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Following on from our Facebook post this morning, we have received notification from Holmesdale School that it is shut and hasn’t been gritted and not for for purpose, so all Prize-giving show rehearsals will postponed and now take place on TUESDAY 20TH MARCH, please make a note of this date in your diaries.  We have also been paying close attention to the roads and many of the routes that Miss Katrina takes are now closed or treacherous and whilst many of you are close enough to walk, in the interest of our teachers, pupils and parents safety, ALL CLASSES ARE CANCELLED TODAY.  Please enjoy your snow day and wrap up warm.  Please remember to “like” our Facebook page as this is the quickest way for us to notify you of news.

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Showtime is nearly here, you’ve been emailed this information, but I have posted it here for your convenience too!

Enjoy the show!

We Will Rock You Important Information

The show is almost here and so there are some last bits of information that I need to get to you.  Please digest this and if you have any queries, please contact me immediately.

• Hair for all girls in the show is in to be in two neat French plaits.  For pupils in baby ballet that have very short hair, please put your child’s hair in two pigtail plaits or two bunches if it’s extremely short.  Under no circumstances should there be any fringes on show, if your child has a fringe, it must be sprayed and gripped back.   Hair ties should match the colour of the child’s hair and not the colour of the costume.
• Make up.  On stage it is very important to wear the correct make up.  The make up for all girls is foundation (a shade darker for stage), blue eye shadow for pupils below grade 2 and brown eye shadow for all pupils above, mascara, eye liner, blusher and BRIGHT RED lipstick. If anyone is unsure how to apply the make up, please ask me.  I know that some pupils are only as young as two years old, but it is necessary for everyone to wear stage make up.  When the bright lights are shining on them, their features diminish and they look as white as a sheet, so wearing stage make up is as important as wearing a costume.

• Everyone is required to attend the dress rehearsal at the theatre on the 4^th of July.  Please make sure that you are there from 5:00pm and provide your child with food and plenty of water (No Chocolate or anything that can spoil costumes!) Books and games are a good idea to bring with the younger pupils to ensure they don’t get bored.  Parents of baby ballet are allowed to stay in the dressing room with their child.  All other parents, except for those who have volunteered to help, will have to leave the building.
• The dress rehearsal is to be treated as a proper show, full stage make up and correct hair and costumes are to be worn. No parents will be allowed to watch the dress rehearsal.
• The above bullet point is EXTREMELY important, as the videographer is filming the dress rehearsal as well to get different camera angles filmed, which will then be edited with the live performance.  If there are differences, they will not be able to use the dress rehearsal footage, so hair, make up and costumes must be exactly the same for the dress rehearsal as they are for the performance.  The videographer will also be filming backstage, for the backstage footage on the DVD.
• Please be patient with collection times, it is very difficult to set a collection time, baby ballet parents can collect their children as soon as they have finished, but they MUST be signed out.  Primary ballet, tap and modern pupils should be finished by approximately 8pm so please be at the theatre from then.  The rest of the cast will be finished by approximately 9pm, so parents can arrive at the theatre from then.
• For all three dates at the theatre, a strict sign in/sign out procedure is to be followed.  There will be someone upstairs to sign your child in and out.  It is extremely important that your child is signed in and signed out.  The theatre has asked that when collecting your child after the performances, can only one adult wait upstairs to sign your child out.  All other family and friends are to wait downstairs; otherwise it will become extremely congested upstairs.

Please arrive at the theatre at 6pm with hair and make up already done on the days of the performance (5^th and 6^th of July)

• Pupils that are only in the first act are allowed to be collected in the interval and NOT beforehand.  If your child needs to stay for the 2^nd act, please let me know, so that I can make sure that helpers are allocated in that dressing room for the 2^nd act as well.  If you would like your child to watch the 2^nd act, the theatre has informed me that a ticket MUST be purchased for that child.  If no ticket has been purchased, the child will not be able to watch. This is a theatre rule, not a Silhouette rule. These are all for fire and safety reasons.

