3rd TERM 2018

Dear Parents and Pupils,

Trusting you all had a restful holiday and are ready for an extremely busy term ahead. This is a lengthy newsletter, so you may need to get your diaries out.

INTERNATIONAL MODERN AND HIP HOP EXAMS:

Modern and Hip Hop exam entries will need to be in no later than Monday the 20th of August 2017. The exams will take place at the end of October or beginning of November.

Exams are not compulsory, but they do give the dancers something to work towards, and it makes them work harder than they normally would and also offers a reward for their achievements. Succesful candidates are awarded a report and a certificate.

Modern dancers from G1 will need to be coming at least twice a week to partake in the exams.

Fees are as follows and include R 40 for music player and catering costs for the Modern and R 25 for the Hip Hop:

MODERN EXAM ENTRY FEES:

Stepping Stones:  R 295.00

Stepping Up:   R310.00

1st Grade:  R395.00

2nd – 4th Grade Modern:  R 495.00

Final Grade – R 550.00

Prelim Junior and Preliminary:  R 550.00

Elementary: R 865.00

Intermediate: R 885.00

Advanced: R 925.00

Medal Tests: R 240.00

HIP HOP EXAM ENTRY FEES:

Pre Grade – Pre Level 2 – R 225.00

Junior 1 and 2 – R 260.00

Intermediate 1 and 2 – R295.00

Creative Medals – R260

FRIENDLY CITY DANCE FESTIVAL:

The Dance Festival will be held at the Opera House this year.  It will start on Monday the 20th of August and run for the entire week. There will be classes cancelled when certain teachers have to be at the festival. (see below)

Please take note of the times that you will be dancing.

