Jazz
Hands and Party Feet Party Co.
Are you looking for something new for your child’s Birthday party?
If
so book your Birthday party with us and give your child a party to remember and
let us do all the work for you.
- We
offer 1 hour of Dance &/or Musical Theatre customised to your child’s
chosen theme at £115.00 + VAT.
- Or
2 hours entertainment including 1 hour as above plus party games,
‘Girl’s night in’ Parties etc at £200.00 + VAT.
- We
cater for Parties of up to 30 children (numbers dependent on choice of
Party).
- Our
fully experienced Party hosts are CRB checked.
We
can customise your child’s Party to any theme. Here are some ideas of our
favourites.
- ‘Pop
Star Party’ with singing and Street Dance (Ages 5 and above)
- ‘West
End Dance’ Party. Choose your favourite Musical. Mama Mia, Joseph, Fame,
Grease, etc. (Ages 5 and above)
- ‘Girls
Night In’ Party.Girlie Singing and Dancing and Beauty Treats (Ages 7 and
above)
- ‘Disney’
Party. Choose your favourite Disney Characters. (Ages 2 and above)
- Melody
Bear Dance and Movement (for 18 months – 5 years)
- Mini
Movers (Dancing, singing and party games ( for 2 – 5 years)
Telephone
the office to discuss your child’s party needs on 01689 827669 or email us
at lucy@lucygriffiths.co.uk
Once
you have paid your deposit, we will send you customised invitations for your
child’s party with all his/her party details printed.
Your
final balance, is payable 14 days before the party date.
We
will contact you 7 days before your child’s party to confirm any last minute
details with you.
We
look forward to making your child’s Party really special for them.
UNIFORM ORDER FORM & PRICE LIST
One Step Ahead Dancewear
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Venue
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ENCLOSED, PLEASE INCLUDE PAYMENT WITH YOUR ORDER.______________
(Cheques
payable to One Step Ahead Dancewear)
Proprietor
: Nita Griffiths
50
Dyke Drive, Orpington, Kent. BR5 4LZ 01689 875509
One
Step Ahead Dancewear. Uniform Price List Autumn
2011.
‘Lucy
Griffiths Dance and Theatre Academy’ Teddy Bear
£ 9.00
Or
Teddy Bear complementary with Dancewear orders of £75.00 or more.
Hair Kit (includes nets, elastics,
grips, pins, brush)
£ 5.00
Leather
Ballet shoes
up to size 3
£12.50
Leather
Ballet shoes
size 4 and above
£13.50
Low
heel canvas Tap shoe with heeltaps size small 6 to 2 inclusive
£18.00
Low
heel canvas Tap shoe with heeltaps size 3 to 8 large
£19.00
Boys
Oxford canvas Tap shoe with heeltaps
£21.00
New
Style Jazz Tap shoes Grade 5 + above + Adult Tap
Price upon request
Black
dance socks
12 ½ - 3 ½ , 4 – 7
£ 3.00
White
dance socks
6 – 8 ½ , 9 – 12, 12 ½ - 3 ½ , 4 - 7
£ 3.00
Pink
dance socks
6 – 8 ½ , 9 – 12, 12 ½ - 3 ½ , 4 – 7
£ 3.00
Pink
Ballet tights
tots/infants/small junior/junior/maids
£10.00
Pink
Ballet tights
small/medium/large/extra large/extra extra large
£12.00
Pink
light support seamless tights (Grade two and above only)
junior/maids
£ 5.75
Adult small/medium/large
£6.00
Plum
I.S.T.D. Regulation Ballet leotard
sizes 00/0/01/2/3a
£14.80
Plum I.S.T.D. Regulation Ballet leotard sizes 3 / 4 £18.00
Circular
Plum regulation I.S.T.D. Skirt (Pre School and Primary Ballet pupils only)
£14.00
Long
sleeved black crossover
sizes 26 & 28
£12.00
sizes 30 & 32
£13.00
sizes 34 +
£15.00
Black
Leotard (Grade Five, Six and Intermediate Ballet)
size 2 / 3a / 3 / 4 / 5
Price upon request
Ballet
headbands (to match plum leotard)
£ 2.80
Ballet
bags – please telephone for choice
Price upon request
small / medium
£28.00
large
£30.00
Black
/ Kingfisher Blue / Purple / Aqua / Cerise / Red / Bottle Green / Wine / Flo
Pink
Please
note that this price may vary as different companies are used for different
colours
Split
sole Jazz shoes
size 10 to size 3
£26.00
size 4 and over
£30.00
Please
note that younger children have the option to wear black ballet shoes instead of
jazz shoes.
maid
£19.50
small
£21.50
medium
£22.50
Please
note that cropped unitards are made specially to order and are made from a full
length unitard, which is then cropped as per order.
adults – small (short,reg)
£22.00
medium – (regular, long)
£22.00
large – (regular,long)
£22.00
Size 14-15/small, medium, large
£23.00
size x-small, small, medium, large, x-large
£13.50
Newsletter
Number 45
October 2011
To Parents and Pupils
DVD’s of the Performance on
Saturday 2 July at Bromley High School.