• The theatre will also not allow any photos or videos to be taken.  I have organised and have permission for a professional company to come in to video the show.  The quality of these DVDs are superb.  Order forms will be handed out in class, please get this back to me ASAP with your payment.

Other Important Information

• Please bring your own hair things with you, even if someone is doing your hair for you (comb, brush, hairspray, grips)
• A dancers hair and make up kit should contain plenty of Kirby grips the same colour as the dancers hair and hair bands the same colour as the dancers hair.  (It is also a good idea not to wash your child’s hair the day of or the day before the show, if it is too shiny, clean and flyaway, it is likely to look messier quicker, in this instance, dirty and greasy hair is our friend as it is easier to style and will stay in it’s hair style for the duration of the show!)
• Please bring your own make up with you (As listed Above).
• No underwear to be worn under any costumes, there is nothing worse than seeing knickers hanging out of the bottom of beautiful costumes or bra straps hanging down, you wouldn’t wear underwear under a swimming costume, so it is the same for a dance costume (older pupils please discuss with me, it will depend on costume).
• If your costume requires white socks, please make sure these are plain with no patterns (ballet socks)

• Please remember NO JEWELLERY of any description or nail varnish is to be worn on stage unless it has been set as part of your costume.
• Please make sure that all costumes and footwear are named in a place not visible to the audience.

• Please make sure that children are familiar with their own running order.  It is your responsibility

to provide your child with their costume change sheets, so that the helpers in the dressing rooms can see what costume each child has to get changed into next.  It’s impossible for the helpers to remember every costumes change, so these sheets are as important as remembering their costumes.  You don’t want to be in the audience to watch your child and they don’t make it on stage because they weren’t changed in time, so please ensure you provide these sheets.  They will need to set their costumes in the order that they need to get changed.  Please let them know that as soon as they come off from one number they should automatically get changed into the next costume, even if it isn’t a quick costume change.  When waiting backstage, the dance school hoodie should be worn over the costume, to protect the costume.  Please make sure that the hoodie has been washed once beforehand to ensure we don’t get ‘fluff’ on the costumes.

• Pupils are to arrive at the theatre in full make up with hair already done, wearing the dance school hoodie.  (So that they can be unzipped, rather than going over the head to mess up hair and make up.)
• Please make sure that all footwear is clean and tap shoes have been polished if necessary.
• The drawstring on the ballet shoes should be tied in a bow and tucked INSIDE the ballet shoes for ALL dances from baby ballet upwards.
• Tights should have no holes or ladders in.
• Other than pupils who are only in Act 1 and are leaving in the interval and pupils that are selling programmes, NO ONE including adult performers is permitted to leave their dressing rooms to speak to members of the audience in the interval.  I strive to put on the most professional show that we can and it is extremely unprofessional to be talking to the audience in costume; it spoils the surprise and makes the production amateur.  Even if you get changed into outdoor clothing, you must remain backstage.  There are toilets backstage and you can bring drinks and snacks with you.  This is very important.
• The dress rehearsal is to be treated as a live performance – anyone who is only in the first act of the show, is permitted to leave at the interval and no other time.  Once the show starts, no one other than the helpers are allowed backstage, you are not allowed backstage during the show.  The only time you may go backstage is to collect your child in the interval.  (Please note that if your child is watching the 2^nd half, please collect them from their dressing room in the interval and sign them out.)
• If you are watching, then you may only leave the auditorium in the interval; it is a professional show we are putting on and is distracting for the performers if people are getting up during the show.  This applies to parents of children who are only dancing in Act 1 of the show, you are free to take them home during the interval so that it doesn’t distract the show and remember they must be signed out.

• On the dress rehearsal day, please arrive at 5:00pm and go straight to the auditorium to sign in and be given a health and safety briefing and instructions from myself as to what dressing room your child is in.

