Change of schedule in the new year...

Happy New Year! We hope that everyone had a great holiday season celebrating with family and friends. We are looking forward to getting back into the grove of our normal schedules, especially dance. When classes start back, the teachers will begin working on their recital dances. Yea!
We will be sizing for costumes the first week back and ordering them on the 10th. If your dancer is not able to come on their scheduled day please contact me so that we can meet up at the studio on another day. It is very important that we order all costumes on the 10th! If you have not paid your dancers costume fees that were due on December 15th, please do so by the 10th. Otherwise we will not be able to order your dancer's costumes.
Another note for parents is that our schedule is changing starting in January. The teachers had some changes in their personal schedules and we are having to move classes around in order to accommodate. As well as having some students dropping and now not having enough students to keep the class as is.
Beginning tumble has been changed to Mondays, 4:15-5:00
Technique with Miss Gabby has been changed to Mondays, 4:15-5:00
Int/Adv tumble with Miss Kirsten has been changed to Mondays, 6:15-7:00

We are going to be canceling the Tuesday, Intermediate 1 tap class. We will be moving the remaining students to another class instead. We will be contacting those parents to let you know Miss Amelia's recommendations.

We apologize for any inconveniences anyone has due to these changes. We tried to make changes that we hope would work for most everyone and the teachers.

Please contact us with any questions at weareffam@gmail.com

Happy New Year!
Blessings,
Melissa Bliss, FFAM Associate Dance Director

Costume Fees

Costume Fees are due by December 15th. The dance studio will be open On Monday December 9th and Tuesday December 10th from 4:00-6:30pm. You can bring it by during those times or bring it to Carolyn at either of our Holiday Performances at the St. John's Town Center on December 5th or 12th @ 6:30pm. If none of those are a good option costume fee may also be mailed to Carolyn directly, please email us at weareffam@gmail.com and we would be happy to give you her address. If you are not going to be able to pay by the 15th please email us and let us know. Any costume fees not paid by the 31st of December will incur a late fee. We will be ordering costumes at the end of the first dance week in January and any student with an outstanding costume fee balance will not have their costumes ordered unless something has been set up with Carolyn. Some of our costume companies have an 8 week turn around time, so it is imperative that we get them ordered quickly in the new year.

Costume fees for the Pre1, Pre2 and Pre3 classes are $60 total.

Costumes fees for Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced are $55 per technique.

There is no costume fee for tumble tots, beginning and int/adv tumble, or technique classes.

 

Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns.

 

We are very excited to get back to dancing in January as that is when all the real fun begins with recital prep. ☺

 

Blessings,

Melissa Bliss, FFAM Associate Dance Director

Mall Performance Information...

Please come out to the St. John's Town Center and support 30 of our dancers who will be performing 6 different songs. Miss Gabby and Miss Grace will also be performing a duet together that is wonderful. We will be set up in between Coldwater Creek and Anthropolgie and begin at 6:30 on Thursday the 5th and 12th.

For those performing, we need you to arrive at 5:45 to begin stretching and working out some of the jitters. Performers need to wear black leggings, leotard (preferably black) and the purchased red or green dance shirt (color is dependent on class). Please bring the appropriate dance shoes too. Miss Amelia's tap class needs to wear black socks or Christmas socks. All hair should be pulled up in a bun please. (If to short it must be pulled out of the face)
If there are any questions, please email us at weareffam@gmail.com.

We are having extra practices this week and next, please do your best to have your dancer present.
Monday, 12/2 & 12/9
Int1 Jazz 4:00-5:00 (Gabby)
Beg Tap 5:00-5:45 (Abby)
Beg Ballet 5:45-6:30 (Gabby)

Tuesday, 12/3 & 12/10
Int1 Jazz 4:00-5:00 (Gabby)
Beg Tap 5:00-5:45 (Abby)
Int2 Lyrical 5:00-6:00 (Gabby)
Adv Tap 6:00-7:00 (Amelia)

Wednesday, 12/4 & 12/11
Adv Ballet 4:30-5:30 (Grace)

We are very grateful that to have this opportunity to perform at the mall and hope to bring the message of the true reason for the season to many people.
Thank you to all the parents and grandparents that do all they can to get their dancers to the extra practices and performances. We greatly appreciate each and everyone of you!

Blessings,
Melissa