Dear Parents and Pupils,
Welcome to a busy Term 3.
Please make notes in your diary, as there is a lot of information in this newsletter.
We start our term going into the two Dance Festivals.
Notices have been sent on the groups, so please make sure you know when and where you are dancing and arrive no later than 30 minutes before you are due to go on stage.
Please try to do all your make up (bright stage make up) at home, as there is limited space in the dressing rooms. The teachers will do the finishing touches.
Hair to be done according to the dance you are doing and greased back with gell. No hair or fringes in your faces.
Please note that nobody is allowed back stage apart from the performers. You can collect your dancer at the stage door once their section is over.
No audience member will be permitted to enter or leave the auditorium while a dancer is performing or adjudication is taking place.
Strictly no photography or video recording is permitted inside the auditorium.
These rules apply to both festivals.
Exams:
If you are taking part in exams, please make sure you are attending classes twice a week from Grade 1 upwards. Otherwise speak to your teacher re other options like medals, syllabus tests, etc.
RAD Ballet Exams:
Please note that exam fees need to be paid into the Dance Dynamics Account no later than the 28th of August 2026. Please reference with your name and exam you are doing. Do not use your S…….. number you use when paying fees.
You can see all the fees by clicking here https://dancedynamicspe.com/exam-information/and please check with your teachers to see which exam your child will be doing.
Exams will take place during October.
AIDT Modern and Hip Hop Exams:
Exam fees need to be in the Dance Dynamics Account no later than the 13th of September 2026. Click here to see more information https://dancedynamicspe.com/aidt-exam-information/.
Cancellation of Lessons Due To Dance Festival:
We will need to cancel lessons during the dance festival, so please make a note of when there will be no classes. Please use these next two weeks to double up on classes that you can to make up for all the cancellations. For instance if you do Grade 1 Ballet, you will notice that there are 3 different classes you can attend in a week.
Jeffreys Bay Studio
No classes on Thursday 13 August and Friday 21 August.
Weybridge Park Studio (Michel)
Saturday the 8th of August
Classes will run as normal on this day excepting the Primary Hip Hop and Grade 1 Ballet which will be cancelled due to the children all practicing their Festival groups and solos at the Savoy.
Monday the 10th of August (Public Holiday):
Extra lessons –
12H30 – 13H30 – Pre Elementary Modern (Solo and Duet Practices)
13H30 – 14H15 – Pre Elementary and Intermediate Hip Hop (Solo Practices)
14H15 – 15H00 – 4th Grade Modern (Solo Practices)
15H00 – 15H45 – 2nd Grade Hip Hop (Solo Practices)
15H45 – 16H00 – 1st Grade Modern (Solo Practices)
Tuesday the 11th of August:
No Dancing Classes
Wednesday the 12th of August:
No Dancing Classes
Thursday the 13th of August:
No Dancing Classes
Friday the 14th of August:
No Dancing Classes
Saturday the 15th of August:
Classes running as normal. Please try to come if your class is running on this day. All Friday acro dancers can attend from 12H00 to 13H00.
Monday the 17th of August:
Classes will run as normal
Tuesday the 18th of August:
No Dancing Classes
Wednesday the 19th of August:
No Dancing Classes
Thursday the 20th of August:
Only classes from 14H30 to 17H00 to run as normal.
(Grade 4 Ballet, Primary Hip Hop, Pre Elementary Modern And Hip Hop Solos run through)
Friday the 21st of August:
No Dancing Classes
Saturday the 22nd of August:
Dancing classes as normal. Friday Acro class to attend at 12H00.
Monday the 24th of August:
No Dancing Classes
Tuesday the 25th of August:
No Dancing Classes
Wednesday the 26th of August:
No Dancing Classes
Thursday the 27th of August:
No Dancing Classes
Friday the 28th of August:
No Dancing Classes
Saturday the 29th of August:
Classes as normal. Ashleigh to work at Theatre.
WEYBRIDGE PARK STUDIO (CATHY)
Timetable during festival will run as follows:
Saturday the 8th of August
Adult Ballet 07h45 to 08h45 (Note:class is earlier than usual due to our festival stage rehearsals)
12h00 – 13h00 13/14 yrs solos
13h00 – 14h00 Grade 6
14h00 to 15h00 17/18 yrs solos
Monday the 10th of August (Public holiday extra classes)
08h00 – 09h00 Grade 6
09h00 – 10h00 15/16 & 17/18 yrs solos
10h00 – 11h00 Its all in a Tune
11h00 – 12h00 13/14 yrs solos
16h00 to 17h00 The Sisterhood group
17h00 to 18h00 Adult Ballet (to make up for Tuesdays cancelled class)
18h00 to 19h00 Savage Daughters & I am the Fire groups
Tuesday the 11th of August
No dancing classes
Wednesday the 12th of August
13/14 yrs solos and Arabian solos 17h45 to 18h30
Adult Ballet 18h30 to 19h30
Thursday the 13th of August
18h00 – 19h00 Adult Ballet (Note: earlier than usual due to my festival commitments)
Friday the 14th of August
Classes as usual
Saturday the 15th of August:
08h00 – 09h00 Intermediate
09h00 to 10h00 Adult Ballet
Monday the 17th of August
Normal classees
Tuesday the 18th of August
No classes
Wednesday the 19th of August
No classes
Thursday the 20th of August
Normal classes
Friday the 21st of August
No classes
Saturday the 22nd of August
08h00 – 09h00 Intermediate
09h00 – 10h00 Adult Ballet
Weybridge Park Studio (Joanne and Ashleigh)
If there are any changes to these classes, they will be sent on the groups.
