Here we go!! We are (so close to) ready and (super) excited to start this new dance year! Lots of repeat info from the August newsletter. But, please take a look through it all just to make sure … ALL CLASSES AND TEAMS BEGIN THIS WEEK: Age group teams, Lift Teams, Tech Classes, Semi-Privates. • TEAM LISTS: The great team re-mix is almost done. We just have a couple more changes to make to have all the lists settled. Thanks for your patience and willingness to make changes when needed. Team lists will be sent to each age group in a separate message. • FIRST CLASS & PARENT MEETINGS: We are looking forward to seeing you at the Parent Meetings this week! Here is a reminder of the schedule. Note 1: there are two time changes to avoid two parent meetings at the same time (Pre-Jr Thurs & Sr. Black). Note 2: there will not be parent meetings for the Lift Teams. But we will send out some important info about each team to the parents. FIRST CLASS PARENT MTG
Pre-T Wed Wed Sept 6 4:30 PM
Pre-T Thurs Thur Sept 7 4:30 PM.
Pre-Jr Wed Wed Sept 6 6:15 PM.
Pre-Jr Thurs Thur Sept 7 5:15 PM
Jr Tues Tues Sept 5 5:30 PM.
Jr Wed Wed Sept 6 8:30 PM.
Jr Thurs Thur Sept 7 8:30 PM
Sr Pink Mon Sept 11 6:00 PM.
Sr Red Tues Sept 5 6:00 PM
Sr Black Wed Sept 6 7:00 PM.
Sr Gold Thur Sept 7 6:00 PM
• CALENDAR: Attached. One change to the previous calendar: The Civic Show is Jan 13, not Jan 20. Please update this on your family calendars. • WEBSITE: idahoballroomacademy.com Please take a minute to look through it and bookmark it. This is a central source of information so you don't have to look back through your email inbox to find details. We will still be using email on a regular basis for communication but hope that you will find this website to be a valuable tool. • KEY CLUB: This is for couples who are competing and need access to the studio floors for practice and/or lessons outside of their regular class hours. The cost is $40/semester/couple. Sign up here: IBA KEY CLUB. • TECHNIQUE CLASSES Click here to sign up: Tech Class Registration. $40/semester/dancer. We have modified the classes to better accommodate some of the dancers ages and skill levels. I haven’t sent out info for the dancers who came to the Silver partner try out. Watch for that today. Pre-Teen Tech Mon 3:45 - 4:45 All Pre-Teen & Pre-Jrs (still listed as Bronze on the registration) Jr Bronze Tech Mon 3:45 - 4:45 Junior dancers in their 1st year or 2nd year of tech class Silver Tech Wed 6:00 - 7:00 Jr/Sr dancers in their 3+ year of tech class Gold Tech Thurs 6:30 - 7:30 Advanced dancers. Ask if you’re not sure. • SEMI-PRIVATE LESSONS: For dancers who compete in “Open”, we are offering semi-private lessons for 3-4 couples at a time. The schedule will be set once it is know what couples are planning on the lessons. Register here: Semi-Pvt Registration • GROUP MESSAGING: A reminder to join both the IBA MAIN group and your team group. If you open this message on your phone, you can use these links to open the group. Please let me know if you have trouble finding your group. IBA MAIN - this is for all dancers and parents:. https://band.us/n/ada89d33rezdY SR GOLD https://band.us/n/a3ae9435Q4J6Q SR BLACK. https://band.us/n/a2a39931r0r4s SR WHITE. https://band.us/n/a5a19931rd301 SR RED. https://band.us/n/abab923araScT JR TUES. https://band.us/n/a0af9d73efr8E JR WED. https://band.us/n/aead993cr7T2B JR THURS. https://band.us/n/a0ac9439r9T63 PRE-JR WED https://band.us/n/adaa943er2v5U PRE-JR THURS. https://band.us/n/acab9a3er7v8e PRE-T WED. https://band.us/n/aea89836r1vdV PRE-T THURS. https://band.us/n/a5a59830r4w6I --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- S.O.P. DAY Saturday, September 16 We’ll send out a separate SOP DAY message with more details. An email with Financial Details will also be sent separately. • NEW-TO-IBA PARENTS MEETING & Dancer Sizing: 10:00 am This is for all parents who are new to IBA. Please make every effort to attend. We'll talk through the calendar, talk about the finances and payment options, and size dancers for their orders. You will set up your payments after this meeting, along with paying for your orders. We will be sending out the details about payments before the meeting.
• S.O.P. (Sizing, Order, Payments): Returning Dancers 11 - 2pm. Shar-a-lynn Randall and helpers will meet with each family to make sure your account is set up correctly. There are usually long lines during the first hour. In order to spread out the crowd, we ask you to come according to the following schedule (by last name): A-F 11 - 12pm G-M 12 - 1pm N-Z 1 - 2 pm ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am continually reminded that IBA is a blessed program. I believe this is because it impacts the lives of these youth in a positive way. All of the IBA staff are committed to creating a safe, positive, and wholesome experience for all of the dancers.
If you ever have any concerns, please contact me so that we can work to resolve or correct anything that is out of order. Thanks for being part of our IBA FAMILY!!
Janie Fisher Director, Idaho Ballroom Academy 208-201-6366 idahoballroom@gmail.com Shar-a-lynn Randall IdahoBallroomBooks@gmail.com Shawn Fisher 208-313-0465 fishers@byui.edu Ashley Fonua, 208-419-2888, ashleyfisher7708@icloud.com Sam Fisher, 208-403-2463, fishsam777@gmail.com Sara Fisher, 541-944-7479, christensen.slc@gmail.com Elise Rich, 208-206-3661, joh16053@gmail.com
Airiana Richards, 504-750-0895, airianafranson@gmail.com Jared Koyle, 208-270-0791, jaredkoyle@gmail.com Jennifer Taylor, 208-390-1889, jenbtay@gmail.com Hannah Clark 208-269-6164 hanna.jillie@gmail.com