanding, we cannot wait to see the finished routines!
V A L E N T I N E ’ S S P I R I T W E E K
Love is in the Air! We want to celebrate Valentine’s Day with all of our dancers! February 10th-13th we want to see all the pink, red, and purple you’ve got! Leotards, Shirts, or socks – anything to show you’ve got the holiday spirit!
J A N U A R Y T S H I R T C H A L L E N G E
JUST A NOTE
SPIRIT WEEK
T-SHIRT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
DANCER OF THE MONTH CLASS OF 2025 FEATURE
ADULT CLASS SERIES
FEBRUARY T SHIRT CHALLENGE
COSTUME INFO
COMPETITION INFO
PAJAMA WEEK
PHOTO SESSION INFO
REGISTRATION
RECITAL INFO
SPRINKLING MRS ADDISON DANCING WITH THE STARS MS. WANDAS CELEBRATION
TDAC INTEREST
SHOUT OUT
IMPORTANT INFO/DATES
Important Dates
2/1: TUITION PROCESSED
2/10-2/13: SPIRIT WEEK
2/15: PHOTO ORDER FORMS DUE
2/23: TDA CLASS OF 2025 PICTURE DAY
We love seeing those who have inspired you to be the best you in 2025! Looking forward to more inspiration and positivity in the rest of our dance season!
3/3-3/6: REC COMPETITION DRESS REHEARSAL
3/7-3/9: RECREATIONAL COMPETITION
3/13-3/16: TDA PHOTO SESSIONS
6/7-6/9: TDA RECITAL
CLASS OF 2025 FEATURE
Bryn Knode: My favorite dance memory is hanging out and laughing with dancers and teachers in between dances at competitions. Some advice i would give to younger dancers is to not compare yourself to other dancers everyone has different strengths and weaknesses focus on your own personal journey with dance
Tada Muponda: My favorite dance memory is coming to the studio early before classes. And staying a little extra after. It gives me a chance to talk and catch up with my friends I also get to see friends from other classes that we might not share. Even if I don't spend the full hour with them I love seeing everyone at least for a few minutes a week My advice to younger dancers is always be uplifting and encouraging to your friends and peers Our TDA family is big and we may not know everyone but go out of your way to compliment a dancer after watching them go full out. Tell people something really good that you saw in their dance Always be someone else's hype person. It builds confidence in others and a tighter dance family.
A D U L T C L A S S S E R I E S
DANCER OF THE MONTH
This Months “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 This month, The Dance Attic will donate $50 to the East Wake Back Pack Buddies! This Months Dancer Of The Month Is...
For the month of February we welcome Ms. Allie for Lyrical as she is taking on her first Adult Class Series of the season! Right now we have 4 adults registered for the class and we will need a total of 8 to continue with the class!
This month, we want to see a photo of you creating a heart in your image! Whether it's with your hands, props, or creative poses, show us the love and creativity you bring to 2025. Post your photo wearing your TDA shirt, and let's celebrate the joy and kindness that make a difference!
C O S T U M E I N F O
TDA Costumes will be passed out in February to all of our dancers Please note upon receiving costumes you will be responsible for all alterations and costume needs If there are any costume issues, we need to know within one week of receiving costumes in order to help you rectify your problems and make alteration suggestions for you Please do not send emails in regards to costumes. Always remember, too big is completely fixable, if something is too small, we will offer suggestions on how to get costumes fitting. We are hopeful with how we did costume sizing this season, to have a smoother costume process.
CLICK HERE once Costumes have been passed out to inform us of any costume issues.
CLICK HERE to access slides for all of TDA Costumes. - These slides include all correct shoes and tights for each class and piece. Please be sure to have these ready to go by the dress rehearsal week in March leading up to the competition and pictures. Boys & Any other Costumes in need of approval please bring those contents in by February 20th.
C O M P E T I T I O N I N F O
Inspire National Dance Competition
March 7th-9th
Dunn Performing Arts Center
3400 N Wesleyan Blvd, Rocky Mount, NC 27804
When looking in JackRabbit; the class that has a “***” listed next to it in the system will be the dance/class that your dancer will compete with This season, our studio will be competing at the Inspire Dance Competition on the weekend of March 7th-9th! 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. If you have conflict with this date, please send an email to info@thedanceattic.com immediately.
