Welcome back and Happy New Year.  Here is the latest schedule of classes.  Our focus this session is on learning classwork exercises, having practice “exams” on the material, and presenting the work for our families and friends to enjoy.  All this before spring break!

SOHUM DANCING WINTER SESSION SCHEDULE, MONDAY JANUARY 6- FRIDAY MARCH 28

11 WEEK SESSION

NO CLASSES THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 17

*PLEASE NOTE THERE WILL BE CLASSES MONDAY, JANUARY 20th

CLASSWORK PRESENTATIONS WILL TAKE PLACE THE WEEK OF MARCH 24

Monday

10-12:30        adult ballet

2-2:45             pre ballet 1    ages 3-4

                2:45- 3:30      pre ballet 2    ages 4-5

                 3:30- 4:15      intro to ballet

4:15- 5            primary/ grade 1, ages 7 and up

5-6:30             teens

Tuesdays

3:15-4             pre-primary, ages 6 and older

                4-5                  grade 2, ages 9 and older, by teacher’s placement

5- 6:30            grade 3 and pre pointe by teacher’s placement

6:30-7:30       adult ballet

Wednesdays          

10-12:30        adult ballet, starting with Pilates with Alisa

3:15- 4            grade 1

                 4-5:00             grade 3

                5:00-6:30       teens

Thursdays  

            12:30-2           advanced adult ballet

3:15-4             boys’ class

4-5                  grade 2, ages 9 and older, by teacher’s placement

5-6:30             grade 3 and pre pointe by teacher’s placement

*CLASS PLACEMENT IS SKILL BASED, USING AGE AS A GUIDELINE

FEES based on number of classes per week per family x 11 week session

1 class per week                  $110

2 classes per week              $198

3 classes per week              $264

4 classes per week              $308

5 classes per week              $330

Missed classes may be made up by attending another class of a similar level

Additional fees                                                                    *monthly payments accepted

Yearly costume use fee $35, paid in the fall only

Half year costume use fee $20 paid only if joining after the new year

                Yearly registration fee $10 per family paid only once a year

ALL STUDENTS MUST BE REGISTERED BEFORE ATTENDING CLASSES

Kathy Wolman kwolman@asis.com, 707 223-1954, SoHum Dancing on facebook, and sohumdancing.com

This Friday evening begins our second weekend of performances of Winter Wonderland.  Our hard working, beautiful dancers are joined by our guests, Michelle Joy and Gregory Brown.  We had a warm up class and rehearsal last night, and it looks like we are ready to go!

Tickets are all sold out, but if we get enough interest, we will add a showing of Act 2 on Sunday at 2:30.  Call, message or email me if you are interested and we will keep you updated via facebook or this page.

Thank you everyone for your support, and thank you to all the dancers who are making this happen.

WINTER WONDERLAND PUBLICITY

SoHum Dancing is pleased to offer this year’s holiday ballet, Winter Wonderland.  Our ballet has two acts, act 1 featuring the younger dancers in Mother Ginger’s Sweet Shoppe and act 2 presenting our pre-teen, teen and adult dancer in an outdoor winter setting.  The show will be full of cookies, little mice stealing cookies, chocolate soldiers trying to protect the cookies, snowflakes, snow fairies and ice skaters!

Our talented cast includes students ages 2 to 65, as well as our teachers. Both Natalie Gage and Nina Tillman will be performing alongside their students in act 1, and as ice skaters in act 2.  Alisa Dillon-Ogden, a former Feet First student and dancer who has returned home while taking a break from her professional dance career, will be joining us in act 2.  Alisa has also been an invaluable aid as rehearsal mistress. She brings her well-trained eye and extensive experience as a professional dancer and pilates trainer into the studio, working many miracles.

In addition to our local cast, on the second weekend we will have the pleasure of being joined by two young professional dancers from New York City, Michelle Joy, and Gregory Brown.  Each of the dancers has provided us with their bios:

Michelle Joy is originally from Arcata, California where she began her dance training at The Dancers Studio.  She was later selected to attend Houston Ballet Academy on a full merit scholarship.  Throughout her career she has danced in professional ballet companies including: Colorado Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, American Repertory Ballet and The Metropolitan Opera Ballet.  She has also performed in the International Tour of Phantom of the Opera.  As a guest artist she as danced throughout the United States, Australia, Japan, and Indonesia..  .

Gregory Brown was born and raised in Bloomington Illinois.  He began his dance training with Twin Cities School of Dance and Ballet in a production of The Nutcracker at the age of twelve.  Gregory was awarded a full scholarship to The Houston Ballet Ben Stevenson Academy, where he met Michelle .There he danced with Houston Ballet II and American Ballet Theater Summer Intensive.  With Texas Ballet Theater he danced corps, soloist, and principal roles until 2008 when he moved to New York City to freelance. Since then he has performed with The Metropolitan Opera, Radio City Christmas Spectacular and has taught, and studied around the country.

