Our 2017 Dance Competition selections are now set! Click here to view the competition selections for this season. (Note that this web page is password protected.)   The competition dates are also now noted on the Master Calendar.

Note:   Now that our Dance Competitions have been selected, our Logistics coordinator, Marilyn Traub, has started work on getting hotel details pulled together for our ‘out of town’ competition.   Details will be posted as soon as they are finalized.

MORE choreography videos and music (via dropbox) are now available to help the dancers review and rehearse at home!  Click here for access to the VPC videos and music.

Reminder:  These files are property of The Vibe and FootNotes Dance & Acrobatics. They are password protected and only intended for the use of current Vibe members.

If you have any issue with playing or downloading these files on your device, please email us at mailto:footnotesdanceblog@gmail.com.

We have a few Calendar Updates to share with you – all Groups are affected.    Please review the following updates to the Master Calendar.    The updates have been recapped below:

• Showcase Dates have been set!    We have secured the Milton Center (Alpharetta, GA) as our venue this year.
  • Showcase Blocking Day – Saturday, February 11, 2017
  • Showcase 2017 – Saturday, February 18, 2017

  Note:  Detailed scheduling for each day will be posted closer to the event.

• Saturday, September 17
  • ELITE: Jon Carr Small Group Choreography (invite only) – 1pm – 6pm

Lastly, we have updated the Scrips web page.   Please check it out if you are interested in learning more about the Scrips program.   We have added detailed registration information.  Click here to be directed to the password protected web page.  

We have more Master Calendar Updates to share with you.  Please review the following updates to the Master Calendar.    The updates have been recapped below:

• Friday, September 16
  • APPLAUSE:  Tap Choreography – 4:30pm – 6:30pm
• Saturday, September 17
  • APPLAUSE: Contemporary Choreography – 9am – 3pm (there will be a lunch break)
  • OVATION:  Contemporary Choreography – 4pm – 7pm
• Sunday, September 18
  • APPLAUSE: Tap Choreography – 12noon – 2pm
  • OVATION:  Contemporary Choreography – 10am – 1pm
• Friday, September 23
  • APPLAUSE: Tap Choreography – 5pm – 7pm
• Sunday, September 25
  • APPLAUSE: Tap Choreography – 12noon – 2pm

We have several Calendar Updates to share with you.  Some of these have been communicated via your Group Mom already, but we wanted to recap them in the web post as well.    Please review the following updates to the Master Calendar.    The updates have been recapped below:

• Saturday, August 27
  • ELITE: Cherrise Small Group Choreography (invite only) – 10am – 2pm
  • OVATION & PREMIER: Musical Theater Choreography – 11am – 2pm AND 3pm – 6pm
  • ELITE: Jon Carr Large Group Rehearsal – 3pm – 7pm
• Sunday, August 28
  • ELITE: Cherrise Small Group Choreography (invite only) – 10am – 2pm
  • OVATION & PREMIER: Musical Theater Choreography – 1pm – 5pm
  • ELITE: Jon Carr Large Group Rehearsal – 3pm – 5pm
• Saturday, September 3
  • PREMIER:  Jazz Choreography – 9am – 3pm (with a lunch break)
• Sunday, September 4
  • PREMIER:  Contemporary Choreography – 11am – 5pm (with a lunch break)

NOTE to Groups:   Cheryl is still working with the choreographers to finalize other group dance choreography times.  We will publish updates to the schedule as soon as she is able to finalize them with the choreographer.

An update and a reminder for this week….

1. The VPC 2016-2017 Member Directory is now available under the Members Only section of the website.  Please click here to access our Member Directory.  Please review your dancer(s) information in the directory.    If you see any issue with it, please email us at mailto:footnotesdanceblog@gmail.com.
2. If you haven’t already, please fill out and turn in your dancer’s Medical Release Form for this year.   We have collected many of them, so thanks for getting those turned in!  For those that still need to fill it out/turn it in, there is a folder labeled “Medical Release Form” at the front desk.  The deadline to have the form turned in is Wednesday, August 31.

Note that each of these pages of information is password protected.  If you need a reminder of the password (it was given out in the 7/9 email and at the parent meeting), please click here.

We have a couple of Master Calendar updates to share with you….for the BRAVO group.  Please review the following updates to the Master Calendar.    The updates have been recapped below:

• Saturday, August 20, 1pm – 4pm
  • BRAVO: Tap Choreography
• Sunday, August 21, 10am – 12:30pm
  • BRAVO:  Tap Choreography  

Choreography Videos are now available for some of the dances to help our dancers review and rehearse at home!

Click here to access to the VPC group dance videos.    Note that this page is password protected.

Choreography music files and other choreography videos will be coming soon!  We will send out a blog update each time we add any files to this page.

Note:  If you have any issue with playing or downloading these videos to your device, please email us at mailto:footnotesdanceblog@gmail.com.

We have several Calendar Updates to share with you….ALL GROUPS affected!    A couple of these were mentioned at the Parent Meeting this week, so we wanted to officially document them on the blog as well.   Please review the following updates to the Master Calendar.    The updates have been recapped below:

• Tuesday, August 23 5:45pm – 6:15pm
  • ALL GROUPS:   Big/Lil Sis Reveal (at the Studio)
  • All groups, except Premier, will be at the Studio for classes at this day/time; therefore, we are asking PREMIER dancers to arrive at the Studio NO LATER THAN 5:45pm (which is earlier than your normal 6pm class time) so that we can start on time.
  • Parents, you are not required to attend.   But, please feel free to come and watch if you would like!
• Saturday, September 24 (Mandatory workshop)
  • P7 In-house Workshop
• Weekend of January 27 – 29, 2017 (Mandatory workshop)
  • Nuvo Dance Convention (in Atlanta…venue to be determined)
  • In past years, the format of this event usually consists of:
    • optional Master Classes on Friday afternoon usually starting around 6pm
    • mandatory Master Classes will be held on Saturday and Sunday
• April 17 – 20, 2017
  • FootNotes Picture Week at the Studio
• June 3, 2017 and June 4, 2017
  • FootNotes Recital Dress Rehearsal and Recital (Infinite Energy Center)

We have several Choreography Schedule updates to share with you….ALL GROUPS affected!    Please review the following updates to the Master Calendar.    The updates have been recapped below:

• 12:00pm – 2:30pm   Lyrical Line w/ Mr. Brian
• 1:00pm – 2:30pm     BRAVO Hip Hop
• 2:30pm – 5:00pm     PREMIER Tap
• 4:30pm – 6:00pm     ELITE Tap
• 6:00pm – 9:00pm     ELITE w/ Cherisse
• 6:00pm – 7:30pm     OVATION Tap
• 7:30pm – 9:00pm     OVATION & PREMIER Hip Hop

• 8:30am – 10:30am    OVATION Tap
• 10:30am – 12:30pm  OVATION & PREMIER Hip Hop
• 12:30pm – 2:30pm    ELITE Tap
• 4:30pm – 6:30pm      BRAVO Hip Hop

• 11:00am – 1:30pm    OVATION Jazz
• 1:30pm – 4:00pm     APPLAUSE Jazz
• 4:30pm – 7:00pm      BRAVO Jazz
• 7:00pm – 9:30pm      ELITE Jazz

Saturday, August 6

•  8:00am – 10:30am    OVATION Jazz
• 10:30am – 1:00pm     APPLAUSE Jazz
• 1:30pm – 4:00pm       BRAVO Jazz
• 4:00pm – 6:30pm       ELITE Jazz