Everyone who ordered a DVD of
the above performance should now have received it. I have some DVD’s to sell
for anyone who didn’t order but would like a copy. If you would like to buy a
copy, please place £18.99 cash in an envelope with your child’s name on
marked ‘DVD Request’ please.
Come and have some ‘Spooky
Fun’ at our Half Term Fun Day on Friday 28 October at St Nicholas Church Hall,
Orpington. There are still places available for children ages 3 to 11 years and
details are attached to this letter.
‘Shinin
Starz’
We
have our new Drama group ‘Shinin Starz’ on Fridays from 4.00pm-5.00pm
at St Nicholas church Hall, ages 5-11. Does your child love Drama? Well here’s
their chance to develop their skills further. A free trial is available, please
telephone or email to book your child’s place.
‘Half a Sixpence’ at the
Stag Theatre from 23rd to 26th November 2011
Molly Carew, Anne Cockshott,
Imogen Harbert, Rosie Mabbott, Chloe Muddiman, Rebecca Nicholas, Hannah Rideout
and Isabella Speed.
‘Mother Goose’ at the
Stag Theatre from 9th December to 1st January
Jemma Alldis, Katie Andrews,
Anne Cockshott, Libby Goodwin, Imogen Harbert, Joanna Harbert,
Roberta Hancock, Chloe Muddiman, Jemma Muddiman and Hannah Rideout.
‘Aladdin’ at the Hazlitt
Theatre Maidstone from 3rd December to 15th January.
Hannah Wolfe
Daytime
Melody Bear Classes
Our Melody Bear classes
continue this term during the daytime on Thursdays in the Large Hall at St
Nicholas Church Hall, Leamington Avenue, Orpington BR6 9QB. We now have an
exciting new class called ‘Little Bear
Feet’ which is an extension of the Melody Bear syllabus which our 18
months to three years pupils (and Mums and Carers!) will enjoy and ‘Melody
Bear’ for our three and four years as before and a new ‘Tip
Tap Toe’ and ‘Pre-school Movers’ which is available to ‘Little
Bear Feet’ pupils and ‘Melody
Bear’ pupils. We offer a free trial
lesson in these classes, please ask for more details.
Classes are as follows:
11.00
- 11.30
‘Little Bear Feet’ Ages 18 months to three years accompanied by a
Parent or Carer
11.30
- 12.00
‘Tip Tap Toe’ and ‘Pre-School Movers’
12.00 -
12.30 ‘Melody
Bear’ ages three and four years
Our other Pre- school
children are now learning the new introduction to tap dancing in the ‘Tip Tap
Toe’ classes and ‘Pre-school Movers’ which introduce children to dance
through Disney music and Street Dance. Our Thursday afternoon and Saturday
morning classes at Farringtons are now learning Melody Bear Pre-school Ballet
and Miss Jeanette’s Pre-school Ballet on a Saturday morning continues to
flourish.
Junior
and Senior Associate Pupils (J.A. and S.A. pupils)
Our
Junior and Senior Associate Course offers pupils the opportunity to study all
the Dance and Theatre genres that we offer in our Academy. These pupils study
Ballet, Modern, Tap, Theatre Performance and Street Dance and also a
complimentary Limbering class. Most also attend the Advanced Singing and Drama
classes. This ensures an exceptional standard of a complete Dance and Theatre
training at a very competitive price. Many Parents have been surprised at how
reasonable the Associate Course is as the more classes your child attends, the
more discount he or she will receive.
The J.A. pupils are as follows:
Charlotte
Abel, Jemma Alldis, Katie Andrews, Tallulah Coates, Zanzi Coates, Mia
Cruickshank, Anna Cvjetan, Danielle Godden, Giselle Godden, Libby Goodwin,
Imogen Harbert, Kira O’Sullivan, Hannah Rideout, Isabella Speed, Stephanie
Taylor, Alice Travers, Tamara Tymczyszyn.
The S.A. pupils are as follows: Molly Carew, Rebecca
Nicholas, Ellen Strangeway, Francesca Telling
Please
note that J.A. pupils graduate to become S.A. when the Grade Five standard has
been reached in one or more genres.
Elite
Performance Teams
As
some parents will be aware we introduced our Intermediate and Intermediate Elite
Performance Teams nearly two years ago. This
gives some pupils who already attend several classes with us, and wish to gain
extra performance experience, this opportunity.