• If you haven’t purchased your tickets, these can be purchased from the box office.  The telephone number is 01634 338338 or you can go online @ www.medwayticketslive.co.uk and then go to the show ‘We Will Rock You’.   There are still over half of the seats available for the Tuesday night, which is extremely disappointing.  If the dancers are performing to an empty theatre, it loses the excitement and if a performer knows that they don’t have anyone watching them, it can lose the magic for them.  Please spread the word to your friends and family, otherwise on going, we may only be able to do one performance.

• Dancing lessons on Thursday 7^th and Friday 8^th  July will not go ahead; the children will be exhausted by this point after being at the theatre three nights on the trot! Normal lessons will be on Saturday 9^th of July and shall continue as normal from the following week.

• Please make sure that your child knows the words for the chorus of We are The Champions and that they have been practising singing loudly!!

• If anyone is unsure how to get to the theatre, the address is below and can be put into a website like multimap or route finder.

The Brook Theatre
Old Town Hall
Chatham
Kent ME4 4SE

Please note that the Brook Theatre is the theatre opposite the bus station for the Pentagon shopping centre and not the Central Theatre on the High Street.

Helpers

Thank you to everyone that has volunteered to help backstage, you have been designated a dressing room, please see that attached sheet, some people will have been allocated jobs such as helping with props or being runners, but if you haven’t been informed of that you will simply be responsible for making sure that everyone in your dressing room makes their costume changes.  There will be lists in the dressing rooms that will have everyone who is in your dressing room and what dances they are in.  Every child shall be bringing their own costume list, so you know the costume changes for each dancer.

Before the show starts you should make sure that every child in your dressing room isn’t wearing any jewellery or nail varnish, that their hair is neat and tidy with the hair bands matching the colour of their hair and that they are wearing enough make up.  Please make sure that before your child is taken to the wings ready for their dance that you give every child a final check:

• All pupils are looking neat and tidy and wearing the correct costumes and footwear (we had a child go on for a dance in the last show that was supposed to have bare feet but went on stage with her school shoes on, so please make sure they have taken their shoes off!)
• Give the costume one last check (If they’re wearing T-Shirts or anything that is tucked in, please make sure that they are not hanging out and that they’re tucked in.)
• All laces for shoes are done up neatly.
• Drawstrings for ballet shoes are tucked in.
• They’re wearing a smile!!!

Can all helpers please try and keep the noise in the changing rooms to as low as possible.  I understand that there will be lots of excited children to control, but the noise travels into the auditorium and we don’t want anything to distract from the performance.  Please also make sure that children stay in their dressing rooms.  Last show we had some pupils running up and down the corridor and up and down the stairs.  We need these areas to be kept clear as some pupils have very quick costume changes and we also need the children to save their energy, as three shows in one week is going to tiring (and extremely rewarding!)

Thanks you helpers, the show would not be able to go ahead without you!

I would like to thank everyone for their support during the past few weeks, I know it is a pain having extra rehearsals, but hopefully it will all be very worthwhile and the children will thoroughly enjoy it.  I’m sure they’ll love watching the DVD and seeing what they actually looked like!

If you have any questions about anything on this letter or anything not mentioned, please contact me immediately.

I’m sorry to overload you with information, but getting all of these information to you will hopefully translate into an amazing show!!

The most important thing is for everyone performing to smile and enjoy themselves which will hopefully make you, the audience also enjoy yourselves, I certainly hope that everyone does!

Many Thanks and Enjoy the Show!

Miss Louise 

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I have included below a list of costumes for the show so that you can always find it here for your reference!

