INTRODUCTION FOR ELECTRIC YOUTH EXTREME
This handbook is your key to a smooth
recital experience. It should be able to answer your questions, and inform you
of what is required from all students and families.
The recital will be a rewarding experience for
all of our students. If this is your student’s first year at the Electric Youth
Dance Company, we encourage the entire family to approach this milestone with
support and enthusiasm. The benefits of performing in front of a live audience
and participating in the artistic process of choreography, rehearsals, and
teamwork are in numerous. Most important, each student is given the opportunity
to be someone special someone who has worked with diligence, determination, and
heart to achieve her goals.
Performing on stage builds confidence and
character; it gives one a sense of accomplishments and pride. These are
qualities we want to see our children attain. The recital experience will help
a child in other aspects of their personal lives at school, church, sports
activities, and much more.
RECITAL FEE
Your $35.00 (per family (which means
sisters and brothers, not cousins) recital fee includes entrance fees for you,
your family, and friends. This must be paid by June 19th. All dancers who have
not paid by June 19th will be unable to participate in the dance recital. This
fee goes towards the rental of the auditorium, tech fees and Janitor fees for
our Dress Rehearsal and Recital. This way you can invite whoever you would like
and they do not need to pay a fee to watch your children dance.
DRESS REHEARSAL
(Thursday, JUNE 19th)
The Dress Rehearsal is held at Northridge
High School. All classes will have stage time in which they will practice their
routine with full costume, performance lights and music. Each class has only 10
minutes on the stage so please do not be late! The girls will be excused after
they have practiced on the stage and gone through the finale. Please do not
be late. (If you are on the Competition Team please plan on staying there
until 8:00 except my “minis” you will be excused at 7:15. (Schedule is posted on a separate post)
When
you get there come into the auditorium and sit with your class. I need everyone
to stay in the auditorium!! Parents are
welcome to stay however please do not let other children run around and please
keep quiet, sometimes the parents are louder than the girls.
PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEOS
I have hired a professional video-ographer
to video our recital. This is a professional quality keepsake that your family
will enjoy for years! You can either get a DVD or a USB jump drive. DVD is
usual definition and USB drive is at full high definition quality. The cost for
either one is $27.00. You will be able to order your copy at the
rehearsal.
RECITAL MON. JUNE 23rd
The performance will start promptly at 6:30
p.m. All students must arrive and meet in the back hallway at 6:00 p.m.
sharp all ready to perform!!
Students should use the restroom before
their parents drop them off. I have girls that will be there to help me with
all of my little girl’s classes, so moms do not have to stay backstage. (unless
they have a costume change)
We will warm up and then get lined up for
our show to begin. After each class has performed the volunteer in charge of
each class will take the girls back and start lining them up for the Finale.
After the Finale, I will have all of the little ones stay on the stage and
parents can pick them up.
The doors will not open until 6:00 p.m.
We then ask that you do NOT reserve more than five seats per dancer. All
reserved seats should be let go five minutes before the recital.
UNPAID TUITION
All tuition, recital fees, and costume
balances need to be paid on or before June 19th. If your account is
not current your daughter will be unable to participate in our Dance Recital.
MAKE-UP
Make-up should be worn to performance and
dress rehearsal. Eye shadow, eyeliner, mascara, blush, should be natural tones.
Cheeks and lips should be pink. Competition teams should wear your competition
make-up. Make-up should look natural, not heavy. If your performer does not
have enough make-up on she will look washed out on stage. We want their
beautiful features to be seen from a distance.
HAIR - (I will post
pictures at the end of this blog describing hair styles.)
* ”ABC”
- Wear black ballet or jazz shoes with no socks. Hair in Alice and Wonderland. Have all of the
hair very curly! Bobby pin their hair
piece so that it will not fall out.
* ”Stupid Cupid” - No socks, black ballet shoes. Hair in a high
back pony very curly, the pony should be on the crown of their head. (Be sure
that you really slick the baby hairs back so that there is no loose hair around
their face) If their hair is too short to pull it all up the just pull the
front ½ up. Be sure to bobby pin
the hairpiece because it will not stay in with just the one clip that it came
with.
* ”Schools Out”. - Tan ballet or jazz shoes. Hair in a high back
pony very curly, the pony should be on the crown of their head. (Be sure that
you really slick the baby hairs back so that there is no loose hair around
their face) If their hair is too short to pull it all up the just pull the
front ½ up. Put a regular black
pony holder in and then put the rhinestone one over the top.
* ”Surfing
Safari” - No socks and black
ballet shoes. Hair in Alice Wonderland very curly. Put the flower over their
pony. (I am trying to get a flower to match the one in their to go on their
skirts.)
* ”Tumbling class” – You will wear the Summer Practice outfits. (Except
the boys, they will wear black shorts and a white t-shirt.) Most of you are in
other dances so their hair will be how it is for their dance. If you are not in
a dance class then pull hair up into back pony so that their hair is out of
their face. No socks and they can either wear their ballet shoes or go bare
foot.
* ”Ballet Class” - Pink ballet shoes, suntan tights. Hair will have to
be the same as it was for your other dances. I will have white feather hair
pieces for their hair.
* "Boys Hip Hop” - Wear levi's, red t-shirt, black vest and tennis shoes.
* Competition Teams – Same as you did for competition. For
rehearsal we will not have time to change costumes so please wear your main
costume and bring the others.
EVERYONE- Be sure to bobby pin hair pieces etc. in hair!!!
Alice Wonderland hair - Part hair right behind ears and pull up both sides into a pony at the crown of
head. So the back of hair will be down but the front will be pulled out of
eyes. Even if hair is short you should be able to pull up the sides. If not
just curly hair. (Pink spongy curlers work best to curl hair) I prefer no
bangs.
EXTREME BOUTIQUE
We will be selling our summer practice outfits at the Rehearsal. (some
of you already placed your order) I will order them on the 24th so
if you do not order at the dress rehearsal or recital you will not be able to
get them. I am only putting in ONE order. The cost of these is $32.50 and they
are very cute! If you are doing tumbling at the Recital or you already ordered
them they will be here at Dress Rehearsal. We will wear these in the South
Weber parade in Aug. If you are on Competition Team and you want to dance in
the Parade instead of riding on the float you will need the practice outfit.
I
hope this answers all of your questions. I want to thank you all for giving me
the opportunity to teach your children! I truly love each and every one of
them, and look forward to sharing my love for dance with them for many years.
Love, Michele
