DRESS REHEARSALS Happily Ever After

Saturday 7th December Dress rehearsals prepare students in confidence, entry, exits, stage dimensions and other important features of Performance. They are an important and exciting lead up to our Concert. We please ask that you arrive at the theatre dressed and ready to dance to ensure all students have plenty of time on stage to feel prepared for the big day! Dress Rehearsals are held at the Civic Theatre (cnr of Lords Place and Byng Streets) Please enter and exit the building using the back stage door via the car park to the rear of the building on Lords Place. Parents of students 6 years and under may accompany children and wait in the Green room (option to leave also), but it is theatre regulations that no one other than performers may enter the building. We will have a staff member at the back stage door to mark off names and direct students. Please note: All rehearsals in the lead up to Concert are CLOSED to observers and this is a condition stipulated by Theatre Management. Entry for performers for both Dress Rehearsal and Concert is strictly via Back stage door. A separate note explaining Concert Day Organisation will be given to students at Dress Rehearsals. Our Dress Rehearsals are complete stage, audio and technical rehearsals. HAIR, MAKE UP & COSTUMING IS REQUIRED for lighting and staging purposes as well as photography. Thank you for your co-operation. We really appreciate your efforts in ensuring your children; our star performers look their absolute best for the rehearsals and show. Please see over for dress rehearsal times Saturday 7th December- Civic Theatre Dress Rehearsals • 12pm- 1pm Future Stars (Monday 2pm class) 12 years jazz (Monday 7pm), Grade 1 Ballet (Tues 4pm class) Junior Tap (sat 11am class) • 1pm- 2pm Future Stars (Saturday 9:30am class) 6 years and under Jazz/ HH (Mon 4pm class), inter contemporary (mon 5:30pm class) Junior Ballet (Tuesday 4pm class) • 2pm- 3pm 8 years Jazz (mon 4:45pm class), 10 years Jazz (Monday 6:15pm class), Inter Ballet (Tuesday 5:30pm class) Snr Contemporary (Wednesday 4:15pm class) • 3pm- 4pm Snr Jazz (Wednesday 5pm class) Senior Ballet, Snr Contemporary (Wednesday 6pm class) Inter Tap (Thursday 4pm class) • 4pm- 5pm Junior, Inter and Senior performance teams, Senior Jazz, Senior Tap, pointe class. Please pack a drink bottle and quick snack (if you are at the theatre for an extended period). Make sure you double check at the end of the rehearsal if you have collected your costumes and any accessories. It is very hard to keep track of lost property between rehearsals and concert. We have had panicked phone calls concert morning in the past from parents and students looking for items left behind at rehearsals ☺

STEPPING OUT DANCE FACTORY- "HAPPILY EVER AFTER" Concert Update

THE COUNTDOWN TO CONCERT IS ON. Over the coming weeks we will be keeping you informed of important details in the lead up to Concert. All of our information will be posted to our website www.steppingoutdance.com.au under ORANGE NEWS. We aim to make the lead up to Concert an enjoyable and stress free one. Our thanks to everyone who has supported us in this process by ensuring you have paid costume deposits. We really appreciate your cooperation and look forward to sharing in this exciting event with you. A Hair & Make Up Guide will be sent home in November in readiness for Dress Rehearsals and the Big Day. Photos of how to do hair and make up will also be posted on our website and FB page to assist any new parents. A REMINDER THAT OUR CONCERT “HAPPILY EVER AFTER” will be staged on Sunday, 8th December at 3pm. Our 2013 presentation will be held at the conclusion of our show (on stage). A DRESS REHEARSAL on stage will be held on Saturday the 7th December at the Orange Civic Theatre. This rehearsal will involve all students. A timetable will be available as soon as times have been confirmed with the theatre technical crew. Costume Collection will be held during class (week commencing the 1st December). Balances of costumes will be advised prior to these dates and will be payable before costumes can be handed out- most girls costumes are $60 total per costume. TICKETS WILL GO ON SALE FROM 10am Wednesday, 13th NOVEMBER and will be available online from ticketek or from the Orange Theatre Box Office (in person or phone 02 63938111.) Tickets are charged at Adults $25.00 Junior $17.00 Student $19.00 Pensioner $19.00 If you would like to purchase a DVD of this years concert- Watch out for envelopes that will be handed out in class over the next 2 weeks. We really can’t wait to see the culmination of our 2013 dancing year on the big stage and know that these beautiful young people are going to shine. We are absolutely thrilled at the work, enthusiasm and energy we are seeing in class. Notes will be staggered out over the following weeks so please keep a file at home of all our information. Copies of all notes handed out will be on noticeboard and copies will also be placed online. STAY TUNED FOR SOME VERY EXCITING NEWS REGARDING 2014 too! Happy Dancing – The Team at Stepping Out Dance Factory

MISS TEGAN PRIVATE TUITION

Miss Tegan will be available on Tuesday and Wednesday of the 2nd week of the holidays, please find an available time slot and please let me know ASAP, I will then mark it unavailable. Miss Tegan- Tuesday 23rd April (1pm- 2pm) (2pm- 3pm) (3pm- 4pm) (4pm- 5pm) Miss Tegan- Wednesday the 24 April (1pm- 2pm) (2pm- 3pm) (3pm- 4pm) (4pm- 5pm)

Holiday rehearsals and private tuition schedule

Hi everyone Please see available times for Miss Leesa on Monday the 22nd April. Choose an available slot and let me know, I will then mark it unavailable. Monday 22nd April (10- 11am) (11am- 12pm) (12pm- 12:30pm UNAVAILABLE) (12:30- 1:30pm) (1:30- 2:30pm) (2:30- 3:30pm) (3:30- 4:30pm)

Welcome Miss Hayley!!

We would love to take this opportunity to welcome and introduce Hayley Collins to the Stepping Out team. We are very excited to have Miss Hayley on our faculty. Our Classical and Contemporary/Lyrical students will no doubt meet her very soon, she has already been working with our soloists on some gorgeous routines. Miss Hayley studied full time classical ballet at Tanya Pearson classical coaching academy in Sydney. Whilst she was at TPCCA hayley competed in New York for the finals of the youth American Grand Prix where she was awarded a scholarship for the bolshoi academy ballet summer school. Hayley then moved to New York for a traineeship with the Ajkun Ballet theatre where she the signed a contract as a company artist. During her time with the Ajkun ballet theatre Hayley performed a variety of soloist and principal roles throughout Europe, America and Australia. Welcome to the team Miss Hayley!

WELCOME BACK EVERYONE!!

What a great start to 2013. We not only welcomed back our existing dancers, we met some really awesome new students and their families. Thank you so much for entrusting Stepping out for your child's dance education for 2013.

Enrolment day 2013

Hey everyone- don't forget enrolment day this Thursday 24th January 4pm- 7pm at our studio. Can't wait to see everyone!