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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER NEWS & NOTES

Our last day of classes for 2024 is Saturday, December 14th and we start again on Monday, January 6th. 

REACHING US IN THE OFFICE

Due to a recent fall on the stairs, I am currently recovering from a concussion and whiplash and am working reduced hours for a few weeks.. If I am not in the office when you come, please reach me via Band, email, or text. â€‹

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If it is urgent you can ask a teacher, but please try to not disrupt their teaching time as there are many questions they don't know the answers to. I appreciate your patience as I help everyone from home and slowly increase my hours. 

PURDYS FUNDRAISER

Please help us raise money for our snack program, it really helps those dancers who are extra hungry or who didn't get a chance to grab a snack before dance. Due to my injury we are on a tight timeline with orders needed by Friday, November 29th and pick up the week of December 9th. Please help us out at:

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https://fundraising.purdys.com/1375911-119090

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UNIFORMS

Most uniforms have now been distributed, please send me an email if you haven't received yours yet as we have shipments coming in every 7-10 days. (Reminder that intermediates & seniors do not have pre-purchased uniforms this year, please let me know if you want me to order anything for you.) Uniforms, including rolled up tights, must be worn in all classes; it is very important that we are able to see how your dancer's foot is working before we move them into ballet shoes in January. 

LOUNGE USE

A reminder that our lounge is for dancers to have a place to store belongings, eat snacks, enjoy breaks, and wait for their classes to start.  In limited situations we may allow parents to stay while waiting for their dancers, but please understand that with the amount of students here at one time that we can not use our lounge as a parent (or sibling) waiting room. 

ILLNESS POLICY

It's that time of year, when flus and colds are everywhere!. Please do not send your dancer if they are experiencing: 

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  • Undiagnosed or unexplained pain

  • Fever greater than 37.3C

  • Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea

  • Known or suspected communicable disease

  • Undiagnosed itching of body or scalp

  • Wheezing or persistent cough with trouble breathing

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A note about the common cold:

Please keep your dancer home if they are experiencing listlessness, runny nose & eyes, coughing and/or sore throat. They may return after their wellbeing and energy return to normal although coughing & runny nose may persist.

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INJURY PREVENTION & REHAB WORKSHOP

Lindsay Harpham, our Tuesday/Thursday ballet teacher, is a Registered Kinesiologist with a focus on active rehab. She will be presenting material and leading a discussion with any interested competitive parents about current research and practice in injury prevention, dancer biomechanics, what to do when your dancer is injured (and which treatments work best for different injuries) and how to help your dancer at home when they aren't dancing. We are scheduling a Saturday afternoon in January and will have registration available once Ms. Lindsay has confirmed her availability. 

PROGRESS REPORTS & PARENT VIEWING WEEK

All competitive dancers receive a mid year progress report, based on feedback from all of their teachers, which will come home the week of December 2nd and we will then have parent viewing week for our Monday - Friday classes from December 9th - 13th. Our Saturday viewings will be done on consecutive Saturdays in January (11th, 18th, 25th). 

DISNEY ROUND UP

We can hardly believe it has been nearly 3 months since our Disney dance trip! I'm sure many of you have seen our team photo at the top of the stairs (surrounded by signatures of many of our favourite characters). It was such an amazing experience for our dancers and their families; we loved seeing everyone throughout the parks, having fun together and bonding. And we love how even our youngest dancers rose to the challenge; last year they learned one competition dance over seven months before performing and for Disney they learned four dances in three weeks. The entire program was 25 minutes long without breaks and it was 36 degrees with a lot of humidity, but Disney made sure our dancers stayed nice and cool before they went onstage. 

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There are two videos now uploaded to Youtube so you can have a peek at how it all played out:

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