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Fall 2009 News from Dance Fredericton: The entry way of Dance Fredericton received a face lift this summer with a fresh and bright coat of paint and general clean up thanks to some generous volunteers who painted on the hottest day of the summer. A great big thank you goes out to all the volunteer painters: Jeannine & Paige Powell Laura & Amélie Leblanc Colette & Marie Claire Watson Germaine, Levis, Nikki & Sophie Theriault Connie Moore Michèle, Jocelyn & Danielle Leger Nancy Anderson & Lava & Mac Forbes Lynn Twigger & Laura Bruz The entry way looks great! Nutcracker 2009: Our production is growing both in choreography and also in numbers of casts’ members. Twenty four dancers’ ages 7 through 18 attended a 9 or 5 day intensive in late August with guest teachers Johanne Gingras & Sylvia Logan. Mrs. Logan introduced five new pieces of choreography so this year’s “Nut” is bigger and better than ever. Dance Fredericton has received a grant from the City of Fredericton for the development of this project so the audience will be treated to beautiful new costumes again this year! Mark these dates on your calendar and get your tickets early: “Nutcracker Suite” December 5 7:00pm & December 6 2:00pm Le Centre Communautaire Ste Anne Tickets available at the Playhouse Box Office Greetings from the Board of Directors: On behalf of the Board of Directors of Dance Fredericton Danse Inc., I’d like to welcome you all to another dance season! I'm so looking forward to seeing all the excited students fill the studios again. I feel so fortunate that Dance Fredericton is here in our community providing professional instruction in a variety of dance forms. Thank you to our wonderful teachers and accompanists who provide students the opportunity to experience the joy of dance as performance art in a creative and positive environment. As a non-profit organization, parent volunteers are very important to our year-end production. But did you also know there are other opportunities to volunteer? The volunteer Board of Directors seeks new members each year, our Nutcracker performance continues to grow and will need more help as we move forward. You may have noticed the new colour as you enter the studio – thank you to the parents and dancers who braved the heat and humidity to put a fresh face on our entry. If you have fabulous suggestions and/or would like to assist, please call the studio or e-mail me at levist@nbnet.nb.ca. I’d just like to add a quick note about our Nutcracker project. The renowned Christmastime fairy-tale ballet has enthralled audiences world-wide. Over the last few years, Dance Fredericton has been growing its own annual ballet and the goal is to ensure that Fredericton has its very own Nutcracker tradition, with ballerinas of all ages, dancing alongside soloists of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet to present a true community production of world-class caliber. The project has been generously supported by the City of Fredericton and the Fredericton Community Foundation. Please help support this legacy project with your purchase of many tickets for this year’s performances. Wishing you all a wonderful dance year! Germaine Pataki-Thériault, President, Board of Directors, DF Winter 2008-2009 What a winter…spring will be here soon!!!!! News from Dance Fredericton: Congratulations to Paige Powell for being accepted to the Royal Winnipeg Summer School! This summer program acts as an additional auditions process for the full year pre professional school. Marie Claire Wasson has been short listed for this summer programs as well. DF wishes both ladies great success! Nutcracker 2008! What a great show. Twenty of our talented dancers started the process during a very hot week in August. Johanne Gingras from the RWB was here to set three new pieces of choreography for our “NUT”. These dancers continued to rehearse all fall for the December 5 show. Erin Brennan and Jesse Fraser , students from the RWB professional school arrived in Fredericton on Thursday Dec 3. Erin preformed the Lilac Fairy third act variation and Jess a male variation from Le Corsaire as well as The Grand pas de deux from the Nutcracker. They truly delighted the audience as well as the dancers back stage! David Moroni was so generous with his time and knowledge during his informance, and the DF troop was very polished in their performance. DF received funding from Fredericton Community Foundation, City of Fredericton and Investors Group Financial Services. Check out the pictures in our dressing area. Nutcracker Summer School 2009: Mark these dates on your calendar August 27^th through September 2. Johanne Gingras will be here to conduct a summer program and work on our Nutcracker. What a great opportunity for our dancers! More details to follow! Exams Ten dancers will be traveling to Rothesay Ballet School the later part of April to do their Royal Academy exams. Break a leg ladies! Year-end recital dates are May 30^th7:00pm and May 31^st 2:00pm. Mark these dates on your calendar! The Hip Hop, Jazz and Junior ballet school will be dancing with a Black & White Theme and our senior