The show is being offered over two weekends, both to accommodate our audiences and to present our special guest dancers during the second weekend.

Performances will take place at the SoHum Dancing studio, located at 1155 Redway Drive, in the Solar Suites building, in Redway.  The dates are as follows:

Weekend one, Friday, December 13 @ 6pm

                                                Saturday, December 14 @ 1pm

                                                Saturday, December 14 @ 4pm

Weekend two, *Friday, December 20 @ 6pm

                                                *Sunday, December 22 @ 1pm

                                                *Sunday, December 22 @ 4pm

*Featuring our special guest performers, Michelle Joy and Gregory Brown

For tickets, we suggest you arrive early as seating is limited.  You can also purchase tickets at the studio; call 223-1954 or email kwolman@asis.com for information on how to do so.  Visit SoHum Dancing online on Face Book, or at https://sohumdancing.com/

Katherine Wolman 223-1954

Winter Wonderland……….. special events this week

Monday, Dec.2

       Tickets sales begin

       Nina’s classes rehearse together @ 2:30,

*let us know which shows your dancer will be performing in

Tuesday, Dec.3

       Natalie’s classes rehearse together @3:15

       Snow scene rehearsal @ 4pm

Wednesday, Dec. 4

       Costume shop workday!  Molly Hickey Sinoway has generously offered to help us with embellishing the skaters’ costumes.  We will also work on whatever other costumes need finishing.  Join us to cut, pin, sew, sew, glue, etc. noon-6pm.

Thursday, Dec. 5

       Snow scene rehearsal @ 4pm 

Please note that all other classes continue as scheduled

Friday, Dec. 6

       Tutu Sweet fundraiser at Shop Smart 1pm-4pm

Open Rehearsal Event at the studio 4pm-7pm

We will be rehearsing the Skaters Waltz, with a focus on the finale.

This will include the Snow flakes and Snow fairies. 

Looking ahead, If possible, please arrive at 3:30 on Monday, Dec.9 for the Act 1 dress rehearsal.  It would be great to have some extra time for photos!  Thanks!

Keep up to date on the SoHum Dancing page on facebook, and sohumdancing.com

Tickets!….and more…..

Making a change of plans, ticket sales will start this Monday, Dec. 2 at the studio.  You will be able to purchase your tickets at classes and rehearsals.  The cost is $10 per ticket.  In order to do our best to accommodate all of our dancers’ families, we are asking for a few considerations:

Initial ticket sales will be limited to a maximum of 4 tickets per family.  At the dress rehearsal on Monday, Dec.9, we will open up ticket sales without this limitation.

If you are only planning to stay for Act 1, when the younger dancers are performing, we ask that you please purchase your tickets for the first weekend of performances, Dec. 13 and 14.  We would like to have as many seats available for those wishing to see our guest performers dance in the second act the second weekend.

There will be a brief intermission after act 1, when parents who are watching the show will be able to retrieve their act 1 dancer to sit with them for act 2.  At this point, the dancers from act 1 may also go home, as they are done performing.

We will do our very best to assure that everyone who wants to see the show will be able to.  We are working on our connections with Harry Potter and friends to create an expandable theater for us!

Thanks to the inspiration of some of our adult dancers and the generosity of Tranquility Lane Flowers, we will be making bouquets available to present to your dancer, for a small donation.  This is a new project and we hope to have enough for everyone that needs one.

Keep up to date on the SoHum Dancing page on facebook, and sohumdancing.com

Winter Wonderland……….. special events next week

Monday, Dec. 9

                     Photo Day and Dress Rehearsal

       Act 1 Mother Ginger’s Sweet Shoppe @3:30 pm

       Act 2 Waltz of the Snowflakes & Skaters Waltz 5pm

Bring your cameras and take photos and videos of your dancer in costume.  We will also arrange some group shots to be taken by Natalie, available for purchase.  Please remember that photos and videos are not permitted during the performances as it can distract the dancers and disturb other audience members.

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, regular class schedule

Ticket sales open on a first come first serve basis after Monday’s dress rehearsals.

*************************************************  Performances

Weekend one, Friday, December 13 @ 6pm

                           Saturday, December 14 @ 1pm

                           Saturday, December 14 @ 4pm

Act 1 dancers  arrive 30 minutes before show time, with your hair and make-up done, girls will need to have their pink ballet tights and slippers, boys their black tights and slippers.

Act 2 dancers arrive 2 hours before show time for warm ups.

Keep up to date on the SoHum Dancing page on facebook, and sohumdancing.com

Winter Wonderland……….. special events the final week

Monday, Dec. 16 tba

Tuesday, Dec. 17 tba

Wednesday, Dec. 18 tba

Thursday, Dec. 19 dress rehearsal with guest artists, Greg and Michelle, Act 2 @ 4pm

Weekend two, *Friday, December 20 @ 6pm

                           *Sunday, December 22 @ 1pm

                           *Sunday, December 22 @ 4pm

*Featuring our special guest performers, Michelle Joy and Gregory Brown

Act 1 dancers  arrive 30 minutes before show time, with your hair and make-up done, girls will need to have their pink ballet tights and slippers, boys their black tights and slippers.

