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 questions here! In the event you still can't find the information you need, please email Zee, our recital director, at Kingstowne@bellaballerina.com
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 questions here! In the event you still can't find the information you need, please email Zee, our recital director, at Kingstowne@bellaballerina.com
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WHEN
Costume Rehearsal is Saturday November 19th
The Recital Shows will be Sunday November 20th
**Your child performs one time in one of our shows.**
You will receive the EXACT day and time your dancer performs 3 weeks prior to the show
*please clear the entire weekend if you wish to participate*
Sunday November 20th at 10:30am, 12:30pm, 3:00pm, 5:00pm and 6:45pm
*your dancer only performs once with their class*
BOTH your time slot for your rehearsal as well as your arrival time for the recital will be marked on the 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!
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.
TICKET SALES
(tickets go on sale 11/8/2022 at 6:00pm)
Tickets are $12 for every person sitting in a seat if ordered in advance online. There will be a limited amount of tickets sold at the venue for $15 each CASH only. Lap children are free! One ticket is included with your child's recital registration. This ticket is for the parent or guardian who will accompany your 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 Sweetheart Dance also receive a ticket to the show with their registration in the form of a wristband. These will be distributed at the rehearsal for the Sweetheart Dance. Since our shows are small we do NOT limit the amount of guests you can bring to the show.
RECITAL PHOTOS
Professional photos of students in their costumes will be taken at the COSTUME REHEARSAL after their time on stage. 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 FOUR WEEKS of the show. You will have a limited time to purchase your photos. No prints will be distributed. Access past the deadline to purchase may not be available.
RECITAL VIDEO
Your recital registration includes a digital download of the video of the recital. The video will be released within FOUR WEEKS of the show via email. The video files are password protected, but you can feel free to download the videos and share with family and friends and keep any or all videos that you like. Videos will be available for a month past the release date for access. After the deadline has passed, the videos will be removed - access past this deadline will not be available.
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 kingstowne@bellaballerina.com 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. 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 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**
Please contact us at kingstowne@bellaballerina.com to schedule a fitting date
BACKSTAGE ACTIVITIES
Once 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!
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.
When you check in to the recital, your dancer has a number. Your wristband that came with your registration has a corresponding number. If at any point during the show we need you to come to your child, we will call this number out over the microphone in the auditorium and also say where we need you to go (conference room, backstage, etc). After the show, please help us by asking all of your guests to exit through the main doors of the Building ONLY. This is for the safety of our dancers as they travel back to the conference room for pick up. Please wait outside or in the hallway patiently until ALL of the dancers are safely back in the conference room. Once they arrive, we will let parents with numbered WRISTBANDS 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!
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. 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.