Costumes 

Bye Bye Blackbird

Black High Neck Leotard £18

Skirt £7.50 Hire Charge

Tan New Yorkers

Fishnet Tights

One Short Day

Witch costumes with witch hats for girls and wizard costumes with hats for boys

Black Jazz Shoes

My Boy Lollipop

Sweet Leotard £15

Yellow Shirt £15

White Ballet Socks

White Tap Shoes

Part of Your World

Kingfisher Leotard £5 Hire Charge

Tu Tu Skirt £7.50 Hire Charge

Pink Ballet Tights

Pink Leather Ballet Shoes with elastics

Fireworks

Blue Class Leotards (please make sure these are not very faded and are bright royal blue)

Tu Tu Skirt £18

Bare Feet

Show me the Money

Camouflage Theme

Jungle Rhythm

Animal Tabard £22

Bare Feet

No Light, No Light

Black Leotard £28

Black Leggings

Almost There

Green Leotard Girls £16.50

Green and White Skirt Girls £5 Hire Charge

White Ballet Socks

White Tap Shoes

Toby – Green T-Shirt, Green/White Shorts, socks, tap shoes

A Whole New World

Jasmine Cat suit  £28.95

Bare Feet

Pink Leather Ballet Shoes with elastics

Wiggly Woo

Flower Tutu £29.95

Pink Ballet Tights

Pink Leather Ballet Shoes with Elastics

9 to 5

High Collared White Shirt

Black Tie on Elastic

Black Knee Length Skirt

White Ballet Socks

White Tap Shoes

Somewhere over the Rainbow                   

White Leotard Dress with rainbow sleeve £28.95

Pink Ballet Tights

Pink Leather Ballet Shoes with elastics

Respect

Dungaree Jump Suits £29.95

White Ballet Socks

White Tap Shoes

Magic

Crop Top and Tutu Skirt £29.95

Bare Feet

Fix You

Lace Top and Skirt £20 Hire Charge

Convertible Ballet Tights

Bare Feet

Turn Down for What

Anything in the colours orange and black

Black Trainers

Allegretto

Bless Dress £25 Hire Charge

Pink Ballet Tights

Calamine Pointe Shoes

Chandelier

Silver Leotard £20

Black Culottes £18.50

Bare Feet

Harry Potter Hedwig’s

Green Tu Tu £32

Pink Ballet Tights

Pink Satin Ballet Shoes with ribbons

Like I Love You

Mesh Top £15

Hot Pants £10

Sequin Hat £7.50

Fishnet Tights

Tap Shoes

Entry of the Gladiators

Clown Costumes

Pitch Perfect

Sequin Leotards £27

Black Jazz Pants

Black Socks

Black Tap Shoes

The Nutcracker

Green Tu Tu £29.95

Pink Leather Ballet Shoes with elastics

Footloose

Black Leotard £15

Orange Skirt and Neckerchief £16

White Ballet Socks

Black Jazz Shoes

A Thousand Years

Black Tu Tu £25 Hire Charge

Pink Ballet Tights

Pink Satin Ballet Shoes with ribbons

Sing, Sing, Sing

Flapper Dresses and hair accessory £28

Tan Tights

White Tap Shoes

Carmen Hab Ebarmen

Red Tu Tu £32

Pink Ballet Tights

Pink Satin Ballet Shoes with ribbons

Dance With Me Tonight

Polka Dot Dress £28

White Ballet Socks

Black Jazz Shoes

Be Right There

Black Ripped Jeans, Black Vest Tops, White T-Shirts customised, White Glow trainers, black/white shirts tied round waist.

On Any Street

Black Tailcoat £25

Red Leotard £12

Top Hat £5

Bow Tie £2

Feather Bower £4

Tan Tights

Tap Shoes

FINALE

We Will Rock You the Musical themed costumes (black, red’s tartans etc)

