December Dance News

Happy Holidays Gotta Dance family! We are four months into our dance year, and it has been a great year so far. Thank you to all of our amazing families for your continued support. We appreciate each and every one of you.
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During this season of crazy schedules, we know that many dancers may be missing classes due to school and family events. We wanted to remind you that dancers may make up any missed classes through the end of the season. 
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Instagram Winners

Upcoming Photo Shoot

Join us in congratulating our GDC Dance Pic winners Marissa, Meghan, Allison, & Abigail. Our new window coverings will be coming soon!! Thank you to everyone who participated, all of your pictures were AMAZING!!

Gotta Dance Gear Orders

We are working with a new vendor this year for our Gotta Dance gear. The vendor is working on an order form, it will be sent out and posted to our website as soon as it is available.  We will have a Christmas delivery order available for any families that wish to purchase some Gotta Dance gear for Christmas.
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Happy Birthday Dancers!!!

Please join us in wishing these dancers a very happy birthday this month.

• Audree Addler
• McKenna Bonhote
• Addison Boyer-Wabli
• Alyssa Flores
• Aida Jacob
• Kaitlyn Keim
• Taylor LoDico
• Maya Mindrut
• Vanessa Ortega
• Hope Saikaly
• Jack Venezia

Jake Joe Photography will be back at Gotta Dance on Sunday, December 10th. If you are a competition dancer that missed our first session, or you would just like to have some headshots and dance action photos taken, this is your chance! 
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Dancers will receive approximately 10 action shots, and 5 headshots in an online gallery. We are working on confirming the schedule and costs with the photographer, that information will be sent out soon. Check out our wall in the studio to see some of Jake Joe’s AMAZING work.

Monthly Master Class 

You don't want to miss out on these amazing monthly master classes with Krista Barker, this month, our classes will be held on Thursday, December 14th. Classes are REQUIRED for all Junior, Junior Exclusive, Teen, and Senior Exclusive competition team members, and open to all intermediate/advanced dancers. Please be sure to pre-register for these classes. For more information, check out the Master Classes page.

Upcoming Studio Closure

The studio will be closed on the following dates:

• ​Sunday, December 24th - Sunday, January 7th for Winter Break.

​For a full list of studio closure dates, please see our Studio Policies page.

Competition Team News

Kiwanis Fundraiser

We have received our Kiwanis check, you guys did AMAZING! Our studio raised a total of $28,467. Allison C raised a whopping $7,700, YOU GO GIRL!!
If you participated in this fundraising event, and email will be coming shortly with your Kiwanis balance. Please make sure you read the email and reply with instructions on how to apply the funds.

Costume Deposits

In an effort to spread out the costs of competition costumes, we will be billing competition costumes in 3 easy payments.  

Juniors, Junior Exclusives, Teens, Senior Exclusives:
$200 deposit due November 1st
$200 deposit due December 1st
Balance due January 8th

Minis:
$50 deposit due November 1st
​$50 deposit due December 1st
​Balance due January 8th

​We will keep you informed on the prices of costumes as they are completed.

Competition Accessories

Earring orders will need to be turned in by Wednesday, December 20th to ensure delivery before our first competition. Order forms are attached to this email and available on the Company page of our website. ALL FEMALE DANCERS are REQUIRED to have at least one pair of competition earrings. We will be using the same earring as we used last year, so if you still have your earrings from last year, you do not need to purchase another pair.  Please note the pricing for these earrings is based on bulk order pricing, if you need a pair later in the season, the price increases substantially.

​Information about makeup, lip colors, hair, and any other competition accessories will be sent out as soon as possible.

Competition Christmas Party

SAVE THE DATE!! Our annual GDC Competition Team Christmas potluck will be held on Friday, December 15th at 7pm at Trish’s new house! We will be having a potluck and a bonfire, an email will be sent out shortly with more information.

Competition Season

Competition season is quickly approaching. All of our group dances will be completed before Christmas break! Our first competition will be the weekend of February 2nd. Please make sure that you keep the entire weekend free as we will not have a schedule for your dancer(s) until one week before the competition begins.
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Fees for our first competition have been billed to your dancer’s account and are due on December 14th. It is imperative that these fees are paid on time, we are finding that several dance competitions are SELLING OUT early, so we need to make sure that we have all of our dances entered and paid for as early as possible.
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