Extreme Ballroom Company

First I want to let all the students know what a great job they did at the Festival of Trees this year. It is always frightening at your very first performance of the year, but I thought they did a great job, and all of us as teachers were very proud of their accomplishments. The Festival of Trees committee told me again that we were the nicest group to work with, and even the ladies in the hallways said that our students were very respectful to them and they really appreciated it.

SUB-4-SANTA and Holiday Family Dance

Date has been moved to Friday, Dec. 18 7-10 p.m at the Studio,

Cost: $10 per family or $4 per person… ALL proceeds will be donated to our family

Last year was the first year we started the “Holiday Family Dance.” It was a great success and we were able to raise quite a bit of money for our family. In fact, the family still wants to remain anonymous but I want you to know that your donations and charity last year actually helped them save their home. They were able to make their payment and then re-finance and it all came at the exact time they needed it. This to me is an absolute miracle and this is why I think we need to keep doing this project each year. I think it is so wonderful that not only are you all great dancers, but you are
such great people as well, and parents you have raised great kids!

So, we have started a tradition now, and we are going to continue it again. We have another family in our group that is in need of help. They are the type of people who never ask for help, but are constantly helping others. They don’t even know that I have chosen them, and if I were to tell them, they would not accept the help, so we are just going to give it to them anyway. We would love it if you could all come to the dance with your families and we would appreciate it if you could spread the word to everyone you know. Friends, neighbors, relatives, teachers, whoever you know. The dance is a great family activity plus they are supporting a great cause. We will have tickets available to sell beginning Monday, Dec. 14. If people purchase tickets from you, have them make the check out to Extreme Ballroom, but put “Sub-4-Santa” on the memo. We are also asking for canned food donations that can be dropped off at the studio when your child comes to class or brought to the dance. The more donations and food we can come up with, the more we can help this family. We will have ballroom instruction for the first ½ hour of the dance, a professional D.J. coming to run the music, and refreshments. We also have a SPECIAL VISITOR coming around 8:30 p.m. that all the kiddies will love to see! From what I hear, he usually wears red and has a white beard! .

UPCOMING EVENTS OF IMPORTANCE
Class Christmas Parties: Last week of classes, Dec. 14-17. Please have your child bring a $1 gift that is wrapped to his/her class that week and a small treat to share with the class.

Monday, Dec. 14: Youth Gold will meet from 4:15-5:15. Cabaret team from 5:30-6:30 on this day.

Fri.. Dec. 18:   Youth Gold Team—Extra Practice from 4:15-6:00. Decorate for Holiday Dance from 6-7. Annual Christmas Party during and after dance. More details will follow.

Last Day of Classes: Thurs. Dec. 17–Christmas Break—Dec. 21—Jan 1.. Regular classes resume on Monday, Jan 4, 2010.

UPCOMING JANUARY EVENTS

Adult Class –We would like to hold an Adult class again during the month of January. Please e-mail me if you are interested. The class is $40 per month, per couple and would be held each Friday in January from 7-8 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 2: Youth Gold –Back to Dance rehearsal from 8-4. Bring lunch or money for your lunch break .

Friday & Sat. Jan 8 & 9 : Annual Workshops with Paul Winkelman and Mom’s sewing helper day. Specific times for each team will be announced later. Plan on Youth Gold Friday Night and Saturday Morn. All other teams will be divided up throughout the day Saturday. Mom volunteers are needed to help throughout the day at the studio. More details will come on this.

Saturday, Jan. 9: Youth Blue Show team (Twilight Zone) Performance at Teton High School in Driggs. We will send directions out as it gets closer.

Monday, Jan. 18-No School. Jr. Blue extra practice, 9-11. Jr. Gold extra practice, 11-1. Youth Gold extra practice, 2-7 p.m. Mom’s second sewing helper day. We are doing two mom’s helper days because there are so many costumes to be done this year, and Cindy will need a lot of help with little things such as earrings, fixing dresses, etc. Also, no Cabaret or Tech. class on this day.

Tuesday, Jan. 19: Rigby High School Basketball ½ time performances. This will include the Youth Gold Team, Jr. Gold, and Jr. Blue. Jr. Teams will need to be at the High School by 5:30. Youth Gold will need to be there by 7:30.

Tuesday, Jan. 19: Youth Gold –Kids that will be dancing with the stars will meet after the performance to teach their partner . More details will come as it gets closer.

Wed. Jan. 20: “Dancing With the Stars” performance at the Civic Auditorium. This will only include the kids who are dancing with the local stars and the Youth Gold, Youth Blue, and Pre-Teen Medley. PleaSe get this on your calendar now if you are on one of those teams. Time details will come as it gets closer.

Saturday, Jan. 23: Eastern Idaho Ballroom Concert at the Civic.—More info. will come in Jan. but plan on keeping the whole morning and evening open. This is for all of our teams except the Pre-mini’s.

Friday Jan 29, and Saturday, Jan 30: Provo High Comp.—This is a MANDATORY COMP. for ALL PRE-TEEN THROUGH YOUTH TEAMS THIS YEAR!!   This has been on the calendar since September. I will be sending home a separate paper regarding this comp. by next week so that you have all the info. before Christmas in case you need to make hotel arrangements. I am hoping that most of you have family there and will be able to stay with them to save money. Please watch for this paper to come before Christmas.

As you can see, once January hits, the Medley teams especially are going to be very busy getting ready for Nationals. Please stay on top of their rehearsals and communicate with your teachers early if there is a problem. We will hand out individual calendars to all medley team members in January to help them stay on top of this. Also, we may have to add more practices in, it just depends on where we are at before the 1^st comp.
General Info
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We have a table full of lost and found items. Please look through them. We will be taking all of it to the DI on Dec. 21, so please go through it before then if you are missing something.

Jackets and Bags: The bags should be ready before Christmas, but some of the jackets are still on backorder. Ingrid Lott has been very good to stay on top of this though and she is doing her best to get them here ASAP.

Youth Shoes: Will be here in January. I will keep you updated on them

Cruise Info: A final e-mail will go out the week of Dec. 7. I will need the Youth to decide and then e-mail me back with their vote ASAP. Our first $25 deposit is due Dec. 17.

Last but not least we want to wish you all a very MERRY CHRISTMAS, and an EXTREMELY HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Thanks so much for all of your support for not only me, but for other families in our program! You guys are FANTASTIC!!!

Last but not least we want to wish you all a very MERRY CHRISTMAS, and an EXTREMELY HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Thanks so much for all of your support for not only me, but for other families in our program! You guys are FANTASTIC!!!
We have a table full of lost and found items. Please look through them. We will be taking all of it to the DI on Dec. 21, so please go through it before then if you are missing something.
Back to Dance rehearsal from 8-4. Bring lunch or money for your lunch break .

: Last week of classes, Dec. 14-17. Please have your child bring a $1 gift that is wrapped to his/her class that week and a small treat to share with the class.