Black Jazz Shoes

I have highlighted in red all the costumes that you need to buy from me.  Everything that has a price next to it, needs to be paid immediately.  If you are required to wear part of your uniform for the dance, it will be assumed that unless that I hear otherwise that you have these items (tights, leotards, socks, shoes etc).  If you do not have these items, please order them from me straight away to ensure they arrive on time. We will only be accepting costume payment by cash due to bounced cheques last show.  Online payments can also not be made as we do not have the time to reconcile the payment.  Cash in a sealed envelope with a breakdown on the front of what you are paying for, is the only payment method we can accept, as we will have cleared funds and can then hand out the costumes straight away, other payment methods delay the handover procedure, which we do not have time for.  Costumes will not be handed out until full payment is received, so please hand money in immediately, to ensure you receive your costumes by the time of the first dress rehearsal at the community centre.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

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Dear Parents,

I am pleased to announce that the Box Office is now open, so you may now purchase your tickets for the forthcoming show “We Will Rock You” at The Brook Theatre, Chatham on the 5^th and 6^th of July.  Please use the following link to buy your tickets or you can telephone the theatre on 01634 338 338

http://medwayticketslive.co.uk/

Tickets are purchased through The Brook Theatre Box Office and I have no control over who purchases these tickets, it is also on sale to the general public.  Last years show was a sell out on both nights and I had some families who thought that they could purchase tickets on the night.  You can do so if there are still tickets available, but once they are gone, they are gone and there is nothing I can do to magic more seats, so please book early to avoid disappointment.  Whilst we are discussing tickets, all of the younger pupils in the school are only performing in Act 1 of the show, so that it is not too much of a late night for them.  However, if you wanted them to watch the 2^nd Act of the show, you would need to purchase a ticket for them.  This is a theatre rule for health and safety reasons, so please bare this is mind when purchasing your tickets.  To clarify, if your child is only performing in Act 1 and you would like them to watch the older pupils perform in Act 2, you will need to purchase a ticket for them for the second act.  Of course you are welcome to leave them backstage.  I just wanted to inform you before you purchase your tickets.

There will however not be a professional and successful show unless we all pay careful attention to all of the information listed below:

•      Date of show – I am still having parents and pupils ask me when the show is!!!!! Please write this in your diaries with the timings.  The dress rehearsal is 6:00pm on Monday 4^th July at The Brook Theatre Chatham.  Please arrive for 5:00pm. (Secondary school pupils please arrive as quick as you can.) The show dates are the 5^th and 6^th of July at 7:30pm.   Please arrive at The Brook Theatre for 6:00pm.

• Hair will be in two French plaits throughout the performance as it was the last show, so please start practicing those or making arrangements for someone to do them if you can’t do them yourselves.
• Please make sure you know the times of the rehearsals as they change from week to week now.

Wednesday 11^th and Thursday 12^th May – rehearsals as normal for one last week and the week after that they change to Tuesday night rehearsals.

Tuesday 17^th May 6:30-7:15 all pupils in the finale group that currently attend rehearsals on Wednesdays at 7:15-8:00pm (Don’t Stop me now Dancers)

7:15-8:00pm ALL PUPILS in the finale.  That includes all pupils that attend Wednesday and Thursday night rehearsals.

8:00-8:45pm All Thursday night rehearsal dancers (Bohemian Rhapsody Group)

Tuesday 24^th May, as above.  If adult tappers can come to the 7:15 rehearsal slot, you will be able to do the bow walk on’s.

All above rehearsals take place at Wolfe Hall, all rehearsals below take place on Tuesdays at Snodland Community Centre.

Tuesday 7^th June        5:45-7:15pm                  Act 1 Run Through

Tuesday 14^th June      5:45-7:15pm                  Act 2 Run Through

Tuesday 21^st June       5:45-7:15pm                Act 1 Dress Rehearsal

Tuesday 28^th June       5:45-7:15pm                Act 2 Dress Rehearsal

• The running order for the show can also be found below, I have included the lesson time on the right hand side incase you are unsure of your child’s dance title.  Please make sure that your children know their own running orders so that they know their own costume changes.

