Dream Duffels & accessories (hangers, garment bags, and stools) have arrived!

If you purchased any of these items, they are ready for pick-up at the studio tomorrow (Tuesday), September 18 from 4:00pm – 6:00pm.   You will receive an invoice tomorrow morning via email for the items you purchased.  Additionally, you may pick-up your items on Thursday, September 20 from 5:00pm – 6:30pm.  Payment is needed at pick-up (check made out to “Vibe”, please.)

If you asked for your items to be delivered to your dancer, we will do that, but we need the payment sent in tomorrow or Thursday with your dancer.

If these pick-up times do not work for your schedule, please email us at footnotesdanceblog@gmail.com.

As mentioned in the previous Book It Now! blog post, our Logistics team was not able to secure 60+ rooms at each hotel.  Hotels will not allow a group to secure a large block of rooms without a commitment to a number of rooms and the number of days of stay (and a credit card to pay for them).  Our Logistics team was given a “courtesy block” with the option of extending the block if we book up what was provided to us.  This is also why there are multiple hotels available to choose from…we booked enough hotels to accommodate for 60 dancer families.  Please continue to email your questions to footnotesdanceblog@gmail.com if you can not obtain one of the FootNotes rates listed.  We will forward your inquiry to our Logistics committee, and they will determine if the block can be extended.

Second, the Competition Hotel webpage has been updated with the latest room rates available.  Specifically:

• the block for the Hampton Inn & Suites in Chattanooga has been fully booked.  They can not offer that same rate and room type, but they did provide Lori with an alternative (which is now listed in the document).
• parking information for Elyton was also updated.

Please click here to be directed to the Competition Hotel webpage.   All changes to the PDF document are highlighted with a color.  We will continue to update this document as changes to the room blocks occur.

NOTE:  If you have 2 rooms booked at different hotels under the FootNotes blocks, please cancel one of the hotels so that you are not taking up 2 rooms in the FootNotes block.  We do not have ‘extra’ rooms blocked, given the size of our group this season.

Our Vibe Logistics committee (consisting of Lori Murphy and Stacey Horel) has been hard at work securing multiple hotel options for our regional competitions.  We appreciate all of their efforts – thank you ladies!  Our “away” hotel options have been secured.  We are waiting on booking links from the Atlanta hotels.  We will publish those as soon as we have that information (and we will send another blog post letting you know the information has been updated).  Click here to access the Competition Hotels webpage.

NOTE:  If you can not secure the rate that is listed for a hotel, please email us at footnotesdanceblog@gmail.com, (include which hotel and rate), and we will get that information to our logistics committee.  We are not able to secure a block of 60+ rooms at these rates at each hotel…hotels will not allow us to do that. We have smaller blocks of rooms secured at the hotel, with the option of them allowing us to open up more accommodations should we book to their maximum allowed for the block.

We have several updates to the Master Calendar to share with you, along with a reminder:

• Sunday, September 30
  • BRAVO & OVATION Jazz Choreography (time has now been set) – 11:00am – 1:00pm
• Saturday, October 13
  • ELITE & PREMIER Musical Theater Rehearsal – 10:00am – 11:00am
  • ELITE Small Groups** – There will be 3, one hour slots for 3 of the Small Groups that will be scheduled between 11am – 2pm. Please keep this time window open/available.
• Sunday, October 14
  • PREMIER Lyrical Rehearsal – 12:00pm – 1:00pm
  • OVATION & PREMIER Hip Hop Rehearsal – 1:00pm – 3:00pm
  • OVATION Rehearsal – 3:00pm – 4:00pm
• Saturday, October 20
  • ELITE Small Groups** – There will be 2, one hour slots for 2 of the Small Groups that will be scheduled between 10am – 12noon.  Please keep this time window open/available. 
• Saturday, October 27
  • ELITE Small Groups** – There will be 5, one hour slots for the 5 Small Groups that will be scheduled between 11am – 4pm.  Please keep this time window open/available.   
• Sunday, October 28
  • OVATION Rehearsal – 1:00pm – 2:00pm
  • OVATION & PREMIER Hip Hop Rehearsal – 2:00pm – 3:00pm
  • PREMIER Lyrical Rehearsal – 3:00pm – 4:00pm
  • ELITE & PREMIER Musical Theater Rehearsal – 4:15pm – 5:30pm
  • ELITE Lyrical Rehearsal – 5:30pm – 6:45pm

NOTES:  

• **ELITE – Since some of the Small Groups have not been selected, we are providing you with these placeholder times so that you keep them available on your schedule.  We will update you/the calendar as soon as the times/which small groups are rehearsing on each of these days.
• ALL MEMBERS: Cheryl has pulled together this schedule with the current schedule conflicts for each group in mind/working around everyone’s schedules as best as she can. The intent of scheduling around these conflicts is so that everyone in the group will attend the rehearsal.  If there is some reason you cannot make a rehearsal, please make us aware of that ASAP. Please email footnotesdanceblog@gmail.com to let us know which rehearsal and time you will miss.
• REMINDER:  Please remember you have until this Thursday, September 14 end of day to fill out the optional Tremaine Dance Convention Registration Request form. Click here to be directed to the Tremaine blog post to learn more about this dance convention.    Click here to fill out the Tremaine Dance Convention Registration Request form.   In order to be registered for this optional convention, you MUST fill out the form.