MONDAY	10h35	101	Novice Modern Solo	5 and 6 years	Studio Straight	Lune Bezuidenhout	1	DD
MONDAY	10h45	101	Novice Demi Character Solo	5 and 6 years	Hungry Kitten	Ava-Lily van Niekerk	2	DD
MONDAY	10h45	1B	Novice Demi Character Solo	5 and 6 years	Hungry Kitten	Tanika Pillay	7	DD
MONDAY	10h45	1B	Novice Demi Character Solo	5 and 6 years	Hungry Kitten	Isabella Tait	9	DD
MONDAY	11h15	102	Novice Modern Solo	7 and 8 years	Studio Straight	Zoe Malan	4	DD
MONDAY	11H15	102	Novice Modern Solo	7 and 8 years	Sunshine	Clarissa Venter	2	DD
MONDAY	11h15	102	Novice Modern Solo	7 and 8 years	Studio Straight	Milke Muller	6	DD
MONDAY	11h15	102	Novice Modern Solo	7 and 8 years	Studio Straight	Karli de Beer	7	DD
MONDAY	11h15	102	Novice Modern Solo	7 and 8 years	Studio Straight	Tessa Gerber	8	DD
MONDAY	11h50	1B	Novice Demi Character Solo	5 and 6 years	Hungry Kitten	Jani Barnard	13	DD
MONDAY	11H50	1B	Novice Demi Character Solo	5 and 6 years	Hungry Kitten	Stella Heim	19	DD
MONDAY	11h50	1B	Novice Demi Character Solo	5and 6 years	Hungry Kitten	Elani Kruger	17	DD
MONDAY	12h15	1B	Novice Demi Character Solo	5 and 6 years	Hungry Kitten	Zetske Howard	21	DD
MONDAY	12h15	1B	Novice Demi Character Solo	5 and 6 years	Hungry Kitten	Lianie Grobler	23	DD
MONDAY	12h15	1B	Novice Demi Character Solo	5 and 6 years	Hungry Kitten	Jocelyn Venables	24	DD
MONDAY	12h15	1B	Novice Demi Character Solo	5 and 6 years	Hungry Kitten	Lieschen Steffens	25	DD
MONDAY	12h15	1B	Novice Demi Character Solo	5 and 6 years	Hungry Kitten	Jude Oosthuizen	27	DD
MONDAY	12h15	1B	Novice Demi Character Solo	5 and 6 years	Hungry Kitten	Karlien Smit	28	DD
MONDAY	12h15	1B	Novice Demi Character Solo	5 and 6 years	Hungry Kitten	Mia-Leigh Gouws	29	DD
MONDAY	14h35	2B	Novice Demi Character Solo	7 and 8 years	Little Red Riding Hood	Clarissa Venter	24	DD
MONDAY	14h35	2B	Novice Demi-character Solo	7 and 8 years	Little Red Riding Hood	Clarise October	8	DD
MONDAY	15h15	2B	Novice Demi-character Solo	7 & 8 years	Little Red Riding Hood	Anne-Mieke Buys	16	DD
TUESDAY	11h00	2B	Novice Demi-character Solo	7 & 8 Years	Little Red Riding Hood	Chanel Haasbroek	26	DD
TUESDAY	11h00	2B	Novice Demi-character Solo	7 & 8 Years	Little Red Riding Hood	De-ane Erasmus	31	DD
TUESDAY	11h00	2B	Novice Demi-character Solo	7 & 8 Years	Little Red Riding Hood	Mione Rossouw	2	DD
TUESDAY	11h25	2B	Novice Demi-character Solo	7 & 8 Years	Little Red Riding Hood	Elze Veldsman	40	DD
TUESDAY	11h25	2B	Novice Demi-character Solo	7 & 8 Years	Little Red Riding Hood	Marlien Grobler	34	DD
TUESDAY	11h50	103	Novice Modern Solo –	9 & 10 years	Studio Straight	Oluhle Ncezula	4	DD
TUESDAY	11H50	103	Novice Modern Solo	9 & 10 years	Girls wanna have fun	Anja Wagner	2	DD
TUESDAY	11H50	103	Novice Modern Solo	9 & 10 years	Girls wanna have fun	Kayla Lotter	6	DD
TUESDAY	12h25	103	Novice Modern Solo	9 & 10 years	Studio Straight	Mari Rodgers	7	DD
TUESDAY	12h25	103	Novice Modern Solo	9 & 10 years	Studio Straight	Anri de Beer	9	DD
TUESDAY	14h00	104	Novice Modern Solo	11 & 12 yrs	Studio Straight	Isabella Morrison	5	DD
TUESDAY	14h00	104	Novice Modern Solo	11 & 12 yrs	Studio Straight	Kaitlynne Horne	7	DD
TUESDAY	14h25	129	Novice Modern Duet	11 & 12 yrs		Kelly Gottsch	1	DD
TUESDAY	14h25	129	Novice Modern Duet	11 & 12 yrs		Kaitlynne Horne	1	DD