We Will Rock You Running Order

Act 1

Bye Bye Blackbird                                                                                   Advanced Jazz (Thursday 6:30)

One Short Day                                                                            Musical Theatre (Thursday 5:00  and Saturday 11:15)

My Boy Lollipop                                                                                        Pre Primary Tap (Saturday 2:15)

Part of Your World                                                                                  Primary Ballet (Monday 5:00)

Fireworks                                                                                                     Primary Modern (Saturday 10:45)

Show me the Money                                                                                Junior Street (Thursday 4:30)

Jungle Rhythm                                                                                  Pre Primary Modern (Saturday 15:15)

No Light No Light                                                                           Intermediate Modern (Thursday 6:00)

Almost There                                                                                              Primary Tap (Monday 6:00)

A Whole New World                                                                               Primary Ballet (Saturday 10:15)

Wiggly Woo                                                                                                  Baby Ballet (All classes)

9 to 5                                                                                                                 Grade 1 Tap (Saturday 12:45)

Magic                                                                                                                 Primary Modern (Monday 5:30)

Respect                                                                                                            Primary Tap (Saturday 9:45)

Somewhere Over the Rainbow                                                  Pre Primary Ballet (Saturday 14:45)

Fix You                                                                                                             Lyrical (Friday 6:15)

Act 2

Turn Down for What                                                                              Junior Street (Saturday 12:15)

Allegretto                                                                                                       Pointe (Thursday 7:40)

Chandelier                                                                                                     Grade 5 Modern (Friday 4:45)

Harry Potter Hedwig’s                                                                         Grade 2 Ballet (Friday 3:45)

Like I Love You                                                                                       Intermediate Tap (Friday 7:15)

Entry of the Gladiators                                                              Gymnastics & Stretch(Saturday 11:45)

Pitch Perfect                                                                                                 Grade 4 Tap (Friday 5:45)

Nutcracker                                                                                                    Grade 1 Ballet (Saturday 13:15)

Footloose                                                                                                       Grade 2 Modern (Thursday 4:00)

Tribute                                                                                                            Adult Jazz (Monday 7:30)

A thousand Years                                                                                      Intermediate Ballet (Friday 6:45)

Sing, Sing, Sing                                                                                              Grade 2 Tap

Carmen Hab Ebarmen                                                                            Grade 4 Ballet (Friday 5:15)

Dance with me Tonight                                                                         Grade 1 Modern (Saturday 13:45)

Be Right There                                                                                            Advanced Street (Thursday 7:10)

On Any Street                                                                                              Adult Tap (Monday 7:00)

Finale                                                                                                                Full Cast (Except Baby Ballet, Pre Primary and Primary Ballet, Tap and Modern)

• As you are aware, I try my very hardest to get the costumes as cheap as possible and have worked tirelessly to ensure that this is the case, I have spent time sourcing fabrics and replicating costumes from some of the expensive suppliers who are sometimes £100 per costume to try and keep the costs as low as possible. To help with keeping the cost of costumes low, some dances you may be able to use clothes that you already have, or be able to source the items cheaply from inexpensive shops such as Primark. For the finale everyone will be required to wear the following costume (all pupils except for baby class, pre primary and primary classes are in the finale.)

Finale Costume

The theme is “We Will Rock You”.  Please type into Google Images, We Will Rock You musical, where you will be able to see inspiration for what to wear.  Think grunge style, rock chic/ rock guy/ guitar hero. Blacks, red’s tartans etc.  If you are unsure, please do ask me.  They should all wear black jazz shoes on their feet, like they are wearing for rehearsals.

Show me the Money Thursday 4:30pm Street Dance

Pupils in the street dance routine Show me the Money (pupils who attend the street dance class on Thursdays at 4:30pm) have a green camouflage theme for their dance.  These costumes can be anything in army green camouflages.  Including, shorts, hot pants, combats, trousers etc.  They can wear hats and caps if they want to and wear black trainers of their feet.