ballet school will be doing an excerpt from the ballet Les Sylphide. Calling all artists: Once again we will be holding a poster contest for our year-end recital poster. All submissions should be done on an 11 x 14 sheet of white paper. If you are not familiar with Les Sylphide…this is a good time to do some research! The deadline for submissions is Saturday, April 18^th! The Winner will be announced on May 1^st! Good Luck! 2009 – 2010 Registration will be held on Thursday, May 21^st 3:00 till 6:00pm & Friday May 22^nd 1:00pm till 3:00pm. This registration is for our membership only. Information regarding 2009-2010 dancing year will be sent home the week of May 11^th. Summer program Fairy Tale Summer Camp: July 6 – July 10 ages 5 – 10. Monday thru Thursday 8:15 – 4:45 Friday 8:15 – 11:30 Cost $175.00 July 20 – July 24 ages 5 – 10 Monday thru Thursday 8:15 – 4:45 Friday 8:15 – 11:30 Cost $175.00 Registration for this summer program can be done at anytime. We will only be taking members of DF first, if there are any spots left we will open to the public. Please see either Spencer or Angela at the front desk for details! Wedding Bells: Congratulations to Jacky Bailey & to Barb Legacy for their recent engagements! Jacky will be married in May and Barb is opting for a longer engagement! Graduating Students: Bess Forrestall and Lauren Rennie will be graduating from FHS this spring. These two ladies have been students at DF since the age of three. It has been a privilege to watch them grow and mature into two lovely young ladies! Congratulations and best of luck with your future endeavors! Mrs. Dell will miss you! Sylvia Logan: Dance Fredericton is very lucky to have Sylvia Logan as an associate artistic presence! Mrs Logan founded Rothesay Ballet School and has been the artistic force behind it for the last 32 years. She founded Gala Ballet Company which is devoted to promoting the art of dance within the community. Most recently Mrs. Logan has been appointed a Mentor with the Royal Academy of Dance to assist in the training of student teachers. Mrs. Dell is so grateful to have Mrs. Logan as a colleague! Board of Directors for 2009-2010 Germaine Pataki Theriault Anna Goddard Janis Thompson Lynn Twigger Rhonda Vaughan Joanne Berkshire Connie Moore Rebecca Mackenzie Michelle Leger Lorna Shirley Kennedy Shona Humphrey Spring 2007 Footnotes The newsletter of Dance Fredericton Exams: The Royal Academy of Dancing Exams took place on Monday, April 2 at Rothesay Ballet School. After two months of syllabus work, our five primary candidates were ready for their exam! Congratulations Ladies! Recital: Our Spring recital “Sweet Dreams” will take place on Friday June 8^th and Saturday June 9th at The Playhouse. Curtain time is 7:00pm. There will be an in- studio rehearsal on Sunday May 27^th at 1:00 pm. Costumes are not required for this rehearsal. Our Dress rehearsal will take place on Wednesday June 6^th at 4:00 at The Playhouse. Please watch for upcoming memos with further details! Poster Contest: Thank you to all the young artists who submitted posters for our annual poster contest. The judges had a very difficult time choosing just one. 1^st Place winner: Julie Goguen, 2^Nd Place Winner: Veronique Theriault 3^rd Place Winner: Fatma Ali. Congratulations. All the posters will be on display in the lobby of The Playhouse during the Recital. Dance Fredericton is very pleased to announce our Teachers for 2007 -2008: . Lesandra Dodson: is an independent choreographer who recently relocated to Fredericton from Ontario. She has an extensive professional background. DF is thrilled that Lesandra will be doing choreographic workshops throughout the year. Keely Gilks: will be returning to Dance Fredericton for her third year of teaching and will be working with Junior Hip Hop and Jazz students. Monique Masterson: will continue to share her considerable expertise in our Pre Ballet program. Tessa McKim: will be returning for her third year with Dance Fredericton and will continue to work with the advanced Jazz program as well as the performance ensemble. Leslee Dell: will continue to teach Creative Movement and senior Ballet classes. She will also be busy studying for the Royal Academy of Dancing Teachers Certification. Dance Fredericton will continue to offer as many Master Classes and guest teachers throughout the year as possible in our continuing effort to expose our dancers to the highest quality of instruction available. Creative Movement: Spring term is now underway. The last week of all Creative Movement is May 21^st thru May 26^th. Please remember the last class is your opportunity to come and watch your little one dance! Early Registration: Wednesday, May 23^rd and Thursday, May 24, 4:00 – 7:00, will be our early registration for the dancing year 2007 -2008. Please watch for your registration packages coming home with your dancer or download any of the forms required off our website, www.dancefredericton.com. New Fairytale Summer Camp: July 9^th - 13 and July 16 - July 20. This camp is for ages 6 – 10. Enrolment is limited! Please inquire at the office for more information.

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