Happy Halloween!
Please make sure
you are safe on Halloween!
Have Mom or Dad
check your candy and make sure you are never alone, but of course have fun!
Allegro’s
2007
‘Going, going… gone nuts!’
Allegro’s crazy rendition of the Nutcracker
December
16th
Tickets:
Festival Seating $9*
Reminder
-
Tuition is due by the seventh of every
month! A $20 fee will automatically be
added on to late tuition.
IMPORTANT
DATES!!
OCTOBER 22-27 PARENT
WATCH WEEK #1
NOVEMBER 10 WINTER
STUDENT CHOREOGRAPHY CONTEST
NOVEMBER 22-25 CLOSED
FOR THE
DECEMBER 15 STUDIO
REHEARSAL FOR
DECEMBER 16
DEC. 22–JAN. 3 CLOSED FOR THE HOLIDAYS
JANUARY 19 SPRING
COSTUME MONEY DUE
FEBRUARY 4-9 PARENT
WATCH WEEK FOR
APRIL 19 ALLEGRO
PRECISION DANCE COMPANY PICTURES
JUNE 1 CLASS
PICTURES FOR
JUNE 21 STUDIO
REHEARSAL FOR JUNE SHOWCASE
JUNE 25 & 26 JUNE SHOWCASE
DRESS REHEARSAL
JUNE 27 & 28 JUNE SHOWCASE PERFORMANCES (
JULY 7– AUGUST 28 SUMMER LESSONS, CAMPS
JUNE/JULY Date TBD ALLEGRO
PRECISION DANCE COMPANY AUDITIONS 2007-2008
SEPTEMBER 3 OPEN
HOUSE
INDEX
A-
B- First Performance?
C- Class Changes
D- June Costume Payment
E- Avoid Lost and Found!
F- Parents of young dancers
G- Last summer at Allegro
H- Spotlight on Karla
I-
Trivia
J-
K-
L- Extra Clothes in Office
M- Communicating to teachers
N- Disruptive Class Behavior
O- October Birthdays!
P- Class Changes and New Class Openings
Q-
R- Allegro Precision Dance Company Showcase
S- Entertainment Books
T- Book and Video of the Month
U- Performer of the
Month
A
If you are
interested in purchasing specialized Allegro Clothing for gifts, we need to
have you place your order before November 15th. This will allow plenty of time to receive
your order in time for the holidays.
There
are also new allegro notepads and pens that make great stocking stuffers!
Gift
Certificates are also available for private lessons and regular classes!
B Is this your first
time on stage??
Please let Tonya or Rosemary know. We have special first performance
certificates available for our students
C **CLASS CHANGES**
Please
make sure that you notify the office of any changes so that we can keep
accurate track of class counts and your tuition! Thank you.
D Pre-paid June Costume payment Costumes for our spring show need to be paid for and ordered by
the 19th of January. Each classes
costume averages between $30-$60. You are welcome to make costume deposits
between now and then so that you will not feel so financially crammed.
(or at least
be prepared)
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E PARENTS
Put your
name in your dance shoes and dancewear!
The lost and found is already very large after only one month of
classes. Please also check the lost and found often. It is amazing how many quality clothes and
dance shoes are left in the lost and found for months on end.
Wearing
Proper Dance Attire To Your Classes Is Essential To Your Learning and
Progression!
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F ATTENTION PARENTS OF YOUNG DANCERS:
(Pre-dance Combo1, 2&3)
It is essential that your dancers use the
restroom prior to class. As we have all
witnessed before one child needing to use the restroom can be a disruption to
the entire class due to the ‘domino’ effect of everyone else having to as
well.
G Last summer at
Allegro!
We had many
exciting dance camps – the most popular being the princess camp! The Allegro Precision Dance Co. performed at
many fairs and festivals, including the Puyallup Fair.
Guest
choreographers Van Porter & Kim Wolfe came to work with Allegro students
and to choreograph for the Allegro Precision Dance Company.
Many other
dancers attended extra conventions to add to their dance training, such as
attending numerous classes in Vegas or even taking classes at Cornish college
of the arts. We applaud all our dancers
who take the extra effort to further their dance education.
Jared McAboy and Taylor Lehman also attended the
“Your body is the Sound.
The stronger the sound, the more beautiful the music.”
-Luigi (known as one of the fathers of Jazz)
H Spotlight
on the Allegro Instructors:
Karla Koon
What
classes do you teach at Allegro?
