Dance Barn Poster 2009-2010

Here is an image of the poster I will be hanging all over Greene County, etc and hoping not to swell up too badly in the process. Anyone want to help?

We're Back!!!

Hello, whoever might still be checking in to this blog occasionally! It's been almost a year, but I am back and dedicated to keeping this blog current. It was recommended to me by a friend to disable this link, since it had been so long since I posted, but I actually get a surprising number of people asking me about our dance floor. Then today a friend (and mom of a student) made some suggestions that got me all inspired. So here we are!

So let me fill you in on our last year! We had an excellent turnout for registration before classes began, and students continued to join us throughout the year. We ended the year with just under 60 students, which feels like we're off to a GREAT start.

In December, we put on a shortened version of The Nutcracker Suite which was a huge success. We staged it in our studio theatre, which comfortably seats about 60 people, and we had almost 100 people each night. It was standing room only! And the dancers were amazing...they worked so hard over the fall months to put together a truly outstanding production. Here is a link to a wonderful article in our local paper about the show.

In the spring, we continued to add to our student body, and began working on dances for our Spring Showcase, The Magic Candy Shop. In addition, we were pleased to announce that I was (am) expecting a baby on or about September 3rd! Although I have danced throughout all of my three previous pregnancies, it was quite an adventure to be teaching so much, especially the bigger I got.

In May, at the end of our first "school year" of classes, we had two performances. The first was a creative dance recital, which was done class by class in our studio theatre. Each show was 15 minutes long, which gave the younger students a great performance opportunity without the pressure of a big stage experience.

The Magic Candy Shop, which featured our older students (all those taking ballet, tap, or jazz) was a very special production for me because it was the first dance recital I was ever in as a child. I was even able to use some of the costumes from the studio I grew up in, thanks to the generosity of my first ballet teacher. The students were again wonderful, and I was so proud of them. I even did a dance (at 6 months pregnant--yikes!), and we performed at the middle school across the street from the studio.

Since then, we have had two weeks of summer camps, which I taught, and now we are headed into registration time for the 2009-2010 dance year. Because of the baby who will join us soon, I will not be teaching classes this year, which will be bittersweet for me. However, I am very excited about the teachers I have hired and look forward to telling you more about them in future posts.

So stay tuned, folks, because there is lots more to come in the next few weeks, and then classes begin once again!!!