Upcoming
CMD Events:
Winter Dance Festival: Saturday,
December 15 – Thursday, December 22
Dancers
will perform holiday routines for family and friends the last 10-15 minutes of
their regularly scheduled classes.
Dancers will wear their regular dance attire, although they may choose
to add holiday accessories. CMD will
hand out candy canes. Most dancers do
not bring treats to distribute, however if you do choose to bring something to
hand out to your friends please be considerate to the health of others by not
bringing any peanut products to the studio.
Parents, family & friends are all welcome to attend the
festivities!
Winter Break: December 23 – January 2 –
Classes resume Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Regularly scheduled classes will not be
held over Winter Break. Our office will
be closed, but we will be checking our email during this time.
Moms & Dads Dance:
It’s that time of year for mom &
dad to get involved! Every year CMD does
a Moms dance as well as a Dads dance in the spring show. Practices are held on select Sunday’s from
January through June. Sign up at the
front desk today to get involved!
Last minute gift ideas for your
favorite CMD fan:
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Private Lessons: Instructors are available to offer private lessons during
this time and a fabulous way for your star dancer to spend an hour over break. Email office@creativemovementdance.com for more information.
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$5 CMD Apparel Items: In-stock items only! Limited supply and sizes!
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There are still openings in the younger
children’s classes – it’s not too late to get your special little friend,
niece, cousin involved in the fun!
Concert Fee & Second Costume
Deposit Due: December 15 Auto-process will occur on December
15 for any customer marking this on their Credit Card Authorization form.
CMD takes the total Costume
investment and splits it into 3 separate payments: 2 deposits and 1 remaining
balance. Each Costume Deposit is $45
(plus tax): first deposit was due Nov. 15 – second deposit is due Dec. 15. A costume will NOT be ordered for any dancer
with an outstanding Costume Deposit payment.
The remaining balance will be invoiced in December with a due date of February
15.
Concert Fees are being
divided into two separate payments this year.
A Concert Fee (per dancer) has been invoiced to your account. On December 15 half of that amount is due,
the remaining half is due February 15.
Concert Registration Deadline: December
1
If you did not
receive the Concert 2012 Information Email, please contact the front desk.
Finale
Cast Registration Deadline: December 1
The Finale (last dance) is only open to dancers who are in 5th
grade or higher. Dancers will be placed
into a section. Section assignments will
be emailed in January. Each section will
have rehearsal on May 19, June 2, & June 9.
There is a Mandatory Cast rehearsal on Sunday, June 10 from 2:00-6:00pm. There
is a $40 Finale Rehearsal Fee plus an additional costume fee.
Nina’s
Notes:
The holiday season is upon us! We understand that chaotic schedules come
along with this happy time of year, however it is important for dancers to
attend classes these next few weeks as we prepare for our holiday routines to
be performed in only a few short weeks!
This is also our last opportunity to measure dancers for costume sizes. If your dancer has not been measured have
them see either their instructor or myself the next time they are in for class.
Parents, we need your help in
reminding dancers they are to not wear their dance shoes outside or
their street shoes on the dance floors.
We also need your encouragement to keep dancers waiting indoors and not
outside, but prefer if dancer’s don’t have to wait at all.
It is necessary for people - especially dancers after class
- to wear pants, coat, hat, shoes and gloves! CT dancers are required to dress
warm: cover legs, arms and heads. We
appreciate everyone’s desire to still attend class when they are not feeling
their best. However, if a dancer is
running a fever or could be contagious, please keep them at home to rest and
heal.
As the children are eagerly writing their letters to Santa,
I like to reflect on the many gifts that were received throughout the
year. I am still in amazement of the
numerous “moving” contributions that were made by many CMD families and the
Booster Club – to whom we can also thank for the awesome lobby furniture! Thank you all for your hard work and
time. You help make CMD a happy
home!
