Recital week/May newsletter

DanceStation 2025 Recital Packet

Announcements/Reminders:  Lots and lots of information—PLEASE READ THOROUGHLY!!!

And try to hold on to this newsletter – it is highlighted just for your child!

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1. Picture Day is Sunday, June 1^st.  Class picture times will run from 9am – 7pm here at the studio. We would appreciate it very much if you would show up for the group pictures, even if you choose not to buy any.  The picture schedule will be posted by the front door and is on the back of the class picture order form in this recital packet. **Please make good use of street parking and not the ICE CREAM LOT during the large rehearsals and picture day**

2. Tickets! They will be on sale at the front desk the week before the recital starting on Picture Day, Sunday, June 2nd. Adult tickets are $15 and children (under 12) are $12.  Please do not lose your tickets – or you will have to buy new tickets to enter.  Sorry! Just like any movie theater or performance hall, you will have to buy new tickets if you lose them or leave them at home.
3. Parents/guardians will need to pay for the last (June) installment before you purchase your recital tickets. Once the recital is over, families take vacations and it can be difficult to track down missing payments. Most common June question: Why are you paying for a full month? It is because tuition is calculated by the semester, not the month, and then broken down into five equal installments for your convenience. Auto-pay families will have the final installment go through on June 1^st.

4. **Full cast rehearsals** The week before the recital (June 2-6th) there are NO regularly scheduled classes. Instead, we have a few mandatory extra practices here at the studio and the Hett (as noted on the permission slip you signed back in January). Because each ballet tells a story, we need to have full cast rehearsals here at the studio before we get to the stage at McKendree. This is a very busy week, but it really pays off with nicely polished/professional shows in the end. J

Mon. June 2^nd at DanceStation: 4:30-8:30pm Coppelia dress rehearsal – in costume

4:30-6:30 – Ballet 2 Czardas, Ballet 4 Dolls, Int Pointe Dolls, Ballet 5 Mazurka, Ballet 6 Wheat children, Adv Ballet, Swanhilda, Hans and Franz, Dr. Coppelius

6:30-8:30 – Ballet 2 Flower girls, Pre-pointe flower girls, Ballet 3 Dawn, Pointe 1-3 Dawn,

Int Ballet Waltz of Hours, Adv Ballet/Pointe, Swanhilda, Hans and Franz, Dr. Coppelius

          8:30-9:30pm Int/Adv helpers ballet finale for Ugly Duckling

Tues. June 3^rd  at The HETT: Please arrive 15 minutes early to rehearsal with hair and make-up done.

Students should change into their costumes once they arrive and be ready to start on time. NO

dance shoes should be worn in the parking lot. Street shoes on the way in.

Dress Rehearsal – yes costumes – for Lights/Camera/Action! 5:30-9:30pm

Jazz/Tap 2-4, modern 1 and 2, Bway jr, Boys Hip Hop, SSDC pieces: Fosse, Int Tap, Rachel Jazz

Wed. June 4^th at the HETT: Please arrive 15 minutes early to rehearsal with hair and make-up done.

Students should change into their costumes once they arrive and be ready to start on time. NO dance shoes should be worn in the parking lot. Street shoes on the way in.

5:30-10pm Dress Rehearsal for All that Glitters

Jazz and Tap levels 5 and up, Bway Int/Adv, Bway 5/6, Modern Int and Adv, Fine Line, Fix You

Thur. June 5^th back at DanceStation!!! All 3-4 yr, 5-6 yr, and combination Ballet/Jazz/Tap classes

No costumes, however all students will need both tap and ballet shoes, so bring their dance bags.

4:30-6:15pm Cast of Sat performance of Sweet Emotions/Ugly Duckling Mon 3/4yr Ducklings, Mon 5/6yr Cows, Mon Combo Farmgirls, Tues 5/6yr Little Swans, Wed 3/4yr Piggies

6:30-8:15pm Cast of Sun performance of Sweet/Emotions/Ugly Duckling Thur 3/4yr Ducklings, Thur 5/6yr Cows, Thur combo Farm kids, Wed combo little swans, Wed 5/6yr Frogs

Dress Rehearsal:  Friday, June 6^th  at the HETT:  Please arrive 15 minutes early to rehearsal with hair and make-up done. Students should change into their costumes once they arrive and be ready to start on time. NO dance shoes should be worn in the parking lot. Street shoes on the way in.