Ballet, 3, 4Jr, 5, 6, 4Sr, Pointe 1 and 2
- What other types
of classes have you taught before?
Oh...
Jazz
(Which kind of looks like modern.)
Lryical
(Which kind of looks like modern.)
Modern
Tap
- What is your
best memory of your dance training?
I have so many
wonderful memories of my dance training from ballets performed, to places that
I have performed at to friends that I have made along the way. I would
have to say that all time best memory was being able to perform at the
- Who was/is most
inspirational in your life?
My parents.
They always supported my dancing by taking me to class, participating in the
companies I was in. They were always there to tell me that I could do
whatever I set my mind to. Without their support I would not have been
able to do the things that I have done with my dancing.
- What is the funniest thing that has
happened to you while teaching?
I think the funniest things
that have happened to me while teaching are the things that students say while
in class. My students are the funniest people I know. I have so many
funny statements made by my students that I could almost write a book.
- Why do you
teach?
I love being able to
share what I know with kids. It was passed onto to me from my
teachers. Being part of a ballet lineage is very exciting for me. I
love seeing my students embrace ballet and excel at it.
- What other
hobbies do you have?
I like to play softball and golf.
I enjoy quilting and reading.
I enjoy trying different kinds of food.
- What is your
favorite style of dance?
Ballet
However,
tap is a close second even though it is not my area of expertise.
- What type of
dance would you like to learn (that you don't know already)?
I would love to be able to do Hip Hop without looking like a total dork.
- Goals or major
plans for the future?
My primary goal is to keep my
body as healthy as possible so that I can continue teaching for as long a
possible.
- What you want for
your students to get (the most) from your classes at Allegro?
I want my students to get a
solid technical foundation to further their dance progression. I also
want my students to get an appreciation of ballet and dance in general so that
as they grow older and no matter if they pursue a dance career, they will
always be a dance supporter, by seeing performances and supporting local
performing arts.
I- October Trivia
What is the name of the Dance Company that performed at last year’s Oscars ?
(they are the ones that created the shape of the
Oscar.)
J
Congratulations
to the new members of this years Hip Hop Troupe!
It’s
going to be a great year. Check your
e-mails often for updates
and monthly hip hop newsletters. Make sure you make every practice and please
be on time!
K
Allegro’s
2007
‘Going, going… gone nuts!’
Allegro’s crazy rendition of the Nutcracker
December 16th
Tickets:
Festival seating $9
Our
holiday shows are a special tradition at Allegro. It is meant to be a fun, stress-free and an
inexpensive experience. It is a great
way for the students to show what they have learned so far this year while
celebrating a season of love! We only
have less than two and one half months to prepare so please watch your
attendance!
We
have simplified the shows so they are not as long therefore some classes will
be preparing a number for the show and some will not be. This will also help on keeping expenses down. The classes who are not dancing in the show
will be able to continue working on technique and doing other choreography for
fun!
The
instructor will design costumes and the priority is keeping the cost low! Hopefully something can be created from a costume
piece that the dancers already have or something they can go buy on their
own. If you are a seamstress please let
your child’s teacher know if you would like to help sew costumes pieces.
Costumes
ideas and instructions will be posted soon in the lobby. This will give you plenty of time to
plan. Some of the costumes might take
advantage of Halloween costumes in the stores right now and some may be ordered
from a catalog.
THE FOLLOWING
CLASSES WILL BE PREPARING FOR THE
(SOME
CLASSES MIGHT BE COMBINED FOR A ‘PRODUCTION-LIKE’ PIECE.)
**Not all classes perform in the holiday show –
however
Matinee Show
Musical
Theater and Drama (both shows)
Tues
Pre dance
Tumbling
Youth and JR
Fri
Combo 1 & Fri Combo 3 youth (Tap)
Fri
Jazz 1 youth & Tues Jazz 1 JR
Fri
Hip Hop 1 JR & Wed Hip Hop 2 JR
Hip
Hop 1 youth & Wed Jazz 2 JR
Hip
Hop 3 JR & 3 SR
Tap
6 & Tap 4 SR
Lyrical
6 & Lyrical 3 Jr
Ballet
2 JR & Tues Combo 1 JR (ballet)
Jazz
4 SR & Jazz 3 JR
Tues
Hip Hop 2 SR & Christian Hip Hop
Evening Show
Drama
& Musical Theater (both shows)
Fri
and Sat Pre-dance
Tumbling
SR
Sat
Combo 1 youth & Fri Combo 2 youth (tap)
Fri
Jazz 2 youth & Sat Jazz 1 youth
Tues
Hip Hop 1 JR & Thurs Hip Hop 2 JR
Mon
Jazz 2 JR & Hip Hop 2 youth
Hip
Hop 4 SR &
4 JR
Tap
2-3 SR & Tap 1 SR
Lyrical
5 SR & Lyrical 2-3 SR
Ballet
4 JR & Ballet 5 SR
Jazz
4 JR & Jazz 1 SR
Thurs
& Tues Hip Hop 1 SR
L Allegro
has extra dance clothes, sweat pants and
t-shirts in the office for students that come to class unprepared
without proper dance attire. They will
be asked to change into the spare clothes so that they could participate in
class.
