- Sep 28, 2023
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Dear Nutcracker Participants,
We hope everyone had a great week this week! It is very important for your dancers to be in attendance for rehearsals. There are surprisingly few Saturdays between now and December and we need everyone present to learn stage positioning and partnering and all the other choreography that goes into each scene. If you would like to purchase a DVD from a previous show for your dancer to practice at home, please let Kelly or Marie know and we can get that for you. Keep in mind that the choreography is not always the same from year to year though.
For the most part, the dancers have been doing a very good job at rehearsals. Please take a minute to remind your dancer that many parents at the studio are volunteers. Dancers are expected to be respectful to other parents at all times. For example, if a parent volunteer asks a dancer to get ready for warm-up, the dancer should clean up whatever they are doing and get ready. Thank you for your attention to this. We love our volunteers and can't do it without them! We need them to feel respected and appreciated.
Don't forget we are still using the previous schedule. This schedule starts NEXT Saturday.
Important Reminders
Due Last Week!!
This was due last week. If we are still missing your commitment form or payment please be sure to get it to us this week. We will be sending out another email to everyone who has not turned it in yet. If you do not receive that email, you should be good to go with this!
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2. Ballet Class Confirmation – If you take classes at a studio other than VYIBA please submit this form as soon as possible. We understand that a few studios just started classes this week. All dancers are required to be enrolled in at least one ballet class at a local studio to participate in the Nutcracker Performance. We will also be sending an email to everyone who has not turned this in.
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You NEED to confirm the spelling of your dancer's name for the back of the Nutcracker T-SHIRT. MANY OF YOU DID NOT DO THIS LAST WEEK. To do this, please open this link and find your dancer's name. If it is correct just type "yes" next to their name. If it is not correct, retype it correctly and right "yes" next to the name.
In addition, we need to make sure that everyone's school district is accurate. We use this information to help us tailor our advertising efforts to each audience (ex. The Merchandizer). If your child attends a private school, but you would like them to still be part of this localized advertising, please add the school district next to the school name.
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Since we got rid of the folder sheets for tracking tickets this year, we are trying something different. If you, or someone else, has purchased tickets under your dancer's name already, you should have received an automated "receipt" from our Akada system. It will show you how many tickets were purchased and at the top, it will list the email addresses of the person who purchased the tickets and your email address. Please save these emails in a special file so you can refer back to them to see how many tickets you have sold. There is also a place on the "receipt" for "commitment fee tickets". It won't let us do a point of sale for $0, so it will show up as "$0.01" per ticket. You can ignore that "charge". It is just there so we can track commitment fee tickets.
Hopefully, this will help everyone know when someone else buys tickets under their dancer's name. You will not get this "receipt" until the tickets are paid for. This is new and there is always a learning curve at the beginning so please be patient and understanding with us during this time.
Upcoming Due Dates:
Sept. 23 – Tights and optional Nude Leotard Order form. All dancers are required to purchase at least one pair of tights for the show. Cost of tights is $15 each.
Sept. 30 – Nutcracker Apparel Order Form – Do Not Miss This Opportunity to order a Nutcracker T-Shirt or Sweat Shirt.
Oct. 7 – Curl Order Form – For Angels, Party Girls, Big Dolls, Little Dolls, and Clara – Curls can be purchased in the studio for $30.00 or you can bring in your own pair to be approved by Kelly or Marie.
Oct. 21 – Program Ads and Program Photos – If you would like to purchase space in our program, plan ahead now. Please fill out this form and have your submission ready by Oct. 21. Link to the form...
All other Due dates and links to our online forms can be found on the Nutcracker Website. Be sure to sign up for volunteer opportunities there as well.
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See you tomorrow at rehearsal!
Sincerely,
Viktor, Marie and Kelly