AWARD COLLECTORS - 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. Dancers in Creative Movement a-e will not be competing. See the list below to see what dances will be competing
DRESS REHEARSAL - To help prepare for the competition, We will have a dress rehearsal during class March 3-6th. 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 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!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 and if we have time, we will have dancers change out of their costumes.
All Dancers will wear their hair in a high, slicked, pony tail. (Ballet Classes included). We will send out emails to individual classes if we have notes for the whole group.
Combo Dancers and Families will have Parent Meetings Prior to competition See below for the Competition Parent Meetings Times. All Advanced Classes will have meetings with dancers and teachers in class, and parents do not need to attend.
Monday Combo Dancers – Parent Meeting Mon. March 3rd at 5:45
Tuesday Combo Dancers – Parent Meeting Tues March 4th at 6:15
Wednesday Combo Dancers – Parent Meeting Wed March 5th at 6:15
Thursday Combo Dancers – Parent Meeting Thurs. March 6th at 6:15
P A J A M A W E E K
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.
QUICK PHOTO SESSION NOTES
Dancers will take group photos in every costume. Dancers will be changing from costume to costume in the other studios for their assigned photo slots.
All photos will be distributed via digital download access to your own devices for you to download, export, and share without watermarks or logos As Ms Hallie is one of our own, we ask that you respect her work and the process of purchasing/sharing photos of your dancer. TDA staff will pick the best of the images to share with you and you will get access to all of those images Dancers will be taught their picture poses in class and will be assigned poses for each of their costumes. All Dancers will be doing the same poses per each costume for these images, as we have done in the past
CLICK HERE to see the tentative Picture Week Schedule.
***If you do not want to purchase pictures, please still complete this form so that we can collect responses from each TDA family. ***
TDA RECREATIONAL PICTURES EARLY BIRD PRICING
These prices will be for all who complete the form prior to Feb. 15th - All Prices will go up for those who reach out past the deadline. We cannot guarantee that you will have a time slot, if you do not show interest by the February 15th deadline.
1 Individual Photo (1 Costume) $30
2 Individual Photo (2 Costumes) $50
3 Individual Photo (3 Costumes) $65
4 Individual Photo (4 Costumes) $75
5 Individual Photo (5 Costumes) $85
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R E G I S T R A T I O N
Registration for the 2025-26 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. Class Placements and Schedules will be sent out in April, along with Registration guidelines for all current students. You will receive a discounted registration as a current TDA Dancer as you take precedence in our registration process. At this time, Current TDA students will also be able to enroll for the summer session in April Registration will be open to the public in May Please start thinking of friends/dancers that might be interested in registering and joining the TDA family There is a referral incentive for every dancer who mentions your name on their registration form! We will be hosting trial classes for new dancers to come out and try classes, teachers to place dancers, and to help them with their registration as well. More information to come, and would love your help spreading the word!!!
Hard to believe but, we are already busy planning for our 37th Annual Recital! Recital will be held at Wakefield High School, June 7-8th! The tentative schedule is as follows.
In Studio Recital Rehearsals: The rehearsals below will be our last rehearsals at TDA before we head over to Wakefield High School on Friday June 6th 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 2nd – 4:30 pm Recital 1 (Creative Movement Classes, Combo 1-4 All Dancers)
Monday June 2nd – 6:00 pm Recital 2 (Combo 5-10, Tap B)
Tuesday June 3rd – 4:30 Recital 3 (Advanced Classes, All Crew Classes, Tap A & Ensemble, Class of 2025 Performance)
Tuesday June 3rd - Immediately Following Recital 3 - TDAC Company Gala Run Through Wednesday June 4th - 6:00 TDAC Awards Ceremony (Location TBA)
Friday June 6th – Dress Rehearsal at Wakefield High School, ALL SHOWS (except Gala)
Saturday June 7th -
11:00 AM - Recital 1 (Creative Movement Classes, Combo 1-4 All Dancers, TDAC Production)
2:00 PM - Recital 2 (Combo 5-10, Tap B, & TDAC Production)
5:00 PM - Recital 3 (Advanced Classes, All Crew Classes, Tap A & Ensemble, & TDAC Production, Class of 2025 Performance)
Sunday, June 8th -
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 :
We have a couple of traditional merchandise and memoirs available for purchase. Each year we have a special souvenir program for our recital that we will sell advertisements and souvenir pages/pictures for either advertisements or sweet photos and messages for your dancer, using photos from this seasons TDA Photo session chosen by our program designers T-Shirts, Flowers, and Ticket Sales information will also be available in the April Newsletter.