Wicked (Musical Theatre Thursday 5:00pm and Saturday 11:15)

The pupils in these classes are doing songs from Wicked, so we need them to dress up as the witch from Wicked.  You can source your own witch costume online or from a fancy dress shop.  Please wear black jazz shoes on their feet.  You will see that two musical theatre classes are being joined for this show dance.  If you can get your children to the other class (times and dates are listed above), then please them to the other lesson, free of charge, so that they get the opportunity to work with everyone in the dance before the run through.

Circus (Gym and Stretch Saturdays 11:45am)

The pupils are doing are doing a circus themed dance.  So they can choose to wear any costume from the circus.  Eg.  Happy clowns, sad clowns, jesters etc.  If you google clown costumes, there are lots of choices.  Please show Miss Katrina these as you buy them, so that we have a selection.

Saturday Street Dance 12:15pm

The pupils have a colour scheme of black and orange, It can be anything in these colours including shorts, combats, tracksuit bottoms, jumpers, hoodies, T-Shirts etc.  Can I please ask that you discuss what your child is wearing with other parents, so that there is a real mixture (For example, if everyone wore orange tracksuit bottoms and one person wore black, it would look as if that one person had worn the wrong colour, so there needs to be a real mixture.  The colours should be bright orange and black.  You can also use orange and black string vests and alternate the other colour underneath and accessorize with orange and black accessories (hats, scarves, bandana’s etc.)

Working 9 to 5 (Grade 1 Tap Saturday’s 12:45pm)

The pupils need to look like office workers so will need to wear a white school shirt (high collared, not open neck, so that they can wear a tie), black tie on elsatic, black knee length skirt and black glasses with the lenses popped out (3D cinema glasses will be fine)

Advanced Street Thursday 7:10pm

Black Ripped Jeans, Black vest tops, white T-shirts (cut, slashed or customized)  White glow Trainers https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sanwood-Charging-Luminous-Universal-Sportswear

Jungle Rhythm (Pre Primary Modern Saturday 15:15pm)

The girls are dancing to Jungle Rhythm, they will all need a different animal costume.  There are plenty of animals in my dance catalogue, so I am happy to provide these, but I thought they might have animal costumes for fancy dress.  When you collect your children from dancing can you all please check what animals your child is.  Four example if there are 7 tigers and one elephant, it would look strange, so we either need everyone the same, or everyone different. Please keep myself and Miss Katrina up to date with the progress of this.

Most costumes have already been tried on in class, if they haven’t been tried on, they will be tried on next week.  As soon as I have made sure that all of the costumes fit and can confirm the costume for each dance, I will send out a costume price list.  The costumes will need to be paid for promptly, so please make sure that you pay when you receive this email.  For those of you who have been doing costume savings schemes, I shall speak to you all individually incase there is a shortfall or you are in credit.

• The souvenir show hoodie is now ready and can be purchased from me for £28 for children hoodies and £32 for adult sizes.  The dance school tracksuit bottoms are also on sale for £18 for children’s sizes and £22 for adult sizes.  Sizes are available from age 3-4 and go up to an Extra Large Adult.
• There will be lots of information that I need to get to you from now and until the show.  Please visit the website and on the home page you’ll see an orange symbol next to the Facebook logo.  If you click on this RSS Feed symbol, you will be notified whenever I add to the News & Events Page which is where I will add show information. Please check your emails and the website regularly.  I will also update the Facebook page often as this is a really quick and easy way for me to get information to you, so please ensure that you have ‘liked’ the page and visit it regularly so that you stay up to date with all of the information.  When you have liked our Facebook Page, make sure that you click on the “see first” tab on the page, to ensure that you see our posts. Please click on the link on my signature of the email to make sure you’re kept up to date.
• Once costumes have been paid for and they are handed out, can I please ask that you make sure that all of your costumes are named (in a place not visible to the audience)..
• If anyone has ANY questions no matter how small regarding the show, please ask me immediately.
• Show notice board. 

