SOHUM DANCING OFFERING SUMMER CLASSES IN JULY
SoHum Dancing, located in Redway, is excited to announce that summer session classes will be starting soon, taking place Mondays-Thursdays, July 6-17. We have a schedule of classes that includes a variety of dance styles and activities for all children, aged 4-teen.
For our youngest dancers, aged 4-7, teachers Natalie Gage and Nina Tillman will be leading theme focused classes for ages 4-7, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11:30am.
A mixed level classical basic ballet technique and character dance class for ages 8-teen will take place Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10am.
Contemporary dance will be taught by Islay Dillon-Ogden for ages 8-teen on Mondays and Wednesdays at 1:30pm.
Tap dance and musical theater for ages 7-teen will be taught by Jessica Rubin. The musical theater class will take place on Mondays and Wednesdays at 10 am, onstage at the Redwood Playhouse in Garberville. Tap classes will be at the SoHum Dancing studio, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 1:30.
If enrollment numbers are high enough, classes will be arranged into two age levels, with a slight change in schedule. Class fees will be based on the number of classes a student attends, with a single class rate being $20, four classes for $60, and a rate of $12 per class for more than four classes being taken.
For more information and to enroll, contact Katherine Wolman at kwolman@asis.com, or call 707 223-1954 and leave your name, contact number and child’s age.

Wow, we did it! THANK YOU EVERYONE for making this ballet happen. I know it took a lot of work from all of us, but it was worth it.

Remember, Nina will be at class tomorrow, at 2:30, and Natalie Monday and Tuesday at 3:30, to wrap up the session.

All of Kathy’s students are invited to attend a special event each class day, Mon- Thurs., at 4:15, modern class with Sophia and her friend Molly. Their own performance is this Friday at 8pm at SHC in Garberville.

Hello everyone! I hope you are all looking forward to the busy week ahead, starting with the Summer Arts Fair this weekend and culminating with the recital.

Please refer to the schedule in a previous post for details on days, times, and events.

It was just brought to my attention that when we are at the theater, there is NO PARKING in the circular drive, it is a fire lane. It may be briefly used for unloading and loading only.

I hope each family can bring some goodies for the concessions table at the shows, the money goes towards the scholarship fund. We appreciate your support very much, and the goodies are delicious!

Getting excited……!

Rehearsal update for Tuesday, May 26. Let’s all get together on this day and do a full cast run through of our ballet. There is no class on the Memorial Day holiday on Monday, so this is a good day to meet. We can meet at 4pm, and start at 4:15. The ballet is about 45 minutes total, so if we can settle down and start on time, we ought to be done by 5:15. I hope everyone can come!

As most of you realize, putting on a performance is a lot of work for the dance community- dancers, teachers, choreographers, set designers, costumers, etc.

So, how can you help?  Here are some of the jobs that we need a few parent volunteers for:

Goodie table: at each show we like to offer goodies to our audience and donations go towards the scholarship fund.  Can you bake or set up the table?

Set up and Clean up:  There are a few big jobs we need help with, Tuesday we will be  moving costume racks and props, hanging scenery, setting up chairs and making the theater “audience ready” organizing the dressing room, and the biggest job, transporting the Feet First rolled vinyl flooring.  Can you help with any of this?  Clean up is all of the above in reverse, on Sunday as soon as the show is over.

Bouquets: We will be offering small bouquets for friends and family to purchase at the shows, to give their dancer.  Would you like to help make them?

Costumes:  We may need some help with a few of the costumes and might set up a work day at the studio.  If this interests you, please let us know.

THERE WILL BE A SIGN UP SHEET ON THE BOARD AT THE STUDIO.  THANK YOU.

Hello dancers and families,

We are getting closer to recital week so I want to go over some important details and dates.

