Happy Holidays! Wishing you and your family the very best this season. We enjoy the opportunity to work with your family and love teaching your children!
SAFER STUDIO GUIDELINES: Thank you for continuing to follow the guidelines and helping us to remain a Safer Studio. Parents, thank you for keeping kids home if they are not well, and for your enhanced efforts to practice good hygiene. As we are going into regular cold and flu season, it is important that we continue our combined efforts to follow these guidelines. Please continue to monitor your children and do not send them to class if they have a fever, cough, shortness of breath, sore throat, runny nose, etc. Sending a child with symptoms to class in a mask is not an acceptable solution. Please keep children home when they are sick. We appreciate your enhanced awareness and efforts in keeping our students and faculty healthy.
TIS THE SEASON! Please take a minute and post a positive review on Google and/or Facebook for us! Your kind comments really help prospective customers to feel more confident in choosing us. We will be forever grateful to you. Thank you in advance for helping us out! We appreciate your support so much.
Your feedback is of the utmost importance to Expressions Dance & Preschool. We are constantly striving to provide the ideal experience for our studio families, and your input helps us to define that experience. If you ever have any concerns or suggestions, please email us @ info@dancetoexpress.com. Thank you!
PARENTS NIGHT OUT- DROP AND SHOP!
We have SO MUCH fun at Parent’s Night Out! Mark your calendar for your DECEMBER DATE NIGHT and we will take the kids…Friday, December 10th from 6-10 pm at our Centerville location! We have lots of fun activities planned for the kids and you can enjoy a night out CHILD FREE! Cost is $20 per child. Pizza will be served. Must be potty trained. Register in the parent portal under special events. Space is limited!
JAN 8th: FROZEN FRIENDS CAMP!
Who loves Frozen? Register your dancer for Frozen Friends Camp for the PERFECT Christmas surprise! This magical princess experience will be made complete with a sparkling blue leotard with attached tutu and an official party invitation you can put under the tree for Christmas!
When: January 8th, 9:30-11am or 10-11:30am
Where: Expressions Dance Bountiful (3381 S. Highway 89)
Gift boxes will be available for pickup Dec 6-17th at the Bountiful studio
REGISTER HERE FOR FROZEN FRIENDS CAMP- COMPLETE WITH ICE BLUE TUTU DRESS!
It's sure to be an experience your little Disney-lover will never forget!⠀
DEC 20-JAN 2nd: NO CLASSES FOR WINTER BREAK
We hope you all have a wonderful December! Our schedule stays the same when we return on January 4th. The classes you are currently registered for will continue through June 2021. NOTE: We charge the same amount every month for convenience and consistency to our families. Holidays and studio closures are factored into the season’s tuition amount and is then broken into even monthly payments.
DEC 6-17: IN-CLASS HOLIDAY PARENT PROGRAMS
We are very excited for you to join us for our Holiday In-Class Parent Programs! We’re looking forward to showing off what we’ve been working on in classes so far this year. Dance classes will demonstrate certain milestone skills and a dance. Tumbling classes will demonstrate skills, strength and flexibility! Your dancer will join us for their regular class time, and you will join us for the parent portion only.
Please review these important guidelines before attending:
Each student is allowed to have only 1 or 2 adults attend their program.
To help avoid congestion in the parking lot and the lobby, drop your student off for their class, and return promptly 2 minutes before your program time.
Please lower voice volume in all waiting areas and studios.
Seating space is extremely limited, come prepared to sit on the floor or stand.
Please refrain from distractions that will disrupt learning.
Please turn off all electronic devices before entering our studios. Be present!
We expect all observers to treat the classes like a performance, recording or photography is strictly prohibited. Teachers will announce when it is acceptable to film the routine at the end and then we’ll take a class picture.
Please do not bring infants or other children into class.
View the schedule HERE or refer to the holiday program email for your child’s class performance date and join them for this extra special end-of-class presentation!
RECITAL CONSENTS NEEDED BEFORE DECEMBER 15TH!
Can you believe it, we are already preparing for our next big show! Coming up in June will be our Tumbling Exhibition (June 3 & 4) and our year-end Recital on June 11th. Recital commitments are due NOW- fill out the form HERE.
Recital costumes must be ordered months in advance, so get your consent in NOW! The recital experience builds confidence and provides a sense accomplishment to our students that easily carries over into other areas of their lives. We hope you'll join us in this celebration of a successful year of hard work!
Not sure if you have registered for the recital? You can see your recital registration by logging into your online account HERE.