We have some Master Calendar updates to share with you for September rehearsal times:

• Saturday, September 15
  • OVATION & PREMIER Hip Hop Rehearsal – 12:00pm – 2:00pm
• Saturday, September 29
  • OVATION & PREMIER Hip Hop Rehearsal – 1:00pm – 3:00pm
  • PREMIER Lyrical Rehearsal – 3:00pm – 4:30pm

Below are a few FYI and reminder items as we head into this Labor Day weekend.  We hope you have a restful and fun long weekend!

• FootNotes is closed on Monday, September 3 in observance of Labor Day.
• If you have not filled out the Jacket, Backpack, Dream Duffel & Accessories Order form, please do so ASAP.   Cheryl will be placing the order on Tuesday, September 4.  Click here to access the form.
• The Hotel Logistics Committee has been working hard to secure blocks of hotel rooms for our competition weekends. They have several blocks secured already.  As soon as we have received all of the booking information from each hotel, we will publish details…we expect the information will be published next week (week of September 3).

Master Calendar Updates

Tentative times for next weekend’s choreography sessions have been finalized and updated on the Master Calendar.   Below is a recap of all choreography for Saturday and Sunday:

• Saturday, September 8
  • BRAVO Tap – 10:00am – 2:00pm, with a lunch break
  • PREMIER Jazz – 10:00am – 2:00pm
  • ELITE Tap – 10:00am – 1:00pm
  • ALL MEMBERS:  Big/Little Sister Reveal – 2:00pm – 2:45pm
  • OVATION Tap – 2:45pm – 6:45pm, with a snack break
  • ELITE & PREMIER Optional Musical Theater – 3:00pm – 6:00pm
• Sunday, September 9
  • ELITE & PREMIER Optional Musical Theater – 10:00am – 12:30pm
  • ELITE Tap – 1:00pm – 3:30pm

Tremaine Dance Convention will be held on Saturday & Sunday, November 3 and 4.  Click here to view details about the Atlanta convention.  It is an optional dance convention that your dancer may attend.  Because it is optional, we have setup a Registration Request form. In order to be registered for this convention, you MUST fill out the form below.  Even if you do not wish to attend, please fill out the form for your dancer(s).    

Details about the Tremaine Dance Convention

Cost to attend the convention: Saturday is $150 per dancer, and both Saturday and Sunday are $260. Observer bands (for a parent if you wish to be in the room where the dancers are) are $50/per person for both days, or $35 for one day. These fees are NOT included in your Vibe tuition as this is an optional dance convention…therefore, you will be charged this additional fee on your FootNotes account.

Registration Form & Deadline:  Click here to fill out the Tremaine Dance Convention Registration Request form.  Cheryl must have this form filled out by Thursday, September 13 end of day.

Sample Schedule:  Click here for a sample schedule provided by Tremaine. You will see that classes on Sunday (which is also our group picture day) will last until 2:30pm. In order to get ready for group pictures, your dancer can stay until the Lunch Break on Sunday. Cheryl does NOT want your dancer to miss group photos just to stay for that last class at this dance convention. If you have any questions, please email us at footnotesdanceblog@gmail.com.

NOTES (from Tremaine): If you attend only 1 day, you will not be eligible to audition for a scholarship at this convention.

LOCATION: The Dance Convention will be held at the Sheraton Atlanta Hotel, 165 Courtland St NE, Atlanta, GA 30303. Once we see which dancers wish to attend this convention, we will be in touch with those attendees about possible carpooling and observer band(s).

Now that the September 7th weekend choreography schedule is set, our Big/Little Sister Reveal has been moved to Saturday, September 8 at 2pm since 4 of the 5 dance groups will be at the studio at that time.  The fun will start at 2pm, and we plan to be done by 2:45pm.  Below is a recap of the updated September 8 schedule:

• Saturday, September 8
  • BRAVO Tap – 10:00am – 2:00pm, with a lunch break
  • PREMIER Jazz – 10:00am – 2:00pm
  • ELITE Tap – 10:00am – 2:00pm (tentative)
  • ALL MEMBERS:  Big/Little Sister Reveal – 2:00pm – 2:45pm
  • OVATION Tap – 2:45pm – 6:45pm, with a snack break
  • ELITE & PREMIER Optional Musical Theater – in PM (tentative)

The Master Calendar has been updated with these updates.

The dancers will be treated to a variety of icy treats at the studio during this event!

REMINDER:  If you have not already, please enter your Jacket, Backpack, Dream Duffel & Accessories Order information by this Friday, August 31.  Click here to access the Order Form.  (Even if you do not wish to order any items, we still need you to fill out the form indicating this.)