I shall be taking a show notice board to dancing with me.  Please make sure you read it.  It will have every pupils name on the board, please make sure that the spelling is correct, as this will be the spelling for the show programme and show DVD credits.  Please tick next to it if the spelling is correct.  I urge that you do this asap as the programmes will be printed soon.  If the spelling is incorrect and isn’t changed then in will be wrong in the programme.

• Helpers – The show will be unable to go ahead without helpers backstage, please write your name down on the board if you can help backstage.  Thank you in advance for offering to help!

All pupils in the Finale

Can I please ask that all pupils in the finale learn the words for ‘We are the Champions’ (found below) So to clarify, everyone who has been learning a Queen finale dance, will be required to learn the words below.

We are the Champions Lyrics

We are the champions, my friends,
And we’ll keep on fighting ’til the end.
We are the champions.
We are the champions.
No time for losers
‘Cause we are the champions of the world.

As always, please let me know if there is anything that you are unsure of, but please make sure that you know where and when your children need to be and if there are any costumes that I have listed above that you need me to order, please let me know straight away, so that I can order them.

If your costume hasn’t been mentioned, it has been ordered and you will be informed of the price ASAP.

Thank you for your support, it means a lot at this rather stressful time for me.  It will all be worth it!!

From

Miss Louise

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Dance and Drama Summer School in Hildenborough

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Summer Performance, Mock Exam and Exam Schedule

Sunday 21^st June Exam practise – Snodland Community Centre

Times as below

Cost £3 if taking one exam, £4 if taking two exams, £5 if taking 3 exams

10am-10:30am Primary Tap

10:30 – 11am Primary Ballet

11am- 11:30am Primary Modern

11:30-12:00pm Grade 1 Ballet

12:00-12:30pm Grade 1 Tap

12:30- 1:00pm Grade 1 Modern

1:00-1:30pm Grade 3 Ballet

1:30-2:00pm Grade 3 Tap

2:00-2:30pm Grade 4 Modern

2:30-3:00pm Grade 5 Modern

Tuesday 23^rd June – Snodland Community Centre 6:30-7:15pm

Cost £3 per dancer

Snodland Carnival Rehearsals – We are performing the Lion King Dance, so everyone who performed at The Royal Albert Hall is required to attend.

Thursday 6pm street dance will also be doing a routine, so if your child attends that class, they will be required to attend as well.

Tuesday 23^rd June – Snodland Community Centre 6:30-7:15pm

Cost £3 per dancer

Dress rehearsal Snodland Carnival (you are only required to wear costumes if you are in the street dance too, so I can check everyone’s costumes.

Saturday 4^th July

Snodland Carnival – Performance time 3:30pm, so please arrive by 2:45pm with your costume from the Royal Albert Hall and hair in two buns.

Street dance pupils, please wear your dance school hoodies for the street dance over the top of your costume.

Sunday 5^th July Mock Exam– Snodland Community Centre

Times as below

Cost £3 if taking one exam, £4 if taking two exams, £5 if taking 3 exams

10am-10:30am Primary Tap

10:30 – 11am Primary Ballet

11am- 11:30am Primary Modern

11:30-12:00pm Grade 1 Ballet

12:00-12:30pm Grade 1 Tap

12:30- 1:00pm Grade 1 Modern

1:00-1:30pm Grade 3 Ballet

1:30-2:00pm Grade 3 Tap

2:00-2:30pm Grade 4 Modern

2:30-3:00pm Grade 5 Modern

Tuesday 7^th July

ISTD Ballet Exams – See attached timetable for your child’s time.

Tuesday 14^th July – Snodland Community Centre 6:30-7:15pm

Cost £3 per dancer

Grain Carnival rehearsals – same routines as Snodland Carnival, awaiting performance times.

Saturday 18^th July

Grain Carnival – Will update times as soon as I have them from the organisers.

Sunday 19^th July

ISTD Tap and Modern Exams, please see attached timetable.

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