TUESDAY	14h30	129	Novice Modern Duet	11 & 12 yrs		Marie Louise Strydom	2	DD
TUESDAY	14h30	129	Novice Modern Duet	11 & 12 yrs		Siphokazi Lockett	2	DD
TUESDAY	14h35	104	Novice Modern Solo	11 & 12 yrs	Studio Straight	Nianke Bezuidenhout	10	DD
TUESDAY	14h35	104	Novice Modern Solo	11 & 12 yrs	Studio Straight	Ane Human	12	DD
TUESDAY	14h35	104	Novice Modern Solo	11 & 12 yrs	Studio Straight	Mari Louise Strydom	14	DD
TUESDAY	14h50	H3	Novice Hip Hop Solo	9 & 10 Years		Mari Rodgers	1	DD
TUESDAY	14h55	H4	Novice Hip Hop Solo	11 & 12 yrs		Zanri Black	1	DD
TUESDAY	15h00	H11	Amateur Hip Hop Solo	11 & 12 Years		Ashleigh Maling Nel	1	DD
TUESDAY	15h05	H5	Novice Hip Hop Solo	13 & 14 Years		Desmare de Lange	1	DD
TUESDAY	15h05	H5	Novice Hip Hop Solo	13 & 14 Years		Berdine Viljoen	2	DD
TUESDAY	15h50	H29	Novice Hip Hop Quartet	11 & 12 Years	Breakout	Amy Saunders	1	DD
TUESDAY	15h50	H29	Novice Hip Hop Quartet	11 & 12 Years	Breakout	Nianke Bezuidenhout	1	DD
TUESDAY	15h50	H29	Novice Hip Hop Quartet	11 & 12 Years	Breakout	Marie-Louise Strydom	1	DD
TUESDAY	15h50	H29	Novice Hip Hop Quartet	11 & 12 Years	Breakout	Siphokazi Lockett	1	DD
TUESDAY	15h55	105	Novice Modern Solo	13 & 14 years	Studio Straight	Desmare de Lange	1	DD
TUESDAY	15h55	105	Novice Modern Solo	13 & 14 years	Studio Straight	Berdine Viljoen	3	DD
TUESDAY	15h55	105	Novice Modern Solo	13 & 14 years	Studio Straight	Carli Human	5	DD
TUESDAY	16h45	142	Novice Modern Quartet	14 Years & Under	For You	Mikayla-Leigh Lombard	1	DD
TUESDAY	16h45	142	Novice Modern Quartet	14 Years & Under	For You	Desmare de Lange	1	DD
TUESDAY	16h45	142	Novice Modern Quartet	14 Years & Under	For You	Berdine Viljoen	1	DD
TUESDAY	16h45	142	Novice Modern Quartet	14 Years & Under	For You	Carli Human	1	DD
TUESDAY	16H55	24C	Amateur Demi-character solo	13 & 14 Years	Gypsy Dreams	Gabriella Tait	8	DD
TUES	19h00	44D	Amateur Demi-Character Quartet – Pointe	19 Years & Over		Angelique Jansen	1	DD
TUES	19h00	44D	Amateur Demi-Character Quartet – Pointe	19 Years & Over		Shaugneen Robertson	1	DD
TUES	19h00	44D	Amateur Demi-Character Quartet – Pointe	19 Years & Over		Chantelle Els	1	DD
TUES	19h00	44D	Amateur Demi-Character Quartet – Pointe	19 Years & Over		Amber Freeman	1	DD
WEDNES	12h00	2B	Novice Demi-character Solo	7 & 8 Years	Little Red Riding Hood	Annabelle Venables	41	DD
WEDNES	14h45	62	National Solo	11 & 12 Years	Danza Hungaria	Ashleigh Maling Nel	1	DD
WEDNES	14h45	62	National Solo	11 & 12 Years	Danza Hungaria	Jordyn van den Berg	2	DD
WEDNES	14h45	62	National Solo	11 & 12 Years	Danza Hungaria	Kaitlynne Horne	3	DD
WEDNES	14h45	62	National Solo	11 & 12 Years	Danza Hungaria	Chloe Domingo	4	DD
WEDNES	14h55	23A	Amateur Classical Solo	11 & 12 Years	Studio	Karla van Rooyen	7	DD
WEDNES	14h55	23A	Amateur Classical Solo	11 & 12 Years	Studio	Zanri Black	9	DD
WEDNES	14h55	23A	Amateur Classical Solo	11 & 12 Years	Studio	Kaitlynne Horne	10	DD
WEDNES	15h45	23A	Amateur Classical Solo	11 & 12 Years	Studio	Marie-Louise Strydom	15	DD
WEDNES	15h45	23A	Amateur Classical Solo	11 & 12 Years	Studio	Chloe Domingo	17	DD
WEDNES	15h45	23A	Amateur Classical Solo	11 & 12 Years	Studio	Ashleigh Maling Nel	19	DD
WEDNES	16h05	23B	Amateur Demi-character solo	11 & 12 Years	Favourite Things	Alyssa Reid	2	DD
WEDNES	16h05	23B	Amateur Demi-character solo	11 & 12 Years	Favourite Things	Bea-ne Schoeman	6	DD