Act 2 dancers arrive 2 hours before show time for warm ups.

If possible, please arrive at 3:30 on Monday, Dec.9 for the Act 1 dress rehearsal.  It would be great to have some extra time for photos!  Thanks!

Making a change of plans, ticket sales will start this Monday, Dec. 2 at the studio.  You will be able to purchase your tickets at classes and rehearsals.  The cost is $10 per ticket.  In order to do our best to accommodate all of our dancers’ families, we are asking for a few considerations:

Initial ticket sales will be limited to a maximum of 4 tickets per family.  At the dress rehearsal on Monday, Dec.9, we will open up ticket sales without this limitation.

If you are only planning to stay for Act 1, when the younger dancers are performing, we ask that you please purchase your tickets for the first weekend of performances, Dec. 13 and 14.  We would like to have as many seats available for those wishing to see our guest performers dance in the second act the second weekend.

There will be a brief intermission after act 1, when parents who are watching the show will be able to retrieve their act 1 dancer to sit with them for act 2.  At this point, the dancers from act 1 may also go home, as they are done performing.

We will do our very best to assure that everyone who wants to see the show will be able to.  We are working on our connections with Harry Potter and friends to create an expandable theater for us!

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Thanks to the inspiration of some of our adult dancers and the generosity of Tranquility Lane Flowers, we will be making bouquets available to present to your dancer, for a small donation.  This is a new project and we hope to have enough for everyone that needs one.

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Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

SoHum Dancing presents…

WINTER WONDERLAND

A fantasy ballet in two acts

OPEN REHEARSAL EVENT, ACT 2

     FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 4pm-7pm

Join us as we rehearse the finale of the ballet!

DATES OF PERFORMANCES

Weekend one, Friday, December 13 @ 6pm

                           Saturday, December 14 @ 1pm

                           Saturday, December 14 @ 4pm

Weekend two, *Friday, December 20 @ 6pm

                           *Sunday, December 22 @ 1pm

                           *Sunday, December 22 @ 4pm

*Featuring our special guest performers, Michelle Joy and Gregory Brown

All performances take place at SoHum Dancing, located in the Solar Suites building at 1155 Redway Drive, Redway, next door to Persimmons

Tickets $10, seating limited, arrive early!

More info available at: https://sohumdancing.com/ and

https://www.facebook.com/sohumdancingballetintheredwoods?ref=hl

What the young dancers need for the show: girls, their pink tights and their pink slippers; boys, black tights and black slippers. I will have their  costumes for them. Kevin and I had tried to find little pink socks for the girls to use for class, thus saving their tights for the show, but this didn’t happen. So, I hope everyone still has a good pair of tights to wear! I have some extras in various sizes, all washed up in case anyone needs any. Girls, hair is always in a bun, or pulled back away from the face, if short. For the little ones, bobbi pins, gel, and hairnets from the grocery store should suffice. Older dancers will most likely need hairpins from Threadbare Dancewear. Boys may need a hair cut or trim, and some gel to shape their hair if it is longer.  Dancers in act 1 should arrive 30 minutes before show time, with their hair done, a little lipstick if they want, and their tights on, ready to finish dressing at the studio.  Dancers in act 2, pre teens, teens and adults, will need to arrive 2 hours before show time to warm up.

The next post will have info on buying tickets.

A reminder:  Please make sure your dancer has new tights for the shows coming up, as well as slippers, and hairpins, hair nets, and hair gel.  Dressing up is a big part of performance fun, as well as a way to feel well prepared.  Encourage your dancer to learn to be responsible for her dance gear and to prepare her hair herself.  Male dancers will also want to check over their tights and slippers, replace as needed,  and get some hair gel if their hair is not super short.  Call Kevin at Threadbare Dancewear to order anything you need, and he will put it all together with the costumes for me to pick up.  822-7894.  Most costumes will be ready to try on after Thanksgiving.

Dear dancers and parents,  The week after Thanksgiving I would like to make time for the youngest dancers to practice their dances together,

*On Monday, we would like Nina’s pre ballet 1 dancers to stay 15 minutes after class, and the pre ballet 2 dancers to arrive 15 minutes early.

*Then, we would like all of Natalie’s dancers to meet on Tuesday to practice their dances together, 3:15-4.  This includes her Monday class, Tuesday class and Thursday boys’ class.

*On Wednesday, we will have all of the Candy Canes practice their dance in class at 3:15.

*On Friday, Dec. 6, we are having an Open Rehearsal Event for the 2nd act, Waltz of the Snowflakes and Skaters’ Waltz.  This includes pre teens, teens and adults, starting with warm ups at 4pm.  We will be inviting the general public to attend.  Please come by and watch!

Classes will also take place as scheduled through the week.