Click account login
Click the dropdown menu in the top left corner
Select “View All My Classes”
If you’re performing, you will see enrollment for recital pay-in-full or 7 installments
Company members are automatically enrolled in the recital and will not appear here
First installment payments for the recital process on December 1st or upon consent if after the 1st.
Not sure what recital is all about? Watch this highlight video.
New knowledge and skills abound when it comes to preparing for the recital … and we’re not just talking about learning dance steps! There’s more than meets the eye when it comes to all of the advantages of recital participation. Check out some of the unique benefits your child will acquire that go beyond the performance itself HERE.
Head over to the online consent form to view the details and fill it out now!
PAJAMAS AND BOOKS DUE BY FRIDAY, DEC 10th
Our annual pajama and book drive is going on now! Our project will help support Utah Foster Care and several other local Utah charities. We are collecting new pajamas and books at both studios until December 10th. We hope you will join us in this cause!
We are also collecting monetary donations which will go towards more jammies and books! Bring in cash or Venmo donations to @danceforlife and include the dancers name so the amount can go toward their service society recognition!
What is Service Society? The pajama and book drive is our “Winter Project” and an opportunity for dancers to qualify to become a member of the “Expressions Dance Service Society.” To meet the qualifications for Service Society, a dancer needs to donate 10 pairs of pajamas, or 20 books, or $50 in cash donations. We will also accept a combination of the three donations (ex. 5 pjs and 10 books). We want to encourage students to put their hearts into this by asking friends and family to get involved and donate towards our project. Students who meet the donation requirements will be recognized for their service with a certificate. These credentials will acknowledge their involvement in a good cause and will look amazing on future college scholarship applications and resumes! We are so excited to have a program within our studio to help teach our students the importance of service and community involvement! To get credit for your donations be sure to fill out the form on the clipboard next to the donation box!
BUN DRAWING
We loved seeing so many buns in Stars classes (school aged ballet/jazz) last month! Keep coming with proper hair to class and earn a ticket each week for the bun raffle! Tickets will be entered into a raffle where we will announce 3 winners per studio each month for a special prize! We’ll draw new winners each month through June! To earn a ticket your dancer must:
Have her hair in a secure ballet bun (not a doorknob bun)
Use a hairnet
Use bobby pins to secure bun
CHRISTMAS GIFT IDEAS!
We can help you out this time of year! Great stocking stuffers could be new tights or dance shoes! We have limited studio beanies, hoodies, and water bottles available on our online store HERE! Order yours today! While supplies last!
FOR PARENTS OF PRESCHOOL DANCERS- DECEMBER THEME
In December our theme is "From My Heart to Yours." Each class will be focused around Christmas! This month we are focusing on: gallop, moving your head, shoulders, 6th position (feet together), sharing, and toe touches. We hope you can find time to review these elements with your dancer at home. It is a great way to get EVERYONE moving!!
FOR PARENTS OF SCHOOL AGED TUMBLING/ACRO STUDENTS
December Stretch of the Month- Straddle | Strength Challenge- Superman
We are so excited this year to have a “stretch of the month” and a “strength challenge” in our acro/tumbling classes! Encourage your child to work on these skills at home to help them improve even faster! Be more involved by printing off the at home practice tracker HERE.
HIP HOP CLASSES- SHOE POLICY
With winter weather approaching, we need to remind you that we CANNOT have wet, salty, muddy shoes stepping onto our dance floor. Please carry your hip hop shoes into the studio and change into them before you enter the classroom. You will be asked to dance with no shoes if you don't have a dry pair! Thank you!
STUDIO FACEBOOK GROUP
Join our studio Facebook group and be a part of our community HERE! Stay up to date on current events and connect with us!
UPCOMING EVENTS 2021-22
DECEMBER:
December 6-10: In-class Parent Performance Week
December 15: Recital consents due
December 20-31: Winter Break, no classes
JANUARY:
January 17: MLK Jr Day, no classes
January 28: Skipping pass off party for preschool/pre-k dancers
FEBRUARY:
February 5: Valentine Ball- Daddy Daughter Night Out
February 8-14: Wear red, pink, purple week
February 21: President’s Day, no classes
MARCH:
Mar 14-19: Wear green week
APRIL:
April 1: Mom & Daughter Paint Night
April 4-8: Spring Break, no classes
April 11-15: Parent Peek Week
April 18: Pathways for Dancers Meeting
April 11-20: Rollover Rally
MAY:
May 2-6: Teacher Appreciation Week
May 21: Recital Picture Day
May 30: Memorial Day, no classes
JUNE:
June 3-4: Tumble Exhibition
June 11: Recital
June 13-17: Last week of dance and in-class celebrations
June 21-23: 2022-23 Company Auditions