WEDNES	16h25	24A	Amateur Classical Solo – Demi Pointe	13 & 14 Years	Studio	Mikayla Leigh Lombard	7	DD
WEDNES	20h25	27C	Amateur Demi Character Solo – Demi Pointe	19 Years & Over	Lady with the lamp	Amber Freeman	1	DD
THURS	12h25	22B	Amateur Demi Character Solo	9 & 10 Years	Oliver	Cindy Strydom	1	DD
THURS	12h25	22B	Amateur Demi Character Solo	9 & 10 Years	Oliver	Anja Wagner	9	DD
THURS	12h25	22B	Amateur Demi-character Solo	9 & 10 Years	Oliver	Taylor Wilson	10	DD
THURS	12h45	23B	Amateur Demi-character solo	11 & 12 Years	Favourite Things	Ashleigh Maling Nel	9	DD
THURS	12h45	23B	Amateur Demi-character solo	11 & 12 Years	Favourite Things	Cassidy Kwong See	11	DD
THURS	12h45	23B	Amateur Demi-character solo	11 & 12 Years	Favourite Things	Chloe Domingo	12	DD
THURS	12h45	23B	Amateur Demi-character solo	11 & 12 Years	Favourite Things	Davina Naidoo	14	DD
THURS	12h45	23B	Amateur Demi-character solo	11 & 12 Years	Favourite Things	Elizma Ferreira	16	DD
THURS	14h10	62	National Solo	11 & 12 Years	Danza Hungaria	Zanri Black	5	DD
THURS	14h10	62	National Solo	11 & 12 Years	Danza Hungaria	Davina Naidoo	6	DD
THURS	14h10	62	National Solo	11 & 12 Years	Danza Hungaria	Karla van Rooyen	7	DD
THURS	14h10	62	National Solo	11 & 12 Years	Danza Hungaria	Marie-Louise Strydom	8	DD
THURS	14h10	62	National Solo	11 & 12 Years	Danza Hungaria	Elizma Ferreira	9	DD
THURS	14h35	63	National Solo	13 & 14 Years	Tarantella	Gabriella Tait	1	DD
THURS	14h35	63	National Solo	13 & 14 Years	Tarantella	Mikayla-Leigh Lombard	2	DD
THURS	14h35	63	National Solo	13 & 14 Years	Tarantella	Desmare de Lange	3	DD
THURS	14h45	112A	Modern Amateur Solo	11 & 12 Years	Straight	Ashleigh Maling Nel	2	DD
THURS	15h00	23B	Amateur Demi-character solo	11 & 12 Years	Favourite Things	Karla van Rooyen	19	DD
THURS	15h00	23B	Amateur Demi-character solo	11 & 12 Years	Favourite Things	Jordyn van den Berg	22	DD
THURS	15h00	23B	Amateur Demi-character solo	11 & 12 Years	Favourite Things	Kaitlynne Horne	25	DD
THURS	15H45	112B	Amateur Modern Solo – Character	11 & 12 years		Ashleigh Maling-Nel	1	DD
THURS	16h00	23B	Amateur Demi-character solo	11 & 12 Years	Favourite Things	Marie-Louise Strydom	28	DD
THURS	16h00	23B	Amateur Demi-character solo	11 & 12 Years	Waiting for Beauty	Einon Doubell	31	DD
THURS	16h00	23B	Amateur Demi-character solo	11 & 12 Years	Favourite Things	Zanri Black	33	DD
THURS	19h45	27B	Amateur Classical Solo – Pointe	19 Years & Over	Studio	Amber Freeman	2	DD
THURS	19h45	27B	Amateur Classical Solo – Pointe	19 Years & Over	Studio	Shaugneen Robertson	4	DD
THURS	19h45	27B	Amateur Classical Solo – Pointe	19 Years & Over	Studio	Angelique Jansen	6	DD
THURS	19h45	27B	Amateur Classical Solo – Pointe	19 Years & Over	Studio	Chantelle Els	7	DD
FRIDAY	11h00	60	National Solo	7 & 8 Years	Hawaian	Chanel Haasbroek	1	DD
FRIDAY	11h00	60	National Solo	7 & 8 Years	Hawaian	Tiane Slabbert	2	DD
FRIDAY	11h25	22A	Amateur Classical Solo	9 & 10 Years	Studio	Taylor Wilson	10	DD
FRIDAY	12h15	61	National Solo	9 & 10 Years	Czech Polka	Marie Rodgers	2	DD
FRIDAY	12h40	2A	Novice Classical Solo	7 & 8 Years	Studio	Clarise October	2	DD
FRIDAY	14h05	22B	Amateur Demi-character Solo	9 & 10 Years	Oliver	Mari Rodgers	19	DD
FRIDAY	16h20	24C	Amateur Demi-character solo	13 & 14 Years	Gypsey Dreams	Desmare de Lange	13	DD