R E C I T A L V I D E O S :
Every dancer at TDA will receive all 4 recital videos for only $25! This charge will be processed on your account on May 15th. You will get access to all videos, and if you have multiple dancers, you will only be charged one time per family
SPRINKLING MS. ADDISON
During the week of February 24th-28th we welcome our dancers and families to join us as we sprinkle Mrs. Addison with diapers, wipes, and gift cards as she prepares to welcome her little one into the world in May Mrs Addison will not be finding out the gender of her baby until they are welcomed into the world; so no gender specific gifts at this time. Congratulations Ms. Addison, we can’t wait to meet your future TDA Dancer!
D A N C I N G W I T H T H E S T A R S
P R O G R A M F U N D I N G
We are proud to host our Dancing with the Stars program, a unique initiative that celebrates inclusion, creativity, and the joy of dance. This program is designed to give all dancers the opportunity to shine, express themselves, and experience the magic of performing. Your support helps provide costumes, competition experiences, and resources that make this program truly unforgettable. Whether through a donation, sponsorship, or sharing our mission, every contribution makes a difference in helping these stars take the stage with confidence.
CLICK HERE to pledge your donation today!
Thank you for being a part of their journey. Let’s keep dancing forward!
M S . W A N D A S E R A S T O U R S U C C E S S
What an unforgettable celebration Ms Wanda’s Eras Tour turned out to be! The energy, creativity, and support from everyone involved made this event a true testament to the incredible legacy Ms Wanda has built
To our dancers: Your hard work and passion were evident in your cheer and support for Ms Wanda To our parents and families: Your support, enthusiasm, and dedication were instrumental in making this event such a success. To our staff: Thank you for your unwavering commitment to excellence. Your creativity, attention to detail, and teamwork ensured that this celebration honored Ms. Wanda’s legacy in the best possible way. And most importantly, to Ms. Wanda: Thank you for inspiring generations of dancers and for creating a community that continues to grow and thrive. The Ms. Wanda Eras Tour was a beautiful tribute to all that you’ve built, and we’re honored to carry that forward. Thank you, TDA family, for making Ms. Wanda’s Eras Tour a moment we’ll never forget. Here’s to the memories we’ve made and the bright future ahead!
T D A C 2 5 - 2 6 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 2025-26 season!
This form is due by March 15th 2025, and is required for all 24-25 TDAC Members to complete.
S H O U T O U T T O T H E C O R N E R
We are so excited that we will get the opportunity to partner with this amazing venue for our 2025 TDA Senior photo session this year. Ms. Addison, at the front desk, is the Event Director for this event space in the heart of Wake Forest. We enjoy partnering with her and would love for you to keep them in mind for any future event needs!
Looking for the perfect backdrop to a celebration that is sure to be memorable? Look no further than The Corner & Meeting House. This beautiful downtown spot offers a range of options for your next event, whether it be a wedding, birthday party, baby or bridal shower, graduation party, etc.
Call 919-608-6017 or visit cornerofwakeforest.com for more information! Make sure to let Ms. Addison know you are TDA family!
I M P O R T A N T I N F O & R E M I N D E R S :
Parents, please drop your dancer off no more than 10 minutes early and pick them up promptly when class is over.
1. Please read our Facebook posts for important and quick announcements. 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. All Dancers in Tap B and above should have Black Tap Shoes. At Dance etc. the “respect” style is what dancers should have at this point of their tap education. 5. 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. 6.
