Okay okay. So this is Carnagie Hall.

And there are probably a thousand people in this picture.

But you get the idea. Lets try to recreate this for the kids on April 30th! Invite all your family and friends! There is no limit to how many people you can bring! It is so much fun for the kids to have a big an enthusiastic audience to watch all their hard work! And don’t forget it is FREE! Absolutely no admission fee. I will have save the date cards for kids next week to pass out to everybody.

Here I am. Back with more details about the upcoming recital! There are exactly 33 more days (counting weekends) until the big event and I am getting excited!

Recital fee: The recital fee will be the same as last year: $45 per student. This fee includes the rental and usage of our beautiful auditorium and two hand made costumes. You can pay this anytime between now and the recital (if you need later, let me know) and in any form. If it is easier for you to break it up into seperate payments, you can do that too. Whatever works best for you!

Picture day: Picture day will be on Tuesday, April 27th. Come to the studio to pick up your completed costumes and take a group or solo picture. There is no pressure to order pictures. We ask that parents do not take pictures in the photo area to ensure quality pictures for the professional photographer that will be there.  Please make it a priority to be there for for the sake of the rest of the group and so I can have all my kiddos up on my wall at the dance studio

The schedule is as follows:

9:00AM 3-4 yr olds Wednesday

9:30AM 3-4 yr olds Thursday

10:00AM 5-6 yr olds Thursday morning

11:00AM 8-10yr olds Thursday

12:00AM Ballet I

12:30PM Tap II

1:00PM Ballet II

2:00PM Teen class

3:00 The Boys

4:00 5-6 year old evening (if you can come earlier let me know)

The sign is officially hung at Studio Fortè dance and fine arts! Go to this link to check out the sign being hung. Many thanks for Bill McDonald (Dad Extraordinaire) for hanging it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNsdKfyv6zE

1. Maplewood hosted its 4th annual “Women Making History Business Expo” event on Thursday! Women business owners were invited to show off their businesses at this fun and open evening! (Here is more information about it if you are interested  http://www.cityofmaplewood.com/index.aspx?NID=148

1. It was a great success! I thoroughly enjoyed talking to everybody about Studio Forté Dance and Fine arts and the exciting year we were having! I got to tell them all how it has been my dream since I was 14 to own a dance studio, and dreams really do come true. I am so grateful to wake up every morning and get to do what I truly love! How awesome that?

1. “What do you do for a living?” “Oh. Uh I get to dance and play piano with kids all day long.”

1. Pretty sweet.

1. Anyway. I digress. It was a great success at the Maplewood Business Expo and it is because of all of you who have made such a great year possible at Studio Forté. Check the pictures below!

Paul Reising, an amazing muny set painter of 40 years has made Studio Forte a beautiful weather-proof outdoor sign!

Watch this space to see it being officially hung on the brick! Woo hoo!

The dress rehearsal time has changed. When I posted 7-9pm I did not think about small children and bedtimes. It was very silly of me and I wanted to correct it asap!

The new dress rehearsal time is: Thursday, April 29th 4:30 – 6:00.

Hopefully this will work better for you and your family. After all, they need to be nice and rested for their performance on Friday

Miss Lindi

And there are lots of different kinds of tights:

Let’s make sure that all the kiddos are donning those leotards and tights every week! You are going to need them for the recital, so you might as well make an investment