Volume 1, Issue 5 | May 2008

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SESSION V: MAY 5-JUNE 20
Session V begins May 5. Tuition is due at this time. Please remember tuition received later than May 10th requires a $10 late fee. Costume balances are past due.

STUDIO CLOSINGS
The Dance Gallery will be closed May 26th for Memorial Day. Saturday schedules for the 24th may be altered. Please see your individual instructor.

CELEBRATION 2008
The theme for Act II of Celebration 2008 is FANTASIA. The Celebration takes place at Munster High School on Friday, June 20th at 6:30 PM. PLEASE NOTE this is one week later than typical. Tickets will be available at the Dance Gallery beginning May 31st at 9:00 AM. Seating is reserved, and the cost of the tickets is $16, $14 and $12. Parents of Exploration II students will be reserved 2 front row tickets.

Below, please find the rehearsal schedule for May and June. These are not dress rehearsals but are important to the flow of the program and for the students to be used to other dancers. These rehearsals are in addition to regularly scheduled classes. Dress rehearsal takes place at Munster High School on June 19th. You will receive a schedule specific to that day closer to the date. See last sessions newsletter if you are unclear as to what part your child will play. There is an archive link on the website at www.munsterdancegallery.com.
We will be performing excerpts from the Nutcracker section, Sorcerer’s Apprentice and Dance of the Hours.

DANCE OF THE HOURS: (flamingos, elephants, monkeys, bats, time keepers) Monday June 9 & 16,
5:15-6:45. Flamingos also Tuesday, May 20 & 27, 5-5:30
NUTCRACKER SECTION: ( bumblebees, butterflies, water lilies, fairies, Arabian, Chinese) Saturday, June 7 & 14, 12:45-1:30

SORCERER’S APPRENTICE: We will use class time on Saturday and possible day time when school ends.

ALL JAZZ REHEARSAL: Tuesday, May 27, June 3, 10 and 17, 5:30-6:30. The regularly scheduled class (High School Musical) will be asked to stay approximately 15 minutes after rehearsal. Miss Taytum’s scheduled classes will change at that time. The new times will be: Teen ballet, 4-5:30, Jazz III will stay after rehearsal until 7 and jazz IV will be dismissed at 8.

DANCE IN LOVE
Dance in Love has had a busy season. Thanks to much planning by Ms. Taytum, we were able to do more performances this year. In addition to our regular trip to Indianapolis, five of the girls traveled to NYC where they performed in Times Square. We also took our message of integrity to Headliners competition and will visit retirement homes in June. Check out our website and click on the DIL link to view photos and also the recap video of Project Dance, where you can spot our dancers in the burgundy dresses. Dance In Love continues to bless our lives and, prayerfully, the lives of those who watch us perform. As always, make your prayer requests known to us and we will lift up your joys and concerns during our regularly scheduled times on Saturdays.

SUMMER SCHEDULING
We will be working on the summer schedule soon. If you have absolute conflicts of time, please let us know in writing ahead asap. If you have a simple preference, you can let us know that too and, as always, we do our best to accommodate. However, the teachers are all still dancing themselves and also have their own families. We can never meet everyone’s exact needs. Please be flexible. We will be excited to welcome new faculty members and to welcome Ms. Kaitlin home from her training with Ingredients Dance Company from Dallas. Ms. Kaitlin is excited to join the Dance Gallery faculty this summer. Ms. Taytum will be on maternity leave and we wait excitedly for the new member of the Dance Gallery family, due in July.

ANTS IN YOUR PANTS
We are having trouble communicating how important it is not to bring food or sugary drinks into the Dance Gallery. Even flavored water will bring the ants literally into your pants in the dressing room. We have found candy wrappers and other food wrappers stuffed into the heat register in the dressing room. Please do not allow your child to bring these items into the Dance Gallery. Your consideration for our rules, which apply to everyone, is appreciated.

ON A FINAL POINTE

1. TICKET SALES BEGIN MAY 31ST

2. REHEARSAL DATES ARE IMPORTANT FOR YOUR CHILD AND EVERYONE ELSES.

3. TUITION IS DUE MAY 5TH.

4. AVOID ANTS IN YOUR PANTS!

5. GET EXCITED FOR CELEBRATION 2008!!!!!!