Wishing our dancers all the best for Festival and the term ahead.
Yours In Dance
Cathy, Carrie, Joanne and Michel
Dear Parents and Pupils,
Trusting you all had a lovely break.
After all the public holidays, classes are finally back on track again. For the rest of the term we will be working hard towards getting the Festival dances ready.
Festival is totally optional, and even if not entering, learning the dances is highly beneficial, as it teaches new steps, technique and performance.
Friendly City Dance Festival
Friendly City Dance Festival will run at the Savoy Theatre and The Mandela Bay Theatre Complex from the 10th to the 22nd of August 2026.
For those of you wanting to enter festival, entry fees need to be in no later than Friday the 5th of June, so this gives us the weekend to process the entries before they need to be in.
When making payments into the Dance Dynamics Account, please specify dancers name, and FCDF we know not to allocate to fees.
Registration Fee: R 220 per dancer (this includes a small amount for costume hire and admin fees)
Solo performance: R75 per solo
Groups/Duets: R50 per group entered
Junior Championship: R250
Please note that we reserve the right to scratch participants if they do not know their dances well enough.
Trusting we all have a productive term ahead of us.
Yours in Dance,
Carrie, Cathy, Joanne and Michel
Term 1 2026
Dear Parents and Pupils,
Welcome back to a busy 2026 and we would also like to welcome all our new students who have joined our family this year.
This year we have built another studio as well as our offerings with some new dance styles. New additions to the timetable include Irish dancing by Joanne and Tap with Ashleigh. We encourage all of you to try it out.
DVD’s and Photos
The photos that were taken at the end of the year are in the studio for viewing. If you would like to place an order, the order form will need to be filled in and returned in an envelope with your monies.
Video’s of the concert can also be ordered. The costs are R100 for the junior concert, R100 for the senior concert or R160 for both. If paying the money into the Dance Dynamics account please state name and Concert Video as a reference.
Please make sure that all orders for photos and videos are in no later than the 15th of March 2025.
Class Timetables:
You can view the timetables, as well as the terms and conditions, Uniforms, etc on our website at https://dancedynamicspe.com. There is also a link there to our Facebook Group.
We will also put copies of newsletters sent out on the website under latest newsletters, in case you miss something. Please refresh the browser when opening the website on your devices, as sometimes it just downloads from memory, instead of the latest updates.
Dress Code:
Please make sure that you come to dancing dressed appropriately. No baggy clothing (except in hip hop) and hair to be tied up neatly. We will be implementing R5 fines if these rules are not adhered to.
Parking:
Weybridge : Please do no park in front of the gates, as cars need to move in and out. Also please do not park on the neighbors grass to our left. You are welcome to use the park as well as the verge to the right of the studio if there is no parking space left.
Once the coded gate is operational again please ensure that you close it properly after entering or exiting. Safety is of the utmost importance for all our pupils and teachers.
Jbay – please park OUTSIDE of Seaviews gate unless raining or evening girls. Please adhere to the third party venue rules.
The Year At a Glance
We have a jam packed year in store for you once again. Here are some of the things that we work towards.
First Term: Exam work and Technique.
Second Term: Festival Work. Festival Fees are due in by the end of the second term for those wanting to take part. Acro exams. Jbay – Stulting Kunsfees in May. Irish Dance Exams also happen in May.
Third Term: This starts with Festival and then we work hard for our Ballet, Modern and Hip Hop exams and concert. South Africa Irish Dancing Championship happens in Johannesburg from the 25th to the 27th of September 2026.
Fourth Term: Exams and concert.
Our concert this year is booked for the 28th of November. The rehearsals will once again be the day before.
The Hip Hop dancers can also choose to enter Dance Sport and earn their SA colours.
Friendly City Dance Festival And Port Elizabeth Dance Festival
These competitions will be running during August at the Savoy Theatre. Friendly City Dance Festival is normally first, followed by Port Elizabeth Dance Festival.
The Festivals are an optional extra activity. They are open to dancers who are five years and older.
Fees start from R300 upwards, depending on how many dances you choose to participate in.
We enter most of our Novices (Dancers who have never received a gold/dancers who have never danced a solo in a festival) at the Friendly City Dance Festival. Amateurs have a choice to do both.
Please let us know by the end of March if you would like to do both Festivals, as we need to register you at the Port Elizabeth Dance Festival, as they don’t take new dancers onto the system after this.
Please be aware that it is a requirement at both festivals to agree to pictures being used on social media for marketing purposes.
Talent Africa
This competition runs Regional and National competitions each year. Keep an eye on the website if you would like to do a solo at the competition. You will need to register yourself at https://talentafrica.co.za. Keep in mind that you will need to enter again for the nationals if you qualify, and the prices for Nationals are much higher than for Regionals. You are welcome to use festival solo’s for this competition as long as it is not a festival set solo. Please check with your teachers first.
Dancing Fees:
Please note that fees need to be paid timeously, i.e in the month that they are due. Remember to use a reference number (S…..) and indicate the dancer’s name and surname after the reference number. Please make sure all cash payments are given to us in marked envelopes, as it is difficult for teachers to handle money and remember who it came from when they are busy with classes.
Recording Classes
With regards to the POPIA ACT, if you feel the need to video your child’s class, please make sure that the other parents, teacher and dancers in the class are all ok with you doing this. Many of our pupils have declined permission to use their photo’s and video’s on social media, so we need to take this into consideration.
The 1st term will end after classes on Friday the 27th of March.
Yours in Dance
Carrie, Cathy, Joanne and Michel