There will be a few adjustments to the schedule this weekend to accommodate dress rehearsal.  All rehearsals will be as normally scheduled with the following exceptions:
Justine—No Escape- 9:45-10:45A, Show-Off- 2-2:30
Jason—Ain True Love—1-1:30P, Draumaland—1:30-2P
Ashley—Age 5—2-2:30, With Or Without You—2:30-3
 
Dress Rehearsal will begin promptly at 2:00PM—all dancers who are rehearsing later will be scheduled accordingly, and given 15-20 minutes to dress and touch-up hair and make-up.  Please remember that full stage hair and make-up, along with all correct shoes, tights, and headpieces are required.  Order for dress rehearsal will be posted and emailed on Friday.
 
Pajama Party
If you have not signed up to bring something or assist at the pajama party, please do so as soon as possible.  All dancers need to bring the following to the pajama party:
1)      Gift for gift exchange—gifts should be age-appropriate, and approximately $10 in value.
2)      Dance Bags—please bring your dance bags if you are going home in between rehearsal and the pajama party—this is for a game that will be played at the party.
 
Looking forward to a fun and exciting weekend!

Just a reminder, our YDA dress rehearsal is Saturday, February 18 from 2-6PM. I will be sending and posting a schedule a few days prior, but please keep this entire afternoon free, especially those of you with multiple dances! Costumes are currently in final fitting stages, and have begun to be distributed. Look for them to come home over the next two weeks. Please make sure you have all undergarments, shoes, correct tights, hair and full stage make-up. This is VERY important to ensure that each and every dancer will be uniform in appearance at our first performance.  Remember, this is GROUP dress rehearsal—Solos, Duos and Trios will have dress rehearsal on Friday, February 24 from 7-9PM.
 
Also, our annual YDA Pajama Party will be the same day, Saturday, February 18 from 7-10PM. Bring PJ’s, sleeping bags, games to share, and your best Limbo skills! I am also posting a sign-up sheet for various items we need such as water, juice, snacks, paper plates, parent help, etc.  Please stop by and sign up to bring something. Pizza dinner will be provided.
 
Finally, I am offering a pre-competition Question and Answer session, along with a make-up demonstration on Friday, February 17 at 6:30PM.  If you are interested in attending this, please RSVP via email. This is strictly optional—it will only be held if there are parents interested, so please let me know if you’d like to attend this!
 
One last reminder—DMSC convention fees are due the Saturday of dress rehearsal. Parent Volunteer scholarship recipients will be contacted today.
 
Thank you!
Lauren

Here’s some information about our first upcoming competition, Dance Masters of Southern California.  This is a special weekend, as it consists of two separate events.  On Saturday, March 3, there will be a full day of master classes with some absolutely amazing teachers, including Aleksandra Wojda (seen on Glee, Lady Gaga videos, and Top 20 So You Think You Can Dance), Natalie Cook (New York City Ballet ballerina), and Melinda Sullivan (So You Think You Can Dance, High School Musical 1 and 2).  CAPA is proud to host this event for all the Dance Masters of Southern California participants!  On Sunday, the Dance Masters Performing Arts Competition and Titles Competitions will be held at the Oxnard Performing Arts Center—maps will be available at dress rehearsal on Feb. 18.
 
All competition fees have been paid; however, the tuition for the convention is $100/ student.  There will be 5 classes offered, so this is a great rate for an event like this.  The conventionis mandatory for all students competing on Sunday.  There are several scholarship opportunities:  first, if your dancer was awarded a scholarship at the last DMSC convention (2009), these will still be recognized this year.  Also, merit-based scholarships will be given throughout the day for next year’s convention.  Finally, there are a limited number of parent-volunteer scholarships available—these are given to parents who are willing to work (either Saturday or Sunday) to help with errands, t-shirt sales, refreshment sales, backstage assistance, etc.  If you are interested in this, please let me know ASAP.  They will be given on a first-come, first-serve basis.  Master class tuition is due on Saturday, February 18.
 
This should be a great event—We are looking forward to seeing all our dancers’ hard work pay off!  Please make sure your dancers are practicing at home and attending every rehearsal— also, remember that there are to be absolutely ZERO planned absences for the last month before competition.  All absences due to illness during this final month must be accompanied by a doctor’s note.  Our dancers need 100% support from all their teammates to have the best experience possible.
 

Hi everyone,
Here is an update on Justine’s rehearsal schedule for next weekend, November 12th and 13th.

“Sincerely, Jane” (Briar, Melanie, Whitney, Catherine, Emily)
Extended rehearsal on Saturday, November 12th from 10 – 11:15 am. 
NO rehearsal Sunday, the 13th.

“B-Line” (Kelly, Kelsey, Becca, Madison W., Cydney, Madison L., Dom, Delaney)
NO rehearsal Saturday, November 12th. 
Extended rehearsal on Sunday, November 13th from 12 – 4 pm.

Thank you for being flexible with these changes!  If you are ever unsure about rehearsal times for your dances please remember I am updating the YDA calendar on the CAPA website all the time or feel free to call the studio or email me.  Thanks!
-Rebecca

FAME Rehearsals:

Sunday, Sept. 18—10AM-12PM

Ashley’s Rehearsals:

Group of 6—3-4PM

Large Lyrical—2-3PM

Solos/duos—See Ashley

Justine’s rehearsals:

Small Senior Group and Large Senior Group will be reversed (this change is permanent):

Small (Whitney, Melanie, Catherine, Emily, Briar) 10:40-11:15AM

Large (Madison, Delaney, Kelsey, etc.) 10-10:40AM

Maggie’s rehearsals:

No extra rehearsals right now—the kids are running in class, but we’ll have an official schedule next week!

Lauren’s rehearsals:

Crystal’s small modern—I’m waiting on Crystal’s schedule—please be going over choreo on your own until we meet!

Jason’s rehearsals:

Unfortunately, we do not have the necessary numbers for the musical theater production.  This one is going to be postponed until next year.

If your rehearsal was not specifically mentioned in the above, it will be as scheduled in the YDA handbook.

As many of you know, Rebecca Feinsinger is our Assistant Director for YDA this year. If you have any questions about rehearsal schedules or if your dancer is going to be absent, please email her with this information at rfeinsinger@gmail.com. You are welcome to email me as well!  She will be sending out scheduling updates periodically.