All 3/4 yr, 5/6yr, Combo classes – bring their ballet costume and their dance bag with ballet and tap shoes. Their tap costume rental (and jazz for combo classes) will be in the dressing room with their name on the hanger. We will start with tap, so they can change into the rental costume upon arrival, and then they will change into their ballet costumes after tap.

9:30am-11:15am Dress Rehearsal – yes costumes! Cast of Sat afternoon performance of Sweet Emotions/Ugly Duckling  Mon 3/4yr Ducklings, Mon 5/6yr Cows, Mon Combo Farmgirls, Tues 5/6yr Little Swans, Wed 3/4yr Piggies

11:30am-1pm Dress Rehearsal – yes costumes! Cast of Sun afternoon performance of Sweet/Emotions/Ugly Duckling  Thur 3/4yr Ducklings, Thur 5/6yr Cows, Thur combo Farm kids, Wed combo little swans, Wed 5/6yr Frogs

2-5:30pm Dress Rehearsal at the Hett, Coppelia – all ballet levels 2 and up

6:30-8:30pm Dress Rehearsal at the Hett, Coppelia – all ballet levels 5 and up

5. Recital Days at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts. Please arrive 30 minutes before the performance and change into costumes once you arrive.  Show times include a 20 min intermission.

Sat. June 7^th 1pm Sweet Emotions/The Ugly Duckling – classes: Mon Ducklings 3/4yrs, Mon Cows 5/6yrs, Monday Farmgirls Ballet/Jazz/Tap, Tues Little Swans 5/6yrs, Wed Piggies 3/4yrs

Sat June 7^th 5:30pm Coppelia/Lights, Camera, Action!  (all ballet levels through Adv then after intermission is jazz/tap levels 2-4, Modern 1-2, Boys Hip Hop, and Bway Jr)

Sun. June 8^th 1pm Sweet Emotions/The Ugly Duckling – Thur Ducklings 3/4yrs, Thur Cows 5/6yrs, Thur Farm kids Ballet/Jazz/Tap, Wed Little Swans Ballet/Jazz/Tap, Wed Frogs 5/6yrs

Sun. June 8^th  5:30pm Coppelia (Ballet levels 5 and up only)/All That Glitters

(Ballet 5 and up, Jazz/Tap 5-Adv, Modern Int and Adv, Bway 5/6, Bway Int and Adv)

6. Recital orders for tights, recital t-shirts, recital flowers, and a flashdrive/Blu-Ray recording of the performance are all available in an online store through our parent portal this year! The order form in this packet is just a visual we are sending home. You will log into your parent portal and go to our online store, put items in your cart to check out, and prepay right there on the portal! If you would rather pay by check, you can opt to ‘bill to my account’ and bring in a check, but you still order it online this year. We encourage everyone to pay on the portal or bring in a check on the same day as we do not place orders without payment. T-shirt and tight orders are due by Fri. May 16^th, the rest are due by June 1^st (picture day). NONE of these items are mandatory. You do not have to buy tights from us, but I can get them for $10 which is usually cheaper than in local dance stores. All dancers in the Ugly Duckling need both pink and tan or skin colored tights. All ballet students need pink tights and all tap, jazz, modern, bway students need tan or skin colored tights. Recital t-shirt designs and colors will be in the lobby this week and also posted online. We offer a flash drive recording of the recital, with high quality visuals, for anyone wanting an alternative to a Blu-Ray DVD.  Flower orders are an SSDC fundraiser, as is our bake sale. All proceeds go into the SSDC scholarship fund.  State Street Dance Company is our resident pre-professional student company. NOTE- class pictures are not through us and have a separate order form included in this packet and you will need to bring that form with you to purchase class and individual pictures for your child.

7. Sign-up sheets for our summer sessions/camps are in the waiting room. We have some fun new classes, the very popular kid’s camp (Wicked camp this year!), a Disney Pre-k and Kinder-camp with a Moana/Stitch Island Theme, and many wonderful guest teachers this summer. Please sign up by the end of May so we can have enrollment numbers for each session! Recital week is often confusing for new families. Please call, email, or come find me with any questions.