Newsletter
Welcome to our 2008-2009 dance season. Next Generation Dance Co. looks forward to serving the community.
We are so glad you are here and we are looking forward to another exciting year of learning, hard work, and a huge
amount of FUN!!!
Classes begin Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Registration – A non-refundable registration fee is required per child ($20.00 1st child, $10.00 each additional
child).
Spring recital – The spring recital will be held on June 6 and 7, 2009. Rehearsals will be held June 3 & 4, 2009.
Location to be announced.
E-mail – We would really like to have your e-mail address as we will be sending out important information and
updates throughout the year. It is the quickest and most efficient way to keep everyone informed. If you do not
have an email address please make sure to check the board inside the studio weekly or check with the office to stay
up to date!
Inclement Weather – During inclement weather it may be necessary to cancel some classes. Please check your
local news stations for closings. We will also update the outgoing phone message at the studio.
Proper Dress – *Backstage* will be selling dance shoes and clothes in the ballet room during registration.
Students are required to wear proper DANCE attire to ALL classes. NO street clothes or shoes are permitted –
Except Hip-Hop; these dancers may wear gym shoes and comfortable, appropriate clothing, absolutely NO JEANS!
Anyone dressed improperly will be asked to sit and watch. You may sell old dance shoes and attire by placing an
ad on the bulletin board in the front lobby; however, the studio will be not be responsible for selling or collection of
the money.
Highway 27 – Millville-Oxford is a very busy highway, so please be careful when you enter and exit the studio.
Please enter via the black pavement. Continue to the small blacktop drive entrance into the gravel lot and park in
the designated area. The blacktop is kept open for faculty and staff. Exit only from the gravel lane.
Please be Careful! For additional parking use the entrance next to the driveway that is used to exit the studio.
Please take advantage of the extra parking.
Help!! – We need your help to keep the studio safe and clean. For your safety please keep children from playing
in the parking lot. No one is permitted in the barns and/or fenced horse areas. Parents, remember we are not
“babysitters” – please supervise siblings of dancers at all times. Please NO SMOKING in the studio. There is
absolutely NO FOOD OR DRINK, except water, allowed in the studio, only in the waiting room. Please throw all
trash away. The LOST & FOUND is located in the waiting room and bathroom; please check for your belongings.
Items will be donated to charity on a tri-monthly basis. Please place all dance bags and clothing in the designated
areas (ask your teachers). Do not put items at the bottom of the steps.
Payment Schedule – All classes are paid for even if they are missed, this includes snow closures called by the
studio. Make-up classes are offered for most classes; however, you must complete your make-up within 2 weeks of
absent date. A total of 3 make-ups per year are permitted. Payments are to be made the by 15th of the month.
We will add a $10.00 late fee each week the account is past due. If you have any questions or problems, please
call the studio office at 863-7329.
Ballet – All ballet students are required to wear ballet shoes in class – NOT JAZZ SHOES. *Backstage* will be
offering a beautiful all leather pink ballet slipper.
Costumes – Information will be passed out in September. Please notify the office if your dancer will not be dancing
in the recital.
Holidays
Thanksgiving Break & Christmas Break – Information will be posted on our web site.
**If you have to drop or change a class for any reason please notify the studio office or you will continue to be
billed. Please do this out of RESPECT for our staff!!
***We appreciate any comments or suggestions. Please feel free to speak to any faculty or staff worker about any
concerns with your child’s classes, but please NOT during class time! Remember we value each individual
student!! We hope you do too!!
Next Generation Dance Co.
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