September Newsletter
Mon, Aug 25 2008 11:51
Fall classes will be starting the week of September 8th. We are looking forward to seeing all of our students again and also there is great excitement in welcoming some new students this year. We had a very successful summer and enjoyed some of our new endeavors we put in place for the summer. All in all, we had a nice summer.
We are getting ready for our “Nutcracker Tryouts” on September 6th at 1:00 at the Studio. We hope to see a lot of you ballet dancers who are interested in doing the production with us. Some questions have come up over the summer as to whether this involves becoming a member of Flower City Ballet. This has never been the intent our “Nutcracker” Performance. We are interested in students that would like to learn the choreography and be in the show as a learning experience or a desire to perform. Other than that, there is no mandate that you should be a member of the Flower City Ballet or that following the performances on Dec. 20th and 21st that you have to become a member. We want all participants to have this experience with our intentions: “ Have fun, learn some new ballet choreography, receive stage experience and meet new friends”. By the way, there are several roles left for intermediate and advanced dancers who are also on pointe. Call the studio if you are interested (325-2114) or just show up.
We are participating in the Artwalk this year; Sunday, September 14th. Carla and Cameron are doing the “pas de deux” and the “Coda” from the “Nutcracker”. Come and join us if you can, as I know they would love to have your support. It really is a fun day.
We will be starting Sunday rehearsals for our performances of the Nutcracker. Also our performances with the Brighton Symphony. There are also some performances in the works for several other venues, but they have not yet been finalized.
We’d like to welcome aboard two new board members: Deb Buckley and Cyndi Lovejoy. Thanks to both of you for your commitment.
We have once again committed to doing the “Mommie and Me Expo” in the Spring of 2009. We will be doing some performances there also. Should be lots of fun.
Our Spring performance will include “Strauss Waltzes” next year and soon we will be learning the new choreography for that.
Our new youth and adult classes are growing by leaps and bounds and we are having so much fun with all of our new students.
Well, this is all for now. Our Artistic Director will be starting some informative articles from time to time in our newsletter. Look for them soon.
We are getting ready for our “Nutcracker Tryouts” on September 6th at 1:00 at the Studio. We hope to see a lot of you ballet dancers who are interested in doing the production with us. Some questions have come up over the summer as to whether this involves becoming a member of Flower City Ballet. This has never been the intent our “Nutcracker” Performance. We are interested in students that would like to learn the choreography and be in the show as a learning experience or a desire to perform. Other than that, there is no mandate that you should be a member of the Flower City Ballet or that following the performances on Dec. 20th and 21st that you have to become a member. We want all participants to have this experience with our intentions: “ Have fun, learn some new ballet choreography, receive stage experience and meet new friends”. By the way, there are several roles left for intermediate and advanced dancers who are also on pointe. Call the studio if you are interested (325-2114) or just show up.
We are participating in the Artwalk this year; Sunday, September 14th. Carla and Cameron are doing the “pas de deux” and the “Coda” from the “Nutcracker”. Come and join us if you can, as I know they would love to have your support. It really is a fun day.
We will be starting Sunday rehearsals for our performances of the Nutcracker. Also our performances with the Brighton Symphony. There are also some performances in the works for several other venues, but they have not yet been finalized.
We’d like to welcome aboard two new board members: Deb Buckley and Cyndi Lovejoy. Thanks to both of you for your commitment.
We have once again committed to doing the “Mommie and Me Expo” in the Spring of 2009. We will be doing some performances there also. Should be lots of fun.
Our Spring performance will include “Strauss Waltzes” next year and soon we will be learning the new choreography for that.
Our new youth and adult classes are growing by leaps and bounds and we are having so much fun with all of our new students.
Well, this is all for now. Our Artistic Director will be starting some informative articles from time to time in our newsletter. Look for them soon.
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June Newsletter
Thu, Jun 19 2008 11:52
We have been very busy the last month or so finishing up our school year.
Our Open House and Nutcracker Auditions were a huge success. We enjoyed meeting so many new people who share our interest in ballet. Be on the lookout for our last auditions for the Nutcracker in early September. We will be posting the date soon.
Our new children’s classes are going well and we hope to have a nice turn-out for our summer camps in July (look further on the web sight if you are interested in coming- the dates are posted). Please don’t hesitate to call (325-2114) if you’d like to attend our Children’s Summer Camp or our Summer Intensive Camp for Intermediate and advanced students. (Information is listed on the Web Site). We have some openings left. Call and make your reservations.
One of our students has just returned from ABT Summer Camp (Carla Verlarde). She had a wonderful time and she is busily teaching and filling us in on her incredible experiences and all the new ballet information.
We have sent in our application for participation in the Art Walk Program this year in September. So we are hoping to become involved with that wonderful endeavor.
Our regular school classes will end on Saturday, June 21st. We will be starting up again in the Fall on Monday, September 8th with our regular classes.
We will be in rehearsal for some Fall Programs with the Seniors, a Performance with the Brighton Symphony in October and of course our Nutcracker in December.
Hope all of you have a wonderful Summer and we will see you in the Fall. Please call our studio (325-2114) with any questions for need of further information.
Our Open House and Nutcracker Auditions were a huge success. We enjoyed meeting so many new people who share our interest in ballet. Be on the lookout for our last auditions for the Nutcracker in early September. We will be posting the date soon.
Our new children’s classes are going well and we hope to have a nice turn-out for our summer camps in July (look further on the web sight if you are interested in coming- the dates are posted). Please don’t hesitate to call (325-2114) if you’d like to attend our Children’s Summer Camp or our Summer Intensive Camp for Intermediate and advanced students. (Information is listed on the Web Site). We have some openings left. Call and make your reservations.
One of our students has just returned from ABT Summer Camp (Carla Verlarde). She had a wonderful time and she is busily teaching and filling us in on her incredible experiences and all the new ballet information.
We have sent in our application for participation in the Art Walk Program this year in September. So we are hoping to become involved with that wonderful endeavor.
Our regular school classes will end on Saturday, June 21st. We will be starting up again in the Fall on Monday, September 8th with our regular classes.
We will be in rehearsal for some Fall Programs with the Seniors, a Performance with the Brighton Symphony in October and of course our Nutcracker in December.
Hope all of you have a wonderful Summer and we will see you in the Fall. Please call our studio (325-2114) with any questions for need of further information.
Newsletter #1 - May, 2008
Sat, May 3 2008 10:58
Welcome to all our new students - we're glad to have you on board.
Thought we'd try something new for a few months and see how everyone likes the idea of a monthly newsletter.
We have been very busy moving our props and costumes to a new home. It is much larger and can effectively house all our things, provide sewing space as well as providing a new office location for Mr. Blatt. We even have a skylight and live plans; so we are very excited.
For those of you who may not have noticed, we have added new mirrors to our walls, which enlarged it considerably. We are negotiating for 3 more to use on our side wall.
May should be an exciting and bust month. We will still be in rehearsal for the Fall show in October, but we are also getting ready for our open house on May 10th, from 1:00 to 3:00 at the studio. There will be demos, a tour of the studio and our new office and costume room, conversation, a question/answer period, plus cookies and punch. So, if you are free that day, come pay us a visit.
On May 18th, we will have tryouts for our December 20th and 21st production of the Nutcracker. This will be our 3rd year for the production, and we are once again excited to present it. All who wish to tryout (6 years and over) are more than welcome - all parts are open.
So, the studio will be a busy place during the month of May, as well as the very busy schedule for the costume room, preparing for the upcoming show.
Look for the next newsletter in June.