Center Stage Newsletter January 2012

Happy New Year! We hope everyone had a safe and Merry Christmas! Most important, all the instructors at Center Stage would like to THANK YOU for their Christmas gifts. We truly appreciate your generosity and kindness. Thanks again for remembering all of us! All recital costumes have been ordered. If you have not paid your costume payment in full, the second and final costume payment is due February 1st. Please turn in your payment to the office. Late fees will be issued if payments are not received by the February 1st deadline. Our annual recital will take place on June 15 and 16 (the location will be announced soon). Dress Rehearsal will take place on Thursday, June 14th. All level two classes and higher will perform both days of the recital. All level 1-2 classes and below will perform on one day of the recital. For now, please keep the entire weekend free. Thank you! Also, our tentative date for Picture Day will be Sunday, June 3rd. Congratulations to the January students' of the month winners, Gianna Mazeska, Joey Verbana, and Alyssa Aycock. All three dancers were selected for their hard-work and being great teammates. Great job dancers! Just a reminder the lost & found is emptied the last Monday of every month. Please check the coat room for any of your belongings. Please ensure that when you come to class, you put your belongings in the coat room and not in the lobby. In addition, please do not leave anything valuable in your dance bags! Congratulations to the Milan family! They are the winners of this months vehicle sticker drawing. If you did not win this month, there are still four more chances to win. There is no need to re-register. If you would still like to get in for next months drawing, vehicle stickers can be picked up in the office.

Aspire News   All costumes that have not already been handed out will be passed out during the next two months. The balances for company costumes will be given shortly after the costumes are completed. Any deposit you may have made will come off of the costume total, and be placed in your company account when the costume bills come in. The competition make-up has been ordered. Please remember that all dancers MUST wear the exact same make-up. Tanya will be giving the make-up and hair demonstration on Saturday, January 21st at 4:45 in room 1. All parents that have not previously attended should attend; any makeup not already passed out will be distributed at the meeting and throughout the rest of that week. Feel free to bring your daughter to the demonstration in order to practice applying the makeup while Tanya demonstrates. If your daughter is unable to attend, you may want to bring paper and a pencil to write things down. January 14th is the Aspire practice at Wood Dale Jr High in Wood Dale. All Aspire dancers (including Pre-Company and the Broadway Babies) will be attending the rehearsal. If you have received your costume, please wear it. If you have not received your costume, please wear a black half-top and black dancer shorts. The time and schedule has already been sent out. January 15th is the Aspire Convention at Center Stage. We have some great teachers lined up for this years convention. This is required for all dancers Jr. Mini through Senior. The schedule for this has been sent out; we will not schedule extra group rehearsals on January 16th due to the long weekend, but we will still have class that night.  Performing Troupe News    Great job at your first show at the Bloomingdale Horizon! We were very impressed at how polished the numbers looked this early in the year. We are so proud of you! We are looking forward to the next Performing Troupe show at the Friendship Village in Schaumburg on January 15th. The show time will be 2:00, so all dancers should arrive in costume no later than 1:30. The Friends and Family Show will be Sunday, February 19th and the rehearsal for the show will be on Friday, February 17th. Times will be forthcoming. Good luck and have fun! There is no March show this year, but we will be doing the Health Fair in April (we will have a date soon) as well as Rainbow Dance Competition April 13-15. Rainbow will be at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora and the competition usually furnishes us with a schedule 1-2 weeks prior to the event.

Thank you for dancing with Center Stage!