Calendar DanceStation 2024-25
**Yes classes DO meet on these Monday holidays: Mon. Oct 14 – Columbus Day, Mon. Nov 11th Veterans Day, Mon. Jan 20 – MLK Day, Mon. Feb. 17 – President’s Day, Mon. May 26 – Memorial Day**
Mon. Sept. 9th – Fall Semester begins
Oct. 21 – 24 (Mon – Thur) – Watch Week/Parent Observation
Sat. Oct 26th and Sun. Oct 27th – Cecchetti Workshop at DanceStation – mandatory for students working on Cecchetti exams
Thur. Oct. 31st – Halloween NO CLASSES
Mon. Nov 11th – State Street Dance Company will march in the O’Fallon Veteran’s Day Parade
Sat. Nov 23rd – State Street Dance Company will perform our Billy Joel Ballet/Fall Festival of Dance performance at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts at 6:30pm
Nov. 25 – Nov. 30th (Mon – Sat) – Thanksgiving/Fall Break NO CLASSES
Sat. Nov 30th – our SSDC dancers will march/dance in O’Fallon’s Christmas light parade
Sun. Dec 8th – Nutcracker/Sugar Plum Tea at O’Fallon Station presented by SSDC dancers – tickets available in December to our DanceStation families and the community
Dec. 22 – Jan. 5 – Christmas/Winter Break – NO CLASSES
Mon. Jan 6th classes resume
January – Recital Costume Deposit due
Feb 1-2nd– Cecchetti Workshop at Rena’s in Edwardsville. Mandatory only for dancers examining in March
Feb 28th – March 2nd (Fri – Sun) – Cecchetti exam weekend at DanceStation
April – Costume balance due
April 15th – April 21st (Tues – Easter Monday) Spring Break – NO CLASSES
Sun. June 1st – Recital Pictures at the studio
June 2-6th – RECITAL WEEK! Please make sure you are not on vacation this week, as these are mandatory rehearsals in order to participate in the recitals– NO REGULAR CLASSES – full cast rehearsals at the studio and Dress Rehearsals (at The Hettenhausen Center for the Arts) – mandatory to participate in recital – specific days and times for each class will be sent home in April
Sat. June 7th and Sun. June 8th – Recitals (at The Hettenhausen Center for the Arts)
Jun. 9 – 22 – Summer Break – NO CLASSES – summer classes begin June 24th
**Reminder that tuition is calculated by the semester and is broken down into 5 equal installments per semester for your convenience. Each installment is the same – no matter how many weeks are in each month**