The Maine Dance Academy

August 2017 Newsletter

Hello my dear TMDA dancers,

Can you believe it is already August? The summer is just flying by but I am hoping that you are all enjoying our beautiful weather and some needed rest. Thanks to the many of you who took part in our summer programs…they were a huge success and a lot of fun! We had a lot of great kids and our instructors went way beyond the call of duty! To Miss Danielle, Emma, Delaney, Malerie, Emily, Renee and Clarann….you rocked our summer camps and I am so glad I get to call you “ours”. Thanks again for making our summer camps such a huge success for everyone who participated in them!! Now we need to change our focus to Audition/Registration day and to “HAPPY FEET”. WHEW what a year we have ahead of us!

1-Audition/Registration day is Wednesday, August 23, 2017 from 4-6:30PM so please do not miss this important day. We must have everyone registered by this day so that we may put our fall schedule together. Many of you are asking what the dance class schedule is for fall 2017 but we cannot put it together until we receive all of the registrations. Therefore, I am asking for you all to please get them to me ASAP. We will be charging a late fee on all reg. fees received after the 23RD as this delays us on putting our classes and schedules together so please…..REGISTER ON TIME.

2- All new dancers 5 and older must audition on the 23rd however, new tumblers do not. This is the audition schedule for the 23rd as well as the semester tuition fees for 2017-18: Fall classes begin September 12, 2017

The Maine Dance Academy Registration and Audition Schedule:

Wednesday, August 23, 2017. 4-5pm: 2-4 year olds, registration only 5-5:30pm: 5-8 year olds, registration and auditions are required. 5:30-6pm: 9-12 year olds, registration and auditions required 6-6:30pm: 13 and up, registration and auditions required

6:45pm-7:30pm: senior character auditions

7:30-8:30pm: youth character auditions

Only NEW DANCE students 5 and older are required to audition. Returning dance and tumbling students DO NOT need to audition. New tumbling students ARE NOT required to audition...these will take place during the first two weeks of the fall classes.

All registrations are due on or before August 23, 2017. Registration Fee for New Dance/Tumbling Students are as follows: Dance, tumbling and pointe registrations: $45 Auditioning students $50.00 All late registrations will be $60.00. All Late Auditions will be $70.00.

If your child is taking more than one class, then you may deduct $5.00 from each class he/she is registering for. (Note: This is not a family deduction, it is per child.)

**Please download Dropbox so that you are able to receive choreography by email starting the first of September. Copy and paste the link below to your browser and follow the instructions for the download. We will explain all of this to you on the first day of classes. This is crucial to the success of your child’s dance education @ TMDA!

https://db.tt/KVZgsqRI

Dance Tuition fees are as follows for 2017-18:

45 Minute to 1 hour class: $195.00 per semester 1 hour and 15 minute class: $245.00 per semester 1 Hour and 30 minute class: $290.00 per semester

Tumbling Tuition fees are as follows for 2017-18: 45 minute to 1 hour class: $160.00 per semester 1.25 hour class: $200.00 per semester 1.5 hour class: $240.00 per semester

A $10 discount will be given per tuition fee if tuitions are paid for by September 13, 2017 and January 10, 2018.

$63.30 Costume deposit required for each student per class he/she takes.

Fall Semester: September 12 through December 14, 2017: Tuition due September 20, 2017 without any late fees. Spring Semester: January 9, 2017 thru May 12, 2018: Tuition due January 17, 2018 without any late fees.

Christmas Recital @ C-Pac on Sunday, December 10, 2017 @2pm.

Year End Recital of Happy Feet @ the Caribou Performing Arts Center. Friday, May 11, 2018 @ 7pm Saturday, May 12, 2018 @ 7pm Sunday, May 13, 2018 @ 2pm

Dance begins September 12 & 13, 2017 Tumbling begins September 14, 2017

3-If you have not downloaded Dropbox by now please use the above link and do so ASAP. It is free and this is how we will be sending you all the choreography and important updates. The first choreography will come to you before dance starts so please…learn how Dropbox works and if you have any questions, we will answer them the first week of dance at Parent-Watch.

4- Please remember that everyone is required to wear TMDA logo’d black clothing to dance. Everyone. One top and one bottom is all that is required so please purchase these items before dance starts. I will have all the new clothing line ready for you at audition and registration day on the 23rd.

5- NYC Up-Date: We will have our first organizational meeting the first week of dance. It will be on Wednesday the 13th however until we make our Fall schedule, I am unsure of the time. I will update this in the September Newsletter. Your deposits were due on August 1st so please know, any deposits received after this date will have a $50 late fee added to them.

6- August 23, 2017 is also Audition Night for Senior and Child parts for Happy Feet.

Seniors need to be ready for their auditions to start at 6:45pm. You have two songs that were sent to you and you must be prepared to perform both of them. You were all sent an email with the information you need for this audition so refer to it for your answers. You will be given only one chance so when the music starts that is when your audition starts. The 6-12 year olds that are trying out for parts need to be prepared to dance/sing and act with their song. We will start the youth auditions at 7:30 and we will begin with the youngest children first and work up to the 12 year olds. You will be given only one chance so when the music starts that is when your audition starts.

There are a lot of children auditioning on this night so we ask for your patience. We will do our best to stay on schedule.

We ask that the parents of the children auditioning to prepare their children that there are many students trying out for just a few parts so not everyone will get a part and we do not want them disappointed ….we do not want to lose any dancers over this audition process. I am proud that so many kids want to audition as this is a wonderful experience and will only help them prepare for when they audition as seniors as well. Thanks for your support with this matter. VERY IMPORTANT DATES:

August 23, 2017 from 4-6:30pm: Audition and Registration Day

August 23, 2017: 6:45-8:30pm Senior Auditions and Children Auditions

September 1, 2017: Class rosters will be posted on our website.

September 12, 13 & 14, 2017: Dance and Tumbling resumes. #24- HAPPY FEET! VERY SPECIAL NOTE: It is imperative that we receive all of your registrations and registration fees by August 23 because we only have 8 days before we need to post our classes to our website on September 1, 2017. If we post our classes and you register late, then you will be placed in an open spot ….and may very well lose your spot in your regular class. PLEASE DO NOT LET THIS HAPPEN.

Finally, congrats to all the girls who participated in pageants this summer. You represented all of us so very well and we are more than proud of you. To us, you are all winners and never, ever forget that.

That’s all for now. Please read your September newsletter, this will have the class roster ….I will do my best to post by September 1, 2017…I promise. But you HAVE TO REGISTER!! We have missed you and we look forward to another amazing year of dance, tumbling and fun. We will see all of you the week of September 12TH, 2017!!! Love you all, Miss Colleen and the gang!