WELCOME ... Wow what a great dance season!
Dana's contact info is below
if anyone has questions or concerns:
Dana's contact info is below
if anyone has questions or concerns:
Phone: 250-415-1477
E-mail:
or
This website, westcoastballet.ca is a great source of information.
Please check this website for any dates or times or upcoming events.
The desk will be open on Saturdays from 9:30-12 noon with our wonderful secretary/costumer Jeannie Kwan.
Please check this website for any dates or times or upcoming events.
The desk will be open on Saturdays from 9:30-12 noon with our wonderful secretary/costumer Jeannie Kwan.
CLASSES:
Tuesday June 7 Grade 8 Ballet Cancelled
Saturday June 25 Inter and Adv 2 Ballet combined from 2-4pm
Saturday June 25 Inter and Adv 2 Ballet combined from 2-4pm
EXAMS:
Congrats to all who took exams in May! Results will be coming in and Miss Dana will hand everything as soon as she receives them.
PHOTO DAY:
Sunday June 12 there will be a photo day at the studio from 9am until 1pm. Please see the schedule below for you times.
CINDERELLA:
Tickets are on sale now at the UVIc Box Office! Get the best seats.
This year we will be performing our version of 'Cinderella' for the year end show. All costumes are here and fees are released. The show will be taking place at the UVic Farquhar Auditorium on Sunday June 26th at 2:30pm. A dress rehearsal will be happening for all performers in the morning before the show, schedule to come.
Please read the notice below that outlines some tips and info for the day of the show. This will really help to make the day run smoothly.
There are two great opportunities at the show this year! One is a draw for a gift basket so be sure to write your name on a the paper provided for your chance to win. The other is a donation box for the Rwandese Orphanage that I have been partnering with. They have 60 amazing kids orphaned from the genocide and do it all with out any incoming aid.
This year we will be performing our version of 'Cinderella' for the year end show. All costumes are here and fees are released. The show will be taking place at the UVic Farquhar Auditorium on Sunday June 26th at 2:30pm. A dress rehearsal will be happening for all performers in the morning before the show, schedule to come.
Please read the notice below that outlines some tips and info for the day of the show. This will really help to make the day run smoothly.
There are two great opportunities at the show this year! One is a draw for a gift basket so be sure to write your name on a the paper provided for your chance to win. The other is a donation box for the Rwandese Orphanage that I have been partnering with. They have 60 amazing kids orphaned from the genocide and do it all with out any incoming aid.
IMPORTANT DATES:
June 7th - Grade 8 Ballet cancelled.
June 5th-9th - Provincials in Kamloops - Good Luck Girls :)
June 12 - Photo Day - 9am until 1pm.
June 26 - 'Cinderella' Dress Rehearsal and Show at UVic.
Thank you everyone, enjoy your classes!
Dana Fry ARAD Dip, AISTD Dip.
Owner/Artistic Director
Westcoast Academy of Performing Arts Ltd.
It's wonderful when all students are able to attend photo day, but if you will not be able to please inform either Dana or Jeannie before the day so we don't wait for you to arrive. If you need your hair done for you please come 30 min before your time slot (everyone's hair should be in a slick bun). Otherwise please arrive 15 min before your time slot to get your accessories.
In order to alleviate the noise and chaos of past photo days we will be asking the parents and younger students to get ready and wait in the boardroom. Only students will enter the studio for pictures as per the photographer's request.
Photo Day is held at the studio. See you there :)
In order to alleviate the noise and chaos of past photo days we will be asking the parents and younger students to get ready and wait in the boardroom. Only students will enter the studio for pictures as per the photographer's request.
Photo Day is held at the studio. See you there :)
Solos will be taken throughout the other photos
9am
- Jr Ballet
- Grade 5 Ballet
- Inter/Gr 8/Adv Ballet
9:30am
- Pre-Primary Ballet
- Inter-F Ballet
- Grade 4 Modern
- Step mom and sisters
10am
- Grade 1 Ballet
- Primary Ballet
- Grade 3 Ballet
- Duke and King
10:30am
- Adv 1 Tap
- Primary/Grade 2 Modern
- Alex's Open Modern
11am
- Angela's Open Modern
- Jr Open Modern
- Beg/Gr 1 Tap
11:30am
- Grade 3 Tap
- Sr Jazz
- Cinderela Character shots
12 noon
- All Festival Groups
- Sr Jazz
- Cinderela Character shots
1pm Finished
Once your dancer is dropped off at the Stage Door for rehearsal, they will be staying backstage until the end of the show. They will be very well taken care of by our backstage parents. We will provide coloring pages, videos, etc. to keep them occupied. If you want to send books, hand-held computer games, etc. along with your child, please make sure that their names are on them.
The children will require a small healthy snack. Please do not send any food/beverage that will mark or stain their costumes. We ask that you send only water for drinking. Some good examples of snacks would be cheese & crackers, bagels, green grapes, apple slices, carrot sticks, oatmeal cookies (no chocolate please - it stains). Please nothing dippy, drippy, greasy or messy.
Please drop your dancer off with a bag large enough to hold all of their items - coat, shoes, etc. so that nothing is misplaced backstage. With 100 or so kids backstage - some having to do very quick changes, it is not always easy to ensure that all the bits and pieces get where they need to go. Names in their shoes will help ensure that any misplaced ones will find their way back to you.
Please make sure that your dancer's nail polish, temporary tattoos, watches, earrings, etc. are removed prior to their arrival.
If you are not able to do your child's hair, there will be service available backstage. Please send $2 with your child to cover the cost of supplies used (gel, hairpins, hairnets, etc). Day old hair "sticks" better than clean hair - no need to wash their hair that morning.
We will be providing the stage makeup required (lipstick, blush) but request that your child bring their own eye makeup (light colored eyeshadow and black mascara).
For the parents new to recitals, it is tradition that at the end of the show, when your dancers are picked up, that they receive flowers from their biggest fans (that's you). Nothing elaborate required - just a little token bouquet.
The children will require a small healthy snack. Please do not send any food/beverage that will mark or stain their costumes. We ask that you send only water for drinking. Some good examples of snacks would be cheese & crackers, bagels, green grapes, apple slices, carrot sticks, oatmeal cookies (no chocolate please - it stains). Please nothing dippy, drippy, greasy or messy.
Please drop your dancer off with a bag large enough to hold all of their items - coat, shoes, etc. so that nothing is misplaced backstage. With 100 or so kids backstage - some having to do very quick changes, it is not always easy to ensure that all the bits and pieces get where they need to go. Names in their shoes will help ensure that any misplaced ones will find their way back to you.
Please make sure that your dancer's nail polish, temporary tattoos, watches, earrings, etc. are removed prior to their arrival.
If you are not able to do your child's hair, there will be service available backstage. Please send $2 with your child to cover the cost of supplies used (gel, hairpins, hairnets, etc). Day old hair "sticks" better than clean hair - no need to wash their hair that morning.
We will be providing the stage makeup required (lipstick, blush) but request that your child bring their own eye makeup (light colored eyeshadow and black mascara).
For the parents new to recitals, it is tradition that at the end of the show, when your dancers are picked up, that they receive flowers from their biggest fans (that's you). Nothing elaborate required - just a little token bouquet.
Thank you everyone, enjoy the show!
Dana Fry ARAD Dip, AISTD Dip.
Owner/Artistic Director
Westcoast Academy of Performing Arts Ltd.
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