These children are given the chance to participate in additional
performances. This term we have introduced our Junior Team and the team is now
full showing how flourishing our Performance Teams have become.
Our
Junior Elite Performance Team are : Jemma Alldis, Katie Andrews, Annabelle
Ashley-Cheek, Aimee Bullard, Zanzi Coates, Rosie Ford, Giselle Godden, Libby
Goodwin, Imogen Harbert, Amy Lovell, Rosie Mabbott, Erin Norman, Kira
O’Sullivan, Hannah Platts, Sophia Ramirez, Rosie Smith Evans, Tamara Tymczszyn,
Charlotte Wake.
Our
Intermediate Elite Performance Team are: Hannah
Campbell, Molly Carew, Tallullah Coates, Charlotte Cooper, Danielle Godden,
Roberta Hancock, Joanna Harbert, Suchismita Kundu, Jemma Muddiman, Hannah
Rideout, Esme Rodriguez, Katie Ryan, Rebecca Seymour, Stephanie Taylor,
Francesca Telling, Alice Travers, Hannah Wolfe.
Our
Senior Elite Performance Team are: Hannah Baker, Laura Bennett, Charlotte
Butler, Amy Callaghan, Heather Godden, Chloe Muddiman, Fiona Norman, Summer
Whitnell.
Our
Senior Elite Advanced Performance Dancers are:
Rebecca Nicholas and Ellen Strangeway.
The
Ceroc Christmas Ball
Our
Elite Intermediate, Senior and Senior Advanced Teams will be performing at the
Ceroc Christmas Ball on Saturday 17 December. A letter will be sent out to
Parents this week with more details of this event.
The
West Kent Provincial Grand Stewards Ball
Our
Junior, Intermediate, Senior and Senior Elite Advanced teams will be performing
at The West Kent Provincial Grand Stewards Ball, at Oakley House, Bromley on
Saturday 28 April 2012. More details
will be given out nearer to the time, but Elite Team members are asked to keep
this evening free for this prestigious event.
‘One Step Ahead
Dancewear’
As most of you will be aware
my mother Nita Griffiths sells Dancewear through our Academy.
You will find a pricelist and order form attached to this letter.
If you would like to make an order, please fill in a form and include
a cheque made payable to ‘One Step Ahead Dancewear’ or pay by cash. Please
send your order by post directly to my mother or give it in at class. Your order
will be made up and given to your child’s teacher to hand to you at class. As
the Academy continues to grow it is vital that order forms and full payments are
handed in with every order. If not paying cash please make cheques payable to
‘One Step Ahead Dancewear’. This way we can provide an excellent service to
you and supply your order quickly.
New Tap shoes for older
Vocational Pupils and Grade 5 and 6 Tap - Jazz
Tap Shoes
Pupils in these classes are
now asked to wear these Tap shoes, when their existing tap shoes need to be
replaced.
Pre-school to Grade 4 Tap
inclusive
Pre-school Tap classes to
Grade 4 inclusive please wear low heel canvas or leather tap shoes with heels
taps for class please.
Adult Tap classes
Please wear the tap shoes
that you are happy with, but please be aware that the new jazz taps are
available for you.
Grooming for Class
Please ensure that your child
always wears the correct uniform for each class and is smartly groomed at all
times. Please note that only Academy T-shirts and Sweatshirts may be worn to
warm up in, t-shirts and sweatshirts that are not Academy uniform are not
permitted in class and if your child wears it to class they will be asked to
remove it. During warm weather
pupils may wear their modern leotards without their black lycra leggings or jazz
pants and may wear Ballet socks instead of Ballet tights.
But please note during hot weather children must still look tidy and wear
their correct uniform.
Hair for Classes
Please note that all Grade
One Ballet girls and upwards, who have long hair should wear their hair in a bun
to each class. As warned, any student of Grade Three Ballet and above who
arrives for class without bunned hair from now on will be asked to sit out of
class unless they have a very good reason for not styling their hair in the
correct manner. Pupils with short hair should secure their hair in a matching
headband to their leotard colour.
For all other classes hair
should be tied back off the face and clipped back, being neatly groomed at all
times.
Examinations
Good luck to all the children
taking examinations on Sunday 27 November. The
timetable has now been sent to the ISTD and all Parents concerned should have
received their details. If you have not received your information, please
contact me urgently.
Extra Lessons - As parents
will be aware ISTD examinations are marked to a very high standard and it is
essential that your child attends all sessions specified; failure to do
this may result in your child’s examination being withdrawn.
Lessons are planned between
all our teachers to cover all the syllabus and we often find that some children
that have missed lessons, are less
knowledgeable than the children who have consistently attended the classes,
which can be stressful for the children (and teachers!!) during the time leading
up to the exams.
CDs for practicing at home.
