Letter To New Students and Parents

August 6, 2008

Dear Ballroom Dance Students and Parents,

We are excited to start a new year teaching ballroom here in Ontario. We will now be teaching our classes at Fit for Life. This year we are going to be teaching the same classes we had last year (Adult and Youth ballroom dance) along with two new classes that we are very excited about; Youth Performing Ballroom Dance and Ballroom Movement for Kids.

Please note the class times on the class description page for the days and times that we’re going to be teaching this fall. As always we expect our students to display excellent behavior before, during and after class. Remember that we are guests at this new location, and we would like to treat the facility with respect and care.

The Ballroom Movement Class for Kids is a new exciting experiment for us. We are hoping that this class will get our younger kids ready to enter the regular classes once they are old enough. We will be teaching some footwork and posture, as well as moving to the beat and just having lots of fun. This is a short class (30 minutes), but we think it will be awesome!

The new Performing Class is one that we are very excited about this year. Due to the nature of this class we will expect students to attend every week so that the whole group can benefit. We are encouraging students who would like to take this class to also enroll in the Youth Social Ballroom class in order to improve their confidence and technique. We are hoping to be able to take this class to the National Competition at Lagoon Amusement Park in Farmington, Utah. We are also looking into a few other competitions/performance spots to go to this year. This class will also be required to have proper footwear (ordered as a group) as well as proper practice clothing. Students will also be wearing costumes for performances and competitions, and this will require an additional costume fee. We will be giving a breakdown of the costs once our registration is complete. We realize that this sort of thing can get expensive pretty fast, so we are going to do everything we can to keep costs down this year. This means that we are going to need parent volunteers for performances and competitions as well as help with costumes and coordination. If you are willing and able to help, please let us know as soon as possible.

Classes will begin Tuesday, September 2nd. You can register any day now at Fit for Life. We are also going to be maintaining a website this year where you can find out the details of what is going on in our classes every week, any performances upcoming, costuming details, steps everyone is working on, and picture of our awesome students! The website will be up and running soon at http://bkballroomdance.blogspot.com . Parents/students can also leave comments and questions on the website that we will answer ASAP! If you have any questions or concerns or helpful ideas, please get in touch with us as soon as possible!

We look forward to an exciting year of dance, and we can’t wait to get it started and to see everyone!

Brian and Krista Hobbs
(541) 889-9678
kristahobbs@gmail.com
http://bkballroomdance.blogspot.com

Fit for Life Health Club *new location for dance classes*
160 N Oregon
Ontario, Oregon 97914
(541) 889-8877