Welcome Parents!
Each recital, we try to ease your mind by providing you as much information as possible about the experience from beginning to end! You'll find answers to almost 100% of your on the band app.
In the event you still can't find the information you need, please email Caroline and Courtney, our recital directors, at [email protected]
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WHEN
Costume Rehearsal is Saturday June 8th (wear your recital costume and dance shoes)
The Recital Shows will be Sunday June 9th
**Your child performs one time in one of our five shows.**
You will receive the EXACT day and time your dancer performs 4 weeks prior to the show
*please clear the entire weekend*
Sunday June 9th at 9:45am, 12:00pm, 2:30pm, 4:15pm, 6:00pm (showtimes subject to change up until May 9th)
BOTH your time slot for your rehearsal as well as your arrival time for the recital will be marked on a label on your child's costume bag! PLEASE do NOT arrive more than 1/2 hour prior to your show time, and remind your guests to arrive not earlier either! We need time to let the show before yours clear out and our volunteers to reset the backstage activities for our performers. If you arrive early you will have to wait, and it gets very crowded!
WHERE
George Washington National Masonic Memorial
101 Callahan Dr
Alexandria VA
*there is ample FREE parking at the venue! Proceed to the opening on the right side of the building with the wooden handicapped ramp. You will enter through those doors.
Lots of handicapped seating is available
TICKET SALES
(tickets go on sale May 21st )
Tickets are $12 for every person sitting in a seat if ordered in advance online. You may purchase an unlimited amount of tickets online prior to the show. There will be a limited amount of tickets sold at the venue for $15 each CASH only. Lap children are free! If they are occupying a seat they will need a ticket no matter what age.
One ticket is included with your child's recital registration. This ticket is for the parent or guardian who will accompany the dancer to the conference room upon their arrival and will pick them up after the show. No additional adults are allowed in the conference room. This ticket is given to you in your child's costume bag, in the form of a wristband. Adults participating in the Daddy Daughter Dance also receive a ticket to the show with registration. The T-shirt they receive is their ticket. These will be distributed at the rehearsal for the Daddy Daughter Dance. Since our shows are small we do NOT limit the amount of guests you can bring to the show. There is ample easy access handicapped seating. Dancers participating in the show do NOT need a ticket.
RECITAL PHOTOS
Professional photos of students in their costumes will be taken at the COSTUME REHEARSAL only. If you purchased a photo package you will receive additional information about when to get your photos taken. Photos are optional and are a separate cost. The rehearsal is the ONLY TIME PHOTOS WILL BE TAKEN BY OUR PHOTOGRAPHER. Photos will become available for purchase within FIVE WEEKS of the show. You will receive access to all photos taken and get a digital download code. Access to the photos will only be available on our recital Band App. No prints will be distributed. Access past the deadline to purchase may not be available. If you missed the photo sign up, you may register for photos the day of costume rehearsal.
BOPPERS PARENT INFO
If your child is a Bopper in this show, this info is just for you :) The key differences for the Boppers are unlike the other age groups. You will stay with your dancer during their entire recital experience. You will start in the conference room just like all of the other dancers, but you will also accompany them backstage just as you will at the rehearsal. After your time on stage, you are welcome to take them back into the audience to watch the rest of the show! You will be dancing on stage with your tiny dancer! You may wear whatever you feel comfortable in.
CARING FOR YOUR COSTUME
It is important to know how to care for your costume leading up to the show! Here are a few tips!
1. Try on your costume when you receive it! Make sure there are no sizing issues or defects.
You can also email Miss Liz at [email protected] if you have a defect issue.
2. Do NOT take the tights out of the packaging until the weekend of the show! You don't want to wear them to class or risk tearing them before the recital.
3. If your costume has a tutu, fluff the tutu the week before the show. Pull apart layers of tulle or mesh for full fluffiness effect!