So they can practice at home,
we find it helpful for the examination children, to provide a blank CD or memory
stick and give it in at class for
the teacher to record the music. Thank you to everyone who has provided this so
far this term. If using a CD, please make sure it is new and recordable and is
clearly labelled with your child’s name on.
At time of writing, the
teachers have 3 CDs which we have been unable to locate the owner to. If you
have given in a CD over the last week or two and haven’t had it returned to
you, please come and see one of the teachers.
Private Lessons.
Many Parents have now booked
their child private lessons for examination preparation. Parents concerned have
been emailed details, please check the email and if you have not received it,
please contact me urgently. If you have not booked a private lesson for your
child and would like to do so, please contact me urgently so we can arrange it.
Props for Class
Please make sure your child
brings to each class the following prop if applicable:
Primary Ballet
A Piggy Bank (empty, no money and not china please!!)
Grade One Ballet
A Blackberry basket
Grade Two Ballet
A Homework book
Grade One Modern
A percussive musical instrument (e.g. a shaker)
Grade 3 Tap
A pair of drum sticks
Pre - School children
A Doll or soft toy
Please make sure that it is labelled with your
child’s name clearly on it.
Water Bottles to Class
Please make sure that your
child brings a labelled bottle of water to every class with him or her. When you
pick your child up please check that they have their bottle with them.
Folders for Theatre
Performance Company Classes
Please make sure that your
child brings with them a labelled ring binder folder to every class to store
Singing and Drama material in. This is also very helpful if you have a young
child who may need help at home from time to time to learn words and will keep
Parents up to date with work covered in class.
Lateness for Class
Please make sure that your
child arrives a few minutes before class so they are ready for action and do not
miss any of their class. Please note
that if your child is more than 10 minutes late for class (unless you have
previously arranged this with me) it may not be possible for your child to
participate in the class. The reason
for this is that at the beginning of the class we always do a full warm up and
if your child misses this they maybe more prone to injury.
Please ensure that you pick
your child up from class on time, I do understand that many parents have other
children’s activities to organise and if you have an arrangement with us that
your child sits and waits until your return, this is fine and also siblings may
wait for each other by arrangement but unfortunately there are a few parents
that regularly are late to pick their children up and lately we have had some
very upset children wondering where their parents are at the end of class.
Please take great care in the
car parks of all venues, that your children are with you at all times and unless
your child is much older, please do not arrange to meet your child in the car
park after class. We try extremely hard to keep your children safe at all times
but it is very important that we have the support of all Parents in this matter.
Terms Notice Policy
Please note that if you chose
to withdraw your child from the Academy or any class it is necessary that you
give ‘A TERMS NOTICE IN WRITING TO
THE ABOVE ADDRESS IF I WISH TO WITHDRAW MY CHILD FROM ANY CLASS OR PAY A TERMS
FULL FEE IN LIEU OF NOTICE’ as agreed for on your signed application form.
This enables me to plan ahead
for the following term. If you
would like your child to start a new class, if there is a space available, they
can start immediately. We also hold
a waiting list for children whose parents have asked for them to start new
classes the following term and if you would like your child to start a new genre
this secures their place. This also
applies to siblings and we are happy to place siblings on the waiting list from
1 year’s old.
Lost
property
The children seem to be
leaving behind a lot of their uniform and props and we are left with quite a few
crossovers, odd tap and ballet shoes and baskets.
Please make sure when you pick up your child from class they have all
their belongings and have not left anything behind.
If an item of uniform is labelled we can return it but unfortunately I
have a bag on unnamed items. Please
make sure everything your child brings to class is clearly named.
Any lost property will be kept until the end of this term then
unfortunately uniform I cannot return will be disposed of.
While writing there is a tap shoe mix up with the Saturday Primary Tap
class at Farringtons, I have a pair
of tap shoes in the cupboard and one pupil without tap shoes which means
somebody is wearing the wrong tap shoes!
Important note – Contacting
parents
Please note that we are now
sending more letters out by email. Our
website is regularly updated and has details of newsletters, time tables, term
dates etc. In cases of emergency a
note will always be placed on the homepage of our website.
During adverse weather conditions please always check the website before
leaving for class as although we always try to run classes whenever possible, if
it snows for example, either I or the management of the venues that we use have
to make a health and safety decision on whether to run classes and this can
often be at short notice.
Please also see the note in
the show letter about sending information regarding the show via email.
The Arrival of Katie Rideout!
As most of you will be aware,
my P.A. Sarah was expecting a baby, but I didn’t update everyone in our last
Newsletter of Katie’s Birth. Katie is now six months old and crawling, so a
very belated Congratulations to the Rideout family!
Thank you for your continued
support, which is most appreciated.
Best Wishes
Lucy Griffiths