Staff
Spotlight: Brittany Huettman - brittany@creativemovementdance.com
CMD
has been a second home to Brittany Huettman. She is one of the original
Creative Movement dancers and the first to start at the age of three (competing
at the age of six) and continue on through high school graduation. She has won
such awards as CMD Student Helper of the Year two years in a row and Joe
Tremaine Dance Scholarship. The Competition Team has given many opportunities
for travel and further study. Brittany has attended competitions in all of our
neighboring states as well as attended studio trips to perform at Walt Disney
World. She also spent a summer in New York taking classes at the Broadway Dance
Center. She has studied under several outstanding choreographers and
instructors. Some of her favorites have been Darrin Henson (choreographer for
NSYNC), Ann Reinking, Tim Santos (assistant director and choreographer for the
Radio City Rockettes), Diana Laurenson and Germaine Salsbery.
Booster
Club Corner: Monthly
Meetings 1st Sunday of every month at CMD from 6:00-7:00pm
Happy Holidays
from the Booster Club to all of you! We thank you for all of your support this
year so far and wish you a wonderful and prosperous New Year.
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Clothing and Wearable Items are still available for purchase. Samples are hanging up in the studio. Order forms are at the front desk.
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Give us your cans and bottles!
Every Monday drop your cans and bottles in the container outside of the
studio and we'll handle the dirty work! Funds will benefit the CMD
Recital.
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Butterbraid credits will be available for your use. Please notify the front desk on how you would
like these applied.
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Mark your calendar for our 2nd Annual CMD Parent Mixer on Saturday, January
21st. A signup sheet will be available
at the front desk and watch your e-mail for details!
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Join us for our December Booster Club Meeting. Sunday, December 4th at 6:00 p.m. We have a one-hour
time guarantee and we meet at the studio.
Concert
2012:
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Spring Concert 2012: June 15 & 16, 2012 -
Urbandale HS Performing Arts Center
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Mandatory Rehearsals: June 12-14, 2012
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All combined Tech and Run-Through rehearsals are MANDATORY
to be able to perform in CMD’s Spring Concert.
Failure to attend may result in being asked to not participate.
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Concert Agreements need to be returned to the studio before
December 1, 2011
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A detailed Concert Information Newsletter was emailed to all
general customers. If you did not
receive this email – notify the front office today to ensure a proper email
address is on file.
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Costume & Concert Deposits need to be paid in full
before December 15 to ensure a costume will be ordered for your dancer.
CMD
Policies:
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CMD
communicates via Email. If you are not
receiving studio emails then you are missing out on important information and
events! Please check your spam folder
and check with the front desk to make sure we have the correct email
address. The primary Email used at CMD
is office@creativemovementdance.com.
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Tuition
& Fees:
o
Monthly
Tuition fees are processed by automatic payment to your card on the 1st
business day of each month. You may mail
in your payment monthly with a processing fee.
o
Concert
& Costume Fees: Costume & Concert Deposits are due before December 15
to ensure a costume is ordered for your dancer.
Costume & Concert Balances are due February 15. Dancers will not receive costumes and concert
information until account is paid in full.
o
All overdue accounts are subject to a $25 late fee.
o
All
fees
including concert, costume, and tuition are non-refundable. All fees are to be paid in full to be able to
participate in our Spring Performance.
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Shoe Reminder: Please do NOT wear dance
shoes outside, they become damaged and will scratch our new dance floors! We don’t want to track rocks and dirt into our dance
studios. Snow, salt and sand will ruin the floors so no street shoes are
allowed on the dance floors. We have a
student lounge for the dancers to leave their street shoes while in class. Please remember to put your
child’s first and last name inside all of their shoes and belongings. Ballet shoe strings need to be tied in a knot
and cut to 1 inch long and taped to the inside of the shoe. All elastic needs to be properly sewn. White tap shoe ribbons need to be replaced
with white elastic.
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Dress
Code: Any
student not appropriately dressed for their class will be asked to change. If they do not bring proper dance attire,
they will need to borrow from the studios borrow bin. Hair must be pulled back away from the
student’s face. If the hair is shoulder
length it must be secured in a bun for ballet and a ponytail for all other classes
so that hair cannot fly into the student’s eyes while turning. Please refer to your Dress Requirement Sheet
or stop by the front desk with any questions.
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Student Lounge:
Dancers
need to pick up after themselves in the Student Lounge. If crumbs and food messes are continued,
snack privileges will be suspended in the lounge. CMD will not provide utensils, including
cups, for the Student Lounge. When
dancer’s notice their stock is getting low, we ask students to re-stock the
supply.