4. Tulle and mesh will likely be wrinkled from being in their storage bag. DO NOT IRON THEM AS THEY WILL MELT!!! Instead, hang it in the bathroom with the door closed while you shower and then smooth out the fabric by tugging on it slightly. You can also LIGHTLY steam if you wish with a hand held steamer.
5. Keep the costume in the garment bag provided to you as well as all needed hair accessories and tights so that nothing is lost when you need it.
FITTING DATES
Although we always do our best to ensure that every child's costume is ordered for the size that they measure to be, there is always a chance that a particular style can run big or small. Not every costume is going to fit like a glove and a safety pin may be needed here or there or a strap might need to be shortened/made longer. These types of small fixes you will do yourself. However, if you feel there is a MAJOR difference in the way that your child's costume fits, and the way it should fit, please come to one of our fitting sessions and we will look at it and/or have it altered or re-ordered for you if we determine there is an issue. Before coming in please make sure to hold the costume at the top and pull it all the way up. Remember these fit tighter than their class wear and should have zero growing room.
If you feel your costume doesn't fit you MUST come to a fitting session. Your teacher will not be able to help you with costume fit issues.
WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ASSIST YOU WITH SIZE ISSUES IF YOU DO NOT COME TO A SCHEDULED FITTING SESSION**
Fitting DATE: Saturday May 18th at 1:00pm
BACKSTAGE ACTIVITIES
After checking your child in on the day of the recital, they'll experience a ton of fun activities backstage! We have activity stations in the conference room as on their path to the big stage. The entire time they'll be supervised by our event team who will work to ensure that dancers are both staying safe and having fun. Some of the stations they'll experience are: Sticker sheets, coloring pages, practicing their bows and much more! We also love parent help backstage!
RECITAL DAY CHECK IN & OUT SAFETY PROTOCOL
When every parent knows what the protocols are, it helps all of our dancers stay safe! With so many little ones under the age of 10, it's a big responsibility to keep track of everyone and ensure everyone is going home with the right party: it's one we take very seriously.
The parent wristband ticket that came with your registration has your last name on it. ONLY the one person wearing this wristband is allowed in the conference room, and is the ONLY person allowed to drop off and pick up your child. If at any point during the show we need you to come to your child, we will call this name out over the microphone in the auditorium and also say where we need you to go (conference room, backstage, etc). As the show ends, please wait in your seats in the theater patiently until ALL of the dancers are safely back in the conference room. This is for the safety of our dancers as they travel back to the conference room for pick up.
After the show, please help us by asking all of your guests to exit through the main doors of the Building.
PLEASE DO NOT HAVE EVERYONE COME INTO THE CONFERENCE ROOM. We will allow the ONE person with WRISTBAND ONLY in to pick up their children. PLEASE DO NOT ENTER THE CONFERENCE ROOM UNLESS YOU HAVE A WRISTBAND. We know it's exciting and everyone wants to see their dancer after the show, but it's important to have other parents and guests wait in the hallway or outside to avoid more chaos than is necessary upon pickup. Please check in with your dancer's chaperone to check them out, do not just remove them. You need to let somebody know you are there, and show your wristband. Following these safety procedures helps everyone stay safe!
PARENT VOLUNTEERS
Parents are always welcome to be backstage volunteers! They are an integral part of our show and we love having their warm, caring and responsible personalities to help us out. We will send an email two weeks before the show asking for volunteers. It is important that volunteers know that:
- Once you submit to volunteer, you are responsible for finding a replacement should you no longer be able to participate.
- During your dancer's performance, you will have the option of watching them dance from backstage OR going to sit in the front row, and then return to their class to escort them back to the cafeteria.
- YOU MUST STAY WITH YOUR CHILD'S CLASS FROM WHEN YOU ARRIVE AND THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRETY OF THE SHOW. THERE IS NO OPTION TO SWITCH OUT ANOTHER PARENT OR PERSON FOR YOUR STATION AT ANY POINT DURING THE RECITAL.