We were so proud of our dancers in the Civic Show!! It was a strong start to the performance season. Hope you all enjoyed the show and watching your dancers. General reminders: - Please inform your coach if your dancer will not be coming to class. - Dancers should change their wet shoes in the hallway at the benches before going into the studios. - When posting on Band, remember to post team specific questions to the team group, not the IBA Main group. Also, please use Direct Messaging or Texting when contacting the coach about something specific to your dancer. All the coach’s contact info is at the bottom of these email messages.
THIS MONTH: • MAKE-UP CLASSES: Jr Mon: Not meeting Mon Jan 20. Make-up Sat, Feb 11, 12 - 2pm. Jr Thurs: Not meeting Thurs, Feb 16. Make-up Sat, Feb 11, 9-10am Sliver Lift: Not meeting Thurs, Feb 16. Make-up Sat, Feb 11, 7-8:30 • UTAH CLASSIC: All Jr. and Sr. Teams. (Pre-Jrs and Pre-Teens don’t attend this event). Feb 18-19, Legacy Event Center, Farmington Utah. The details were sent out yesterday. If you didn’t receive that email, please reply and let me know. You can access details such as schedules and entries on the website: https://www.classiccompetitions.org/utah-classic. UC SCHEDULE: The actual time frames may be adjusted slightly after registration closes. Friday Feb 18. 9am -11 am PT Syllabus, Jr Open 12pm - 4pm Teams: Jr, PT, PW 5pm - 8pm Jr Syllabus, PT Open 8pm - 10 pm. Solo Cabaret (youth) Saturday, Feb 19 8am - 2pm Youth Teams 3pm - 7pm Youth Syllabus 8pm - 11 pm Youth Open
• PEE WEE REGISTRATION: Click here PEE WEE REGISTRATION. Registration deadline Feb 19. Classes begin the week of Feb 27. If you have a pee wee dancer but haven't received any information yet, please let me know so we can send you the info. • WORKSHOP: (poster at end of news). We occasionally have Saturday workshops, which are for fun and not required. All ages of IBA dancers are invited. For this month is it a Hip Hop/ Ballroom workshop. Sat Feb 11, 2-4 pm. $15/dancer. Rick Robinson will be teaching the 50 min Hip Hop class, and Coaches Ashley and Caroline will be teaching the 50 min Ballroom class, split by age group. Dancers should wear their best “Valentine Spirit Outfit” with a prize for the best one! Sign up Here: Feb Workshop • ADULT CLASS: A new session will be starting later this month, the poster is at end of news. You can register here: IBA Adult Class session 2. • ADULT VALENTINE DANCE: Feb 11, 7-9 pm. IBA Studio. $5/couple, Venmo or cash at the door.(Poster at end of news).
LOOKING AHEAD:
Please make sure that these dates are on your calendars.
• March 23-25. Gem State Classic & National Show Dance Championships, Thunder Ridge High School, Idaho Falls. Please note that the Junior syllabus and open events are on Thursday. In past years these Jr events have been on Saturday, but have been moved. Their team events are still on Friday. Thurs: Pre-Teens/Pre-Junior Team & Individual (Syllabus and Open), Junior Syllabus and Open, Individual Cabaret Fri: Junior and Senior Teams. Team Match. Sat: Youth (Senior) Syllabus and Open. • March 27-30 (new date), Team Pictures: A schedule for each team will be sent as this nears. No regular classes this week. The pictures will be taken at the studio. We will try to do the team pictures on the regular day the teams meets. April 14, Madison Middle School Show 11:00, 1:00. The Comp Team and Coco lift will be in both shows. All other teams will be in just one of the shows, TBA. NOTE: this might be moved to April 7. Some families have let me know that they will out of town on the 14th, taking an extended week of Spring Break. I haven’t heard back from the school about switching to April 7th yet, so just a heads up about the possible change.
April 29, Spring Concert: All day, Madison HS Auditorium. This is a BIG day for the dancers. There will be 3 shows in the afternoon/evening, and also stage practices and a full company finale rehearsal.
June 26-29. IBA Summer Camp. This is also a problem date - there is one stake girls camp and one stake trek that week. We are normally on top of one stake event (impossible to avoid completely), but we hate to be on top of two of them. Shawn is talking to the Jr Hight about two other possible dates: June 19-22, or July 5-8. We know that there is NO PERFECT DATE, but we will try to find the one with the fewest conflicts. Stay tuned…
That’s it for now - so happy to have each of you in our IBA Family
Have a wonderful month! Please don't hesitate to contact us with any questions. Janie Fisher Director, Idaho Ballroom Academy 208-201-6366 idahoballroom@gmail.com
