NBB News

May 2012

In This Issue
Spring Showcase
School News
2012/13 School Year
Summer Camps
NBBCo
May Schedule
Swan Lake
Spring Showcase

Our 8th Annual Spring Showcase is in just three short weeks, so please make every effort to attend all classes so dancers will perform their best at Showcase! There is way too much important information to try and capture in our newsletter so we started handing out Parent Instructions on May 7th - these are also on the Spring Showcase page of our website. The information is subject to change and new information is being added - please check the Spring Showcase page of our website regularly for the latest information.

 

Our primary means of communicating important late-breaking and/or updated information is by e-mail. Please add "@newbernballet.com" to your safe senders list and check for our e-mails regularly. We've already sent several e-mails - if you've not seen these, please check your junk or spam folders.

 

Tights from Sue's Dance Boutique have arrived!

School News

Observation Week

Observation week will be May 19th - 24th. Bring cameras and share in your dancer's ballet experience in the studio. You will be have opportunity to photograph your dancer throughout their class. Pre-ballet through Beginner III will be presenting their Showcase costume and dance for practice - make-up is optional. Any missed classes can still be made-up during May - last day of classes is May 25th.

 

Lost and Found

Many items have accumulated at NBB - we want them to go back to their rightful owner! Parents - please check the dressing room and vanity for items that may belong to you dancer. All items remaining at the studio May 25th will be donated to Goodwill.

2012/13 School Year

As we continue to grow, we are renting additional space at Rivertowne Ballroom (305 Pollock in New Bern) on Fridays and Saturdays. This will provide a larger dance space for our intermediate dancers and also allow us to expand our class offerings in Modern and Jazz. Although the arrangements have not been finalized with Rivertowne Ballroom, we think the discussions are far enough along to share our plans and schedule classes at Rivertowne Ballroom. Please share you comments and questions at your earliest convenience.

  

Our 2012/13 School Year Schedule is now available on our website. We will start accepting registrations for the 2012/13 school year on May 7th when we start handing out Registration Packets - be on the lookout for yours!

Summer Camps, Classes and Intensives

Register for our 2012 Summer Session before May 26th and the registration fees are waived - the registration fee is $20 for those that register after May 26th

We have numerous opportunities for active dancers to progress their skills and express their creativity this coming summer. We are accepting registrations for the summer now. Our Ballet Stories and Ballet Live camps are great for dancers and non-dancers alike - be sure to take brochures from the studio and give them to your friends, family and neighbors.

We are accepting Summer Session registrations now. Use the regiatration form in the brochures we handed out the end of March or download a Registration Form from our website. Please see the Summer Session section of our website for all the details.

NBBCo

NBBCo enjoyed a wonderful day performing Peter and the Wolf at the New Bern Parks and Recreation Departments Festival of Fun on April 14th. It was still a wonderful opportuntiy for our company to perform and share their art form with our community. The company enjoyed putting on a Spring Celebration of Ballet at the Scottish Rite theatre. Performing on a real stage with lights and backdrops was a special event for our dancers. The busy month concluded with a wonderful event at the Nw Bern Mall on the 28th.

 

The culminating performance for the 2011/12 performance season will be a community performance of Swan Lake. For several years now, our company dancers and families have asked to have a Community performance of the school's Showcase production. We are pleased to make that happen for them this year, and we look forward to sharing this performance with our the Craven County Community!   

May Schedule

 

May 19th - 24th

Observation Week

May 25th

Last Day of Classes for the 2011/12 School Year 

May 26th

Registration Fees waived for our Summer Session for those that register before May 26th - the Summer Session registration fee is $20 for those that register after May 26th

May 26th

No Classes at NBB

8th Annual Spring Showcase - Swan Lake - 1:00P

June 3rd

NBBCo Presentation of Swan Lake for the Community

June 11th

Summer Session Starts