SHOW WEEK

at SoHum Dancing

Monday, June 1  4pm  “Studio Dress” all dancers attend NO classes before the rehearsal

Tuesday, June 2  4pm Full run through, all dancers attend, NO classes before the rehearsal

at Redwood Playhouse, the theater in Garberville at the CR Building on Sprowel Creek Road

Wednesday, June 3, 4pm tech rehearsal, all dancers attend, NO classes before the rehearsal

***please note that if it is too much to get your little dancer to all of these rehearsals, let us know when they CAN come.  Kathy’s dancers MUST attend all rehearsals unless ill*********

Thursday, June 4, 5:15 pm Dress Rehearsal, all dancers attend  NO classes before the rehearsal

arrival times: Nina’s and Natalie’s dancers 4:45

Kathy’s dancers 4 pm to warm up before changing

Friday, June 5

SHOW starts at 7pm

arrival times: Nina’s and Natalie’s dancers 6:30pm

Kathy’s dancers 5 pm to warm up before changing

Saturday, June 6, AND Sunday June 7

SHOW starts at 2pm

arrival times: Nina’s and Natalie’s dancers 1:30pm

Kathy’s dancers  12pm to warm up before changing

The entire show runs around 45 minutes.  All dancers are performing throughout the show.

Hi Everyone!  The spring session starts this week.  We will be learning some new exercises and working towards the recital in June!

Important dates:  Monday, May 25, Memorial day, no classes.  Makeup classes will be scheduled however, as we will be getting close to the recital.  This will probably be on Tuesday the 26th, as a joint practice with the other dancers.

Saturday and Sunday, May 30, and 31 Summer Arts Fair.  Some of the older students will be participating.

Recital Week June 1-7

Monday and Tuesday, June 1 and 2, group rehearsals at the studio. 

June 5,6 and 7.  Spring Recital at the theater in Garberville.  Dress rehearsal will be on Thursday, and set up and tech rehearsal on Wednesday.  Tentative times: Dress rehearsal on Thursday at 4:30, Performances  Friday at 7pm, Saturday and Sunday at 2pm.

Post recital week: Because the recital date is early this year, there will be classes the week after the recital where we can do some fun dance related activities.

Session fees:

1x week $100

2x week $180

3x week $240

4x week $280

Thursday modern class with Sophia $5 per class

A few schedule changes:  Students in Natalie’s Tuesday class may attend a second class on Thursdays at 3:30.  Boys will be joining the Tuesday and Thursday grade 2 class at 4:15.  Sophia Formosa will be teaching modern on Thursdays, 6-7pm.

The theme of the recital is Scheherazade’s Magic Carpet Ride!

Summer session:  We are planning to hold a summer session of mixed style dance classes, the first and second week of July, after the 4th.  More details on that later!

Thank you!

SoHum Dancing presents:
PARENT OBSERVATION DAYS
“Come watch your dancer perform their classwork!”
Monday, March 16 2:30-3:15 all of Nina’s students
Tuesday, March 17 3:30-4:15 Pre primary
Wednesday, March 18 3:30-4:30 DTYOT and Primary
Thursday, March 19 4:15-5:30 Grade 1 and teens

Week of February 23- classes as usual

Week of March 2- classes as usual

Week of March 9- classwork assessments during usual class hours. If your child attends class 2 times a week, these will take place on their second day of class. Please have your child dressed in clean dance gear, with hair neat and tidy. Parents will be asked to wait in the atrium or outside at this time. These assessments will help us determine if the students have assimilated the material we have been presenting, and help us make plans for the future. This is NOT a pass/fail experience!!!

Week of March 16- Parent Observation Days. Again, if your child attends class 2 times a week, these will take place on their second day of class. Please have your child dressed in clean dance gear, with hair neat and tidy. Chairs will be set up, and family and friends are invited to watch. This is a chance for the students to show off what they have been working hard to achieve!

Week of March 23- classes as usual, however, some students will be participating in the Royal Academy of Dance exams at Poise Ballet studio in Corte Madeira, Monday and Tuesday. Arrangements will be made to have a substitute teacher where needed.

Week of March 30- spring vacation

Week of April 6- classes resume for the spring session that culminates in out recital, which will take place the week end of June 5,6,7. more details on that later.

Schedule change: I have just found out that the Presidents’ Week vacation has been scheduled for the week of February 16. Originally, when I called Redway School some time ago, I was told it was the following week. My friend assured me that a change had been made, and that I hadn’t imagined the original dates. SO…..it looks like we have a ballet vacation that week as well, and classes will resume the week of the 23rd.

Meanwhile, the recital dates are also changed to accommodate an early Memorial Day week end and the early Summer Arts Fair dates. We will be dancing at the new theater again, the week-end of June 5,6,7. Please let me know about other end-of-the year activities that will be that same week-end so I can schedule performances around them as best as possible!