“Sometimes dancing and music can describe a
true image of the customs of a country better than words in a newspaper.” –Gene
Kelly
M There is a notepad
hanging in the hallway of which all parents and students can communicate
effectively with the instructors. If you
are unavailable to catch them in-between classes you
can leave a note for them and they will check the notepad often. Thank you!!
N Disruptive Behavior during class:
In order to combat disruptive students in classes, the teachers will now
deal with it by having the student sit down for a few minutes. If the behavior continues a letter will be
sent to the students home informing them of the
problem. The letter is a basic form letter of which the teacher will hand write the
specific information at the bottom of the page.
This is to free up the teacher from taking too much time away from
teaching the class. We thank you for
understanding and we hope you realize our intentions with this matter are to
give the best possible instruction to all of our students.
O Happy
Birthday to our October Babies!
Anthony Ambrose 10/16
Allison Arthur 10/16
Jenna Birley 10/12
Diana Boltmann
10/16
Michelle Bedney
10/23
Jordyn Brace 10/15
Stepanie Bromley 10/26
Kylie Brown
Jensen Brown 10/14
Cathryn Casey 10/19
Victoria Chaplin 10/20
Desiree Cooper 10/7
Kylie Cunningham 10/16
Aliyah
Katerina Edgin 10/28
Sammie Eilts
10/18
Shelby Garman 10/2
Trevor Goes 10/24
Connor Gormley
10/1
Kayanne Grubb 10/27
Nichole Grubbs 10/7
Kailin Hodson 10/21
Marcy Hickman 10/22
Trelyne Inay 10/4
Katilyn Jensen 10/3
Simon Jongekryg
10/9
Emily Kappenman
10/4
Abigale Kissler 10/13
Stephanie Konen
10/18
Erika LaMarsh
10/27
Stephania Lara 10/4
Aren Larsen
10/13
Jennifer Lu 10/23
Oriah Moses 10/26
Jolia Marks 10/5
Frevonna Mazique 10/29
Carly Mills 10/13
Tien Nguyen-Le 10/19
Natalie Ngonevolalath
10/11
Mykayla Nugent 10/16
Chrisma Obiniana 10/4
Cleo Phengphacha
10/19
Tyler Pickford
10/9
Georgia Riffle 10/7
April Rupley
10/20
Jessica Sandhu
10/4
Ariana Schultz 10/24
Elizabeth Seekar
10/23
Amberly Senigal 10/3
Maquisa Sims 10/31
Ayanna Smith 10/8
Allie Stodola-Hugh
10/18
Careena Tashiro-Townley 10/14
Viviana Tinoco 10/3
Madison Truscan
10/10
Kayla Umagat
10/4
Christina Vormsbe
10/21
Molly Vosburg
10/22
Kayla Wildin
10/9
Raeanna Woo 10/12
P- Class Changes and New Class Openings
Thank you for
your patience as we open new classes to make other classes smaller as well as
room changes rooms to accommodate larger classes.
Class
Cancellations:
Wed Creative Movement
Monday Liturgical
**possibility of canceling special
needs classes due to low registration – please tell your friends about this
class!
New Classes
Opened:
·
Jazz 2-3 SR Monday w/ Christy
·
Ballet 2 JR Tiffany Tues
·
Tap 2 JR Wed w/ Tonya 5:15 studio 5
·
Combo 1 Youth Friday w/ Allison
·
Jazz 1 JR Friday
·
Possibility of a Jazz1 SR on
Friday at
Classroom
Changes:
Monday
Hip
hop 1 youth St 2
Hip
hop
Tuesday
Pointe
St 2
Lyrical
3 St 4
Jazz
Hip
Hop
Hip
Hop
Wednesday
Lyrical
Allegretto
rehearsal St 4