There will be rehearsals for the available novices on Thursday the 16th of August at the Savoy Theatreas follows:

14H30. Hungry Kittens

14H45. Little Red Riding Hood and Nov Classical (Clarice October)

15H00. Hawaiian

15H10  Nov Modern 6 – 8 yrs

15H25  Nov Modern 9 – 10 yrs

15H35. Nov Modern 11 yrs and older

15H50. Nov Hip Hop Solos

16H05. For You Modern Quartette

16H15. Nov Modern Duets x 2

16H25. Breakout Hip Hop Group

16H35. Senior Ballet Quartette

16H45. End

On this day classes will only commence in the Lorraine Studio at 17H30 with the 4th Grade Modern.

No Normal Classes will be held on the following days this term in Lorraine (Jbay will confirm extra / cancelled lessons via Carrie):

Thursday the 9th of August – Public Holiday (Lorraine and Jeffreys Bay)

Thursday the 18th of August – Dance Festival Rehearsals (classes in Lorraine from 17H30 Onwards only)

Monday the 20th of August – Dance Festival (Jeffreys Bay only)

Tuesday 21st August – no normal classes except for Adult Ballet which will continue as normal but the class time will be moved earlier to 17h25.

Wednesday the 22nd of August and Thursday the 23rd of August – Dance Festival (Lorraine).

Friday 24th of August –  classes cancelled until 16h00. Normal classes from 16h00. Grade 4 exam girls can dance at 18h15 instead of solos.

Monday the 24th of September – Heritage Day and Ballet Exams

On Thursday the 9th of August (Public Holiday) Extra Make-Up Classes As Follows at Lorraine Studio:

09H30 Hungry Kittens

10H00 Little Red Riding Hoods and Clarice October

10H30 Pre Grade 2 Hip Hop (normally at 16H00 on a Thurs)

11H15 Breakout Group and Modern Duets

12H15 End

DANCE FESTIVAL PROCEDURE: 

Please make sure you are at the Opera House a good hour before you are due to dance. Sometimes the festival runs up to half an hour early if any candidates scratch due to illness.

On arrival, go straight up to the Dance Dynamics allocated dressing room upstairs. Signs are placed outside each room.

Once your teachers are busy backstage with competitors it is extremely difficult to cope with last-minute arrivals in dressing rooms so please allow us enough time to get your child ready in good time and without feeling flustered. Unfortunately, if a dancer scratches for any reason other than illness, you will be liable for an R100 fine as per Dance Festival rules.

Please do your hair and basic makeup at home, as there is limited space in the dressing rooms.  Children will need to be dropped off and collected at the backstage door, as Mom’s won’t be allowed upstairs or to stay backstage.

This year the format of the festival is slightly different.

Adjudication sessions will take place every 60 to 75 minutes and will follow the usual format of the adjudicator giving brief feedback on the sections and then announce the results.

All competitors must return to their dressing room after dancing and await the adjudication session. They then come down to the stage and receive their medals on stage when their number is called.

If they are not present to collect their medal, it will be given to the teacher.

Obviously, the first competitors in the sections are going to have a long wait, so they may go and sit with their parents in the auditorium and then return backstage for adjudication.

Any competitor entering the auditorium must wear their studio tracksuit or gown or other clothing over their costume and the door ladies will be instructed not to let any competitor into the auditorium if they are not appropriately dressed.

Costume Hire:

Please don’t forget to pay your costume hire if you are borrowing one of our costumes.

R 20 per solo costume and R30 per group costume.

Please don’t miss lessons as this makes a huge negative impact on stage if you are not in constant training.

CONCERT:

Our concert this year is at the Opera House on Saturday the 10th of November.

The dress rehearsal will be on Friday the 9th of November. Please note these dates in your diary, as every dancer must be at the rehearsal.

Concert Fees:

Concert fees are due by the 25th of September.

These cover costume hire, Opera House Rehearsals and Expenses, opera house staff etc.

If doing one item – R 150.00

If doing two items or more – R 250.00

MONEY MATTERS:

If paying any money into the Dance Dynamics Account, please mark clearly with the dancer’s name. We get a lot of payments marked with very old invoice numbers and it is difficult to trace back when the invoice number is over three months old.

Also if the money is for anything other than fees, please state your name and what the money is for eg. Dance festival, exams, concert, etc.

It gets very confusing when monies paid in are not marked correctly and it causes a lot of unnecessary wasted time.

We wish you the best of luck with the PE Dance Festival and the term ahead!

The studio will close for the October break after classes on the 28th of September and reopen on the 9th of October.

Yours in Dance,

Cathy, Michel, and Carrie