We have some Master Calendar updates for September choreography times.  You will note that a few of these indicate “tentative” or just an “AM” or “PM” indicator…Cheryl is still finalizing exact times with the choreographers. These times will most likely occur….we will update you as soon as Cheryl has confirmation of times from the choreographer.

**NOTE: September Rehearsal Schedules will be coming soon for OVATION & PREMIER.  As soon as the choreography times are finalized, Cheryl will slot in Rehearsal times for the dance groups.  We will update you as soon as we know those details for September.         

• Friday, September 7
  • BRAVO Tap – 4:00pm – 5:30pm
  • ELITE Group 1 Small Group Jazz – 5:00pm – 9:00pm
  • OVATION Tap – 5:30pm – 7:00pm
• Saturday, September 8
  • BRAVO Tap – 10:00am – 2:00pm, with a lunch break
  • PREMIER Jazz – 10:00am – 2:00pm
  • ELITE Tap – 10:00am – 2:00pm (tentative)
  • OVATION Tap – 2:00pm – 6:00pm, with a snack break
  • ELITE & PREMIER Optional Musical Theater – in PM (tentative)
• Sunday, September 9
  • ELITE & PREMIER Optional Musical Theater – in AM (tentative)
  • ELITE Tap – in the PM/afternoon (tentative)
• Wednesday, September 19
  • ELITE Cherrise Large Group – 5:00pm – 9:00pm
• Saturday, September 22
  • ELITE Jon Carr Large Group Contemporary – 10:00am – 1:00pm
  • ELITE Jon Carr Small Group Contemporary – 2:00pm – 6:00pm
• Sunday, September 23
  • ELITE Jon Carr Small Group Contemporary – 10:00am – 1:00pm
  • ELITE Jon Carr Large Group Contemporary – 2:00pm – 6:00pm
  • APPLAUSE Choreography – 2:00pm – 4:00pm
• Saturday, September 29
  • ELITE Cherrise Large Group – 11:00am – 6:00pm
• Sunday, September 30
  • ELITE Cherrise Small Group – 11:00am – 6:00pm
  • BRAVO & OVATION Jazz (finish choreography) – Time TBA
• Sunday, October 14
  • ELITE Optional Lyrical with Brian – 1:00pm – 5:00pm

The Vibe will be placing the ONE TIME PER YEAR order for Jackets and Backpacks.  Since we have several new members this year, we will also place a bulk order to Dream Duffel for anyone that wants to purchase a Dream Duffel, Garment Bag(s), Wooden Hanger(s), and/or Stool.

The order deadline is Friday, August 31. The form must be filled out for all dancers, even if you do not need to order anything.  The jacket and backpack are mandatory for all members.  The Dream Duffel and accessories are optional purchases.  This post has a lot of details that we need to make you aware of, so please read on…

• New members, place your order for both the jacket and backpack using the link at the bottom of the web post.
• Returning  members, do an honest assessment of the condition of your backpack, as well as the condition and fit of your white jacket. Both must be a good condition to last the entire dance season.
• Order confirmations will be emailed to the email address you provide on the form to show you which items you requested to order.  If you do not receive a confirmation, your order was not received.

Jackets: The jacket is a mandatory item for all Vibe dancers. The same jacket will be used again this year.  It is a retro-style white and black jacket with the FootNotes Dance logo (red, black and white) on the back.  The jacket is available in Youth XS-L and Adult XS-6XL sizes (see size chart below).   It is the parent’s responsibility to select the size they feel would work best for their dancer.    

• If you already own last year’s White and Black  jacket style (and it still fits and is in good shape), you are not required to purchase a new jacket for this 2018-2019 dance season.  
• To determine jacket size, focus on the bust and waist size for appropriate fit.  We will have some sample jackets (not all sizes) for dancers to try on, starting this Saturday, August 25 through Thursday, August 30.
  

Backpacks:  The Vibe Backpack is a mandatory item for all Vibe dancers.  The same backpack will be used again this year. This bag is the perfect size to hold ALL of the dancer’s shoes.   The dancers will use this bag for weekly classes, as well as workshops and competitions.  The backpacks will have the FootNotes logo embroidered on the front flap, and your dancer’s name will be embroidered on the side pocket.   Please check your dancer’s backpack to see if it is still in good shape or needs replacing. They are typically ready to be replaced after 2-3 years.

Dream Duffel and Accessories:  We are also making a one time purchase from “Dream Duffel” for those members that wish to purchase a Dream Duffel and/or other garment accessories.  If we make a large enough purchase, we may get a discount that we will pass on to you.  At a minimum, we will save on shipping by ordering the product in bulk/one order.  The Dream Duffel (medium-size), Garment Bags, Wooden Hangers, and Folding Stool are available to be purchased on the order form.  Approximate costs are listed in the order form.       

Please click on the link below and complete this order form (even if you are not ordering anything…we need to hear from EVERYONE).  Again, the deadline for submitting your order is Friday, August 31.

CLICK HERE FOR THE ONLINE ORDER FORM.