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Dancers are to be dropped off and picked up on time. CMD does not like dancers to wait outside for
parents to pick them up. CMD does our
best to keep dancers inside but parents need to reinforce this with their
children.
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Parking:
During
the hours of 4-6pm we ask ALL CMD customers and staff to utilize the north side
of our parking lot to accommodate congestion with The Learning Loft
customers. We appreciate everyone’s
cooperation!
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Weather
Cancellations: CMD follows the public school system with weather
cancellations. If classes in most Western Des Moines suburbs (West
Des Moines, Urbandale, Waukee & Johnston) are cancelled due to bad weather,
then classes at CMD will be cancelled as well. If the public schools are
delayed in the morning, then morning classes at CMD will not be held. We do not
cancel for extreme cold or heat since we are able to control the temperature
inside the facility. Creative Movement will call local television stations to
announce class cancellations (they typically post on their website only). We
will also send out an email and put the information on our Facebook page,
answering machine (331-1831) along with the Happenings page and Calendar on our
website: www.creativemovementdance.com.
Stay
in touch with CMD:
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Become a fan on Facebook: Creative Movement Dance Co.
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Website: www.creativemovementdance.com
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Email: office@creativemovementdance.com
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Phone: 515.331.1831
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It’s not always easy to catch up with the instructor in-between
classes. Please email them at theirfirstname@creativemovementdance.com to stay in
touch with your dancer’s progress!
Meet
The CMD Staff of 2011-2012!
Nina
Brandsfield- Studio Director/Owner & Instructor
Jacque
Huber- Ballet Instructor
Brittany
Huettman- Elementary classes & Musical Theatre Instructor
Gigi
Oerter- Ballet Instructor
Sami
Price- Jazz & Hip Hop Instructor
Libby
Pulver- Elementary & Hip Hop Instructor
Jeff
Shields- Tap, Jazz, Hip Hop & Contemporary Instructor
Amber
Swim- Pom & Hip Hop Instructor
Heather
Wright- Tumbling, Tap, Jazz & Hip Hop Instructor
Front
Desk: Adam Smith, Lisa Hotovec, Angie Young, and Janelle Larson
Calendar
of Events Fall 2011 – Spring 2012:
1st
Costume Deposit Due – November 15
Spring
Concert & Finale Registration Deadline – December 1
2nd
Costume Deposit & Concert Fee Deposit Due – December 15
Winter
Holiday Festival – Saturday, December 15 – Thursday, December 22
Winter
Break (No Regular Classes/Various Office Hours) – December 23 – January 2
CT
Mandatory Winter Break Rehearsal – January 2
Classes
Resume – Tuesday, January 3
Finale
Costume Deposit Due – January 15
Competition
Team Costume Handout (tentative) – January 16 – January 21
CT
Costume Check (tentative) – January 30 – February 4
CT
Picture Day – Saturday, February 4
Costume
& Concert Fee Balances Due – February 15
Spring
Break (No Regular Classes) – March 19 – March 24
Costume
& Concert Packet Hand Out – April 16 – April 21
Video
Week – April 30 – May 5
Picture
Day – May 6
General
Class Costume Check – May 14 – May 19
Finale
Section Rehearsals – May 19, June 2, & June 9
CM
& Tumble Combined Rehearsal – June 2
CM
& Tap Combined Rehearsal – June 2
Starlet
Combined Rehearsal – June 2
Combo
1 Combined Rehearsal – May 29 & June 5
Kinder
Hip Hop Combined Rehearsal – May 30 & June 4
Tumbling
Combined Rehearsal – May 30, June 4, June 6, & June 11
Memorial
Day (Studio Closed) – May 28
Grand
Opening Rehearsal (CT dancers) – June 8
Mandatory
Finale Cast Rehearsal – June 10 & June 11
Last
Day of Classes – Monday, June 11
Mandatory
Tech Rehearsals – June 12 & June 13
Mandatory
Run Through Rehearsal – June 15
Spring
Concert Performances – June 15 & June 16
Keep on Dancin!
Creative Movement Dance Co ~ 2023 100th Street ~ Clive,
IA 50325 ~ 515.331.1831
www.creativemovementdance.com ~ office@creativemovementdance.com
